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Our Week 9 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 9 of the fantasy football season. This week there are four teams on bye, and some more big-time injuries that fantasy football managers have to deal with. Fear not, we are here to help. Below you will find our updated Week 9 PPR fantasy football rankings. As always, we're here to give you our updated rankings - constantly revised throughout the week - to help you set those winning lineups. Before we get to the Week 9 rankings themselves, here's a quick-hit list of relevant fantasy football injuries for you to make sure you are informed and fully updated when making lineup decisions:
- Tua Tagovailoa Has Been Ruled Out For Week 9
- Christian McCaffrey Activated From IR, Will Play
- Good Chance That David Montgomery Plays On Monday
- George Kittle, Jeff Wilson Jr., Robbie Gould Activated
- CeeDee Lamb Expected To Play Against Broncos
- Kyler Murray Not Expected To Play
- Damien Williams Sidelined For Week 9
- Dak Prescott Expects To Play Sunday
- Davante Adams Activated, Will Play This Week
- Michael Gallup Will Remain Sidelined For Sunday’s Game
- Julio Jones Will Play Sunday Night
- A.J. Brown Questionable, Expected To Play
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire Closer To A Return
- Sterling Shepard Ruled Out In Week 9
- Noah Fant Not Expected To Play Against Cowboys
- Sam Darnold Clears Concussion Protocol, Still Questionable
- Dallas Places Blake Jarwin On Injured Reserve
- Robert Woods Expected To Suit Up In Week 9
- James Robinson Questionable For Week 9
- Latavius Murray Ruled Out Against Vikings
- Dolphins Place DeVante Parker On Injured Reserve
- Trevor Siemian Expected To Start Sunday
- Odell Beckham Jr. Released By Browns
- Saquon Barkley Expected To Miss Week 9
- Calvin Ridley Out For At Least Three Games
- Dawson Knox Ruled Out For Week 9
- Jalen Reagor Good To Go For Week 9
- Tyrod Taylor Officially Activated, Will Start Against Miami
- Eric Ebron Ruled Out For Monday’s Contest
- Lions Waive Tyrell Williams
- Tyler Kroft To Miss Multiple Weeks With Lung Laceration
- Justin Jackson Ruled Out Against Philadelphia
- Kenny Golladay, John Ross Expected To Play
- Mitchell Trubisky Lands On COVID-19 List
- Aaron Rodgers (COVID) Out For Week 9
These Week 9 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 9 matchups, injury situations, and are continually updating and tweaking their rankings to help you set those winning lineups.
Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:- 2025 fantasy football rankings
- Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings
- Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings
- Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings
- Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings
- FLEX fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- Kicker (K) fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
Week 9 Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)
Be sure to check out our Week 9 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 11/7 at 10:30 am ET:
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Cooper Kupp | WR |
