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Week 1 Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings - PPR Updates Include Jaylen Waddle, Rashee Rice, Brandon Aiyuk, Chris Godwin, Terry McLaurin, more

Brandon Aiyuk - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News

Updated Week 1 fantasy football wide receiver (WR) rankings for PPR leagues. Win your 2024 fantasy matchups with our Week 1 WR fantasy football rankings.

After a long offseason, the 2024 NFL campaign is just a few days away! Whether you have already drafted your fantasy football team or are checking Week 1 ranking before drafting, our updated Week 1 wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings for the 2024 season will assist you in making start-or-sit decisions or identifying players who should get out to hot starts.

Key wideouts such as Marquise Brown (shoulder) and DeAndre Hopkins (knee) are dealing with injuries, so those situations will need to be closely monitored over the next few days. Our rankings factor in the latest injury news and depth chart updates coming out of the preseason. So let's see where key wide receivers such as Marvin Harrison Jr., Rashee Rice, Brandon Aiyuk, Chris Godwin, Terry McLaurin, Tank Dell, Garrett Wilson, and George Pickens rank for Week 1.

Our PPR fantasy football wide receiver rankings are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff WR rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for Week 1. There are always critical injuries to keep track of, so check back until kickoff. Good luck in Week 1 RotoBallers, let's win some leagues!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Week 1 Wide Receiver Fantasy Football News and Injuries

 

Week 1 Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)

Rankings are updated until kickoff. Be sure to bookmark our weekly PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankings.

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Tier
WR
Rank
Player
Name
Overall
Rank
1 1 Tyreek Hill 1
1 2 CeeDee Lamb 3
1 3 Amon-Ra St. Brown 4
2 4 Justin Jefferson 6
2 5 A.J. Brown 7
2 6 Ja'Marr Chase 8
2 7 Garrett Wilson 10
2 8 Puka Nacua 11
2 9 Cooper Kupp 17
3 10 Mike Evans 19
3 11 Davante Adams 20
3 12 Amari Cooper 22
3 13 Marvin Harrison Jr. 23
3 14 Michael Pittman Jr. 24
3 15 Chris Olave 29
4 16 Rashee Rice 31
4 17 Malik Nabers 34
4 18 Nico Collins 35
4 19 Jaylen Waddle 37
4 20 Deebo Samuel Sr. 38
4 21 DJ Moore 39
5 22 Drake London 40
5 23 Terry McLaurin 41
5 24 Courtland Sutton 42
5 25 Stefon Diggs 43
5 26 DeVonta Smith 44
5 27 DK Metcalf 46
5 28 Zay Flowers 48
5 29 Christian Kirk 49
5 30 Jayden Reed 50
5 31 Tank Dell 53
6 32 Brandon Aiyuk 58
6 33 Keenan Allen 59
6 34 George Pickens 60
6 35 Chris Godwin 57
7 36 Diontae Johnson 63
7 37 Tee Higgins 66
7 38 Calvin Ridley 67
8 39 Jaxon Smith-Njigba 74
8 40 Ladd McConkey 75
8 41 Rome Odunze 77
8 42 Romeo Doubs 78
8 43 Brian Thomas Jr. 79
8 44 DeAndre Hopkins 83
8 45 Xavier Worthy 86
8 46 Christian Watson 87
8 47 Tyler Lockett 89
8 48 Curtis Samuel 91
8 49 Keon Coleman 95
9 50 Jordan Addison 96
9 51 Khalil Shakir 97
9 52 Jakobi Meyers 98
9 53 Joshua Palmer 99
9 54 Wan'Dale Robinson 102
9 55 Mike Williams 104
9 56 Jameson Williams 106
9 57 Greg Dortch 107
9 58 Gabe Davis 108
10 59 Demario Douglas 109
10 60 Brandin Cooks 110
10 61 Ja'Lynn Polk 111
10 62 Jerry Jeudy 112
10 63 Darnell Mooney 113
10 64 Rashid Shaheed 115
10 65 Demarcus Robinson 118
11 66 Adam Thielen 119
11 67 Dontayvion Wicks 120
11 68 Michael Wilson 121
11 69 Josh Downs 122
11 70 Marquise Brown 123
12 71 Xavier Legette 125
12 72 Adonai Mitchell 126
12 73 Andrei Iosivas 127
12 74 Rashod Bateman 136
12 75 Jalen McMillan 137
13 76 Josh Reynolds 138
13 77 Tyler Boyd 140
13 78 Malik Washington 142
13 79 Jahan Dotson 147
13 80 Dyami Brown 149
13 81 DJ Chark Jr. 150
13 82 K.J. Osborn 151
13 83 Jalin Hyatt 156
13 84 Darius Slayton 158
13 85 Ray-Ray McCloud III 160
13 86 Tre Tucker 166
13 87 Marvin Mims Jr. 167
14 88 Roman Wilson 170
14 89 Jalen Nailor 171
14 90 Javon Baker 172
14 91 Quentin Johnston 173
14 92 Jalen Tolbert 174
15 93 Malachi Corley 175
15 94 Nelson Agholor 176
15 95 Trey Palmer 178
15 96 Van Jefferson 182
15 97 Justin Watson 183
15 98 Elijah Moore 184
15 99 Luke McCaffrey 188
15 100 Devontez Walker 190
15 101 Jauan Jennings 194
15 102 Jonathan Mingo 199
15 103 Cedric Tillman 200
15 104 Kalif Raymond 203
15 105 Olamide Zaccheaus 207
15 106 Braxton Berrios 209
15 107 Tyquan Thornton 212
15 108 Cedrick Wilson Jr. 258
15 109 Troy Franklin 259
15 110 Calvin Austin III 260
15 111 Allen Lazard 261
15 112 Noah Brown 262
15 113 Johnny Wilson 263
15 114 Brenden Rice 264
15 115 Jacob Cowing 268
15 116 Jermaine Burton 269
15 117 Treylon Burks 271
15 118 Bo Melton 272
15 119 Tyler Scott 273
15 120 Jake Bobo 274
15 121 KaVontae Turpin 275
15 122 Mack Hollins 276
15 123 Alec Pierce 277
15 124 Xavier Gipson 278
15 125 John Metchie III 279
15 126 Brandon Powell 282
15 127 JuJu Smith-Schuster 283
16 128 Jamison Crowder 284
16 129 Malik Heath 286
16 130 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 287
16 131 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine 288
16 132 Bub Means 289
16 133 Simi Fehoko 290
16 134 Skyy Moore 291
16 135 Casey Washington 292
16 136 Parker Washington 293
16 137 David Bell 294
16 138 Mecole Hardman Jr. 295
16 139 Kayshon Boutte 296
16 140 Ryan Flournoy 297
16 141 Isaiah Williams 298
16 142 Ricky Pearsall 299
16 143 Trent Sherfield Sr. 300
16 144 Kameron Johnson 303
16 145 Laviska Shenault Jr. 306


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