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Our Week 8 fantasy football PPR rankings for 2021 at RB, WR, TE, QB and DEF. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his ranks.
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Welcome RotoBallers to Week 8 of the fantasy football season -- a week where there are two teams on bye, and most fantasy football managers are still recovering from last week's brutal lineup crunches. Below you will find our updated Week 8 PPR fantasy football rankings. Each week we are here to provide you with constantly-updated fantasy football rankings to help you set your optimal lineups and make winning decisions. And before we get to the rankings, here is a quick summary of the relevant fantasy football injuries to monitor which can affect your teams and lineups:
- Calvin Ridley Has Been Ruled Out
- Dak Prescott A Game-Time Decision, Unlikely To Play?
- Jerry Jeudy Activated From IR, Expected To Return Sunday
- Sterling Shepard, Kadarius Toney Questionable For Monday
- Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay Ruled Out
- DeVante Parker Officially Questionable For Week 8
- Corey Davis Doubtful, Tevin Coleman Ruled Out
- Eric Ebron Out Against The Browns
- Deebo Samuel, Trey Lance Cleared To Play Against Bears
- Chargers Hopeful Austin Ekeler Can Play Sunday
- Rob Gronkowski Listed As Questionable For Sunday
- Julio Jones Ruled Out In Week 8
- T.Y. Hilton Receives Questionable Tag
- Terrace Marshall Jr. Ruled Out Against Falcons
- Robert Tonyan Officially Done For The Season
- Curtis Samuel, Dyami Brown Ruled Out
- Baker Mayfield Gains Clearance, Expected To Start
- Antonio Brown Ruled Out Against Saints
- Davis Mills, Not Tyrod Taylor, Starting Against Rams
- Miles Sanders Lands On Injured Reserve
- Michael Thomas Missing From Practice
- Patrick Mahomes Good To Go For Monday Night
- Jarvis Landry Says He'll Play In Week 8
- Stephon Gilmore Activated From PUP List
- Seahawks Unsure If Chris Carson Will Return This Year
These Week 8 fantasy football rankings are a consensus from three of our NFL team leads - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus and Brandon Murchison.
Each of them have analyzed the Week 8 matchups, injury situations, and are continually updating and tweaking their rankings to help you set those winning lineups.
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Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)
Be sure to check out our Week 8 rankings for Half-PPR and Standard
Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This helps to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for FLEX spots (without QB, DEF, K mixed in).
Last updated on Sunday 10/31 at 9:00 am ET:
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Derrick Henry | RB |
| 1 | 2 | Cooper Kupp | WR |
| 1 | 3 | Dalvin Cook | RB |
| 1 | 4 | Tyreek Hill | WR |
| 1 | 5 | Stefon Diggs | WR |
| 1 | 6 | Jonathan Taylor | RB |
| 1 | 7 | Aaron Jones | RB |
| 1 | 8 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR |
| 1 | 9 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB |
| 2 | 10 | Justin Jefferson | WR |
| 2 | 11 | Travis Kelce | TE |
| 2 | 12 | Alvin Kamara | RB |
| 2 | 13 | Deebo Samuel | WR |
