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Fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season. Top free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.
Welcome to Week 18 RotoBallers, and another round of waiver wire pickups! We have seen new injuries emerge for fantasy football, and players who may be breaking out. As you consider who to pickup for your rosters, as always we're here to help you sift through it.
Each week our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles, to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? waiver wire player comparison tool. Our fantasy football waiver wire articles get published on Mondays and Tuesdays each week. However, we have fewer waiver wire articles than usual, as the majority of fantasy football leagues conclude in Week 18, and many of these types of articles aren't significant this week.
We still have our Waiver Wire Express Lighting Round article by Nick Mariano. In addition to that article, we also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, quarterbacks, and kickers.
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Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 18?
Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire?
This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size).
So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 18! Let's get to it.
| Rank | Player Name | Pos | % Ros | Baller Move |
| 1 | Tyler Allgeier | RB | 65 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Zack Moss | RB | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 3 | Treylon Burks | WR | 41 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 4 | D.J. Chark | WR | 57 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 5 | Taysom Hill | TE | 53 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | James Cook | RB | 55 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Brandin Cooks | WR | 58 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 8 | Donovan Peoples-Jones | WR | 60 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 9 | Chase Edmonds | RB | 21 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 10 | Kadarius Toney | WR | 28 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 11 | Royce Freeman | RB | 1 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Juwan Johnson | TE | 28 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Jaylen Warren | RB | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Rashid Shaheed | WR | 6 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 15 | Tyler Conklin | TE | 29 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Robert Woods | WR | 39 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 17 | Jahan Dotson | WR | 41 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 18 | Tyquan Thornton | WR | 1 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 19 | Hayden Hurst | TE | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Isaiah Hodgins | WR | 9 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Richie James | WR | 18 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 22 | K.J. Osborn | WR | 11 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 23 | Matt Breida | RB | 4 | Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 24 | DeeJay Dallas | RB | 6 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 25 | JaMycal Hasty | RB | 5 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Van Jefferson | WR | 21 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 27 | Hunter Henry | TE | 41 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Corey Clement | RB | 1 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Kendrick Bourne | WR | 2 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 30 | Trey McBride | TE | 4 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 31 | T.Y. Hilton | WR | 3 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 32 | Robert Tonyan | TE | 24 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 33 | Cade Otton | TE | 9 | Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues |
| 34 | Deshaun Watson | QB | 65 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Brock Purdy | QB | 45 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Mike White | QB | 26 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Jarrett Stidham | QB | 1 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Russell Wilson | QB | 49 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Mac Jones | QB | 19 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
| 40 | Sam Darnold | QB | 7 | Add in 2QB Leagues |
Week 18 Running Backs To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Tyler Allgeier
Zack Moss
James Cook
Chase Edmonds
Jaylen Warren
Royce Freeman
Matt Breida
Malik Davis
DeeJay Dallas
JaMycal Hasty
Corey Clement
Week 18 Wide Receivers To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Treylon Burks
D.J. Chark
Brandin Cooks
Donovan Peoples-Jones
Kadarius Toney
Rashid Shaheed
Isaiah Hodgins
Tyquan Thornton
Richie James
Robert Woods
Jahan Dotson
Demarcus Robinson
DeAndre Carter
Van Jefferson
K.J. Osborn
Kendrick Bourne
T.Y. Hilton
Week 18 Tight Ends To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Taysom Hill
Juwan Johnson
Tyler Conklin
Robert Tonyan
Hunter Henry
Hayden Hurst
Cade Otton
Trey McBride
Albert Okwuegbunam
Brock Wright
Colby Parkinson
Tommy Tremble
Week 18 Quarterbacks To Add
Pickups are in priority order:
Deshaun Watson
Brock Purdy
Russell Wilson
Mike White
Jarrett Stidham
Gardner Minshew
Mac Jones
Baker Mayfield
Sam Darnold
Sam Ehlinger
Skylar Thompson
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