Our Consensus Top 12 Dynasty WRs

Mixin’ it up this week heading going into Week 10, and we had the whole team rank their top wide receivers in Dynasty Fantasy Football. Let’s take a look at our consensus top 12, and why guys have risen and fallen with half the season down. Let’s hit the Detour.

🔮 Top 12 Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings

Our favorite receivers in the game and our reason’s for why they fell where they fell. Bring on the rankings.

1. Jamarr Chase

Age: 25.7 years | High: 1 (Everyone)

The whole team has Uno at numero uno, and it’s pretty obvious why. With 20.9 PPG with three different QBs this year, it’s officially time to declare the Bengals locked-down long-term number 1 QB proof. He’s got the ceiling, he’s got the floor, he pairs youth with elite NFL talent and situational security. ‘Nuff said. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

2. Puka Nacua

Age: 24.4 years | High: 2 (Jesse and Tom) | Low: 4 (John)

After the first 4 weeks of the season, I was absolutely ready to crown Puka as the unrivaled WR1 in dynasty. However, Flacco returning impacted Jamaar’s stock, and a couple of nagging Puka injuries continue to concern me just enough to be wary. My personal vote below JSN is not so much a disbelief in Puka but more so the stability I see with JSN’s production and the injury risk that has shown itself in the last two years. Puka was averaging over 12 targets a game in the first 5 weeks and did not have a finish outside the top 10 and has only slowed down a little in these last couple of weeks. Puka is a big-bodied receiver with good speed and big-play ability (which McVay is not afraid to take advantage of), but his reliability and strong hands make him a favorite of Stafford’s. His catch rate of 83.56% is among the highest in the league and second only to Stefon Diggs in terms of receivers. Stafford’s near-perfect play over the front half of the season has helped Puka be unbelievably dominant so far, but that obviously relies on him being on the field. Let’s hope that health keeps up. - Dynasty Detour John

3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Age: 23.7 years | High: 2 (John) | Low: 8 (Ryan)

I have absolutely loved everything about the season JSN has had. I think every single one of my leaguemates last year grew tired across my dynasty leagues due to my constant pestering about him, but I could never land the right trade for him because his owners understood the talent they had on their hands. Even with fewer receptions than Chase, he is currently leading the league in receiving yards. What has been the most interesting development for me (and the reason I personally ranked him as my #2 dynasty receiver) is his transition to an outside receiver and the success he has had there. He leads the league in the percentage of air yards for his team while also still averaging about 4 yards after the catch, putting him in the same range as guys like Puka, CeeDee, and ARSB, who all have a much lower average depth of target and air yards per target. This is his first year as a true #1, primarily being the X receiver for a team that has lacked receiver production outside of him. I mean, we are talking about a guy who had 347 yards in his final game of college while sharing the field with Marvin Harrison and Emeka Egbuka. I feel confident he will dominate the air, regardless of competition and QB (even though I like Darnold) moving forward. - Dynasty Detour John

4. Justin Jefferson

Age: 26.7 years | High: 2 (Ryan) | Low: 7 (Jesse)

The oldest guy on the list (by a hair), but I think it’s crazy to start to fade Jefferson down this list just yet. Not only is JJettas possibly the best actual receiver on this list, but his situation is seemingly quite secure as well. There’s no more surefire way to sink a promising dynasty squad than putting too much belief in guys not long for the top of these lists (ask those who acquired Brian Thomas Jr and Nico Collins last year how they’re feeling now), and Jefferson is blue chip. In his 3 games with J.J. McCarthy, Jefferson has three double digit fantasy finishes and two touchdowns. Keep in mind that in theory McCarthy will only get better, and that Kevin O’Connell can turn any middling QB into a consistent producer, even if McCarthy doesn’t make the steps (he will). A stable, largely healthy receiver with a good 4 years of prime left that has yet to finish outside the top 6 in any season he finishes belongs at least this high, and is not to be written off. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

5. CeeDee Lamb

Age: 26.5 years | High: 4 (Tom) | Low: 6 (Ryan)

