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Week 5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings for Half-PPR: Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, Tyreek Hill, Xavier Worthy, Diontae Johnson, Dontayvion Wicks

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RotoBaller's Week 5 fantasy football wide receiver (WR) rankings for half-PPR and 2024. Win more with our WR fantasy football rankings for Week 5 lineups.

With the Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers, and Detroit Lions out of action this week, many fantasy managers will need to dive deeper into the wide receiver position to find viable starters and flex options. Our Week 5 fantasy football wide receiver rankings for 2024 are here to help you make those tough start/sit decisions.

Ahead of Week 5, let's take a look at where WRs like Mike Evans, Garrett Wilson, Xavier Worthy, Diontae Johnson, Dontayvion Wicks, and more stand in our Week 5 rankings.

Our half-PPR fantasy football WR rankings for Week 5 are assembled by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will find a summary of the recent important fantasy football injury news. There are always critical injuries to track, so check back until kickoff.

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WR
Rank
Player
Name
Overall
Rank
1 1 Nico Collins 4
1 2 CeeDee Lamb 10
1 3 Justin Jefferson 11
2 4 Ja'Marr Chase 13
2 5 Malik Nabers 15
2 6 DK Metcalf 16
2 7 Mike Evans 18
2 8 Marvin Harrison Jr. 25
2 9 Drake London 26
3 10 Chris Godwin 27
3 11 Jayden Reed 28
3 12 Chris Olave 29
3 13 Garrett Wilson 31
3 14 Amari Cooper 32
3 15 DJ Moore 34
4 16 Deebo Samuel Sr. 35
4 17 Stefon Diggs 36
4 18 Brandon Aiyuk 37
4 19 Diontae Johnson 38
4 20 Zay Flowers 40
4 21 Terry McLaurin 42
5 22 George Pickens 43
5 23 Michael Pittman Jr. 44
5 24 Xavier Worthy 45
5 25 Brian Thomas Jr. 50
5 26 Tyreek Hill 51
5 27 Rashid Shaheed 52
5 28 Tee Higgins 53
5 29 Dontayvion Wicks 54
5 30 Khalil Shakir 57
5 31 Christian Kirk 58
6 32 Jaxon Smith-Njigba 60
6 33 Darnell Mooney 61
6 34 Courtland Sutton 62
6 35 Jerry Jeudy 63
7 36 Wan'Dale Robinson 64
7 37 Keenan Allen 67
7 38 Tank Dell 68
8 39 Romeo Doubs 69
8 40 Rome Odunze 73
8 41 Josh Downs 74
8 42 Jauan Jennings 75
8 43 Jordan Addison 76
8 44 Tyler Lockett 82
8 45 Jaylen Waddle 83
8 46 Jakobi Meyers 84
8 47 Xavier Legette 85
8 48 Tre Tucker 86
8 49 Allen Lazard 87
9 50 Michael Wilson 88
9 51 Tutu Atwell 89
9 52 Brandin Cooks 92
9 53 Mike Williams 95
9 54 Demarcus Robinson 97
9 55 Ray-Ray McCloud III 99
9 56 Greg Dortch 100
9 57 Keon Coleman 103
9 58 Andrei Iosivas 107
10 59 Ja'Lynn Polk 112
10 60 Josh Reynolds 114
10 61 Jalen Tolbert 121
10 62 Gabe Davis 125
10 63 Jordan Whittington 127
10 64 Demario Douglas 129
10 65 Alec Pierce 131
11 66 Rashod Bateman 132
11 67 Justin Watson 142
11 68 Jalen Nailor 143
11 69 Jonathan Mingo 144
11 70 Olamide Zaccheaus 146
12 71 Elijah Moore 147
12 72 Noah Brown 148
12 73 Luke McCaffrey 150
12 74 Jalen McMillan 152
12 75 Calvin Austin III 153
13 76 Curtis Samuel 154
13 77 Darius Slayton 155
13 78 Adonai Mitchell 156
13 79 Tyler Johnson 157
13 80 Dyami Brown 159
13 81 Sterling Shepard 163
13 82 Skyy Moore 164
13 83 Scotty Miller 166
13 84 Robert Woods 167
13 85 Nelson Agholor 169
13 86 Marvin Mims Jr. 172
13 87 DJ Turner 173
14 88 Bo Melton 176
14 89 Mason Tipton 177
14 90 Cedric Tillman 180
14 91 Marquez Valdes-Scantling 181
14 92 Mack Hollins 185
15 93 Lil'Jordan Humphrey 187
15 94 Laviska Shenault Jr. 193
15 95 KaVontae Turpin 194
15 96 K.J. Osborn 196
15 97 JuJu Smith-Schuster 197
15 98 Mecole Hardman Jr. 200
15 99 David Moore 202
15 100 Jake Bobo 204
15 101 Cedrick Wilson Jr. 207
15 102 Tyreik McAllister 208
15 103 Devontez Walker 211
15 104 Chris Moore 213
15 105 Bub Means 215
15 106 Braxton Berrios 216
15 107 Jalen Coker 217
15 108 Malik Washington 218
15 109 Malik Heath 219
15 110 Devin Duvernay 221
15 111 KhaDarel Hodge 225


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Kevin Huerter

is Questionable for Tuesday's Contest
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