Fantasy football rankings, 2017: Wide receivers for standard leagues, Week 1

With the regular season now here, we unveil the Week 1 rankings for the top fantasy football receivers in standard leagues.

by Jason Marcum

Updated Sep 5, 2017, 8:14 PM UTC

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The fantasy football season has finally arrived. With Week 1 here, you should be done with fantasy drafts, and instead, are focusing on who to put in your lineup for Week 1.

For the most part, the wide receiver landscape is the same as it was last year. You already know the heavy hitters in Antonio Brown, Mike Evans, Julio Jones, Odell Beckham Jr., A.J. Green, and Jordy Nelson.

But what if you were not able to land one of those elite studs?

With today’s NFL being so heavily geared toward the pass, there are plenty of viable receivers after those first and second tiers. In fact, several of them are the No. 2 options to those elite guys, such as DeSean Jackson next to Evans, Martavis Bryant next to Brown, and Brandon Marshall next to OBJ.

Let us help you find the best receivers to start in Week 1 with a fresh set of fantasy rankings for receivers in standard leagues.

Wide receiver (standard) rankings, Week 1

(SK: Scott Kaliska; JG: Jeff Goldberg; DG: Derek Gordon; KB: Kyle Bennett ZS: Zach Senvisky; JM: Jason Marcum)

WR standard rankings, Week 1

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