FantasyPros Staff | Fri, Aug 29th 2025, 3:38am EDT

High-Floor PPR Wide Receivers (2025 Fantasy Football)

Drafts are often a delicate balance between drafting for a player’s ceiling and drafting for their floor. Of course, you cannot win your week without at least a few of your players having monster games. However, you can lose your week when players make little or no contribution to the cause. With that in mind, I wanted to focus on some high-floor PPR players you should consider drafting.

You certainly do not need me to tell you that Alvin Kamara and Rashee Rice have high weekly PPR floors when on the field. However, the players mentioned below are ones that I currently project to finish the season with at least 135 PPR points. I chose 135 PPR points because it is roughly eight points per game over 17 weeks. That may not seem like a whole lot. But last year, there were at least 28 running backs, 42 wide receivers, and 11 tight ends who scored at least eight PPR points each week. In a 12-team league where you start two running backs, three wide receivers, and a tight end, this group represents the baseline for what we want out of our Flex position. Here are some high-floor PPR players who are widely available after the seventh round in 12-team leagues.

High Floor Fantasy Football Wide Receivers to Target

Wide Receivers

Cooper Kupp (WR – SEA) (ADP: WR38, 85 overall)

The passing offense in Seattle will look markedly different compared to recent versions. Gone are quarterback Geno Smith and wide receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. In their place are Sam Darnold, Cooper Kupp, and rookie Tory Horton. Metcalf and Lockett are vacating 182 total targets. Kupp should be on the receiving end of plenty of those, provided his health cooperates. Kupp’s health is no certainty, however, he has maintained a steady weekly floor whenever on the football field. Even across his past three injury-marred seasons, Kupp has scored double-digit PPR points in 22-of-33 games, including 20 games of 15 points or more. Fifteen points per game is a stretch at this point in Kupp’s career, but his floor should be high as the number-two option in Seattle’s new-look passing attack.

Jakobi Meyers (WR – LV) (ADP: WR39, 87 overall)

What more can Jakobi Meyers do to earn more respect from the fantasy football community? The One-Man Law Firm has been a top-24 fantasy wideout in both of his seasons in Las Vegas. Keep in mind that the Raiders’ quarterbacks the past two seasons have been Aiden O’Connell, Gardner Minshew, Jimmy Garoppolo, Desmond Ridder, and Brian Hoyer. Now he has a legitimate NFL quarterback in Geno Smith throwing him the ball. Even if he falls short of top-24 status in 2025, Meyers is the ultimate high-floor PPR player. Last year, he scored at least 6.1 PPR points in all 15 games he played, tallying at least 8.8 in 13 of those. Meyers is a solid PPR flex at this stage in drafts.

Khalil Shakir (WR – BUF) (ADP: WR44, 95 overall)

Khalil Shakir had a mini-breakout in his third NFL season. He finished the year as the overall WR37 and emerged as a trusted weapon for league MVP Josh Allen. Shakir saw a dip in production late in the year, but fantasy managers should not hold that against him. Before his last two games, Shakir scored at least 10 PPR points in 11-of-13 games. Also, one of the two misses was the infamous snow game, where Josh Allen threw himself a touchdown pass. Shakir only scored four touchdowns on the year, so he may have some positive touchdown regression on his side in 2025. Either way, Shakir’s floor should be elevated given his role as Buffalo’s primary threat out of the slot.

Emeka Egbuka (WR – TB) (ADP: WR46, 104 overall)

It may feel scary to include a rookie wide receiver on a list of high-floor PPR players. In this case, the stars feel like they are aligning for Tampa Bay rookie first-round draft pick Emeka Egbuka to make an immediate impact. The Buccaneers drafted Egbuka into a wide receiver room that includes potential future Hall of Famer Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and last year’s rookie breakout candidate Jalen McMillan. It did not seem there would be much room for Egbuka in 2025, but Godwin may begin the year on the Physically Unable to Perform List following last year’s ankle injury. Additionally, McMillan suffered a neck injury last week that is likely to sideline him well into the season. Egbuka should be a Week 1 starter for a Buccaneers passing offense that finished third in yardage last year.

Josh Downs (WR – IND) (ADP: WR50, 119 overall)

I don’t know if I would have included Josh Downs on this list a week ago, but he belongs there now. The Colts have named Daniel Jones the team’s starting quarterback and nobody is confusing Jones for an elite NFL quarterback. However, his presence will lift the weekly floor for third-year wideout Josh Downs. Downs played six games alongside Anthony Richardson in games where the embattled quarterback threw at least 20 passes. He finished as the WR60 or worse in four of those six games. Downs played seven games alongside Joe Flacco in games where the veteran threw at least 20 passes. Downs finished as the WR34 or better in six of those seven games. As long as Downs does not suffer any long-term effects from his hamstring injury, his floor should be relatively steady weekly.

Christian Kirk (WR – HOU) (ADP: WR55, 147 overall)

Christian Kirk is another vet who is ceding draft capital to a shiny new toy. In this case, it is Jayden Higgins, whom the Houston Texans drafted in the second round of this year’s NFL Draft. Fantasy managers are splitting the baby, as Higgins and Kirk are both currently going in the same range. If I am drafting for the floor, I prefer Kirk here. He should handle the slot for the Texans, a role that has proven fruitful. Stefon Diggs earned six or more targets in all eight games he played last season and was a top-50 weekly wideout in seven of them. Even in a lost year in 2024, Kirk showed flashes of the player who averaged 63 receiving yards per game from 2021 to 2023. Until Higgins and fellow rookie Jaylin Noel can prove themselves, Christian Kirk’s floor should remain solid in Houston’s passing offense.

Wan’Dale Robinson (WR – NYG) (ADP: WR63, 184 overall)

If you are seeking a high-floor PPR player late in the draft, Wan’Dale Robinson is worth a look. Robinson scored at least 7.8 PPR points in 15 games last season. For reference, Ja’Marr Chase, Justin Jefferson, and Amon-Ra St. Brown each scored at least 7.8 PPR points in 16 games last season. Robinson did so while scoring just three touchdowns, compared to the 39 combined scores of the three first-round fantasy picks. Of course, nobody is mistaking Robinson for any of those players, but there is value in what Robinson brings to the table. New Giants quarterback Russell Wilson does not funnel as many targets to the slot as his predecessors. However, the team has used Robinson more as an outside receiver during the preseason. This could boost his weekly floor, although he is likely to fall short of last year’s numbers.

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