As we roll along this offseason, we are laying the groundwork for early best ball drafts, new dynasty startups, and everything else under the fantasy sun as we gear up for the next NFL season.

My full 2024 fantasy football rankings are already available as part of the Sharp Fantasy Football Draft Kit, but we also wanted to add some notes to those rankings for each position.

These rankings will move and be updated throughout the offseason as the landscape changes.

While these rankings will only have a short blurb for each player, there will be more in-detail player writeups coming with the full tiers later in June after our 2024 NFL Preview book drops.

This list will be based on full-PPR settings, but check out the full rankings to see how the deck gets shuffled under other scoring settings that do not weigh receptions as heavily.

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Fantasy WR Rankings 2024:

  1. CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys
  2. Tyreek Hill, Dolphins
  3. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lions
  4. Justin Jefferson, Vikings
  5. Ja'Marr Chase, Bengals

2024 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings:

1. CeeDee Lamb: Targets, catches, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns have all gone up from the season prior in each of his years in the league. Led the NFL with 135 receptions last season, turning those into 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns. Weak target competition and the Dallas defense should take a step back.

2. Tyreek Hill: Has been targeted on 32.0% and 36.6% of his routes the past two seasons, the highest rates of his career and the highest rates in the NFL. Posted more yards in 16 games than Lamb did in 17.

3. Amon-Ra St. Brown: Targets, catches, yards, yards per catch, and receiving touchdowns have all risen from the year prior in each of his years in the league. Has finished first three seasons as the WR30, WR11, and WR4 in points per game. Detroit is still soft at WR2 to keep targets sky-high.

4. Justin Jefferson: In 2023, averaged 107.4 receiving yards per game, which was second in the NFL behind Hill. Does quarterback change add volatility in 2024? Has just 58 career targets from non-Kirk Cousins passers to this point and was outside of the top-20 scorers in three of his five games without Cousins last season.

5. Ja’Marr Chase: Still have yet to see the best overall season I believe we will get for his career. Has averaged 7.3 and 6.3 receptions per game in the past two seasons. The Bengals should continue to round out his full-field usage. Slot rate has gone up each season of his career.

6. A.J. Brown: Has closed two seasons with the Eagles at the WR6 and WR5 in overall scoring. He has been the WR8 or better in per-game scoring in three of his past four seasons.

7. Garrett Wilson: Has posted back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons first two seasons playing attached to the worst quarterback in the league. Getting paired with a real quarterback finally. Over the past two seasons, 16.5% of his targets have been deemed inaccurate.

8. Puka Nacua: Made history this past season, setting records for receptions (105), receiving yards (1,486), and total yards (1,575) for a rookie wide receiver. Ran 397 routes last season with Cooper Kupp on the field, leading the team with 29.7% of the targets and averaging 2.66 yards per route run.

9. Davante Adams: Four consecutive seasons grabbing 100 or more passes, but efficiency and weekly volatility have gotten worse each of the past two seasons since joining the Raiders. Volume and opportunity are still present if willing to look past quarterback play. Led the NFL with 33.0% of his team’s targets and 45.0% of his team’s air yards.

10. Chris Olave: Improved his receptions (5.4) and receiving yardage (70.2) per game in year two, catching one more touchdown (five) than his rookie season. Ranked 15th at the position in target rate per route run (25.5%). Only five wide receivers that ran as many routes averaged more yards per route run.

11. Mike Evans: Reeling off his 10th consecutive 1,000-yard season, caught 79 passes for 1,255 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2023. 15.9 yards per catch was his highest in a season since 2019. 2.34 yards per route run was his highest in a season since 2018. Was targeted on 25.3% of his routes, his highest rate in a season since 2016.

12. Marvin Harrison Jr: While expensive for no NFL sample, lands in a spot to immediately be an alpha target in an offense with capable quarterback play. Arguably the best wide receiver prospect since Ja’Marr Chase, who was a top-five scorer in points per game as a rookie.

13. Deebo Samuel: Still a one-of-one asset in his position. Averaged 14.9 yards per catch and 59.5 receiving yards per game, both of which were the second-highest totals of his career. Seven receiving touchdowns were a career-high. Remained a unique chess piece at his position, rushing 37 times for 225 yards and another five touchdowns.