| 1 | 2 | Jonathan Taylor | RB |
| 1 | 3 | Alvin Kamara | RB |
| 1 | 4 | Tyreek Hill | WR |
| 1 | 5 | Dalvin Cook | RB |
| 1 | 6 | Aaron Jones | RB |
| 1 | 7 | Stefon Diggs | WR |
| 1 | 8 | Austin Ekeler | RB |
| 1 | 9 | Davante Adams | WR |
| 2 | 10 | Najee Harris | RB |
| 2 | 11 | A.J. Brown | WR |
| 2 | 12 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB |
| 2 | 13 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR |
| 2 | 14 | Diontae Johnson | WR |
| 2 | 15 | Justin Jefferson | WR |
| 2 | 16 | Darrell Henderson Jr. | RB |
| 2 | 17 | Deebo Samuel | WR |
| 3 | 18 | Travis Kelce | TE |
| 3 | 19 | Keenan Allen | WR |
| 3 | 20 | Joe Mixon | RB |
| 3 | 21 | Adam Thielen | WR |
| 3 | 22 | CeeDee Lamb | WR |
| 3 | 23 | Marquise Brown | WR |
| 3 | 24 | Nick Chubb | RB |
| 3 | 25 | Michael Pittman Jr. | WR |
| 3 | 26 | Amari Cooper | WR |
| 3 | 27 | Brandin Cooks | WR |
| 3 | 28 | Darren Waller | TE |
| 3 | 29 | Robert Woods | WR |
| 3 | 30 | Cordarrelle Patterson | WR |
| 3 | 31 | Jaylen Waddle | WR |
| 3 | 32 | Elijah Mitchell | RB |
| 3 | 33 | Michael Carter | RB |
| 3 | 34 | Tee Higgins | WR |
| 3 | 35 | Courtland Sutton | WR |
| 3 | 36 | Chase Claypool | WR |
| 3 | 37 | Mike Williams | WR |
| 4 | 38 | D.J. Moore | WR |
| 4 | 39 | Dallas Goedert | TE |
| 4 | 40 | Damien Harris | RB |
| 4 | 41 | Devontae Booker | RB |
| 4 | 42 | Jarvis Landry | WR |
| 4 | 43 | Zack Moss | RB |
| 4 | 44 | Jerry Jeudy | WR |
| 4 | 45 | DeAndre Hopkins | WR |
| 4 | 46 | Darrel Williams | RB |
| 4 | 47 | Mike Gesicki | TE |
| 4 | 48 | Boston Scott | RB |
| 4 | 49 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR |
| 4 | 50 | Jamison Crowder | WR |
| 4 | 51 | Chase Edmonds | RB |
| 5 | 52 | Mark Andrews | TE |
| 5 | 53 | Cole Beasley | WR |
| 5 | 54 | Myles Gaskin | RB |
| 5 | 55 | Tyler Boyd | WR |
| 5 | 56 | Marvin Jones Jr. | WR |
| 5 | 57 | Josh Jacobs | RB |
| 5 | 58 | Kyle Pitts | TE |
| 5 | 59 | Christian McCaffrey | RB |
| 5 | 60 | Hunter Renfrow | WR |
| 5 | 61 | Christian Kirk | WR |
| 5 | 62 | Melvin Gordon III | RB |
| 5 | 63 | Kadarius Toney | WR |
| 5 | 64 | Van Jefferson | WR |
| 5 | 65 | Khalil Herbert | RB |
| 5 | 66 | DeVonta Smith | WR |
| 5 | 67 | Jakobi Meyers | WR |
| 5 | 68 | Julio Jones | WR |
| 5 | 69 | Darnell Mooney | WR |
| 5 | 70 | James Conner | RB |
| 5 | 71 | Dalton Schultz | TE |
| 5 | 72 | Javonte Williams | RB |
| 5 | 73 | Rashod Bateman | WR |
| 5 | 74 | James Robinson | RB |
| 6 | 75 | Bryan Edwards | WR |
| 6 | 76 | Jeremy McNichols | RB |
| 6 | 77 | Tony Pollard | RB |
| 6 | 78 | Marquez Callaway | WR |
| 6 | 79 | Devonta Freeman | RB |
| 6 | 80 | David Montgomery | RB |
| 6 | 81 | George Kittle | TE |
| 6 | 82 | Adrian Peterson | RB |
| 6 | 83 | Hunter Henry | TE |
| 6 | 84 | Russell Gage | WR |
| 6 | 85 | Carlos Hyde | RB |
| 6 | 86 | AJ Dillon | RB |
| 6 | 87 | Rondale Moore | WR |
| 6 | 88 | Allen Robinson II | WR |
| 7 | 89 | Zach Ertz | TE |
| 7 | 90 | Tim Patrick | WR |
| 7 | 91 | Nelson Agholor | WR |
| 7 | 92 | Tyler Higbee | TE |
| 7 | 93 | Jamal Agnew | WR |
| 7 | 94 | Devin Singletary | RB |
| 7 | 95 | Dan Arnold | TE |
| 7 | 96 | Jared Cook | TE |
| 7 | 97 | Tyler Conklin | TE |
| 7 | 98 | Nico Collins | WR |
| 7 | 99 | Mecole Hardman | WR |
