Fantasy football rankings 2017: Wide receivers in PPR leagues

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

Updated Sep 3, 2017, 7:23 PM UTC

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The fantasy football season is approaching fast, so what better time than now for a fresh set of fantasy rankings.

At wide receiver, you know the top guns in Antonio Brown, A.J. Green, and Mike Evans. However, some big names have been dealing with injuries in the preseason, including DeAndre Hopkins (hand) and Julio Jones (offseason foot surgery). Both players are expected to be active Week 1, but their injuries do increase the value of backups like Mohamed Sanu and Braxton Miller.

Miller has actually been a big riser thanks to the Houston Texans’ bevy of issues at wide receiver. That includes Jaelen Strong being suspended and Will Fuller sidelined with a broken collarbone. Along with Hopkins missing time, Miller has gotten a lot more run in Houston’s offense, which could make him a viable fantasy option in Week 1.

Now, here are our updated rankings for the top 50 fantasy receivers in PPR leagues.

Wide receiver (PPR) rankings, preseason Week 3

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

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