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Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings (Half-PPR) - August Updates Include Nico Collins, Rashee Rice, Jordan Addison, Travis Hunter, Tee Higgins, more

Tee Higgins - Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

RotoBaller's half-PPR fantasy football wide receiver (WR) rankings with August 2025 updates. These fantasy football WR rankings are updated for 2025 drafts.

We're finally in August, which means the NFL kicks off next month, and it's officially fantasy football draft season. In these 2025 fantasy football wide receiver rankings (half-ppr), check out where key wideouts such as Nico Collins, Rashee Rice, Jordan Addison, Travis Hunter, Tee Higgins, and more stand for the upcoming NFL campaign.

Our NFL rankings team has been covering fantasy football all year long, and we'll continue to do so through the start and end of the NFL season. Be sure to also check out and bookmark our various 2025 fantasy football rankings, including formats like best ball fantasy football rankingsdynasty fantasy football rankings, and 2025 NFL rookie fantasy football rankings. Whatever you're interested in, we've got you covered.

RotoBaller's lead NFL analyst Nick Mariano put together these updated 2025 half-PPR WR rankings, which will be updated regularly throughout the NFL offseason. As injuries happen and depth charts shake up, be sure to check back in.

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

 

Wide Receiver Fantasy Football Rankings: Half-PPR

Check out our PPR fantasy football rankings and standard (non-PPR) fantasy football rankings as well:

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Tier
WR
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Ja'Marr Chase WR 1
1 2 Justin Jefferson WR 4
1 3 CeeDee Lamb WR 5
2 4 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 8
2 5 Malik Nabers WR 10
2 6 Nico Collins WR 11
2 7 Puka Nacua WR 12
2 8 Brian Thomas Jr. WR 15
2 9 A.J. Brown WR 16
3 10 Drake London WR 17
3 11 Ladd McConkey WR 22
3 12 Tyreek Hill WR 24
3 13 Tee Higgins WR 26
3 14 Davante Adams WR 30
3 15 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR 37
4 16 Terry McLaurin WR 38
4 17 Mike Evans WR 39
4 18 Xavier Worthy WR 40
4 19 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR 41
4 20 Garrett Wilson WR 42
4 21 DJ Moore WR 43
5 22 Jameson Williams WR 44
5 23 DeVonta Smith WR 45
5 24 Courtland Sutton WR 46
5 25 Jaylen Waddle WR 48
5 26 Tetairoa McMillan WR 50
5 27 George Pickens WR 51
5 28 Calvin Ridley WR 52
5 29 DK Metcalf WR 54
5 30 Zay Flowers WR 55
5 31 Rashee Rice WR 57
6 32 Rome Odunze WR 60
6 33 Travis Hunter WR 61
6 34 Chris Olave WR 62
6 35 Jerry Jeudy WR 65
7 36 Jakobi Meyers WR 67
7 37 Deebo Samuel Sr. WR 69
7 38 Jauan Jennings WR 71
8 39 Stefon Diggs WR 72
8 40 Jordan Addison WR 73
8 41 Jayden Reed WR 78
8 42 Emeka Egbuka WR 79
8 43 Chris Godwin WR 80
8 44 Ricky Pearsall WR 82
8 45 Josh Downs WR 84
8 46 Matthew Golden WR 87
8 47 Michael Pittman Jr. WR 94
8 48 Khalil Shakir WR 95
8 49 Cooper Kupp WR 98
8 50 Darnell Mooney WR 101
8 51 Keon Coleman WR 108
8 52 Rashid Shaheed WR 113
8 53 Christian Kirk WR 119
8 54 Jayden Higgins WR 121
8 55 Keenan Allen WR 124
8 56 Rashod Bateman WR 127
8 57 Brandon Aiyuk WR 129
8 58 Luther Burden III WR 135
8 59 Marquise Brown WR 139
8 60 Romeo Doubs WR 140
9 61 Marvin Mims Jr. WR 141
9 62 Adam Thielen WR 143
9 63 Tre Harris WR 148
9 64 Cedric Tillman WR 153
9 65 Jalen McMillan WR 156
9 66 Kyle Williams WR 157
9 67 Quentin Johnston WR 159
9 68 Alec Pierce WR 167
9 69 Wan'Dale Robinson WR 170
9 70 Xavier Legette WR 171
9 71 DeMario Douglas WR 172
9 72 Joshua Palmer WR 177
9 73 Michael Wilson WR 180
9 74 Dyami Brown WR 182
9 75 Jack Bech WR 186
10 76 Jaylin Noel WR 190
10 77 Elijah Moore WR 191
10 78 Dont'e Thornton Jr. WR 192
10 79 Kayshon Boutte WR 193
10 80 DeAndre Hopkins WR 195
10 81 Ray-Ray McCloud III WR 196
10 82 Darius Slayton WR 201
10 83 Andrei Iosivas WR 204
10 84 Tutu Atwell WR 205
10 85 Devaughn Vele WR 206
10 86 Jalen Coker WR 211
10 87 Calvin Austin III WR 213
10 88 Pat Bryant WR 222
10 89 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR 224
10 90 Noah Brown WR 225
11 91 KaVontae Turpin WR 227
11 92 Jordan Whittington WR 229
11 93 Jalen Tolbert WR 230
11 94 Jalen Royals WR 233
11 95 Dontayvion Wicks WR 235
11 96 Adonai Mitchell WR 236
11 97 Isaac TeSlaa WR 237
11 98 Brandin Cooks WR 238
11 99 Tyler Lockett WR 241
11 100 Roman Wilson WR 249
11 101 Malik Washington WR 254
11 102 Chimere Dike WR 260
11 103 Parker Washington WR 266
11 104 Josh Reynolds WR 268
11 105 Elic Ayomanor WR 272
12 106 Tory Horton WR 276
12 107 Greg Dortch WR 279
12 108 Diontae Johnson WR 285
12 109 Jacob Cowing WR 286
12 110 Tre Tucker WR 288
12 111 Tim Patrick WR 293
12 112 Curtis Samuel WR 298
12 113 Jalen Nailor WR 307
12 114 Luke McCaffrey WR 309
12 115 Tai Felton WR 310
12 116 Christian Watson WR 311
12 117 Van Jefferson WR 313
12 118 Savion Williams WR 314
12 119 Demarcus Robinson WR 319
12 120 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 320
13 121 Kalif Raymond WR 321
13 122 John Metchie III WR 323
13 123 Rondale Moore WR 325
13 124 Xavier Restrepo WR 327
13 125 Troy Franklin WR 328
13 126 Keandre Lambert-Smith WR 329
13 127 Jermaine Burton WR 330
13 128 Mack Hollins WR 331
13 129 Amari Cooper WR 333
13 130 Jaylin Lane WR 337
13 131 Allen Lazard WR 341
13 132 Treylon Burks WR 345
13 133 Arian Smith WR 347
13 134 Zay Jones WR 351
13 135 KhaDarel Hodge WR 352
13 136 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 355
13 137 Olamide Zaccheaus WR 358
13 138 Malachi Corley WR 359
13 139 Gabe Davis WR 369
14 140 Ja'Lynn Polk WR 370
14 141 Nick Nash WR 372
14 142 Tez Johnson WR 373
14 143 Devontez Walker WR 393
14 144 Jalin Hyatt WR 395
14 145 Jahan Dotson WR 396
14 146 Kendrick Bourne WR 401
14 147 Ricky White III WR 403
14 148 Tyler Boyd WR 408

