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Updated Week 8 Wide Receiver Rankings

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Our updated Week 8 fantasy football wide receiver rankings for 2021. Follow these fantasy football WR ranks when setting your Week 8 lineups.

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 8 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick MarianoPierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8.

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 8 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings

You can also see our full Week 8 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Saturday 10/30 at 8:00 pm ET:

WR Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Cooper Kupp WR 2
2 Tyreek Hill WR 4
3 Stefon Diggs WR 6
4 Ja'Marr Chase WR 7
5 Justin Jefferson WR 10
6 Deebo Samuel WR 12
7 A.J. Brown WR 16
8 DeAndre Hopkins WR 17
9 Chris Godwin WR 18
10 Terry McLaurin WR 22
11 Calvin Ridley WR 24
12 D.K. Metcalf WR 25
13 Mike Williams WR 26
14 D.J. Moore WR 27
15 Diontae Johnson WR 28
16 Courtland Sutton WR 30
17 Adam Thielen WR 31
18 Keenan Allen WR 32
19 Cordarrelle Patterson WR 33
20 CeeDee Lamb WR 34
21 Michael Pittman Jr. WR 35
22 Brandin Cooks WR 36
23 Mike Evans WR 37
24 Amari Cooper WR 39
25 Robert Woods WR 42
26 Jaylen Waddle WR 43
27 Sterling Shepard WR 45
28 Marvin Jones Jr. WR 47
29 Tyler Lockett WR 48
30 Tee Higgins WR 49
31 Jerry Jeudy WR 51
32 Emmanuel Sanders WR 52
33 DeVonta Smith WR 53
34 Chase Claypool WR 54
35 Christian Kirk WR 60
36 Jakobi Meyers WR 63
37 Randall Cobb WR 67
38 Cole Beasley WR 69
39 Laviska Shenault Jr. WR 75
40 A.J. Green WR 76
41 Tyler Boyd WR 78
42 Kadarius Toney WR 81
43 Jarvis Landry WR 83
44 Odell Beckham Jr. WR 84
45 K.J. Osborn WR 86
46 Darnell Mooney WR 87
47 Kalif Raymond WR 88
48 Van Jefferson WR 89
49 Marquez Callaway WR 90
50 T.Y. Hilton WR 91
51 Allen Robinson II WR 93
52 Jamison Crowder WR 95
53 Mecole Hardman WR 96
54 Rondale Moore WR 97
55 Robby Anderson WR 98
56 Darius Slayton WR 99
57 DeVante Parker WR 100
58 Russell Gage WR 103
59 Nelson Agholor WR 108
60 Kendrick Bourne WR 111
61 Quez Watkins WR 112
62 Elijah Moore WR 113
63 Zach Pascal WR 114
64 Tim Patrick WR 115
65 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 116
66 Jalen Reagor WR 118
67 Equanimeous St. Brown WR 121
68 Tre'Quan Smith WR 125
69 Nico Collins WR 130
70 Brandon Aiyuk WR 132
71 Marcus Johnson WR 134
72 Jamal Agnew WR 135
73 Byron Pringle WR 136
74 Demarcus Robinson WR 139
75 Amari Rodgers WR 140
76 Preston Williams WR 142
77 Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR 152
78 Adam Humphries WR 153
79 Mack Hollins WR 154
80 Freddie Swain WR 155
81 Dante Pettis WR 156
82 Gabriel Davis WR 157
83 Michael Gallup WR 159
84 Tyler Johnson WR 161
85 DeSean Jackson WR 163
86 Chris Conley WR 164
87 Rashard Higgins WR 165
88 John Ross WR 166
89 Anthony Schwartz WR 167
90 Jalen Guyton WR 168
91 Albert Wilson WR 169
92 Keelan Cole Sr. WR 174
93 Auden Tate WR 176
94 Demetric Felton WR 178
95 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR 180
96 Danny Amendola WR 184
97 Kenny Stills WR 186
98 Josh Reynolds WR 187
99 Chris Moore WR 188
100 James Washington WR 189
101 Joshua Palmer WR 196
102 N'Keal Harry WR 198
103 DeAndre Carter WR 204
104 Greg Ward WR 207
105 Juwan Johnson WR 208
106 Tavon Austin WR 209
107 Isaiah McKenzie WR 213
108 Trinity Benson WR 215
109 Collin Johnson WR 216
110 Josh Gordon WR 217
111 Damiere Byrd WR 220
112 Isaiah Ford WR 223
113 Dax Milne WR 225
114 Olamide Zaccheaus WR 230
115 Ray-Ray McCloud WR 232
116 Marquise Goodwin WR 235
117 Jakeem Grant Sr. WR 236
118 Ashton Dulin WR 237
119 Kendall Hinton WR 239
120 KhaDarel Hodge WR 241
121 Chester Rogers WR 243
122 Mohamed Sanu Sr. WR 244
123 Braxton Berrios WR 245
124 J.J. Arcega-Whiteside WR 247
125 Penny Hart WR 249
126 Denzel Mims WR 255
127 Tajae Sharpe WR 256
128 Anthony Miller WR 258
129 Keke Coutee WR 265
130 Jake Kumerow WR 267


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Collects Three Points In Crucial Win
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