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

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 |

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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