When preparing for your fantasy football drafts, knowing which players to target and which to avoid is important. The amount of information available can be overwhelming, so a great way to condense the data and determine players to draft and others to leave for your leaguemates is to use our expert consensus fantasy football rankings compared to fantasy football average draft position (ADP). In this way, you can identify players the experts are willing to reach for at ADP and others they are not drafting until much later than average. Let’s dive into a few notable fantasy football players below.
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| RK | TIERS | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | POS | BEST | WORST | AVG. | STD.DEV | ECR VS. ADP |
| 6 | 1 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | DET | WR4 | 5 | 12 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | CeeDee Lamb | DAL | WR5 | 7 | 17 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | Drake London | ATL | WR7 | 8 | 23 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 6 |
| 15 | 2 | Nico Collins | HOU | WR8 | 11 | 30 | 17.6 | 4.7 | 8 |
| 16 | 3 | A.J. Brown | NE | WR9 | 9 | 34 | 18.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 20 | 3 | George Pickens | DAL | WR10 | 9 | 33 | 21.3 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 24 | 3 | Chris Olave | NO | WR11 | 14 | 41 | 25.7 | 6.1 | 3 |
| 30 | 4 | Tetairoa McMillan | CAR | WR14 | 18 | 53 | 33.7 | 7.3 | 11 |
| 31 | 4 | Tee Higgins | CIN | WR15 | 21 | 49 | 34.2 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 34 | 4 | Drake Maye | NE | QB2 | 26 | 69 | 37 | 11.7 | 23 |
| 35 | 4 | Lamar Jackson | BAL | QB3 | 26 | 62 | 37.1 | 11.3 | 9 |
| 49 | 5 | Davante Adams | LAR | WR24 | 39 | 68 | 47.8 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 50 | 5 | Jameson Williams | DET | WR25 | 34 | 70 | 51.8 | 7.6 | 9 |
| 56 | 5 | Christian Watson | GB | WR27 | 32 | 83 | 56.3 | 11.2 | 8 |
| 68 | 6 | Justin Herbert | LAC | QB8 | 53 | 103 | 69.9 | 11.7 | 15 |
| 72 | 6 | Alec Pierce | IND | WR32 | 46 | 106 | 76 | 10.3 | 12 |
| 74 | 6 | DK Metcalf | PIT | WR33 | 50 | 106 | 78.2 | 11 | 12 |
| 97 | 7 | Jakobi Meyers | JAC | WR42 | 71 | 127 | 99.2 | 11.4 | 15 |
| 107 | 7 | Aaron Jones Sr. | MIN | RB37 | 82 | 141 | 107.4 | 13.7 | 17 |
| 123 | 7 | Jayden Higgins | HOU | WR50 | 95 | 148 | 125.5 | 9.8 | 10 |
| 132 | 8 | Zach Charbonnet | SEA | RB43 | 79 | 224 | 135.2 | 22.2 | 10 |
| 134 | 8 | Tyler Allgeier | ARI | RB45 | 102 | 232 | 136.8 | 22.3 | 20 |
| 140 | 8 | Tyjae Spears | TEN | RB48 | 114 | 215 | 145.4 | 15.3 | 10 |
| 141 | 8 | Dylan Sampson | CLE | RB49 | 121 | 188 | 147.8 | 14 | 22 |
Amon-Ra St. Brown continued his remarkable consistency in 2025, finishing as a top-3 fantasy WR for the third straight season. The Lions star once again dominated high-value usage, leading the NFL in red-zone targets. Even with Detroit transitioning to a new offensive coordinator in 2026, St. Brown’s elite target share and reliable weekly production give him one of the safest floor/ceiling combos at the position. Expect another top-5 fantasy finish from the Sun God.
– Andrew Erickson
I absolutely understand the concern regarding the Falcons’ quarterback situation, but that won’t stop me from drafting Drake London. London is a bet on talent that I’ll continue to make. Despite Michael Penix and Kirk Cousins, London was cooking last year before a PCL injury derailed his season in Week 11. In Weeks 1-10 last year, London was the WR6 in fantasy points per game. During that stretch, he was fourth in target share (30.3%), fourth in receiving yards per game (86.4), sixth in yards per route run (2.74), fifth in first-read share (37.6%), and seventh in first downs per route run (0.135, per Fantasy Points Data). London should be a locked-in WR1 this season with top-five upside if the quarterback situation works itself out.
– Derek Brown
In only his second NFL season, Drake Maye finished QB2 in fantasy scoring, averaging 21.1 fantasy points per game. Maye was sublime as a passer last year, leading the NFL in completion percentage (72.0%), yards per pass attempt (8.9) and passer rating (113.5). Maye finished a close second in the MVP balloting behind the Rams’ Matthew Stafford. Aided by the tailwinds of a favorable regular-season schedule, Maye produced 4,394 passing yards and 31 TD passes. He also chipped in as a runner with 450 rushing yards and four TD runs – and his bountiful college rushing stats suggest there’s still more meat on that bone. Maye got a rude wakeup call in the playoffs, completing 58.3% of his throws and averaging 207 passing yards per game and 6.9 yards per attempt in a four-game run against the Chargers, Texans, Broncos and Seahawks – all among the best pass defenses in the league. Despite the sour ending, Maye’s second NFL season was a triumph. He’s a top-five fantasy quarterback moving forward.
– Pat Fitzmaurice
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