Ranking the top 50 wide receivers in PPR leagues

The SB Nation crew ranks the top 50 wide receivers in PPR leagues heading into the 2018 season. Check out our full 2018 Fantasy Football Draft guide!

by Jason Marcum

Updated Aug 6, 2018, 5:34 PM UTC

Training camps have begun, which means the 2018 fantasy football season isn’t far off. The wide receiver landscape will get a major shakeup for this coming season. Part of that has to do with big names in new places, including PPR machine Jarvis Landry. No receiver in football has benefited more from PPR formats than Landry, who led the league with 112 receptions last season, despite not even breaking 1,000 yards receiving.

Even so, Landry still finished fourth in fantasy scoring among receivers in PPR leagues. He is now a member of the Cleveland Browns, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep being a PPR stud for fantasy owners.

Another big-name fantasy receiver who changed teams was Brandin Cooks, who will now be catching passes from Jared Goff with the Los Angeles Rams. He replaces Sammy Watkins, who is now with the Kansas City Chiefs and new starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

One under-the-radar name to watch for is Demaryius Thomas, who regressed in recent years thanks to poor quarterback play. He now has a new quarterback in Case Keenum, who made Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs fantasy studs with the Minnesota Vikings.

Speaking of, Minnesota now has Kirk Cousins throwing passes, so it will be interesting to see what, if any impact that has on the production of Thielen and Diggs this season.

PPR wide receiver rankings, preseason

(JM: Jason Marcum; DG: Derek Gordon; SK: Scott Kaliska; AW: Alex Welch)

WR PPR rankings

Rk	Consensus	Tm	JM	DG	SK	AW
1	Antonio Brown	PIT	1	1	1	1
2	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	2	2	2	2
3	Julio Jones	ATL	3	3	4	4
4	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	4	5	3	3
5	Michael Thomas	NO	5	7	5	6
6	Keenan Allen	LAC	9	4	6	5
7	A.J. Green	CIN	6	8	8	7
8	Davante Adams	GB	8	9	7	8
9	Doug Baldwin	SEA	7	6	13	11
10	T.Y. Hilton	IND	10	10	10	12
11	Mike Evans	TB	12	12	9	13
12	Stefon Diggs	MIN	11	11	14	15
13	Adam Thielen	MIN	17	17	11	9
14	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	18	15	12	10
15	Amari Cooper	OAK	13	13	16	18
16	Tyreek Hill	KC	15	16	18	19
17	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	20	22	15	14
18	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	13	14	22	22
19	Golden Tate	DET	21	21	17	16
20	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	19	18	20	23
21	Josh Gordon	CLE	16	20	25	20
22	Allen Robinson	CHI	24	27	19	17
23	Jarvis Landry	CLE	25	25	21	21
24	Brandin Cooks	LAR	23	23	24	27
25	Marvin Jones Jr.	DET	26	26	23	26
26	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	22	19	30	30
27	Michael Crabtree	BAL	27	24	26	25
28	Pierre Garçon	SF	31	29	28	24
29	Sammy Watkins	KC	28	28	29	32
30	Chris Hogan	NE	30	30	31	28
31	Corey Davis	TEN	34	32	27	29
32	Devin Funchess	CAR	32	33	37	33
33	Robert Woods	LAR	37	34	34	31
34	Randall Cobb	GB	35	37	33	34
35	Cooper Kupp	LAR	36	31	35	37
36	Jamison Crowder	WAS	38	35	32	35
37	Robby Anderson	NYJ	29	36	36	39
38	DeVante Parker	MIA	39	40	38	36
39	Julian Edelman	NE	40	39	39	38
40	Marqise Lee	JAC	33	38	47	41
41	Sterling Shepard	NYG	41	47	41	43
42	Marquise Goodwin	SF	46	42	40	48
43	Nelson Agholor	PHI	44	45	43	49
44	Jordy Nelson	OAK	50	43	44	45
45	Will Fuller V	HOU	--	--	42	40
46	Allen Hurns	DAL	42	--	49	46
47	Martavis Bryant	OAK	43	44	--	--
48	Kelvin Benjamin	BUF	--	--	46	42
49	Rishard Matthews	TEN	--	49	48	44
50	DeSean Jackson	TB	45	46	--	--
--	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	--	41	--	--
--	Kenny Stills	MIA	--	--	45	50
--	Tyler Lockett	SEA	48	48	--	--
--	Josh Doctson	WAS	47	50	--	--
--	Mike Williams	LAC	--	--	--	47
--	John Ross	CIN	49	--	--	--
--	Kenny Golladay	DET	--	--	50	--