| 7 | 100 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB |
| 7 | 101 | Mike Davis | RB |
| 7 | 102 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR |
| 7 | 103 | Pat Freiermuth | TE |
| 7 | 104 | Kenyan Drake | RB |
| 7 | 105 | Ty Johnson | RB |
| 7 | 106 | Zach Pascal | WR |
| 7 | 107 | D'Ernest Johnson | RB |
| 7 | 108 | Laviska Shenault Jr. | WR |
| 7 | 109 | Elijah Moore | WR |
| 7 | 110 | Tajae Sharpe | WR |
| 7 | 111 | Donovan Peoples-Jones | WR |
| 8 | 112 | David Johnson | RB |
| 8 | 113 | Allen Lazard | WR |
| 8 | 114 | C.J. Uzomah | TE |
| 8 | 115 | Albert Okwuegbunam | TE |
| 8 | 116 | Kendrick Bourne | WR |
| 8 | 117 | Cole Kmet | TE |
| 8 | 118 | Tre'Quan Smith | WR |
| 8 | 119 | Jordan Howard | RB |
| 8 | 120 | Robby Anderson | WR |
| 8 | 121 | Mo Alie-Cox | TE |
| 8 | 122 | Nyheim Hines | RB |
| 8 | 123 | Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB |
| 8 | 124 | K.J. Osborn | WR |
| 8 | 125 | Kenny Golladay | WR |
| 8 | 126 | Samaje Perine | RB |
| 8 | 127 | Chuba Hubbard | RB |
| 8 | 128 | Quez Watkins | WR |
| 8 | 129 | Mark Ingram II | RB |
| 8 | 130 | Evan Engram | TE |
| 8 | 131 | Zay Jones | WR |
| 8 | 132 | Darius Slayton | WR |
| 9 | 133 | Salvon Ahmed | RB |
| 9 | 134 | Derrick Gore | RB |
| 9 | 135 | Randall Cobb | WR |
| 9 | 136 | Cedrick Wilson Jr. | WR |
| 9 | 137 | David Njoku | TE |
| 9 | 138 | Jalen Reagor | WR |
| 9 | 139 | Phillip Lindsay | RB |
| 9 | 140 | Sony Michel | RB |
| 9 | 141 | Gabriel Davis | WR |
| 9 | 142 | Jonnu Smith | TE |
| 9 | 143 | Austin Hooper | TE |
| 9 | 144 | Deonte Harris | WR |
| 9 | 145 | Rashard Higgins | WR |
| 9 | 146 | Demarcus Robinson | WR |
| 9 | 147 | Alexander Mattison | RB |
| 9 | 148 | Hayden Hurst | TE |
| 9 | 149 | Brandon Bolden | RB |
| 9 | 150 | Tommy Sweeney | TE |
| 9 | 151 | Anthony Firkser | TE |
| 9 | 152 | John Ross | WR |
| 9 | 153 | Sammy Watkins | WR |
| 10 | 154 | Rex Burkhead | RB |
| 10 | 155 | Keelan Cole Sr. | WR |
| 10 | 156 | JaMycal Hasty | RB |
| 10 | 157 | Olamide Zaccheaus | WR |
| 10 | 158 | Dontrell Hilliard | RB |
| 10 | 159 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR |
| 10 | 160 | Byron Pringle | WR |
| 10 | 161 | Danny Amendola | WR |
| 10 | 162 | Adam Trautman | TE |
| 10 | 163 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB |
| 10 | 164 | Kyle Juszczyk | RB |
| 10 | 165 | Mack Hollins | WR |
| 10 | 166 | Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | WR |
| 10 | 167 | Jalen Guyton | WR |
| 10 | 168 | Jerick McKinnon | RB |
| 10 | 169 | Josh Reynolds | WR |
| 10 | 170 | Demetric Felton | WR |
| 11 | 171 | Le'Veon Bell | RB |
| 11 | 172 | Braxton Berrios | WR |
| 11 | 173 | James Washington | WR |
| 11 | 174 | Anthony Schwartz | WR |
| 11 | 175 | Ty'Son Williams | RB |
| 11 | 176 | Marlon Mack | RB |
| 11 | 177 | Terrace Marshall Jr. | WR |
| 11 | 178 | Jordan Akins | TE |
| 11 | 179 | Marcus Johnson | WR |
| 11 | 180 | Chris Conley | WR |
| 11 | 181 | Tommy Tremble | TE |
| 11 | 182 | Jack Doyle | TE |
| 11 | 183 | Josiah Deguara | TE |
| 11 | 184 | Scottie Phillips | RB |
| 11 | 185 | Kendall Hinton | WR |
| 11 | 186 | Donald Parham Jr. | TE |
| 11 | 187 | Chester Rogers | WR |
| 11 | 188 | Kyle Rudolph | TE |