| 2 | 14 | D'Andre Swift | RB |
| 2 | 15 | Najee Harris | RB |
| 2 | 16 | A.J. Brown | WR |
| 2 | 17 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR |
| 3 | 18 | Chris Godwin | WR |
| 3 | 19 | Austin Ekeler | RB |
| 3 | 20 | Joe Mixon | RB |
| 3 | 21 | Darrell Henderson Jr. | RB |
| 3 | 22 | Damien Harris | RB |
| 3 | 24 | D.J. Moore | WR |
| 3 | 25 | James Robinson | RB |
| 3 | 26 | D.K. Metcalf | WR |
| 3 | 27 | Terry McLaurin | WR |
| 3 | 28 | Mike Williams | WR |
| 3 | 29 | Diontae Johnson | WR |
| 3 | 30 | Courtland Sutton | WR |
| 3 | 31 | Keenan Allen | WR |
| 3 | 32 | Nick Chubb | RB |
| 3 | 33 | Adam Thielen | WR |
| 3 | 34 | Cordarrelle Patterson | WR |
| 3 | 35 | CeeDee Lamb | WR |
| 3 | 36 | Michael Pittman Jr. | WR |
| 3 | 37 | Mike Evans | WR |
| 4 | 38 | Chuba Hubbard | RB |
| 4 | 39 | Amari Cooper | WR |
| 4 | 40 | Leonard Fournette | RB |
| 4 | 41 | Brandin Cooks | WR |
| 4 | 42 | Kyle Pitts | TE |
| 4 | 43 | Robert Woods | WR |
| 4 | 44 | Elijah Mitchell | RB |
| 4 | 45 | DeVonta Smith | WR |
| 4 | 46 | Sterling Shepard | WR |
| 4 | 47 | Jaylen Waddle | WR |
| 4 | 48 | Darrel Williams | RB |
| 4 | 49 | Khalil Herbert | RB |
| 4 | 50 | Marvin Jones Jr. | WR |
| 4 | 51 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR |
| 5 | 52 | Jerry Jeudy | WR |
| 5 | 53 | Tee Higgins | WR |
| 5 | 54 | Chase Claypool | WR |
| 5 | 55 | Tyler Lockett | WR |
| 5 | 56 | Antonio Gibson | RB |
| 5 | 57 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB |
| 5 | 58 | Chase Edmonds | RB |
| 5 | 59 | Christian Kirk | WR |
| 5 | 60 | Zack Moss | RB |
| 5 | 61 | Mike Gesicki | TE |
| 5 | 62 | Devontae Booker | RB |
| 5 | 63 | Myles Gaskin | RB |
| 5 | 64 | Kadarius Toney | WR |
| 5 | 65 | Jakobi Meyers | WR |
| 5 | 66 | T.J. Hockenson | TE |
| 5 | 67 | Dallas Goedert | TE |
| 5 | 68 | Randall Cobb | WR |
| 5 | 69 | Michael Carter | RB |
| 5 | 70 | Melvin Gordon III | RB |
| 5 | 71 | Alex Collins | RB |
| 5 | 72 | Cole Beasley | WR |
| 5 | 73 | Hunter Henry | TE |
| 5 | 74 | Noah Fant | TE |
| 6 | 75 | Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR |
| 6 | 76 | A.J. Green | WR |
| 6 | 77 | James Conner | RB |
| 6 | 78 | Tyler Boyd | WR |
| 6 | 79 | Tony Pollard | RB |
| 6 | 80 | Dalton Schultz | TE |
| 6 | 81 | Javonte Williams | RB |
| 6 | 82 | Jarvis Landry | WR |
| 6 | 83 | Odell Beckham Jr. | WR |
| 6 | 84 | Robert Tonyan | TE |
| 6 | 85 | K.J. Osborn | WR |
| 6 | 86 | Kalif Raymond | WR |
| 6 | 87 | Van Jefferson | WR |
| 6 | 88 | Darnell Mooney | WR |
| 7 | 89 | J.D. McKissic | RB |
| 7 | 90 | Jamison Crowder | WR |
| 7 | 91 | Allen Robinson II | WR |
| 7 | 92 | T.Y. Hilton | WR |
| 7 | 93 | Marquez Callaway | WR |
| 7 | 94 | Rob Gronkowski | TE |
| 7 | 95 | Rondale Moore | WR |
| 7 | 96 | Darius Slayton | WR |
| 7 | 97 | Robby Anderson | WR |
| 7 | 98 | Mecole Hardman | WR |
| 7 | 99 | Zach Ertz | TE |
| 7 | 100 | DeVante Parker | WR |
| 7 | 101 | Russell Gage | WR |
| 7 | 102 | Jamaal Williams | RB |
| 7 | 103 | Tyler Higbee | TE |
| 7 | 104 | David Johnson | RB |
| 7 | 105 | Nelson Agholor | WR |
| 7 | 106 | Mike Davis | RB |
| 7 | 107 | Samaje Perine | RB |
| 7 | 108 | Quez Watkins | WR |
| 7 | 109 | AJ Dillon | RB |
| 7 | 110 | Ricky Seals-Jones | TE |
