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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 29, 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. 35% MAE edge over ADP.

Rank Player Team Proj Pts 80% CI ADP Risk
WR1 Puka Nacua LAR 179.6 70–289 12 LOW
WR2 Ja'Marr Chase CIN 178.0 153–203 1 LOW
WR3 Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA 160.4 61–260 30 LOW
WR4 Drake London ATL 145.4 64–227 18 LOW
WR5 Nico Collins HOU 145.2 81–210 12 LOW
WR6 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET 144.0 108–180 9 LOW
WR7 Courtland Sutton DEN 131.8 72–192 50 LOW
WR8 Justin Jefferson MIN 120.3 46–194 5 LOW
WR9 Ladd McConkey LAC 118.1 46–190 26 LOW
WR10 Zay Flowers BAL 115.2 30–200 61 LOW
WR11 CeeDee Lamb DAL 115.0 52–178 6 LOW
WR12 Brian Thomas Jr. JAX 110.3 30–191 14 LOW
WR13 Marvin Harrison Jr. ARI 109.2 33–186 40 LOW
WR14 Rome Odunze CHI 108.9 37–181 80 LOW
WR15 Davante Adams LAR 107.4 49–166 42 LOW
WR16 Chris Olave NO 106.2 27–186 72 LOW
WR17 Jerry Jeudy CLE 102.1 34–170 68 LOW
WR18 Garrett Wilson NYJ 100.8 0–213 38 MED
WR19 George Pickens DAL 100.0 20–180 62 LOW
WR20 Tetairoa McMillan CAR 98.4 10–187 56 LOW
WR21 Terry McLaurin WAS 97.8 65–131 36 LOW
WR22 Xavier Worthy KC 94.8 24–165 56 LOW
WR23 Malik Nabers NYG 94.6 17–172 9 LOW
WR24 Jameson Williams DET 94.5 24–165 59 LOW
WR25 DJ Moore BUF 93.2 36–150 50 LOW
WR26 Tee Higgins CIN 92.7 35–150 34 LOW
WR27 Khalil Shakir BUF 89.8 29–150 92 LOW
WR28 Emeka Egbuka TB 88.9 0–181 94 MED
WR29 Josh Downs IND 85.0 16–154 113 LOW
WR30 A.J. Brown PHI 82.5 24–141 22 LOW
WR31 DeVonta Smith PHI 80.6 39–122 56 LOW
WR32 Matthew Golden GB 80.4 0–182 90 MED
WR33 Calvin Ridley TEN 80.1 1–159 68 MED
WR34 Jaylen Waddle DEN 79.0 17–141 72 LOW
WR35 Wan'Dale Robinson TEN 74.2 22–127 182 LOW
WR36 Mike Evans SF 72.8 4–142 42 MED
WR37 Jordan Addison MIN 71.7 5–139 84 MED
WR38 Romeo Doubs NE 71.2 5–138 190 MED
WR39 Jauan Jennings SF 71.0 25–117 102 LOW
WR40 DK Metcalf PIT 68.9 12–126 51 LOW
WR41 Alec Pierce IND 67.2 0–134 MED
WR42 Michael Pittman PIT 65.8 0–134 110 MED
WR43 Stefon Diggs NE 63.9 13–115 89 LOW
WR44 Darnell Mooney NYG 63.7 15–112 120 LOW
WR45 Rashee Rice KC 63.1 19–107 62 LOW
WR46 Jakobi Meyers JAX 61.0 12–110 90 LOW
WR47 Quentin Johnston LAC 60.7 0–125 MED
WR48 Jalen Tolbert MIA 60.2 4–116 LOW
WR49 Cooper Kupp SEA 59.3 10–108 90 LOW
WR50 DeMario Douglas NE 57.6 2–114 193 MED
WR51 Chris Godwin Jr. TB 57.2 0–115 93 MED
WR52 Rashod Bateman BAL 57.2 0–114 172 MED
WR53 Rashid Shaheed SEA 56.4 0–113 138 MED
WR54 Keenan Allen LAC 55.0 11–99 156 LOW
WR55 Deebo Samuel Sr. WAS 53.5 4–102 86 LOW
WR56 Carnell Tate TEN 51.9 0–206 0 MED
WR57 Zavion Thomas CHI 51.7 0–211 0 MED
WR58 Tre Tucker LV 51.3 0–113 MED
WR59 Keon Coleman BUF 50.9 0–105 116 MED
WR60 Michael Wilson ARI 50.6 0–130 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 6% of actual fantasy-point variance. Our model explained 57% — roughly 9× more variance explained.

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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