Top 100 fantasy football standard WRs for Week 5

Chet Gresham takes us through the top 100 standard wide receivers for Week 5

Oct 1, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

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Welcome to Week 5 of the NFL season. Before we move forward, let’s take a quick look at the top standard receivers from last week. Puka Nacua was your WR1 in PPR leagues with 13 receptions for 170 yards and a touchdown, but in standard he finished as WR3 behind the stars of the 40-40 Cowboys-Packers tie, George Pickens and Romeo Doubs. Pickens only had two touchdown receptions to Doubs’ three, but Pickens had 76 more yards to take the Week 4 crown.

Maybe the biggest discrepancy between PPR and standard was Justin Jefferson’ 10 receptions for 126 yards, which landed him as WR16 in standard, while he finished WR8 in PPR. Of course, trying to predict touchdowns remains a fool’s errand, but keeping an eye on red zone targets can help a bit. So far, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Davante Adams and George Pickens are the clear red zone target leaders at this point.

The Titans wide receiver Chimere Dike ranks ninth in red zone targets with five. On the season he has a total of five receptions for 1 yard. There is no reason to pick him up off waivers, but it’s pretty interesting how they are using him. He also has six carries for 27 yards.

Week 5 byes

Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers

Wide receivers on bye

Rome Odunze, DJ Moore, Luther Burden III, Drake London, Darnell Mooney, Romeo Doubs, Matthew Golden, Dontayvion Wicks, DK Metcalf, and Calvin Austin

Wide receiver injuries

Tyreek Hill, Dolphins

Hill suffered a devastating knee injury that could keep him out into the 2026 season. Jaylen Waddle and De’Von Achane are likely to see the biggest uptick in fantasy value, while Darren Waller, if he can stay healthy, becomes a strong pick up after catching two touchdowns in his season debut. Wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine took over for Hill instead of Malik Washington, so he should have some value, but isn’t a must pickup.

Malik Nabers, Giants

We had two season-ending injuries to good fantasy wide receivers this week, but Nabers is likely more impactful to your fantasy teams. His torn ACL will force WanDale Robinson to take on more work and a higher fantasy upside. After Nabers went down, Robinson began to play outside in two receiver sets and in the slot in three receiver sets, per PFF. That’s exactly the kind of work you want to see from your fantasy receiver.

Ricky Pearsall, 49ers

Pearsall hurt his knee in Week 4 against the Jaguars. The good news is that it isn’t a significant injury and there is a chance he can play this week, but it will be tougher since they play on Thursday night. Jauan Jennings also hurt his ribs, which is his third body part to be injured so far this year. Jennings did play through the injury though. Kendrick Bourne ended up with the second most snaps, while Demarcus Robinson saw a bump after Pearsall left the game. If Pearsall can’t play, Jennings, as long as he plays, would probably be the only strong fantasy start at wide receiver of the group.

CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys

Lamb rolled his ankle in Week 3 against the Bears and will be out 3-4 weeks. The team hopes he can return sooner than the four games that putting him on the PUP list would require. George Pickens put up a big game in his absence last week and should continue to be a top play while Lamb heals.

Terry McLaurin, Commanders

McLaurin suffered a quad injury in Week 3 against the Raiders. Deebo Samuel should be a must start while he is out, but we still don’t have a timeline for his return, though he hasn’t been put on I.R.