| 7 | 111 | Kendrick Bourne | WR |
| 8 | 112 | D'Ernest Johnson | RB |
| 8 | 113 | Zach Pascal | WR |
| 8 | 114 | Tim Patrick | WR |
| 8 | 115 | Elijah Moore | WR |
| 8 | 116 | Boston Scott | RB |
| 8 | 117 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR |
| 8 | 118 | C.J. Uzomah | TE |
| 8 | 119 | Phillip Lindsay | RB |
| 8 | 120 | Equanimeous St. Brown | WR |
| 8 | 121 | Jared Cook | TE |
| 8 | 122 | Jalen Reagor | WR |
| 8 | 123 | Evan Engram | TE |
| 8 | 124 | Dan Arnold | TE |
| 8 | 125 | Tre'Quan Smith | WR |
| 8 | 126 | Brandon Bolden | RB |
| 8 | 127 | Nyheim Hines | RB |
| 8 | 128 | Devin Singletary | RB |
| 8 | 129 | Nico Collins | WR |
| 8 | 130 | Rashaad Penny | RB |
| 8 | 131 | Damien Williams | RB |
| 8 | 132 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR |
| 9 | 133 | Marcus Johnson | WR |
| 9 | 134 | Tyler Conklin | TE |
| 9 | 135 | Jamal Agnew | WR |
| 9 | 136 | Tyler Johnson | WR |
| 9 | 137 | Byron Pringle | WR |
| 9 | 138 | Preston Williams | WR |
| 9 | 139 | Mo Alie-Cox | TE |
| 9 | 140 | Amari Rodgers | WR |
| 9 | 141 | Cole Kmet | TE |
| 9 | 142 | Demarcus Robinson | WR |
| 9 | 143 | Gerald Everett | TE |
| 9 | 144 | Michael Gallup | WR |
| 9 | 145 | Tommy Sweeney | TE |
| 9 | 146 | Salvon Ahmed | RB |
| 9 | 147 | Pat Freiermuth | TE |
| 9 | 148 | Sony Michel | RB |
| 9 | 149 | Ty Johnson | RB |
| 9 | 150 | Alexander Mattison | RB |
| 9 | 151 | Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR |
| 9 | 152 | David Njoku | TE |
| 9 | 153 | Mack Hollins | WR |
| 10 | 154 | Josh Reynolds | WR |
| 10 | 155 | Ronald Jones II | RB |
| 10 | 156 | Giovani Bernard | RB |
| 10 | 157 | Adam Humphries | WR |
| 10 | 158 | Freddie Swain | WR |
| 10 | 159 | Gabriel Davis | WR |
| 10 | 160 | DeSean Jackson | WR |
| 10 | 161 | Rashard Higgins | WR |
| 10 | 162 | Austin Hooper | TE |
| 10 | 163 | Jonnu Smith | TE |
| 10 | 164 | Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | WR |
| 10 | 165 | JaMycal Hasty | RB |
| 10 | 166 | Dante Pettis | WR |
| 10 | 167 | Anthony Schwartz | WR |
| 10 | 168 | Chris Conley | WR |
| 10 | 169 | Albert Wilson | WR |
| 10 | 170 | Jerick McKinnon | RB |
| 11 | 171 | Jalen Guyton | WR |
| 11 | 172 | J.J. Taylor | RB |
| 11 | 173 | Keelan Cole Sr. | WR |
| 11 | 174 | O.J. Howard | TE |
| 11 | 175 | Auden Tate | WR |
| 11 | 176 | Mark Ingram II | RB |
| 11 | 177 | James Washington | WR |
| 11 | 178 | Joshua Kelley | RB |
| 11 | 179 | Demetric Felton | WR |
| 11 | 180 | Danny Amendola | WR |
| 11 | 181 | Anthony Firkser | TE |
| 11 | 182 | John Ross | WR |
| 11 | 183 | Tommy Tremble | TE |
| 11 | 184 | Kenny Stills | WR |
| 11 | 185 | Ross Dwelley | TE |
| 11 | 186 | Blake Jarwin | TE |
| 11 | 187 | Adam Trautman | TE |
| 11 | 188 | Carlos Hyde | RB |
| 11 | 189 | Chris Moore | WR |
| 11 | 190 | Jordan Howard | RB |
| 11 | 191 | Royce Freeman | RB |
| 11 | 192 | Hayden Hurst | TE |
| 11 | 193 | Joshua Palmer | WR |
| 11 | 194 | Donald Parham Jr. | TE |
| 11 | 195 | Jordan Akins | TE |
| 12 | 196 | DeeJay Dallas | RB |
| 12 | 197 | N'Keal Harry | WR |
| 12 | 198 | Kyle Juszczyk | RB |
| 12 | 199 | Jack Doyle | TE |
| 12 | 200 | Denzel Mims | WR |
| 12 | 201 | DeAndre Carter | WR |
| 12 | 202 | Cameron Brate | TE |
