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2026 Fantasy WR Rankings

The top 60 WRs for 2026 half-PPR leagues, ranked by our machine-learning model's projected fantasy points. Each projection comes with a calibrated 80% confidence interval — meaning 83% of actual outcomes fell inside our intervals in 2025 walk-forward testing.

📊 Model: CatBoost ensemble + CQR 🎯 Validation: walk-forward on 2019-2025 📅 Scoring: half-PPR 🔄 Updated: April 17, 2026

Wide receiver projections live or die on target share and teammate competition. We explicitly encode prior-season teammate targets so when a star signs elsewhere, our model sees it. 33% MAE edge over ADP.

Rank Player Team Proj Pts 80% CI ADP Risk
WR1 Puka Nacua LA 192.8 64–322 12 LOW
WR2 Ja'Marr Chase CIN 186.0 146–226 1 LOW
WR3 Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 156.8 49–265 30 LOW
WR4 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET 151.8 99–205 9 LOW
WR5 Terry McLaurin WAS 141.9 70–213 36 LOW
WR6 Drake London ATL 141.5 61–222 18 LOW
WR7 Nico Collins HOU 140.7 67–214 12 LOW
WR8 Courtland Sutton DEN 137.3 69–206 50 LOW
WR9 A.J. Brown PHI 124.9 68–182 22 LOW
WR10 DK Metcalf PIT 123.4 52–195 51 LOW
WR11 CeeDee Lamb DAL 122.7 54–191 6 LOW
WR12 Davante Adams LA 122.5 49–196 42 LOW
WR13 Justin Jefferson MIN 121.6 65–178 5 LOW
WR14 Tee Higgins CIN 121.4 64–179 34 LOW
WR15 George Pickens DAL 115.5 37–194 62 LOW
WR16 Chris Olave NO 115.2 34–196 72 LOW
WR17 Jerry Jeudy CLE 111.2 36–186 68 LOW
WR18 Jameson Williams DET 109.0 51–167 59 LOW
WR19 Zay Flowers BAL 106.4 29–184 61 MED
WR20 Khalil Shakir BUF 106.3 44–168 92 LOW
WR21 DJ Moore CHI 103.7 27–181 50 MED
WR22 Marvin Harrison Jr. ARI 103.4 29–178 40 MED
WR23 Ladd McConkey LAC 103.3 29–177 26 MED
WR24 Garrett Wilson NYJ 103.1 22–184 38 MED
WR25 Tetairoa McMillan CAR 100.9 1–201 56 MED
WR26 Jauan Jennings SF 99.7 42–157 102 LOW
WR27 DeVonta Smith PHI 99.7 51–148 56 LOW
WR28 Jaylen Waddle MIA 97.7 32–164 72 LOW
WR29 Deebo Samuel Sr. WAS 97.5 40–155 86 LOW
WR30 Malik Nabers NYG 96.5 24–169 9 MED
WR31 Brian Thomas Jr. JAX 93.0 19–167 14 MED
WR32 Rome Odunze CHI 90.3 17–164 80 MED
WR33 Calvin Ridley TEN 89.7 9–171 68 MED
WR34 Michael Pittman IND 88.0 21–156 110 MED
WR35 Mike Evans TB 87.4 22–153 42 MED
WR36 Cooper Kupp SEA 84.7 28–142 90 LOW
WR37 Stefon Diggs NE 82.2 18–146 89 MED
WR38 Wan'Dale Robinson NYG 80.7 2–159 182 MED
WR39 Alec Pierce IND 78.5 0–159 MED
WR40 Darnell Mooney ATL 78.4 23–134 120 LOW
WR41 Rashee Rice KC 77.7 28–128 62 LOW
WR42 Emeka Egbuka TB 74.1 0–170 94 HIGH
WR43 Romeo Doubs GB 73.7 0–156 190 MED
WR44 Jordan Addison MIN 72.0 7–137 84 MED
WR45 Quentin Johnston LAC 70.9 0–145 MED
WR46 Travis Hunter JAX 70.9 0–155 70 MED
WR47 Chris Godwin Jr. TB 70.1 9–131 93 MED
WR48 Jakobi Meyers JAX 69.9 4–136 90 MED
WR49 Keenan Allen LAC 69.8 18–121 156 MED
WR50 DeMario Douglas NE 68.7 12–126 193 MED
WR51 Xavier Worthy KC 66.3 0–139 56 MED
WR52 Keon Coleman BUF 64.2 1–127 116 MED
WR53 Josh Downs IND 64.0 2–126 113 MED
WR54 Ricky Pearsall SF 63.8 0–132 84 MED
WR55 Tre Tucker LV 63.5 0–139 MED
WR56 Rashod Bateman BAL 63.2 10–116 172 MED
WR57 Demarcus Robinson SF 61.3 6–117 MED
WR58 Marvin Mims Jr. DEN 60.0 0–122 132 MED
WR59 Tyreek Hill MIA 59.0 0–129 30 MED
WR60 Christian Watson GB 57.3 2–112 MED

How to read this table

Proj Pts: half-PPR fantasy points our model expects over the full 2026 season. 80% CI: the interval 80% of actual outcomes should fall inside, based on 2025 calibration. A wide CI means more uncertainty — injury-prone players and rookies have wider intervals. ADP: half-PPR consensus average draft position from Fantasy Football Calculator. Risk: relative coefficient of variation (CI width / projection) bucketed into position quartiles.

What the model gets right that ADP misses

ADP is a wisdom-of-the-crowd signal — it reflects what drafters collectively think, not what actually happens. In our 2022-2025 walk-forward validation, consensus ADP explained only 9% of actual fantasy-point variance. Our model explained 59% — a 7× improvement.

The biggest gaps between model and ADP are surfaced on our Top Sleepers and Top Busts pages. The full War Room shows every player with filtering, VBD, scarcity, and draft-tracking.

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