14. Drake London: Set up with the best offensive system and quarterback play of his early career, has an opportunity to showcase the versatility he had coming into the league out of college. Has averaged only 27.3 pass routes run per game in the NFL under Arthur Smith, a total that ranks 70th among all wide receivers.

15. D.J. Moore: Had his best NFL season in his first year in Chicago, posting career-highs with 96 receptions for 1,364 yards and nine total touchdowns. The only question is how much does he share this season compared to last with all of the additions and changes made? Had a career-high 28.5% of his team targets last season and 75 more targets than the next closest wide receiver on the team.

16. Malik Nabers: The most versatile of the top wideouts in this draft, could stack receptions in a wide-open target tree. Brian Daboll did coax the best out of Daniel Jones over his career back in 2022 on the shallow to intermediate levels. Can win after the catch.

17. Cooper Kupp: Better health could lead to better results in 2024. Still a focal point of this passing game despite the emergence of Nacua. Ran 399 pass routes with Nacua on the field, receiving 27.1% of the team targets.

18. DeVonta Smith: Has been the WR15 and WR21 in points per game playing alongside A.J. Brown. Would be a WR1 without Brown. Has only run 115 routes the past two seasons with Brown off the field. Has averaged a target on 27.8% of those routes with 2.49 yards per route run.

19. Brandon Aiyuk: Yardage has climbed from the season before each season, punctuated by producing 1,342 yards in 2023 to go with seven touchdowns. Led all wide receivers with a first down or touchdown on 58.1% of his targets. Thorns are a low-volume passing game and sharing that light volume with viable playmakers. Still had nine games with four or fewer receptions and nine with fewer than 60 yards receiving since he was 51st among all wide receivers in routes run per game (29.2).

20. Nico Collins: Made a major jump in year three, catching 80 passes for 1,297 yards and eight touchdowns over 15 games in the regular season. Was second in the league behind Tyreek Hill in yards per route run last season (3.11). Major spike in output with Tank Dell off the field, and the Texans also added Stefon Diggs for this upcoming season.

21. Jaylen Waddle: Has now gone over 1,000 yards receiving in each of his three seasons in the league. He has played the past two seasons with various ailments, but the largest hurdle for steady output has been playing next to Tyreek Hill. Has played more Robin to Hill’s Batman in the past two seasons, but we still have seen a glimpse of the upside he presents when tasked to be the lead option.

22. Rashee Rice: In a consistent negative feedback loop this offseason, we are waiting to see if a suspension is handed down this season. Can climb if things trend toward no suspension, but the additions of Marquise Brown and Xavier Worthy should provide quality competition the team lacked at wideout a year ago when he had at least 19.0% of the team targets in each of the final 10 games with over 25.0% of the targets in seven of those 10 games.

23. George Pickens: Caught 63-of-106 targets for 1,140 yards and five touchdowns in 2023, leading the NFL with 18.1 yards per reception. Was targeted on 23.9% of his routes with Diontae Johnson off the field, accounting for 27.6% of the targets and averaging 2.94 yards per route run. Arthur Smith’s slow-paced offense is a potential volume cap, but was already the WR44 in routes run per game (32.1) last season and still improved from his rookie season.

24. Amari Cooper: Regularly beats draft position over his career. Despite uneven quarterback play, averaged 17.4 yards per reception, the highest rate of his career. 83.3 receiving yards per game were also a career-high.

25. Terry McLaurin: Managed to just get to 1,002 yards last season, his fourth consecutive 1,000-yard season. Still waiting for that one season where it all comes together for him via quarterback play, something we are hoping Jayden Daniels can provide. Play volume and target potential should be the highest of his career.

26. DK Metcalf: A really good player that has failed to get over the hump as a premier fantasy player. Has finished as a WR1 in points per game in just one of his five seasons. Averaged only 4.1 receptions per game in 2023, his fewest since his rookie season, but was able to make up for that dip in receptions by averaging a career-high 16.9 yards per catch.

27. Tee Higgins: Coming off a career-low 656 yards and five touchdowns in 2023. Missed five games due to injury, playing fewer than 60% of the snaps in another three games. The highs still showed up in spurts, but the consistency and staying on the field have been bugaboos.

