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Week 18 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: Michael Wilson Into The Top 10

Arizona Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson faces the Los Angeles Rams in Week 18.
Arizona Cardinals receiver Michael Wilson faces the Los Angeles Rams in Week 18. | Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Welcome to Week 18 and the fantasy football championship (for those of you who are bold enough to make this your final week). Let’s talk about the challenges ahead. 

The NFL slate doesn’t include a Thursday night game. Instead, it features two games on Saturday. The Carolina Panthers face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET with the winner taking the NFC South title (unless Atlanta wins on Sunday, then the Panthers win the division either way) and the No. 4 seed in the conference. At 8 p.m. ET, the San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a battle for the NFC West championship and the No. 1 seed in that conference. Obviously, these games are huge.

The difficulty in playing in Week 18, of course, is the number of players who won’t play. We already know that Justin Herbert and some other Chargers starters (maybe Ladd McConkey) won’t play this week. The Packers are likely to rest players too, including Christian Watson, since they are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC. 

Other teams will do the same thing, and some of those players won’t even be known until Sunday. Again, this is the challenge of playing fantasy in the NFL’s final week.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football wide receiver rankings for Week 18 of the NFL season!  Be sure to check back daily for updates!

All Positions: QBs | RBs | TEs | FLEX | Ks | DEFs

Week 18 Fantasy Wide Receiver Rankings

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Puka Nacua

LAR

vs. ARI

2

Ja'Maar Chase

CIN

vs. CLE

3

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

SEA

at SF

4

CeeDee Lamb

DAL

at NYG

5

Amon-Ra St. Brown

DET

at CHI

6

George Pickens

DAL

at NYG

7

Nico Collins

HOU

vs. IND

8

Michael Wilson

ARI

at LAR

9

Mike Evans

TB

vs. CAR

10

Drake London

ATL

vs. NO

11

Stefon Diggs

NE

vs. MIA

12

Courtland Sutton

DEN

vs. LAC

13

Jameson Williams

DET

at CHI

14

Zay Flowers

BAL

at PIT

15

Jakobi Meyers

JAC

vs. TEN

16

Tee Higgins

CIN

vs. CLE

17

Luther Burden III

CHI

vs. DET

18

Tetairoa McMillan

CAR

at TB

19

Parker Washington

JAC

vs. TEN

20

Jauan Jennings

SF

vs. SEA

21

Terry McLaurin

WAS

at PHI

22

Justin Jefferson

MIN

vs. GB

23

DJ Moore

CHI

vs. DET

24

Brian Thomas Jr.

JAC

vs. TEN

25

Darius Slayton

NYG

vs. DAL

26

Chris Godwin

TB

vs. CAR

27

Deebo Samuel Sr.

WAS

at PHI

28

Jerry Jeudy

CLE

at CIN

29

Chimere Dike

TEN

at JAC

30

Cooper Kupp

SEA

at SF

31

Tre Tucker

LV

vs. KC

32

Darius Slayton

NYG

vs. DAL

33

Michael Pittman Jr.

IND

at HOU

34

Elic Ayomanor

TEN

at JAC

35

Jahan Dotson

PHI

vs. WAS

36

Hollywood Brown

KC

at LV

37

Rasheed Shaheed

SEA

at SF

38

Malik Washington

MIA

at NE

39

Ladd McConkey

LAC

at DEN

40

Jalen Coker

CAR

at TB

41

Jordan Addison

MIN

vs. GB

42

Adonai Mitchell

NYJ

at BUF

43

Kevin Austin Jr.

NO

at ATL

44

Darius Cooper

PHI

vs. WAS

45

Jayden Higgins

HOU

vs. IND

46

Kayshon Boutte

NE

vs. MIA

47

Emeka Egbuka

TB

vs. CAR

48

Khalil Shakir

BUF

vs. NYJ

49

Isaiah Hodgins

NYG

vs. DAL

50

Treylon Burks

WAS

at PHI

51

Pat Bryant

DEN

vs. LAC

52

Matthew Golden

GB

at MIN

53

Josh Downs

IND

at HOU

54

John Metchie II

NYJ

at BUF

55

Adam Thielen

PIT

vs. BAL

56

Dante Pettis

NO

at ATL

57

Issac TeSlaa

DET

at CHI

58

Darnell Mooney

ATL

vs. NO

59

Konta Mumpfield

LAR

vs. ARI

60

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

PIT

vs. BAL


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Michael Fabiano
MICHAEL FABIANO

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. He is also the co-host of the Fantasy Dirt Podcast on SI. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.

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