Ranking the top 150 players in fantasy PPR leagues

The SB Nation crew ranks the top 150 players in PPR leagues heading into the 2018 NFL season. Check out our full 2018 Fantasy Football Draft guide!

by Jason Marcum

Updated Aug 10, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

Editor’s update: Derrius Guice suffered a knee injury in his preseason debut. Initially reported as an MCL sprain, Washington has since announced that the injury is a torn ACL. This injury ends Guice’s rookie season before it begins. Samaje Perine is likely to get more of Washington’s rushing work, while Chris Thompson will be the primary pass catcher.

Training camps have begun, which means you’ll soon be in the midst of your league’s fantasy football draft. If you are fortunate enough to have the No. 1 pick, this will be one of the harder years to figure out who you should draft first. Todd Gurley led all running backs in fantasy scoring among running backs in 2017, though that was his first and only year to finish in the top five in PPR scoring leagues.

Over the last two years, no player has impacted fantasy teams than Le’Veon Bell, especially when it comes to PPR. During that span, Bell has caught a ridiculous 160 passes, the most among any running back. Unsurprisingly, he’s been the highest-scoring non-quarterback player during that span.

If you get the top pick in a PPR league, Bell is your best bet, especially now that he’ll play under the franchise tag for potentially the final time, making 2018 effectively a contract year for him.

If you choose to go wide receiver in Round 1, you’ll have an interesting debate between DeAndre Hopkins and Antonio Brown. Hopkins is the reigning scoring champ among receivers, but dating back to 2013, no receiver has scored more points than Brown in PPR leagues.

Top 150 overall rankings, PPR leagues (preseason)