28. Michael Pittman: Has caught more passes than the season prior in all four of his seasons to kick off his career. Averaged a career-high 2.04 yards per route run. Only worked with Anthony Richardson on a small sample in 2023, but the duo only connected on 59.1% of their targets for 6.5 yards per target. Secured 71.6% of his targets from Gardner Minshew for 7.5 yards per target.

29. Stefon Diggs: Still showed off a high ceiling in the front of 2023, but the low points of the way he ended the season paired with his age and 2024 target competition make things cloudy on aggressively buying a WR1 bounce back.

30. Diontae Johnson: 3.9 receptions per game last season were his fewest since his rookie season, but did set career-highs in yards per route run (1.97), yards per target (8.2), and depth of target (12.7). Moved around the offense more in 2023, something that could revert to playing more traditional X full-time with Adam Thielen and Xavier Legette needing slot snaps.

31. Tank Dell: Was third among all rookie wide receivers in yards per route run (2.22), trailing only Puka Nacua (2.60) and Rashee Rice (2.41). Ranked fifth among all rookie wideouts in target rate per route run (23.5%) and fourth in the rate of targets to result in a first down or touchdown (45.3%). Both Dell and Collins had fantasy bumps during moments when the other player missed time, and now we have to see how Stefon Diggs fits into the puzzle.

32. Chris Godwin: Two receiving touchdowns were his fewest in a season since his rookie year in 2017, but there are reasons to be optimistic about a rebound in 2024. Had a career-high 23.6% of the team targets and will be playing more in the slot this season. Played 65.9% of his snaps lined up out wide after rates of 36.8%, 36.8%, and 33.5% the previous three seasons.

33. Zay Flowers: Finished seventh among rookies in yards per route run (1.65) and sixth in target rate per route (20.7%). Did receive a bump as a rookie with Mark Andrews missing so much time. Four highest-scoring games of the season (and all of his WR1 scoring weeks) came in weeks that Andrews missed entirely.

34. Keenan Allen: Was targeted on 28.6% of his routes last season (WR5). Counting stats were inflated a bit by the number of routes he ran paired with the absence of Mike Williams, and now is joining a team with D.J. Moore and Rome Odunze in his age-32 season.

35. Christian Kirk: Steady performer with the Jags. After averaging 4.9 receptions for 65.2 yards per game in 2022, averaged 4.8 receptions for 65.6 yards per game when available last season. The only question is will he regain the red zone role that he had in 2022 with Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas in town?

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36. Christian Watson: On the Will Fuller path to start his career as a player who has spike-week potential but has not stayed on the field. Before re-injuring his hamstring in Week 13, was on a three-game run of scoring four touchdowns, going for 5-94-1 on Thanksgiving Day and then 7-71-2 against a stingy Kansas City defense the night he got hurt. Green Bay has taken a different approach to his hamstring issues this offseason in hopes of keeping him on the field.

37. Calvin Ridley: Qas the WR28 in points per game in 2023 after sitting out all of 2022 with a suspension. 18.4% of targets were deemed inaccurate by the quarterback, the highest rate of his career, something that Will Levis may challenge.

38. Xavier Worthy: Ideal landing spot for potential upside outcome, but there is still plenty of target competition with Travis Kelce, Marquise Brown, and Rashee Rice. Brown’s past seasons and a potential suspension for Rice keep the door open for a larger runout.

39. DeAndre Hopkins: Was not washed last season. Ranked 19th among all wide receivers in yards per route run (2.09), and that climbed to 2.22 yards per route run with Will Levis on the field. Received 28.7% of the Tennessee targets (WR8), 42.8% of the team air yards (WR4), and was targeted on 27.1% of his routes run (WR9). How much target opportunity does he concede with the changes made this offseason paired with an early season injury?

40. Jayden Reed: Only ran a route on 61.0% of the team dropbacks, but still led the team with 64 receptions and 793 yards through the air, matching a team-high with eight touchdowns receiving. Want to see more 2WR usage in 2024 to provide stability as a WR3-plus for fantasy.

41. Courtland Sutton: Coming off a career-high 10 touchdowns but only 48.3 yards per game. Has finished inside of the top 40 wideouts in points per game once through six seasons.

42. Brian Thomas Jr: Breakout in college despite failing to command targets. Fit with the Jaguars could have some overlap with where Gabe Davis is successful, who was added in free agency, but has an overall skill set to potentially be a more consistent player than Davis.