| 11 | 189 | Mohamed Sanu Sr. | WR |
| 11 | 190 | Albert Wilson | WR |
| 11 | 191 | Denzel Mims | WR |
| 11 | 192 | Trent Sherfield | WR |
| 11 | 193 | Marquise Goodwin | WR |
| 11 | 194 | Brevin Jordan | TE |
| 11 | 195 | Geoff Swaim | TE |
| 12 | 196 | Kenny Stills | WR |
| 12 | 197 | Joshua Palmer | WR |
| 12 | 198 | Royce Freeman | RB |
| 12 | 199 | Ray-Ray McCloud | WR |
| 12 | 200 | Elijhaa Penny | RB |
| 12 | 201 | C.J. Ham | RB |
| 12 | 202 | A.J. Green | WR |
| 12 | 203 | Marcedes Lewis | TE |
| 12 | 204 | Ashton Dulin | WR |
| 12 | 205 | Ty Montgomery | RB |
| 12 | 206 | Juwan Johnson | WR |
| 12 | 207 | Larry Rountree III | RB |
| 12 | 208 | James Proche II | WR |
| 12 | 209 | Foster Moreau | TE |
| 12 | 210 | Chris Moore | WR |
| 12 | 211 | Preston Williams | WR |
| 12 | 212 | Benny Snell Jr. | RB |
| 12 | 213 | Noah Brown | WR |
| 12 | 214 | Isaiah Ford | WR |
| 12 | 215 | MyCole Pruitt | TE |
| 12 | 216 | Ameer Abdullah | RB |
| 13 | 217 | Christian Blake | WR |
| 13 | 218 | Ross Dwelley | TE |
| 13 | 219 | Harrison Bryant | TE |
| 13 | 220 | Devin Duvernay | WR |
| 13 | 221 | La'Mical Perine | RB |
| 13 | 222 | Kalen Ballage | RB |
| 13 | 223 | Nick Boyle | TE |
| 13 | 224 | Josh Gordon | WR |
| 13 | 225 | Trey Sermon | RB |
| 13 | 226 | N'Keal Harry | WR |
| 13 | 227 | Equanimeous St. Brown | WR |
| 13 | 228 | D'Onta Foreman | RB |
| 13 | 229 | Alex Armah Jr. | RB |
| 13 | 230 | Keith Smith | RB |
| 13 | 231 | Dezmon Patmon | WR |
| 13 | 232 | Jesse James | TE |
| 13 | 233 | Ian Thomas | TE |
| 13 | 234 | Durham Smythe | TE |
| 13 | 235 | Collin Johnson | WR |
| 13 | 236 | Josh Oliver | TE |
| 13 | 237 | Ryan Nall | RB |
| 13 | 238 | Adam Shaheen | TE |
| 13 | 239 | Wayne Gallman Jr. | RB |
| 13 | 240 | Ryan Griffin | TE |
| 13 | 241 | Dare Ogunbowale | RB |
| 13 | 242 | Johnny Stanton | RB |
| 13 | 243 | Chris Herndon IV | TE |
| 13 | 244 | Patrick Laird | RB |
| 13 | 245 | Gary Brightwell | RB |
| 13 | 246 | Trayveon Williams | RB |
| 13 | 247 | Jakob Johnson | RB |
| 13 | 248 | Devine Ozigbo | RB |
| 14 | 249 | Trenton Cannon | RB |
| 14 | 250 | Greg Ward | WR |
| 14 | 251 | Anthony McFarland Jr. | RB |
| 14 | 252 | John Kelly | RB |
| 14 | 253 | Amari Rodgers | WR |
| 14 | 254 | Artavis Pierce | RB |
| 14 | 255 | Jimmy Graham | TE |
| 14 | 256 | Stephen Anderson | TE |
| 14 | 257 | Joshua Kelley | RB |
| 14 | 258 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 14 | 259 | Kahale Warring | TE |
| 14 | 260 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 14 | 261 | Jalen Richard | RB |
| 14 | 262 | Lamar Jackson | QB |
| 14 | 263 | Patrick Mahomes II | QB |
| 14 | 264 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 14 | 265 | Alec Ingold | RB |
| 14 | 266 | J.J. Taylor | RB |
| 14 | 267 | Mike Boone | RB |
| 14 | 268 | Zach Gentry | TE |
| 15 | 269 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 15 | 270 | Justin Herbert | QB |
| 15 | 271 | Patrick Ricard | RB |
| 15 | 272 | Reggie Gilliam | RB/TE |
| 15 | 273 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 15 | 274 | Derek Carr | QB |
| 15 | 275 | Kyler Murray | QB |
| 15 | 276 | Kirk Cousins | QB |
| 15 | 277 | Jordan Love | QB |
| 15 | 278 | Daniel Jones | QB |