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

Top 150 PPR fantasy football rankings

Rk	Consensus	Pos	Tm	JM	DG	SK	AW
1	Todd Gurley II	RB	LAR	1	1	1	2
2	Le'Veon Bell	RB	PIT	2	7	2	1
3	David Johnson	RB	ARI	4	3	3	3
4	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL	3	2	5	5
5	Antonio Brown	WR	PIT	5	4	4	4
6	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	HOU	6	5	7	8
7	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	8	12	6	7
8	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	NYG	7	9	8	9
9	Julio Jones	WR	ATL	11	6	10	10
10	Saquon Barkley	RB	NYG	9	18	9	6
11	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC	16	8	12	11
12	Michael Thomas	WR	NO	14	11	11	14
13	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC	10	14	14	13
14	Melvin Gordon	RB	LAC	12	15	13	17
15	Leonard Fournette	RB	JAC	13	17	17	15
16	A.J. Green	WR	CIN	17	13	16	16
17	Dalvin Cook	RB	MIN	15	21	18	12
18	Davante Adams	WR	GB	18	16	15	18
19	Doug Baldwin	WR	SEA	25	10	27	21
20	Rob Gronkowski	TE	NE	24	20	21	19
21	Mike Evans	WR	TB	21	23	20	24
22	Devonta Freeman	RB	ATL	19	26	23	26
23	T.Y. Hilton	WR	IND	27	19	24	25
24	Christian McCaffrey	RB	CAR	26	25	19	27
25	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN	30	31	25	20
26	Jerick McKinnon	RB	SF	22	42	22	23
27	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	ARI	34	29	26	22
28	Stefon Diggs	WR	MIN	32	22	29	30
29	Travis Kelce	TE	KC	29	27	28	31
30	Jordan Howard	RB	CHI	23	35	31	41
31	Amari Cooper	WR	OAK	37	24	33	38
32	Tyreek Hill	WR	KC	31	30	35	39
33	Demaryius Thomas	WR	DEN	42	38	30	29
34	LeSean McCoy	RB	BUF	20	41	40	40
35	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB	39	37	37	33
36	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN	28	54	32	34
37	Zach Ertz	TE	PHI	40	47	36	28
38	Golden Tate	WR	DET	47	36	34	35
39	Kenyan Drake	RB	MIA	33	39	44	36
40	Alshon Jeffery	WR	PHI	38	32	39	48
41	Allen Robinson	WR	CHI	41	52	38	32
42	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	PIT	48	28	43	45
43	Josh Gordon	WR	CLE	46	34	50	37
44	Derrius Guice	RB	WAS	36	46	46	46
45	Alex Collins	RB	BAL	35	58	42	42
46	Brandin Cooks	WR	LAR	49	40	48	50
47	Jarvis Landry	WR	CLE	60	48	41	44
48	Tom Brady	QB	NE	55	45	49	47
49	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA	53	53	45	52
50	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR	DET	52	49	47	55
51	Jay Ajayi	RB	PHI	45	51	51	58
52	Michael Crabtree	WR	BAL	61	44	56	49
53	Lamar Miller	RB	HOU	50	56	55	51
54	Dion Lewis	RB	TEN	56	59	52	60
55	Rashaad Penny	RB	SEA	44	86	59	43
56	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	DEN	78	33	67	63
57	Deshaun Watson	QB	HOU	62	68	57	56
58	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN	43	61	63	77
59	Sammy Watkins	WR	KC	64	55	65	64
60	Chris Hogan	WR	NE	73	60	69	53
61	Corey Davis	WR	TEN	70	67	58	62
62	Greg Olsen	TE	CAR	63	72	53	72
63	Pierre Garçon	WR	SF	79	57	64	61
64	Cam Newton	QB	CAR	59	97	54	54
65	Delanie Walker	TE	TEN	75	50	73	71
66	Drew Brees	QB	NO	74	65	68	67
67	Carson Wentz	QB	PHI	58	88	72	57
68	Robert Woods	WR	LAR	71	71	76	66
69	Rex Burkhead	RB	NE	82	43	85	75
70	Marshawn Lynch	RB	OAK	65	63	89	69
71	Ronald Jones II	RB	TB	66	98	71	59
72	Devin Funchess	WR	CAR	72	69	83	73
73	Royce Freeman	RB	DEN	54	101	66	79
74	Mark Ingram	RB	NO	51	129	60	68
75	Sony Michel	RB	NE	57	106	62	85
76	Cooper Kupp	WR	LAR	83	64	79	86
77	Jamison Crowder	WR	WAS	97	73	74	74
78	Randall Cobb	WR	GB	91	75	75	80
79	Jimmy Graham	TE	GB	69	107	70	78
80	Kyle Rudolph	TE	MIN	80	84	78	82
81	Tevin Coleman	RB	ATL	67	83	80	94
82	Evan Engram	TE	NYG	68	131	61	65
83	DeVante Parker	WR	MIA	81	85	86	81
84	Robby Anderson	WR	NYJ	89	74	82	98
85	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	CLE	95	81	81	87
86	Chris Thompson	RB	WAS	96	70	88	90
