I don’t know if you’ve read the memo, but the NFL is a passing league. It has been a passing league for quite awhile and wide receivers have been slowly creeping up higher and higher in fantasy football drafts.
Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald were once the only two wide receivers, for quite awhile, that a fantasy owner would even consider drafting in the first round. A lot has changed.
If you go by most fantasy mock drafts, wide receivers dominate the first round. Many drafts even have the first four picks dedicated to wide receivers. Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown will be the number #1 overall pick in nearly every fantasy draft this season. The position is quite top-heavy, yet deep.
Here is our top 75 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football in 2016.
These rankings are for non-PPR standard leagues.
1. Antonio Brown – Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Odell Beckham Jr. – New York Giants
3. DeAndre Hopkins – Houston Texans
4. Julio Jones – Atlanta Falcons
5. Dez Bryant – Dallas Cowboys
6. A.J. Green – Cincinnati Bengals
7. Allen Robinson – Jacksonville Jaguars
8. Jordy Nelson – Green Bay Packers
9. Brandon Marshall – New York Jets
10. Amari Cooper – Oakland Raiders
11. Alshon Jeffery – Chicago Bears
12. Mike Evans – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
13. Brandin Cooks – New Orleans Saints
14. Sammy Watkins – Buffalo Bills
15. Randall Cobb – Green Bay Packers
16. Julian Edelman – New England Patriots
17. T.Y. Hilton – Indianapolis Colts
18. Demaryius Thomas – Denver Broncos
19. Keenan Allen – San Diego Chargers
20. Golden Tate – Detroit Lions
21. Kelvin Benjamin – Carolina Panthers
22. Doug Baldwin – Seattle Seahawks
23. Donte Moncrief – Indianapolis Colts
24. Michael Floyd – Arizona Cardinals
25. Larry Fitzgerald – Arizona Cardinals
26. John Brown – Arizona Cardinals
27. Jordan Matthews – Philadelphia Eagles
28. DeSean Jackson – Washington Redskins
29. Jarvis Landry – Miami Dolphins
30. Josh Gordon – Cleveland Browns
31. Jeremy Maclin – Kansas City Chiefs
32. Eric Decker – New York Jets
33. Emmanuel Sanders – Denver Broncos
34. DeVante Parker – Miami Dolphins
35. Allen Hurns – Jacksonville Jaguars
36. Tyler Lockett – Seattle Seahawks
37. Kevin White – Chicago Bears
38. Stefon Diggs – Minnesota Vikings
39. Michael Crabtree – Oakland Raiders
40. Sterling Shepard – New York Giants
41. Torrey Smith – San Francisco 49ers
42. Willie Snead – New Orleans Saints
43. Vincent Jackson – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
44. Laquon Treadwell – Minnesota Vikings
45. Tavon Austin – Los Angeles Rams
46. Corey Coleman – Cleveland Browns
47. Sammie Coates – Pittsburgh Steelers
48. Chris Hogan – New England Patriots
49. Jaelen Strong – Houston Texans
50. Travis Benjamin – San Diego Chargers
51. Michael Thomas – New Orleans Saints
52. Devin Funchess – Carolina Panthers
53. Dorial Green-Beckham – Philadelphia Eagles
54. Rishard Matthews – Tennessee Titans
55. Mohamed Sanu – Atlanta Falcons
56. Tyler Boyd – Cincinnati Bengals
57. Steve Smith Sr. – Baltimore Ravens
58. Markus Wheaton – Pittsburgh Steelers
59. Phillip Dorsett – Indianapolis Colts
60. Josh Doctson – Washington Redskins
61. Kamar Aiken – Baltimore Ravens
62. Will Fuller – Houston Texans
63. Breshad Perriman – Baltimore Ravens
64. Pierre Garcon – Washington Redskins
65. Anquan Boldin – Detroit Lions
66. Terrance Williams – Dallas Cowboys
67. Victor Cruz – New York Giants
68. Bruce Ellington – San Francisco 49ers
69. Nelson Agholor – Philadelphia Eagles
70. Mike Wallace – Baltimore Ravens
71. DaVante Adams – Green Bay Packers
72. Ted Ginn Jr. – Carolina Panthers
73. Kendall Wright – Tennessee Titans
74. Jamison Crowder – Washington Redskins
75. Kenny Britt – Los Angeles Rams
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Bobby Roberts (otherwise known as Sweetbob) is the creator of ‘America’s White Boy’ and contributor at Project Shanks. His writing has been featured on ESPN’s ‘SportsNation’, Sports Illustrated’s Hot Clicks, Guyspeed, and various other sites. You can follow him on Twitter at @Sweetbob.