 

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Player Outlooks

CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb had another top-10 fantasy finish despite the second half of his season being ruined and prematurely ended by a shoulder injury. The wideout was the No. 4 WR in half-PPR scoring through Week 8, but endured a sprained AC joint in Week 9, which was the same week Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring tear. Going from Prescott to Cooper Rush hurt the offense, even though Prescott was battling a career-worst 3.8% touchdown rate.

And those Trey Lance reps sure didn't do him any favors. Still, the star WR made it work through volume and remained the No. 4 WR through Week 16 before being shut down as his condition deteriorated. Lamb says he's feeling good after five months of recovery and rehab, which is encouraging going into the 2025 season with a healthy Prescott and a new teammate.

George Pickens steps into Brandin Cooks' No. 2 WR role, but is a vertical threat and shouldn't interfere with Lamb's alpha status. Perhaps he can keep the safeties from bracketing Lamb, who remains a healthy first-round pick in fantasy drafts.

A.J. Brown, Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown is positioned for yet another strong season after squeezing 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns out of 67 catches (97 targets). He missed nearly a month due to a hamstring strain early in the year, but was the PPR WR5 between Weeks 6-17 with 194 fantasy points. However, if you shift the scope to a per-game basis, then he becomes the WR17 in that same window. This team's starting 11 is largely unchanged from their championship campaign, so the infrastructure to run first and hammer teams on the ground remains.

They were second in the NFL with 179.3 rush yards per game and had the fourth-lowest passing tally at 187.9 yards per game. However, Brown's 31.1% team target share was the second-highest mark among WRs, and his 41.6% share of team passing yards led the NFL. With no additional competition, Brown should find himself once again near the top of those leaderboards. As a result, his RotoBaller rank and early ADP appropriately land him as a top-20 pick for fantasy managers to build around.

Nico Collins, Houston Texans

Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins continued to produce as a big-play machine even as the offense took a step back, tallying 1,006 yards and seven touchdowns on 68 catches while limited to 12 games. He's yet to play in 16 games across his four-year career, but the elite dynamism now has the alpha volume to make a splash worthy of the first round.

With Tank Dell recovering from his serious leg injury, Collins will now line up next to Christian Kirk (coming off a broken collarbone) and 2025 second-round pick, Jayden Higgins. Lining up as a powerful X receiver, this remains his team. Collins is also the only receiver to rank within the top eight in yards per route run against both man and zone coverage in both 2023 and '24.

We won't need C.J. Stroud to put up top-five QB metrics like he did as a rookie for the efficient Collins to hit it big, but a full rebound from Stroud could produce a top-three fantasy WR year. Will you gamble on Stroud's Year 3 and Collins' health this early?

Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins remains a key piece of the best passing offense in the NFL, which provides a top-25 rank and ADP. Over 12 games, Higgins caught 73 passes for 911 yards and a career-high 10 touchdowns on 109 targets. Despite the injury, that is wildly close to his 16-game totals from 2022 (74-1,029-7 on 109 targets), which speaks to Cincy's potency with Joe Burrow at the helm. Ja'Marr Chase remains the top WR, but Higgins was nearly even with Chase's target share in the games where they both played.

We won't expect the TD rate of 10 scores in 12 games to carry forward in 2025, but this offense needs to put up numbers to stay in the game. The Bengals did not make significant additions to their vulnerable defense this offseason, and may be even worse if they don't reach an extension agreement with Trey Hendrickson. Higgins has only played in 12 games in each of the last two seasons, but he's only entering his age-26 season and is one of the best WRs in the game, even when overshadowed by Chase.

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