Just like Jefferson, this is not an age where it’s time to start getting out on a wide receiver. Where Lamb takes the backseat to Jefferson for me is in the talent department and surrounding infrastructure. Dak has proven he can feed Lamb to a WR1 overall finish, but the two combined have turned in 16 absences in the last 19 weeks. Is Lamb dead in the water when Dak goes down? Not necessarily, but the Cowboys coaching staff and roster is much less forgiving in keeping an offense above average through adversity. That said, when things are good, they’re really good (averaging 18.1 PPR PPG in his 5 healthy games this year, even with only 1 TD), and I think they will continue to be that way for a long time. Lamb is still a premiere talent with long term stability. He may not ever climb up this list, but he’ll be on it for quite some time. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

6. Amon-Ra St. Brown

Age: 26.0 years | High: 4 (Jesse) | Low: 7 (John)

I don’t know how many receivers in the league are more reliable than the Sun God himself. The Lions WR1 acts as a pillar amidst all the craziness that can be the Lion’s playcalling and, in some ways, acts as a safety net to fall back on when things get too wild. Amon-Ra has averaged a little under 8 catches a game over the Lion’s last 7 games but has never gone below 6 or above 9. That reliability is not a cap on his ceiling either, as when the Lion’s offense is rolling, Goff often looks for the Sun God in the red zone on a quick out or slant. Although he has to battle with all of the other Lions’ weapons, defenses never seem to find a way to completely remove him from the game plan, even if they can slow down some of the others. For me, the ceiling is just not quite as high as some other receivers with a little more big-play ability. With the 4th highest catch rate (79.73%) among wide receivers, you can count on the Lions feeding a quick 8-80-1 statline to the Sun God any given week. - Dynasty Detour John

7. Malik Nabers

Age: 22.3 years | High: 4 (Ryan) | Low: 7 (Tom)

Last year’s WR6 on 15 games was certainly the beneficiary of being the only consistent option in a tumultuous Giants offense all last year, but his ability to still produce to the tune he did as a rookie is a testament to his current ability and his potential. We unfortunately didn’t get to see that potential take shape due to his ACL tear earlier this year, not only preventing him from building off of last year, but also causing him to miss the emergence of Jaxson Dart. Dart seems to be the answer at QB for New York, and can consistently get the ball to playmakers much less talented than Nabers. The two could form a formidable duo for years to come, and I think this time next year he’ll be back up towards the top of this list and turning in top 5 WR performances. The ACL tear isn’t nothing, but at his age it’s far from a death sentence. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

8. Rashee Rice

Age: 25.5 years | High: 7 (Ryan) | Low: 9 (John and Tom)

Rashee Rice’s injury last year and rocky offseason have gotten in the way of many realizing that Rice has yet to have a single digit outing since Week 11 of his rookie year (12 games) and no games below 17 points since Week 16 of the same year. That is an absurd floor for a young talent, who by the way is paired with the best QB of our generation and an all-time offensive mind in Andy Reid. Not having an extension yet and my own worries on just how long Andy Reid will coach give me some reason for pause, but Rice clearly can make things happen and, still only 23 games into his NFL career, could absolutely continue to make strides. Rice’s vulnerability to repeat ACL injury is negligible to me, and I trust that his off-the-field issues are a thing of the past. I’m all in on Rice. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

9. Drake London

Age: 24.3 years | High: 8 (Tom) | Low: 10 (John)

I want to start off my section on Drake London by listing my favorite stat about him, and that is his ceiling. In 10 Michael Penix starts, Drake London has been the weekly WR1 3 times. That means 30% of the time Penix and London have lined up next to each other, Drake London has been the most valuable fantasy WR. However, in 4 of those other games, London has been outside of the Top 25. That is where I still have issues with Drake London; the highs are incredible but only come so often. He is extremely big-play reliant, and I do not necessarily mean deep balls. He has generated the least amount of separation among the receivers we have designated as WR1 and the least yards after the catch, but he is an incredible leaper and can fight for tough contested catches. This leads to a lot of 10-20 yard targets, often with defenders in the area. I will be really interested to see how Penix develops as a passer with this kind of outside threat on his offense, but if these two can continue to build chemistry, it could mean a lot more of the “best receiver any given week” Drake London managers love and fewer sub-50 yard duds. - Dynasty Detour John

