Fantasy football draft season is over, but the road to your league's championship is just beginning.
Our trio of award-winning fantasy football rankers are here to guide you through all your start/sit decisions with their Week 1 rankings. Below are their top 20 wide receivers for half PPR formats as of Thursday, but you can find their up-to-the-minute rankings across all positions and formats until kickoff in our Fantasy Tools.
Here's some more information about our rankers before we dive into their rankings:
- Sean Koerner was FantasyPros’ No. 1 fantasy football draft ranker of 2019, has finished as their top in-season ranker in three of the past five seasons and is The Action Network’s Director of Predictive Analytics.
- Chris Raybon was the fourth-most accurate FantasyPros’ ranker of 2019 and has watched every NFL snap since 2010.
- Matthew Freedman is the Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs and was the sixth-most accurate FantasyPros ranker in 2017.
Week 1 Fantasy WR Rankings
| RK | Player | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Jones, ATL | vs. SEA |
| 2 | Tyreek Hill, KC | vs. HOU |
| 3 | Michael Thomas, NO | vs. TB |
| 4 | Davante Adams, GB | @ MIN |
| 5 | Kenny Golladay, DET | vs. CHI |
| 6 | Amari Cooper, DAL | @ LAR |
| 7 | Chris Godwin, TB | @ NO |
| 8 | JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT | @ NYG |
| 9 | Calvin Ridley, ATL | vs. SEA |
| 10 | T.Y.Hilton, IND | @ JAX |
| 11 | Robert Woods, LA | vs. DAL |
| 12 | Mike Evans, TB | @ NO |
| 13 | Terry McLaurin, WAS | vs. PHI |
| 14 | DeAndre Hopkins, ARI | @ SF |
| 15 | Cooper Kupp, LA | vs. DAL |
| 16 | D.J. Moore, CAR | vs. LV |
| 17 | Courtland Sutton, DEN | vs. TEN |
| 18 | Tyler Lockett, SEA | @ ATL |
| 19 | Adam Thielen, MIN | vs. GB |
| 20 | A.J. Brown, TEN | @ DEN |
