Week 5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings: A.J. Brown Out Of The Top 15

Michael Fabiano | Oct 2, 2025

Eagles WR A.J. Brown has fallen out of the top 15 fantasy football wideouts for Week 5, according to Michael Fabiano. / Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

The fifth week of the fantasy football season is here, and with it come the first batch of byes. In fact, nine of the next 10 weeks on the league’s slate will include at least two bye-week teams. This week, the Bears, Falcons Packers, and Steelers are all off the board, so countless managers will need some lineup replacements.

The Week 5 wide receiver rankings have a new player among the top 10, Quentin Johnston, who has broken out in the first four weeks. I also have Emeka Egbuka, George Pickens and Xavier Worthy all listed among the top 15 wideouts.

On the flip side, wide receivers like A.J. Brown, Brian Thomas Jr. and Jerry Jeudy have slipped a bit this week, based on either a bad matchup, poor play or a combination of both scenarios. The same goes for Jameson Williams.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football wide receiver rankings for the fifth week of the NFL season.

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings

RK	Player	TM	Opponent
1	Puka Nacua	LAR	vs. SF
2	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	at CIN
3	Justin Jefferson	MIN	at CLE
4	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	vs. TB
5	Nico Collins	HOU	at BAL
6	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	vs. DAL
7	Emeka Egbuka	TB	at SEA
8	George Pickens	DAL	at NYJ
9	Xavier Worthy	KC	at JAC
10	Davante Adams	LAR	vs. SF
11	Quentin Johnston	LAC	vs. WAS
12	Deebo Samuel Sr.	WAS	at LAC
13	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	vs. MIA
14	Michael Pittman Jr.	IND	vs. LV
15	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	vs. DET
16	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	vs. TEN
17	Courtland Sutton	DEN	at PHI
18	Chris Olave	NO	vs. NYG
19	Keenan Allen	LAC	vs. WAS
20	Jakobi Meyers	LV	at IND
21	A.J. Brown	PHI	vs. DEN
22	Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	at NO
23	Ladd McConkey	LAC	vs. WAS
24	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	at CAR
25	Brian Thomas Jr.	JAC	vs. KC
26	Chris Godwin	TB	at SEA
27	Jameson Williams	DET	at CIN
28	Zay Flowers	BAL	vs. HOU
29	Stefon Diggs	NE	at BUF
30	Devonta Smith	PHI	vs. DEN
31	Jerry Jeudy	CLE	vs. MIN
32	Jordan Addison	MIN	at CLE
33	Khalil Shakir	BUF	vs. NE
34	Tre Tucker	LV	at IND
35	Cooper Kupp	SEA	vs. TB
36	Keon Coleman	BUF	vs. NE
37	Josh Downs	IND	vs. LV
38	Hollywood Brown	KC	at JAC
39	Tee Higgins	CIN	vs. DET
40	Troy Franklin	DEN	at PHI
41	Elic Ayomanor	TEN	at ARI
42	Rashid Shaheed	NO	vs. NYG
43	Darius Slayton	NYG	at NO
44	Kendrick Bourne	SF	at LAR
45	Christian Kirk	HOU	at BAL
46	Calvin Ridley	TEN	at ARI
47	Marvin Mims, Jr.	DEN	at PHI
48	Jalen Tolbert	DAL	at NYJ
49	Malik Washington	MIA	at CAR
50	Travis Hunter	JAC	vs. KC
51	Demarcus Robinson	SF	at LAR
52	Tyquan Thornton	KC	at JAC
53	Greg Dortch	ARI	vs. TEN
54	Luke McCaffrey	WAS	at LAC
55	Rashod Bateman	BAL	vs. HOU
56	Kayshon Boutte	NE	at BUF
57	Alec Pierce	IND	vs. LV
58	Xavier Legette	CAR	vs. MIA
59	Isaiah Bond	CLE	vs. MIN
60	Parker Washington	JAC	vs. KC