| 12 | 203 | Jeremy McNichols | RB |
| 12 | 204 | Justin Jackson | RB |
| 12 | 205 | Juwan Johnson | WR |
| 12 | 206 | Marlon Mack | RB |
| 12 | 207 | Will Dissly | TE |
| 12 | 208 | MyCole Pruitt | TE |
| 12 | 209 | Eric Ebron | TE |
| 12 | 210 | Travis Homer | RB |
| 12 | 211 | Greg Ward | WR |
| 12 | 212 | Albert Okwuegbunam | TE |
| 12 | 213 | Trinity Benson | WR |
| 12 | 214 | Collin Johnson | WR |
| 12 | 215 | Ian Thomas | TE |
| 12 | 216 | Tavon Austin | WR |
| 13 | 217 | Damiere Byrd | WR |
| 13 | 218 | Isaiah McKenzie | WR |
| 13 | 219 | Trey Sermon | RB |
| 13 | 220 | Harrison Bryant | TE |
| 13 | 221 | Olamide Zaccheaus | WR |
| 13 | 222 | KhaDarel Hodge | WR |
| 13 | 223 | Isaiah Ford | WR |
| 13 | 224 | Ryan Griffin | TE |
| 13 | 225 | Kalen Ballage | RB |
| 13 | 226 | Ashton Dulin | WR |
| 13 | 227 | Elijhaa Penny | RB |
| 13 | 228 | Kylin Hill | RB |
| 13 | 229 | Pharaoh Brown | TE |
| 13 | 230 | Kyle Rudolph | TE |
| 13 | 231 | Rex Burkhead | RB |
| 13 | 232 | Dax Milne | WR |
| 13 | 233 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB |
| 13 | 234 | Ray-Ray McCloud | WR |
| 13 | 235 | Marquise Goodwin | WR |
| 13 | 236 | Josh Gordon | WR |
| 13 | 237 | Jakeem Grant Sr. | WR |
| 13 | 238 | Ty Montgomery | RB |
| 13 | 239 | Jaret Patterson | RB |
| 13 | 240 | Kendall Hinton | WR |
| 13 | 241 | Marcedes Lewis | TE |
| 13 | 242 | Chester Rogers | WR |
| 13 | 243 | Mohamed Sanu Sr. | WR |
| 13 | 244 | La'Mical Perine | RB |
| 13 | 245 | J.J. Arcega-Whiteside | WR |
| 13 | 246 | Wayne Gallman Jr. | RB |
| 13 | 247 | Penny Hart | WR |
| 13 | 248 | Braxton Berrios | WR |
| 14 | 249 | Tajae Sharpe | WR |
| 14 | 250 | Anthony Miller | WR |
| 14 | 251 | Durham Smythe | TE |
| 14 | 252 | Benny Snell Jr. | RB |
| 14 | 253 | Keke Coutee | WR |
| 14 | 254 | Adam Shaheen | TE |
| 14 | 255 | C.J. Ham | RB |
| 14 | 256 | Ameer Abdullah | RB |
| 14 | 257 | Geoff Swaim | TE |
| 14 | 258 | Jake Kumerow | WR |
| 14 | 259 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 14 | 260 | Ryan Nall | RB |
| 14 | 261 | Chris Manhertz | TE |
| 14 | 262 | John Kelly | RB |
| 14 | 263 | Kyler Murray | QB |
| 14 | 264 | Patrick Mahomes II | QB |
| 14 | 265 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 14 | 266 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 14 | 267 | Tom Brady | QB |
| 14 | 268 | Justin Herbert | QB |
| 15 | 269 | Charlie Woerner | TE |
| 15 | 270 | Stephen Anderson | TE |
| 15 | 271 | Kirk Cousins | QB |
| 15 | 272 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 15 | 273 | Tyrod Taylor | QB |
| 15 | 274 | Darren Fells | TE |
| 15 | 275 | Daniel Jones | QB |
| 15 | 276 | Ryan Tannehill | QB |
| 15 | 277 | Teddy Bridgewater | QB |
| 15 | 278 | Antony Auclair | TE |
| 15 | 279 | Aaron Rodgers | QB |
| 15 | 280 | Baker Mayfield | QB |
| 15 | 281 | Jesper Horsted | TE |
| 15 | 282 | Carson Wentz | QB |
| 15 | 283 | Jacob Hollister | TE |
| 15 | 284 | Matt Ryan | QB |
| 15 | 285 | Jameis Winston | QB |
| 15 | 286 | Chris Herndon IV | TE |
| 15 | 287 | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 15 | 288 | Dare Ogunbowale | RB |
| 15 | 289 | Tua Tagovailoa | QB |
| 15 | 290 | Larry Rountree III | RB |
| 15 | 291 | Sam Darnold | QB |