10. Emeka Egbuka

Age: 23.0 years | High: 10 (Jesse and Tom) | Low: 12 (John)

Although Tetairoa McMillan was the consensus top WR in this past year's draft, Egbuka has outshone him considerably over the first half of this season and elevated himself into dynasty WR1 status. There was a ton of buzz during camp around Egbuka, who took a backseat to Jeremiah Smith last year at Ohio State (who we will be seeing high on this list very soon). However, with the 1000-yard merchant Mike Evans and Godwin returning from injury, the WR room already seemed full. Additionally, Bucky Ball was supposed to be the focal point of this Bucs offense, so even if the talent was there, was the opportunity going to be? The answer could not be more of a yes. Egbuka has taken advantage of the sliver of opportunity and emerged as the leading receiver on a potent Bucs offense, accounting for 37.51% of the Bucs' air yards so far this year. Although his last 3 weeks (with 3 sub-10 point performances) have not lived up to the meteoric rise he had over the first 5, I still have a lot of belief in Egbuka. Defenses have been able to key in on the rookie with all of the injuries to the Bucs' offense, and that will not be the case forever. I was definitely the lowest on Egbuka out of the Detour crew; I just do not love his poor catch rate (53.3%), especially because he is just not generating that much separation as graded on next-gen stats. I mean, Xavier Legette is sporting similar numbers on those metrics. What sets Egbuka apart, though, is the big-play ability and creation after the catch. I just do not know how reliable that is. - Dynasty Detour John

11. Garrett Wilson

Age: 25.3 years | High: 10 (Ryan) | Low: 15 (Jesse)

I understand the hesitation with putting Wilson in the top 12 as he stares down the barrel of yet another year of QB turnover, but against everything history tells us I do see potential for the Jets to start building towards something, as this trade deadline showed us. Through it all this year GW is tied for 8th in PPR PPG at 16.6, and before this year had yet to miss a game. His durability and top-shelf talent are obvious, and it is imperative to the Jets’ success that he is the focal point of this offense for years to come. Wilson will continue to produce no matter who is under center, and will benefit from positive game scripts as the Jets try to stay in games while they rebuild. While Jet fans may continue to wait on this team to turn a positive product, fantasy managers will continue to be blessed. - Dynasty Detour Ryan

12. Tetairoa McMillain

Age: 22.6 years | High: 8 (John) | Low: 17 (Ryan)

I am the sole reason that Tet made it into our top 12, and I could not be more excited to write about him. When I look at WRs in fantasy, my two favorite things to weigh are the target share that a player has (opportunity) and big-play ability (capitalizing). Tetairoa has not made waves in terms of fantasy production this season, but his flashes show an incredible fantasy ceiling in years to come. Only two players this year have made up over 40% of their team’s air yards: JSN and Tetairoa McMillan. That is the leading receiver in the league (in terms of yards) and a rookie who has been “underwhelming”. For the Panthers, Tet is the air threat, the key player that defenses have to watch on passing downs. And yet, he is converting like few other players in the league. The Panthers have converted 95 1st downs through the air this year. Tet is responsible for 34 of those, which is 36%! He also only has 41 receptions on the year, basically meaning that there is about an 83% chance that when Tet catches the ball, it will be a Panthers first down. Now, I do see the hesitations that my other writers probably have; his separation has not been anywhere near elite at this point, and much like Egbuka, the catch rate is just below 60%. But I think these next couple of weeks could be huge for the rookie. That catch rate has been on the rise (closer to 70%), and the Panthers are above .500 with an actual lethal running game. If Tet starts to see less focused coverages and continues to be a first-down machine, the fantasy points will come. - Dynasty Detour John

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