Fantasy football rankings 2017: Wide receivers in standard leagues

With the preseason halfway over, we update our rankings of the top wide receivers in fantasy football.

Updated Aug 30, 2017, 5:02 PM UTC

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As the 2017 season draws closer, wide receiver is as strong as it has ever been in fantasy football.

While running backs tend to dominate the top of drafts, we are seeing more and more first and second-round receivers emerge. This year, the first two rounds of your draft could see Antonio Brown, Mike Evans, Julio Jones, A.J. Green, and Odell Beckham Jr. all go off the board. Wait a few rounds, and there are still plenty of good options in T.Y. Hilton, Jordy Nelson, Michael Thomas, and Amari Cooper.

But, even if you don’t land a receiver in the top two rounds, there is enough depth to find viable options in the mid-to-late rounds. Then there are injury concerns players near the top, including Jones recovering from foot surgery and Beckham Jr. from a bad ankle sprain.

We will attempt to help you find the best receivers in all rounds with an updated ranking of the top 50 fantasy receivers in standard leagues.

Wide receiver (standard) rankings, preseason Week 3

(SK: Scott Kaliska; JG: Jeff Goldberg; DG: Derek Gordon; AW: Alex Welch; ZS: Zach Senvisky; JM: Jason Marcum)

Preseason WR standard rankings

Rk	Consensus	Tm	SK	JG	DG	AW	ZS	JM
1	Antonio Brown	PIT	1	1	1	1	3	1
2	Julio Jones	ATL	2	2	3	2	2	2
3	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	3	3	2	3	1	3
4	Mike Evans	TB	4	4	4	6	4	4
5	Jordy Nelson	GB	6	5	5	5	5	5
6	A.J. Green	CIN	5	6	6	4	6	6
7	Dez Bryant	DAL	8	8	8	8	8	8
8	T.Y. Hilton	IND	10	7	7	12	7	7
9	Michael Thomas	NO	7	9	9	7	9	11
10	Amari Cooper	OAK	9	10	11	11	10	9
11	Doug Baldwin	SEA	11	11	10	10	11	10
12	Brandin Cooks	NE	12	14	12	9	14	13
13	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	14	12	13	13	12	15
14	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	13	13	15	14	13	23
15	Davante Adams	GB	19	16	16	17	17	12
16	Allen Robinson	JAC	17	15	21	18	15	17
17	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	16	17	22	15	18	16
18	Terrelle Pryor Sr.	WAS	15	19	19	16	20	18
19	Michael Crabtree	OAK	20	18	14	20	19	20
20	Keenan Allen	LAC	18	20	26	22	21	14
21	Sammy Watkins	LAR	21	21	24	26	16	22
22	Golden Tate	DET	24	24	17	23	24	19
23	Tyreek Hill	KC	22	23	18	27	22	28
24	Martavis Bryant	PIT	23	27	23	19	28	24
25	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	26	25	20	21	26	30
26	Jarvis Landry	MIA	28	22	29	28	23	21
27	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	25	26	27	24	25	31
28	Stefon Diggs	MIN	29	28	28	30	29	26
29	Kelvin Benjamin	CAR	27	35	25	25	36	29
30	Jamison Crowder	WAS	30	30	30	29	33	33
31	DeSean Jackson	TB	34	31	35	34	32	25
32	Brandon Marshall	NYG	32	33	39	31	34	27
33	Donte Moncrief	IND	36	29	36	33	30	32
34	Pierre Garcon	SF	33	32	32	37	27	35
35	Willie Snead	NO	31	34	34	32	35	34
36	DeVante Parker	MIA	35	38	40	41	31	38
37	Jeremy Maclin	BAL	38	42	31	36	42	36
38	Kenny Britt	CLE	40	36	37	38	37	40
39	Tyrell Williams	LAC	37	39	33	47	39	37
40	Chris Hogan	NE	50	37	38	40	38	44
41	Eric Decker	TEN	39	40	42	39	46	46
42	Randall Cobb	GB	41	43	47	43	44	39
43	Corey Davis	TEN	48	45	41	46	41	41
44	Mike Wallace	BAL	42	41	43	48	48	49
45	Adam Thielen	MIN	44	44	--	44	45	45
46	Corey Coleman	CLE	46	--	50	49	43	43
47	Marvin Jones	DET	49	48	45	45	49	48
48	Jordan Matthews	BUF	43	46	48	50	47	50
49	Rishard Matthews	TEN	47	--	44	--	40	--
50	John Brown	ARI	45	--	--	42	50	47
--	Josh Doctson	WAS	--	--	--	--	--	42
--	Ted Ginn Jr.	NO	--	--	46	--	--	--
--	Kevin White	CHI	--	47	--	--	--	--
--	John Ross	CIN	--	50	49	--	--	--
--	Taywan Taylor	TEN	--	49	--	--	--	--