| 15 | 279 | Tyrod Taylor | QB |
| 15 | 280 | Carson Wentz | QB |
| 15 | 281 | Ryan Tannehill | QB |
| 15 | 282 | Jimmy Garoppolo | QB |
| 15 | 283 | Teddy Bridgewater | QB |
| 15 | 284 | Mac Jones | QB |
| 15 | 285 | Justin Fields | QB |
| 15 | 286 | Jacoby Brissett | QB |
| 15 | 287 | Trevor Siemian | QB |
| 15 | 288 | Buddy Howell | RB |
| 15 | 289 | Matt Ryan | QB |
| 15 | 290 | Baker Mayfield | QB |
| 15 | 291 | Mike White | QB |
| 15 | 292 | Ben Roethlisberger | QB |
| 15 | 293 | Sam Darnold | QB |
| 15 | 294 | Colt McCoy | QB |
| 15 | 295 | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 15 | 296 | P.J. Walker | QB |
| 15 | 297 | Taysom Hill | QB |
| 15 | 298 | Davis Mills | QB |
| 15 | 299 | Tyler Bass | K |
| 15 | 300 | Justin Tucker | K |
| 15 | 301 | Matt Gay | K |
| 15 | 302 | Nick Folk | K |
| 15 | 303 | Harrison Butker | K |
| 15 | 304 | Greg Zuerlein | K |
| 15 | 305 | Robbie Gould | K |
| 15 | 306 | Matt Prater | K |
| 15 | 307 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 15 | 308 | Evan McPherson | K |
| 15 | 309 | Daniel Carlson | K |
| 15 | 310 | Graham Gano | K |
| 15 | 311 | Mason Crosby | K |
| 15 | 312 | Greg Joseph | K |
| 15 | 313 | Michael Badgley | K |
| 16 | 314 | New Orleans Saints | DST |
| 16 | 315 | Indianapolis Colts | DST |
| 16 | 316 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 16 | 317 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 16 | 318 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 16 | 319 | Younghoe Koo | K |
| 16 | 320 | Dustin Hopkins | K |
| 16 | 321 | Randy Bullock | K |
| 16 | 322 | Chase McLaughlin | K |
| 16 | 323 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 16 | 324 | Chris Boswell | K |
| 16 | 325 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 16 | 326 | Zane Gonzalez | K |
| 16 | 327 | Carolina Panthers | DST |
| 16 | 328 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
| 16 | 329 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 16 | 330 | Jason Sanders | K |
| 16 | 331 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 16 | 332 | Jake Elliott | K |
| 16 | 333 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 16 | 334 | Brandon McManus | K |
| 16 | 335 | Brian Johnson | K |
| 16 | 336 | Joey Slye | K |
| 16 | 337 | Baltimore Ravens | DST |
| 16 | 338 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 16 | 339 | Cairo Santos | K |
| 16 | 340 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | K |
| 16 | 341 | Cleveland Browns | DST |
| 16 | 342 | Matt Ammendola | K |
| 16 | 343 | Matthew Wright | K |
| 16 | 344 | Chicago Bears | DST |
| 16 | 345 | New York Giants | DST |
| 16 | 346 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 16 | 347 | Houston Texans | DST |
| 16 | 348 | Atlanta Falcons | DST |
| 16 | 349 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 16 | 350 | Denver Broncos | DST |
| 16 | 351 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 16 | 352 | New York Jets | DST |
| 16 | 353 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 16 | 354 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
| 16 | 355 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
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