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Week 5 Wide Receiver Rankings for Fantasy Football: Amon-Ra St. Brown, CeeDee Lamb, Chris Olave, Jaylen Waddle, Marquise Brown

Tyreek Hill - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Picks

Updated Week 5 fantasy football wide receiver rankings as of October 8th, 2022. Set your winning lineups with our Week 5 NFL rankings for fantasy football.

It's Week 5, and the RotoBaller team is here as always to help set those winning fantasy football lineups. Every week of the NFL season we're here to guide you, and below you can find our NFL rankings team's updated Week 5 fantasy football wide receiver rankings, as of October 8th. Our goal is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key wide receivers like Amon-Ra St. Brown, Tyreek Hill, and Jaylen Waddle rank, among others.

Our wide receiver fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Brandon Murchison and Andersen Pickard. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff.

You should also bookmark our fantasy football rankings portal and check back regularly for updates. In addition to these WR rankings, read our fantasy football articles and analysis - our NFL team discusses lineup sleepers, busts, NFL players to start and sit, waiver wire pickups and so much more. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must have - download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top NFL news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

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

 

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings

You can also check out our Week 5 Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings. A big congrats to our very own Nick Mariano who once again finished as a top-10 ranker in 2021 across the entire fantasy football industry!

Last updated on Saturday 10/8 at 5:30 pm ET:

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WR
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Cooper Kupp WR 1
1 2 Stefon Diggs WR 2
1 3 Justin Jefferson WR 3
1 4 Ja'Marr Chase WR 6
1 5 Davante Adams WR 9
1 6 A.J. Brown WR 11
1 7 Mike Evans WR 13
2 8 Tyreek Hill WR 17
2 9 Deebo Samuel WR 18
2 10 CeeDee Lamb WR 20
2 11 Tee Higgins WR 21
2 12 Christian Kirk WR 24
2 13 Courtland Sutton WR 25
3 14 Jaylen Waddle WR 26
3 15 Marquise Brown WR 27
3 16 Mike Williams WR 30
3 17 Chris Godwin WR 35
3 18 DK Metcalf WR 37
3 19 Michael Pittman Jr. WR 38
3 20 Amari Cooper WR 39
3 21 Chris Olave WR 41
3 22 Drake London WR 42
4 23 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 43
4 24 Diontae Johnson WR 46
4 25 Brandin Cooks WR 47
4 26 Tyler Lockett WR 48
4 27 Terry McLaurin WR 51
4 28 DeVonta Smith WR 55
4 29 Gabe Davis WR 56
4 30 Romeo Doubs WR 58
5 31 Jerry Jeudy WR 59
5 32 Curtis Samuel WR 64
5 33 Robert Woods WR 65
5 34 Adam Thielen WR 66
5 35 Allen Lazard WR 67
5 36 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 69
5 37 Garrett Wilson WR 71
6 38 DJ Moore WR 74
6 39 Brandon Aiyuk WR 78
6 40 George Pickens WR 83
6 41 Elijah Moore WR 85
6 42 Darnell Mooney WR 88
6 43 Tyler Boyd WR 89
6 44 Josh Reynolds WR 90
7 45 Devin Duvernay WR 92
7 46 Hunter Renfrow WR 94
7 47 Jarvis Landry WR 95
7 48 Zay Jones WR 99
7 49 Isaiah McKenzie WR 100
7 50 Corey Davis WR 101
7 51 Jakobi Meyers WR 102
8 52 Allen Robinson II WR 103
8 53 Michael Gallup WR 104
8 54 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 105
8 55 Joshua Palmer WR 106
8 56 Rondale Moore WR 107
8 57 Noah Brown WR 108
8 58 Russell Gage WR 110
8 59 Chase Claypool WR 111
9 60 DeVante Parker WR 112
9 61 Nico Collins WR 114
9 62 Marvin Jones Jr. WR 115
9 63 Mack Hollins WR 120
9 64 K.J. Osborn WR 121
9 65 Alec Pierce WR 122
9 66 Julio Jones WR 123
10 67 Richie James Jr. WR 126
10 68 Robbie Anderson WR 127
10 69 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR 128
10 70 Ben Skowronek WR 132
10 71 Nelson Agholor WR 133
10 72 Mecole Hardman WR 134
10 73 Olamide Zaccheaus WR 136
10 74 Equanimeous St. Brown WR 137
10 75 Randall Cobb WR 138
10 76 Greg Dortch WR 139
10 77 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR 140
11 78 Khalil Shakir WR 141
11 79 Kyle Philips WR 142
11 80 Parris Campbell WR 144
11 81 Christian Watson WR 147
11 82 Demarcus Robinson WR 152
11 83 Juwan Johnson WR 153
11 84 Kendrick Bourne WR 155
11 85 Trent Sherfield WR 156
11 86 David Sills V WR 160
11 87 DeAndre Carter WR 161
11 88 Jauan Jennings WR 164
11 89 Marquez Callaway WR 167
11 90 Quez Watkins WR 169
11 91 K.J. Hamler WR 171
11 92 Chris Moore WR 173
11 93 Skyy Moore WR 174
12 94 Braxton Berrios WR 177
12 95 Ashton Dulin WR 179
12 96 Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR 180
12 97 Brandon Powell WR 181
12 98 Tre'Quan Smith WR 184
12 99 Jamal Agnew WR 186
12 100 Dyami Brown WR 187
12 101 Darius Slayton WR 190
12 102 Kalif Raymond WR 192
12 103 Cam Sims WR 196
12 104 James Proche II WR 197
12 105 Ray-Ray McCloud WR 202
12 106 Shi Smith WR 203
12 107 Dante Pettis WR 204
12 108 David Bell WR 205
12 109 River Cracraft WR 209
13 110 KhaDarel Hodge WR 216
13 111 Justin Watson WR 219
13 112 Marquise Goodwin WR 221
13 113 Simi Fehoko WR 222
13 114 Quintez Cephus WR 229
13 115 Dee Eskridge WR 231
13 116 Jake Kumerow WR 235
13 117 Zach Pascal WR 239
13 118 Keelan Cole Sr. WR 242
13 119 Scotty Miller WR 245
13 120 Jalen Reagor WR 252
13 121 Laviska Shenault Jr. WR 253
13 122 Montrell Washington WR 256
13 123 Kendall Hinton WR 260
13 124 Dezmon Patmon WR 261


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