87	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN	77	121	77	70
88	Isaiah Crowell	RB	NYJ	85	62	103	101
89	Julian Edelman	WR	NE	101	78	91	84
90	Matthew Stafford	QB	DET	84	108	87	76
91	C.J. Anderson	RB	CAR	86	66	113	103
92	Kerryon Johnson	RB	DET	87	79	97	109
93	Marquise Goodwin	WR	SF	88	87	92	116
94	Marlon Mack	RB	IND	76	103	99	106
95	Trey Burton	TE	CHI	102	82	90	111
96	Sterling Shepard	WR	NYG	98	100	94	95
97	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	PIT	93	116	96	83
98	Marqise Lee	WR	JAC	115	76	110	91
99	Tarik Cohen	RB	CHI	107	89	84	117
100	Jordy Nelson	WR	OAK	100	90	101	107
101	Andrew Luck	QB	IND	99	117	95	88
102	Carlos Hyde	RB	CLE	92	80	111	120
103	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF	106	105	104	96
104	Nelson Agholor	WR	PHI	109	93	100	114
105	Marcus Mariota	QB	TEN	105	112	118	89
106	Jack Doyle	TE	IND	118	91	109	108
107	Philip Rivers	QB	LAC	110	123	102	92
108	Jordan Reed	TE	WAS	103	130	93	105
109	Will Fuller V	WR	HOU	94	--	98	93
110	Jamaal Williams	RB	GB	90	126	108	113
111	Rishard Matthews	WR	TEN	114	113	112	104
112	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL	111	122	114	97
113	Jared Goff	QB	LAR	117	110	116	102
114	Patrick Mahomes	QB	KC	112	127	117	100
115	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE	104	99	131	131
116	DeSean Jackson	WR	TB	120	95	133	122
117	Giovani Bernard	RB	CIN	132	94	120	125
118	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	BUF	116	--	107	99
119	Aaron Jones	RB	GB	113	119	134	115
120	Kenny Stills	WR	MIA	108	--	106	118
121	Ty Montgomery	RB	GB	127	96	119	149
122	Allen Hurns	WR	DAL	119	--	115	110
123	Alex Smith	QB	WAS	125	118	124	128
124	Josh Doctson	WR	WAS	122	114	129	133
125	Theo Riddick	RB	DET	135	102	123	139
126	George Kittle	TE	SF	121	132	105	142
127	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL	123	124	130	124
128	Bilal Powell	RB	NYJ	124	111	139	134
129	Mohamed Sanu	WR	ATL	--	77	137	--
130	David Njoku	TE	CLE	131	141	122	127
131	Martavis Bryant	WR	OAK	136	92	--	143
132	Devontae Booker	RB	DEN	126	--	128	129
133	Tyler Eifert	TE	CIN	130	148	136	123
134	James White	RB	NE	--	--	121	119
135	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA	138	109	144	--
136	Cameron Meredith	WR	NO	134	--	135	126
137	O.J. Howard	TE	TB	139	135	127	146
138	Latavius Murray	RB	MIN	146	104	--	--
139	D.J. Moore	WR	CAR	129	--	126	148
140	LeGarrette Blount	RB	DET	133	120	--	--
141	Derek Carr	QB	OAK	147	128	--	130
142	Doug Martin	RB	OAK	141	115	--	--
143	Mike Williams	WR	LAC	--	--	--	112
144	Jameis Winston	QB	TB	--	137	--	132
145	Kenny Golladay	WR	DET	144	--	125	--
146	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	CHI	145	139	149	138
147	Cameron Brate	TE	TB	142	147	132	150
148	Jared Cook	TE	OAK	--	145	141	136
149	Case Keenum	QB	DEN	--	--	--	121
150	Charles Clay	TE	BUF	--	143	140	140
--	C.J. Prosise	RB	SEA	148	125	--	--
--	Andy Dalton	QB	CIN	--	140	--	137
--	Eli Manning	QB	NYG	--	136	--	141
--	Blake Bortles	QB	JAC	143	--	--	135
--	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	JAC	--	134	148	147
--	D'Onta Foreman	RB	HOU	128	--	--	--
--	Corey Clement	RB	PHI	137	--	143	--
--	Benjamin Watson	TE	NO	--	133	--	--
--	Eric Ebron	TE	IND	--	--	138	--
--	Josh McCown	QB	NYJ	--	138	--	--
--	Calvin Ridley	WR	ATL	140	--	--	--
--	Nyheim Hines	RB	IND	--	--	142	--
--	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE	ARI	--	142	--	--
--	Austin Hooper	TE	ATL	149	144	--	--
--	Ted Ginn Jr.	WR	NO	--	--	--	144
--	Vance McDonald	TE	PIT	--	--	--	145
--	Dez Bryant	WR	FA	--	--	145	--
--	Anthony Miller	WR	CHI	--	--	146	--
--	Virgil Green	TE	LAC	--	146	--	--
--	Chris Carson	RB	SEA	--	--	147	--
--	Jake Butt	TE	DEN	--	149	--	--
--	Blake Jarwin	TE	DAL	--	150	--	--
--	Hayden Hurst	TE	BAL	150	--	--	--
--	Paul Richardson	WR	WAS	--	--	150	--