43. Jaxon Smith–Njigba: Seventh among all rookie wideouts in routes run (475), ranked 10th in target rate per route (16.8%), and 13th in yards per route run (1.32), which was the same yards per route run as fellow rookie and teammate Jake Bobo. For fantasy, had just three weeks as a top-24 scorer and was outside of the top 40 scorers in 10 of his games. Usage as a rookie was largely nondescript, something that needs to completely flip in this new offense in 2024.

44. Marquise Brown: Coming off a career-low 41.0 receiving yards per game while his 3.6 receptions per game were his fewest since 2020. 21.6% of targets in Arizona were deemed inaccurate per TruMedia. No wide receiver with as many overall targets over that span has a higher inaccurate target rate. Over his two seasons in Arizona, played with six different quarterbacks. None of them were the caliber of Patrick Mahomes.

45. Rome Odunze: Has the downfield ability to turn limited targets into fantasy points more so than what we saw from Smith-Njigba last season, but overall target volume playing alongside D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen is a year-one obstacle.

46. Ladd McConkey: Landed in a low-volume offense and could potentially be limited as a primary slot asset in that climate for year one, but can win outside. Quentin Johnston and Josh Palmer are his primary obstacles to earning targets.

47. Rashid Shaheed: Has averaged 17.4 and 15.6 yards per reception in his first two years in the NFL and now has a clear path to serve as the primary WR2. Was targeted on 21.2% of his routes run without Michael Thomas on the field last season (193 routes) compared to only a 14.3% rate when Thomas was on the field (238 routes).

48. Jameson Williams: Has just two career games with more than two receptions, but the offseason runout has been good with Detroit bypassing drafting a wide receiver and Josh Reynolds leaving via free agency. Still hard to see him jumping Amon-Ra St. Brown or Sam LaPorta on the target tree, leaving some weekly volatility on the table even if he does earn a full-time role.

49. Keon Coleman: An uneven prospect but getting an attachment to Josh Allen in a wide-open target tree. Even if Buffalo deploys a rotation, can provide a scoring impact near the end zone. Gabe Davis leaves behind a 38.6% end zone target share, which was WR8 in the NFL.

50. Khalil Shakir: Took on a larger role to close the season, running a route on 74.3% of the team dropbacks over the final 10 games of the season after an 18.7% up until that point of the season. Over that span, led the team in receiving yards (536).

51. Jordan Addison: Had a successful rookie campaign, catching 70 passes for 911 yards and 10 touchdowns. Questions arise for stability with a new quarterback and the return of Justin Jefferson as a full-time player. On 283 routes run with Jefferson on the field, only saw 13.9% of the team targets with a target on 15.9% of his routes. The absence of T.J. Hockenson could smooth some of that out.

52. Jerry Jeudy: Looking for a new life in a new offense. Through four years, Has yet to hit 1,000 yards in a season, catching 11 total touchdowns over that span.

53. Tyler Lockett: Will turn 32 this September and is coming off lightest season since early in his career. Averaged 52.6 yards per game in 2023, his fewest in a season since 2017. His five touchdowns were his fewest in a season since 2017 as well.

54. Mike Williams: Productive player the past three seasons when on the field but has only played in 16 games over the past two seasons and is coming off ACL surgery.

55. Gabriel Davis: Over his first four seasons in the NFL, has been targeted on 13.4%, 18.7%, 16.0%, and 14.6% of his routes. The one area where he has been at his best is creating splash plays. 43.5% of his career targets have resulted in a first down or touchdown, which is 12th among wide receivers since entering the league.

56. Ja’Lynn Polk: Selected this spring right in an area alongside other wideouts carrying much more cache. Also landed in a wide-open target situation to be underrated based on his investment compared to his rookie peers.

57. Curtis Samuel: Had his best season in the NFL playing with offensive coordinator Joe Brady in Carolina in 2020. That said, has never had 900 yards receiving in any of his seven NFL seasons while averaging 10.7 yards per reception.

58. Josh Palmer: There is a non-zero opportunity for Palmer to be the lead wideout for the Chargers this season, but what is positive can also be seen as a negative if Ladd McConkey (or even DJ Chark) is better than the replacement-level wideouts that the Chargers put on the field with Palmer when both Keenan Allen and Mike Williams were absent.

