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Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 5 of the NFL season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.
Each week at RotoBaller we provide you with various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you decide which free agent players to pickup off waivers. Our amazing team of analysts here whip them up as early in the week as possible, and update them as more news is announced.
To kick things off each week, we have our overall waiver wire article and waiver wire express lightning round, both dropping very early in the week -- usually by the time the Sunday Night Football game ends. We have our FAAB waiver wire article from Nick Mariano, for those of you with salary cap waivers, which discusses how much of your free agent budget to spend on players when trying to add them off the waiver wire. And then we also have articles for each position, to take a deeper dive on each: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, quarterbacks, defenses, kickers, IDP leagues and players to consider dropping.
This article is final piece of the weekly series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 5! Let's get to it.
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Week 5 Waiver Wire Rankings
| Rank | Player Name | Position | % Owned | Baller Move |
| 1 | Latavius Murray | RB | 47 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Damien Williams | RB | 7 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Samaje Perine | RB | 2 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 4 | Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR | 58 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 29 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Michael Carter Jr. | RB | 51 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Malcolm Brown | RB | 6 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR | 58 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Henry Ruggs III | WR | 56 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Bryan Edwards | WR | 18 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Dalton Schultz | TE | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Maxx Williams | TE | 1 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Khalil Herbert | RB | 0 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Van Jefferson Jr. | WR | 5 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Mecole Hardman | WR | 50 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Hunter Renfrow | WR | 25 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 17 | Jamison Crowder | WR | 19 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 18 | J.D. McKissic | RB | 39 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 19 | Josh Gordon | WR | 32 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Curtis Samuel | WR | 41 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Dawson Knox | TE | 47 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Tim Patrick | WR | 44 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | A.J. Green | WR | 23 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Darnell Mooney | WR | 38 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Marquez Callaway | WR | 35 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Jalen Reagor | WR | 21 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Nelson Agholor | WR | 38 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Randall Cobb | WR | 6 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 29 | DeVante Parker | WR | 38 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Rashod Bateman | WR | 25 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | C.J. Uzomah | TE | 2 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Quintez Cephus | WR | 16 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Zach Pascal | WR | 23 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | 3 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 35 | K.J. Osborn | WR | 18 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 36 | Kadarius Toney | WR | 3 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 37 | Quez Watkins | WR | 2 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 38 | Hunter Henry | TE | 42 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Darrel Williams | RB | 9 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Alex Collins | RB | 1 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Jeremy McNichols | RB | 1 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 42 | Kalif Raymond | WR | 1 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 43 | Daniel Jones | QB | 31 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Sam Darnold | QB | 37 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Trey Lance | QB | 30 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Matt Ryan | QB | 53 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Taylor Heinicke | QB | 10 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 48 | Justin Fields | QB | 42 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 49 | Zach Wilson | QB | 9 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 50 | Jacoby Brissett | QB | 3 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
Running Backs (Priority Order):
Latavius Murray
Damien Williams
Samaje Perine
Kenneth Gainwell
Michael Carter
Malcolm Brown
Khalil Herbert
J.D. McKissic
Peyton Barber
Darrel Williams
Alex Collins
Jeremy McNichols
Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Laviska Shenault Jr.
Emmanuel Sanders
Henry Ruggs III
Bryan Edwards
Van Jefferson
Mecole Hardman
Hunter Renfrow
Jamison Crowder
Josh Gordon
Curtis Samuel
Tim Patrick
A.J. Green
Darnell Mooney
Marquez Callaway
Jalen Reagor
Nelson Agholor
Randall Cobb
DeVante Parker
Rashod Bateman
Quintez Cephus
Zach Pascal
Amon-Ra St. Brown
K.J. Osborn
Kadarius Toney
Quez Watkins
DeSean Jackson
Kalif Raymond
Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Dalton Schultz
Maxx Williams
Dawson Knox
C.J. Uzomah
Hunter Henry
Zach Ertz
Evan Engram
Juwan Johnson
Ricky Seals-Jones
Mo Alie-Cox
Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Daniel Jones
Sam Darnold
Trey Lance
Matt Ryan
Taylor Heinicke
Justin Fields
Zach Wilson
Jacoby Brissett
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