| 15 | 292 | Taylor Heinicke | QB |
| 15 | 293 | Trey Lance | QB |
| 15 | 294 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 15 | 295 | Trenton Cannon | RB |
| 15 | 296 | Buddy Howell | RB |
| 15 | 297 | Geno Smith | QB |
| 15 | 298 | Ben Roethlisberger | QB |
| 15 | 299 | Mac Jones | QB |
| 15 | 300 | Jared Goff | QB |
| 15 | 301 | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB |
| 15 | 302 | Justin Fields | QB |
| 15 | 303 | Cooper Rush | QB |
| 15 | 304 | Davis Mills | QB |
| 15 | 305 | Mike White | QB |
| 15 | 306 | Case Keenum | QB |
| 15 | 307 | Tyler Bass | K |
| 15 | 308 | Dustin Hopkins | K |
| 15 | 309 | Matt Prater | K |
| 15 | 310 | Matt Gay | K |
| 15 | 311 | Greg Zuerlein | K |
| 15 | 312 | Younghoe Koo | K |
| 16 | 313 | Harrison Butker | K |
| 16 | 314 | Greg Joseph | K |
| 16 | 315 | Ryan Succop | K |
| 16 | 316 | Nick Folk | K |
| 16 | 317 | Evan McPherson | K |
| 16 | 318 | Randy Bullock | K |
| 16 | 319 | Brandon McManus | K |
| 16 | 320 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 16 | 321 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 16 | 322 | Joe Flacco | QB |
| 16 | 323 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 16 | 324 | Graham Gano | K |
| 16 | 325 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 16 | 326 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 16 | 327 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 16 | 328 | Mason Crosby | K |
| 16 | 329 | Jake Elliott | K |
| 16 | 330 | Zane Gonzalez | K |
| 16 | 331 | Chris Boswell | K |
| 16 | 332 | Chase McLaughlin | K |
| 16 | 333 | Michael Badgley | K |
| 16 | 334 | Denver Broncos | DST |
| 16 | 335 | Jason Myers | K |
| 16 | 336 | Austin Seibert | K |
| 16 | 337 | Carolina Panthers | DST |
| 16 | 338 | Chicago Bears | DST |
| 16 | 339 | Cleveland Browns | DST |
| 16 | 340 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 16 | 341 | Atlanta Falcons | DST |
| 16 | 342 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 16 | 343 | Brian Johnson | K |
| 16 | 344 | Seattle Seahawks | DST |
| 16 | 345 | Joey Slye | K |
| 17 | 346 | Jason Sanders | K |
| 17 | 347 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 17 | 348 | Indianapolis Colts | DST |
| 17 | 349 | Matthew Wright | K |
| 17 | 350 | Cairo Santos | K |
| 17 | 351 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 17 | 352 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 17 | 353 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 17 | 354 | Chris Blewitt | K |
| 17 | 355 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | K |
| 17 | 356 | New Orleans Saints | DST |
| 17 | 357 | Matt Ammendola | K |
| 17 | 358 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
| 17 | 359 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 17 | 360 | Washington Football Team | DST |
| 17 | 361 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
| 17 | 362 | New York Giants | DST |
| 17 | 363 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 17 | 364 | Detroit Lions | DST |
| 17 | 365 | New York Jets | DST |
| 17 | 366 | Houston Texans | DST |
| 17 | 367 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
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