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January 02, 2021

Long-term WR rankings

Checking in on the deep 2020 class of pass catchers

Henry Ruggs, Jerry Jeudy and CeeDee Lamb were the first three wide receivers chosen in last year’s draft. But as we near the end of their rookie seasons, it looks like other teams found better wide receivers later on.

Justin Jefferson, Chase Claypool and Tee Higgins, most notably. They all had much better rookie seasons than either Ruggs or Jeudy. With Lamb, it becomes more of an issue that can be debated; he’s had a good year for the Cowboys. And Brandon Aiyuk can also be part of this discussion. He had a very good initial season with the 49ers.

Attached are my top 100 at the wide receiver as we head into the new year. These are dynasty rankings, and at this point, I’m pretty much disregarding 2020 (with just one game left). So with injured wide receivers like Courtland Sutton, Odell Beckham and Parris Campbell, I’m trying to rank them where I think they’ll be when we get to August 1.

I’m assuming PPR scoring, and rookies are tagged with dots.

I left a number of veteran wide receivers out of my top 100, figuring they probably won’t even be back in 2021 (or will be nominal producers even if they return), including Larry Fitzgerald, DeSean Jackson, Julian Edelman, Golden Tate and Randall Cobb.

To see other positions (QB, RB, TE) use the “past issues” navigation tools.

DYNASTY LEAGUE WIDE RECEIVERS
Rk	Tm	Player	Age	Prev
1.	GB	Davante Adams	28	2
2.	SEA	DK Metcalf	23	1
3.	ARI	DeAndre Hopkins	28	3
4.	KC	Tyreek Hill	26	4
5.	BUF	Stefon Diggs	27	11
6.	MIN	• Justin Jefferson	21	9
7.	LAC	Keenan Allen	28	5
8.	NO	Michael Thomas	27	6
9.	TEN	A.J. Brown	23	8
10.	WAS	Terry McLaurin	24	7
11.	PIT	• Chase Claypool	22	10
12.	ATL	Calvin Ridley	26	13
13.	TB	Chris Godwin	24	12
14.	TB	Mike Evans	27	16
15.	CIN	• Tee Higgins	21	17
16.	DAL	Amari Cooper	26	15
17.	DAL	• CeeDee Lamb	21	19
18.	SF	Deebo Samuel	24	21
19.	LAR	Cooper Kupp	27	22
20.	SF	• Brandon Aiyuk	22	23
21.	LAR	Robert Woods	28	20
22.	DET	Kenny Golladay	27	18
23.	SEA	Tyler Lockett	28	14
24.	CHI	Allen Robinson	27	25
25.	CAR	DJ Moore	23	30
26.	PIT	Diontae Johnson	24	31
27.	MIN	Adam Thielen	30	24
28.	CIN	Tyler Boyd	26	28
29.	PIT	JuJu Smith-Schuster	24	29
30.	DEN	Courtland Sutton	25	32
31.	MIA	DeVante Parker	27	27
32.	JAC	DJ Chark	24	26
33.	HOU	Will Fuller	26	33
34.	CLE	Jarvis Landry	28	35
35.	CAR	Curtis Samuel	24	42
36.	PHI	• Jalen Reagor	22	41
37.	CLE	Odell Beckham	28	44
38.	ATL	Julio Jones	31	34
39.	LV	Nelson Agholor	27	69
40.	BAL	Marquise Brown	23	39
41.	DEN	• Jerry Jeudy	21	36
42.	CAR	Robby Anderson	27	37
43.	KC	Mecole Hardman	22	38
44.	ARI	Christian Kirk	24	40
45.	JAC	• Laviska Shenault	22	47
46.	HOU	Brandin Cooks	27	54
47.	BUF	• Gabriel Davis	21	45
48.	DAL	Michael Gallup	24	57
49.	LAC	Mike Williams	26	46
50.	TEN	Corey Davis	25	51
51.	NE	Jakobi Meyers	24	67
52.	BUF	Cole Beasley	31	65
53.	IND	• Michael Pittman	23	55
54.	NYG	Darius Slayton	23	52
55.	CHI	• Darnell Mooney	23	50
56.	NYJ	• Denzel Mims	23	48
57.	NYJ	Jamison Crowder	27	61
58.	LV	• Henry Ruggs	21	43
59.	GB	Allen Lazard	25	49
60.	NYG	Sterling Shepard	26	53
61.	IND	Parris Campbell	23	60
62.	TB	Antonio Brown	32	56
63.	DET	Marvin Jones	30	63
64.	CIN	A.J. Green	32	66
65.	IND	T.Y. Hilton	31	70
66.	KC	Sammy Watkins	27	62
67.	LAR	Josh Reynolds	25	71
68.	NYJ	Breshad Perriman	27	58
69.	NO	Emmanuel Sanders	33	72
70.	HOU	Keke Coutee	23	75
71.	LAC	Jalen Guyton	23	77
72.	LV	• Bryan Edwards	22	68
73.	LAR	• Van Jefferson	24	81
74.	GB	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	26	76
75.	BAL	• Devin Duvernay	23	64
76.	LV	Hunter Renfrow	25	79
77.	DEN	• KJ Hamler	21	86
78.	PHI	Travis Fulgham	25	59
79.	NE	N'Keal Harry	23	80
80.	NO	TreQuan Smith	25	74
81.	ATL	Russell Gage	24	82
82.	PHI	Greg Ward	25	98
83.	DEN	Tim Patrick	27	109
84.	BUF	John Brown	30	73
85.	MIA	Preston Williams	23	90
86.	IND	Zach Pascal	26	93
87.	TB	• Tyler Johnson	22	92
88.	NO	Marquez Callaway	22	--
89.	PIT	James Washington	24	85
90.	LAC	Tyron Johnson	25	77
91.	CHI	Anthony Miller	26	88
92.	CLE	Rashard Higgins	26	95
93.	NE	Damiere Byrd	27	91
94.	MIA	• Lynn Bowden	23	--
95.	GB	Equanimeous St. Brown	24	105
96.	WAS	Cam Sims	25	87
97.	BAL	Miles Boykin	24	--
98.	TB	Scotty Miller	23	94
99.	KC	Demarcus Robinson	26	102
100.	PHI	Alshon Jeffery	30	--

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