59. Josh Downs: Out of 27 rookie wideouts to run 100 or more routes in 2023, was eighth with 1.60 yards per route run and ninth in target rate per route run (20.3%). One thing that did aid him was that Gardner Minshew targeted him on 21.0% of his routes run while Anthony Richardson only targeted him on 16.7%.

60. Brandin Cooks: Had eight touchdowns last season, but also averaged a career-low 41.1 yards per game. 3.4 receptions per game, his fewest in a season since 2019. Has now caught fewer than 60 passes for fewer than 700 yards in each of the past two seasons with Houston and Dallas.

61. Jakobi Meyers: Not spectacular yet reliable, has been a steady producer, averaging at least 4.0 receptions for 50.0 yards per game in each of the past four seasons.

62. Adam Thielen: Blazing start, but averaged just 3.9 receptions for 41.1 yards per game over the final seven games of the year. Will be 34 this August with the additions of Diontae Johnson and Xavier Legette to contend with.

63. Romeo Doubs: “Green Bay Gabe Davis” is not going to disappear to the degree some are hoping. Was the best Green Bay wide receiver in both playoff games and led the Packer wide receivers with a route on 80% of the team dropbacks.

64. Darnell Mooney: The door is still cracked for spike-week upside. Over his four seasons with the Bears, 16.4% of targets were inaccurate. The only wide receiver with as many targets and a higher inaccurate target rate over that stretch is Marquise Brown (18.5%). 38.9% of targets on throws 20 or more yards downfield were inaccurate over that span. No wide receiver has a worse rate with as many targets over that period. The NFL average was 29.1%.

65. Dontayvion Wicks: Feels a lot like Rashid Shaheed did during the last offseason. Had a first down or touchdown on 50.0% of his 58 targets, which not only led the Packers but was tied for fourth among all wide receivers in the league last season to see 50 or more targets come their way. The only rub is finding consistent playing time versus being a rotational player when everyone is available. Ran 20 total routes all season with both Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs on the field.

66. Adonai Mitchell: Should be able to push Alec Pierce for snaps on the outside but will have to contend with being an ancillary target paired with a quarterback who may have accuracy issues.

67. Marvin Mims Jr: Showed early-season upside, but only had 135 yards receiving over his final 12 games of the season. Sean Payton was vocal about how hard it was getting him on the field at the same time as Jerry Jeudy, an obstacle now removed for 2024.

68. Quentin Johnston: Staying afloat on draft investment, ran the fifth-most pass routes among rookie wideouts last season. Among the 27 rookie wide receivers to run 100 or more pass routes in 2023, was below the fold in every department.

69. Demarcus Robinson: Took the WR3 job over the final quarter of last season. Over his final games played with Matthew Stafford, posted lines of 4-55-1, 3-46-1, 2-44-1, 6-82-0, 6-92-0, and 3-44-0.

70. Jermaine Burton: If Burton can fight off Andrei Iosivas as the WR3 for the Bengals, we know that player is going to be on the field with Joe Burrow. The Bengals were fifth in the NFL in rate of 11 personnel in 2023 (72.2% of snaps) and rank second in the rate of 3WR sets (76.4%) since Zac Taylor has been the coach.

71. Demario Douglas: Out of 27 rookie wide receivers to run 100 or more pass routes (he ran 330), ranked sixth in that group with 1.70 yards per route run and fourth in target rate per route run (23.9%). Will he retain target usage with additions made this offseason?

72. Xavier Legette: Physical build of a prototypical X but the playstyle of an asset that needs the ball near the line of scrimmage. Game needs refinement in winning with nuance, something that will take a developmental curve in a passing game we already have questions about.

73. Michael Wilson: Tapered off as the season wore on and he dealt with a shoulder injury, but showed some early production as a rookie. Was sixth among all rookie wide receivers in yards per game (50.1) through eight weeks. Additions of Marvin Harrison Jr. and Zay Jones will keep him fighting for targets in year two.

74. Elijah Moore: If holding onto any hope, caught 62.9% of his 35 targets from Deshaun Watson compared to 60% from Dorian Thompson–Robinson (9-of-15), 52.2% from P.J. Walker (12-of-23), and 51.6% from Joe Flacco (16-of-31).

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