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Divisional Round Rankings (Top 100)

Fantasy football rankings for the Divisional Round, the second round of the NFL playoffs. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th overall for the year out of 120 experts.

Welcome back, RotoBallers. The NFL playoffs are heating up as we approach the second round, and we are still here churning out our weekly fantasy football advice. For those of you playing in fantasy football playoff leagues or DFS contests (on FanDuel, DraftKings, etc), use this list as your player rankings guide.

Below you will find our staff's fantasy football rankings for the Divisional Round. Three of our lead fantasy football columnists, Bill DubielPierre Camus and Nick Mariano, have analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates.

And just in case you somehow missed it, RotoBaller's esteemed Nick Mariano finished the year as the industry's 9th overall ranked expert for the entire fantasy football season. You can see the results here. Congrats Nick!

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Divisional Round Fantasy Football Rankings

Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This is to allow owners to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for their FLEX spot (without seeing QB, DEF, K mixed in).

 

Tier Rank Player Name Pos Nick Pierre Bill
1 1 Le'Veon Bell RB 1 1 1
1 2 Antonio Brown WR 4 2 3
1 3 Alvin Kamara RB 2 3 8
1 4 Julio Jones WR 3 6 5
1 5 Leonard Fournette RB 6 4 6
1 6 Mark Ingram RB 5 8 4
1 7 Michael Thomas WR 9 9 2
1 8 Derrick Henry RB 8 5 7
1 9 Devonta Freeman RB 7 7 9
1 10 Rob Gronkowski TE 10 10 10
1 11 Adam Thielen WR 11 11 13
1 12 Brandin Cooks WR 13 13 11
1 13 Dion Lewis RB 12 12 14
2 14 Latavius Murray RB 21 14 12
2 15 Alshon Jeffery WR 16 16 18
2 16 Stefon Diggs WR 17 17 17
2 17 Jerick McKinnon RB 24 15 15
2 18 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 20 19 16
2 19 Mohamed Sanu WR 18 18 19
2 20 Nelson Agholor WR 19 26 22
3 21 Zach Ertz TE 27 23 23
3 22 Rishard Matthews WR 22 31 20
3 23 Tevin Coleman RB 15 28 33
3 24 Delanie Walker TE 23 27 27
3 25 Ted Ginn WR 26 25 26
3 26 Eric Decker WR 32 22 30
3 27 Dede Westbrook WR 31 20 34
3 28 Rex Burkhead RB 38 24 24
3 29 Jay Ajayi RB 33 33 21
3 30 Corey Davis WR 29 34 25
3 31 James White RB 28 21 39
3 32 Danny Amendola WR 25 40 32
3 33 Marqise Lee WR 34 29 35
3 34 Martavis Bryant WR 30 32 37
4 35 Chris Hogan WR 42 30 31
4 36 LeGarrette Blount RB 39 39 28
4 37 Keelan Cole WR 35 42 29
4 38 Torrey Smith WR 36 35 40
4 39 T.J. Yeldon RB 14 53 44
4 40 DeMarco Murray RB #N/A 38 #N/A
4 41 Allen Hurns WR 37 43 41
4 42 Brandon Coleman WR 41 41 43
4 43 Willie Snead WR 47 36 47
4 44 Chris Ivory RB 49 46 38
4 45 Eli Rogers WR 48 37 56
4 46 Tommylee Lewis WR 55 50 36
4 47 Taylor Gabriel WR 43 45 55
4 48 Corey Clement RB 52 44 49
4 49 Justin Hardy WR 40 48 64
5 50 Laquon Treadwell WR 56 47 59
5 51 Kenny Britt WR 45 59 60
5 52 Corey Grant RB 54 57 53
5 53 Kyle Rudolph TE 51 51 63
5 54 Taywan Taylor WR 59 61 45
5 55 Mike Gillislee RB 46 62 58
5 56 Michael Floyd WR 61 66 42
5 57 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 57 58 54
5 58 Phillip Dorsett WR 65 56 50
5 59 Austin Hooper TE 63 64 51
5 60 Mack Hollins WR 64 67 48
5 61 Jarius Wright WR 50 65 65
6 62 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 66 55 #N/A
6 63 Josh Hill TE 67 63 66
6 64 Jesse James TE 69 68 62
6 65 Marcedes Lewis TE 68 69 67
6 66 Vance McDonald TE 62 71 76
6 67 Trey Burton TE 70 72 72
6 68 Levine Toilolo TE 74 77 70
6 69 Dwayne Allen TE 71 76 75
6 70 Xavier Grimble TE 76 78 73
6 71 Tom Brady QB 79 80 78
6 72 Drew Brees QB 83 81 79
6 73 Matt Ryan QB 82 82 81
6 74 Case Keenum QB 80 86 80
6 75 Ben Roethlisberger QB 81 85 82
6 76 Marcus Mariota QB 84 83 85
6 77 Blake Bortles QB 85 84 84
6 78 Nick Foles QB 86 87 83
6 79 Pittsburgh Steelers DST 95 89 87
7 80 Jacksonville Jaguars DST 97 88 88
7 81 New England Patriots DST 96 93 86
7 82 Minnesota Vikings DST 98 92 89
7 83 Atlanta Falcons DST 99 90 90
7 84 Stephen Gostkowski K 87 96 96
7 85 Matt Bryant K 88 97 97
7 86 New Orleans Saints DST 101 91 91
7 87 Wil Lutz K 90 98 95
7 88 Philadelphia Eagles DST 100 94 92
7 89 Chris Boswell K 91 101 94
7 90 Kai Forbath K 89 99 99
7 91 Tennessee Titans DST 102 95 93
7 92 Jake Elliott K 92 103 98
7 93 Josh Lambo K 94 100 100
7 94 Ryan Succop K 93 102 101

 
 

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Check out all of RotoBaller's fantasy football rankings. Staff rankings are updated regularly for all positions and include standard formats, PPR scoring, tiered rankings and dynasty leagues.




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