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Updated Week 16 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Our updated Week 16 fantasy football Flex rankings (RB, WR, TE) for 2020. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his Flex ranks.

Welcome to Week 16 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 16 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in many cases tight ends as well:

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick MarianoPierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 16.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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

 

Week 16 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 16 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 12/27 at 9:30 am ET:

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Derrick Henry RB
1 2 Davante Adams WR
1 3 Tyreek Hill WR
1 4 Alvin Kamara RB
1 5 Dalvin Cook RB
1 6 Travis Kelce TE
1 7 David Montgomery RB
1 8 DeAndre Hopkins WR
1 9 Aaron Jones RB
2 10 Nick Chubb RB
2 11 Calvin Ridley WR
2 12 Austin Ekeler RB
2 13 Stefon Diggs WR
2 14 Allen Robinson II WR
2 15 A.J. Brown WR
2 16 Justin Jefferson WR
2 17 Miles Sanders RB
3 18 Jonathan Taylor RB
3 19 Brandon Aiyuk WR
3 20 D'Andre Swift RB
3 21 Darren Waller TE
3 22 Robert Woods WR
3 23 D.K. Metcalf WR
3 24 Josh Jacobs RB
3 25 David Johnson RB
3 26 J.K. Dobbins RB
3 27 Terry McLaurin WR
3 28 Mike Evans WR
3 29 Diontae Johnson WR
3 30 D.J. Moore WR
3 31 Adam Thielen WR
3 32 Marvin Jones Jr. WR
3 33 Chris Carson RB
3 34 Cooper Kupp WR
3 35 Melvin Gordon III RB
3 36 Leonard Fournette RB
3 37 Chris Godwin WR
4 38 Keenan Allen WR
4 39 Le'Veon Bell RB
4 40 Amari Cooper WR
4 41 Cole Beasley WR
4 42 Kenyan Drake RB
4 43 Corey Davis WR
4 44 Antonio Gibson RB
4 45 Mike Davis RB
4 46 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB
4 47 Kareem Hunt RB
4 48 Tyler Lockett WR
4 49 Brandin Cooks WR
4 50 Robby Anderson WR
4 51 Tony Pollard RB
5 52 Ezekiel Elliott RB
5 53 Emmanuel Sanders WR
5 54 Darrell Henderson RB
5 55 Curtis Samuel WR
5 56 T.Y. Hilton WR
5 57 Giovani Bernard RB
5 58 T.J. Hockenson TE
5 59 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR
5 60 Mark Andrews TE
5 61 Russell Gage WR
5 62 Keke Coutee WR
5 63 Marquise Brown WR
5 64 Antonio Brown WR
5 65 J.D. McKissic RB
5 66 Tim Patrick WR
5 67 Tee Higgins WR
5 68 Wayne Gallman RB
5 69 Myles Gaskin RB
5 70 Logan Thomas TE
5 71 CeeDee Lamb WR
5 72 Robert Tonyan TE
5 73 George Kittle TE
5 74 Noah Fant TE
6 75 Chase Claypool WR
6 76 Jamison Crowder WR
6 77 Dare Ogunbowale RB
6 78 Jakobi Meyers WR
6 79 D.J. Chark Jr. WR
6 80 Nelson Agholor WR
6 81 Sterling Shepard WR
6 82 Chase Edmonds RB
6 83 Rob Gronkowski TE
6 84 Allen Lazard WR
6 85 Dallas Goedert TE
6 86 Austin Hooper TE
6 87 Sony Michel RB
6 88 Michael Pittman Jr. WR
7 89 Jerry Jeudy WR
7 90 Nyheim Hines RB
7 91 Salvon Ahmed RB
7 92 Devin Singletary RB
7 93 Lynn Bowden Jr. RB
7 94 Ito Smith RB
7 95 Chad Hansen WR
7 96 Mike Gesicki TE
7 97 James Conner RB
7 98 Darnell Mooney WR
7 99 Michael Gallup WR
7 100 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR
7 101 Gabriel Davis WR
7 102 Gus Edwards RB
7 103 Christian Kirk WR
7 104 Zack Moss RB
7 105 Cole Kmet TE
7 106 Jonnu Smith TE
7 107 Tyron Johnson WR
7 108 Tyler Boyd WR
7 109 Marvin Hall WR
7 110 Sammy Watkins WR
7 111 James White RB
8 112 Evan Engram TE
8 113 Darius Slayton WR
8 114 Laviska Shenault Jr. WR
8 115 Latavius Murray RB
8 116 Jared Cook TE
8 117 Frank Gore RB
8 118 Denzel Mims WR
8 119 Mike Williams WR
8 120 Malcolm Brown RB
8 121 Benny Snell Jr. RB
8 122 Breshad Perriman WR
8 123 Hayden Hurst TE
8 124 KJ Hamler WR
8 125 A.J. Green WR
8 126 Dalton Schultz TE
8 127 Phillip Lindsay RB
8 128 Tyler Higbee TE
8 129 Keelan Cole Sr. WR
8 130 Kendrick Bourne WR
8 131 Jalen Reagor WR
8 132 Eric Ebron TE
9 133 Zach Ertz TE
9 134 Irv Smith Jr. TE
9 135 Hunter Renfrow WR
9 136 Ty Johnson RB
9 137 Carlos Hyde RB
9 138 Mecole Hardman WR
9 139 Anthony Miller WR
9 140 Jordan Akins TE
9 141 Kalen Ballage RB
9 142 James Washington WR
9 143 Darrel Williams RB
9 144 Greg Ward WR
9 145 Golden Tate WR
9 146 Zach Pascal WR
9 147 Peyton Barber RB
9 148 Damiere Byrd WR
9 149 Devine Ozigbo RB
9 150 Jalen Guyton WR
9 151 Dan Arnold TE
9 152 Willie Snead IV WR
9 153 Danny Amendola WR
10 154 Jordan Reed TE
10 155 Matt Breida RB
10 156 Boston Scott RB
10 157 Alshon Jeffery WR
10 158 Cam Sims WR
10 159 Marquez Callaway WR
10 160 Harrison Bryant TE
10 161 Todd Gurley II RB
10 162 Tommylee Lewis WR
10 163 Josh Reynolds WR
10 164 Richie James Jr. WR
10 165 Dawson Knox TE
10 166 Cordarrelle Patterson WR
10 167 Demarcus Robinson WR
10 168 David Moore WR
10 169 Jimmy Graham TE
10 170 Larry Fitzgerald WR
11 171 Devontae Booker RB
11 172 Drew Sample TE
11 173 Jacob Hollister TE
11 174 Gerald Everett TE
11 175 N'Keal Harry WR
11 176 Adrian Peterson RB
11 177 Collin Johnson WR
11 178 David Njoku TE
11 179 LeSean McCoy RB
11 180 Trey Burton TE
11 181 Tyler Eifert TE
11 182 Travis Fulgham WR
11 183 Isaiah Ford WR
11 184 Kerryon Johnson RB
11 185 Jamaal Williams RB
11 186 Quintez Cephus WR
11 187 Mohamed Sanu WR
11 188 Jerick McKinnon RB
11 189 Scotty Miller WR
11 190 Chris Herndon IV TE
11 191 Brandon Powell WR
11 192 Donald Parham Jr. TE
11 193 Van Jefferson WR
11 194 Miles Boykin WR
11 195 Mack Hollins WR
12 196 Tevin Coleman RB
12 197 AJ Dillon RB
12 198 Chris Conley WR
12 199 Joshua Kelley RB
12 200 Jack Doyle TE


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