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Week 9 Wide Receiver Rankings Fantasy Football

Originally posted on Last Word On Sports
By Austin Ambler | Last updated Oct 29, 2025 12:20 PM ET

Week 8 of the NFL Season is in the books. Here are the Week 9 wide receiver rankings for fantasy football. The notable wide receivers on bye this week are A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Emeka Egbuka, and Garrett Wilson. The receivers who are questionable with injuries are Puka Nacua, Drake London, and Nico Collins.

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings Week 9

Tier 1: Superstar WR1s

Rank	Player	Opponent
1	Puka Nacua*	New Orleans Saints
2	Amon-Ra St. Brown	Minnesota Vikings
3	Ja’Marr Chase	Chicago Bears
4	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Washington Commanders
5	CeeDee Lamb	Arizona Cardinals
6	Rashee Rice	Buffalo Bills
7	Justin Jefferson	Detroit Lions
8	Chris Olave	Los Angeles Rams
9	Drake London*	New England Patriots
10	Nico Collins*	Denver Broncos

The top receivers are back in action in Week 9 after a massive bye week in Week 8:

Nacua missed the Week 7 game before the bye week with an injury, but he is expected to play in Week 9. He retakes the top spot of the wide receiver rankings.
Chase has four straight top-five fantasy finishes and is back to being the number one overall wide receiver in fantasy football in total points, and is third in PPG behind Nacua and JSN.
Collins should be able to clear concussion protocol, but he has a difficult matchup against the Broncos.

Ja'Marr Chase since Joe Flacco took over at QB:

53 Targets (1st)
46.9% Target Rate (1st)

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Tier 2: Proven Solid WR2s

Rank	Player	Opponent
11	Davante Adams	New Orleans Saints
12	George Pickens	Arizona Cardinals
13	Marvin Harrison Jr.	Dallas Cowboys
14	Brian Thomas Jr.	Las Vegas Raiders
15	Ladd McConkey	Tennessee Titans
16	Rome Odunze	Cincinnati Bengals
17	Michael Pittman Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers
18	Zay Flowers	Miami Dolphins
19	Tetairoa McMillan	Green Bay Packers
20	Jaylen Waddle	Baltimore Ravens

The players in this tier are all must-starts this week and will provide plenty of fantasy value throughout the season:

McConkey had another good week for the Chargers, scoring a touchdown in three of the last four games. He has two top ten fantasy finishes in the previous three weeks. McConkey has a great schedule upcoming with the Titans, Steelers, and Jaguars before the bye week. Expect McConkey to continue to play at a high level.
Waddle has stepped up in the Tyreek Hill injury. He has three top twenty finishes in the four weeks as the Dolphins WR1. Miami had a big bounce back offensively last week, and they will look to continue that against the Ravens in Week 9.