NFL fantasy football divisional playoffs: Wide receiver rankings

AFC Wild Card Playoffs - Miami Dolphins v Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills WR1 Stefon Diggs

Wide receivers will always be in the deepest of all NFL positions in Fantasy Football. Every NFL team uses multiple wide receivers in their offensive game plans. This results in most players in this position being capable of putting up valuable scores in Fantasy Football every week. While this can be useful when building lineups, it requires managers to use an extra strategy.

Playoff formats for Fantasy Football are a unique way to continue competing into the postseason. Smaller player pools and extremely short schedules make every lineup decision of the utmost importance. One wrong move can be the difference between winning and losing, even more so than during the regular season.

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An elite group of wide receivers remains in the divisional round of the 2022 NFL Playoffs. Players from all six advancing teams from the wild card round will all be available, while additional options will also be added. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles have completed their bye weeks. Their wide receivers can now be used in Fantasy Football, including AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, and JuJu Smith-Schuster.

The following rankings can help managers sort through all the available options at wide receivers in Fantasy Football this week. Direct matchups and recent individual performances have been considered, among many other factors.

NFL divisional playoffs: Fantasy Football WR Rankings

Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase
Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase

Here are the rankings for the top 25 wide receivers for the wild card round of the NFL Playoffs in the 2022 Fantasy Football season:

  1. Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals
  2. Ja'Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills
  3. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers
  4. Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills
  5. Deebo Samuel, San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys
  6. Christian Kirk, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  7. AJ Brown, Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants
  8. Zay Jones, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  9. JuJu Smith-Schuster, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
  10. Brandon Aiyuk, San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys
  11. Isaiah Hodgins, New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles
  12. DeVonta Smith, Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants
  13. Gabe Davis, Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals
  14. Darius Slayton, New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles
  15. Tyler Boyd, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Buffalo Bills
  16. Marvin Jones Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  17. Michael Gallup, Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers
  18. Isaiah McKenzie, Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals
  19. Richie James Jr., New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles
  20. Kadarius Toney, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
  21. T.Y. Hilton, Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers
  22. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
  23. Jamal Agnew, Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  24. Noah Brown, Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers
  25. Mecole Hardman, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

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