The key to winning your fantasy football league is finding draft day values, especially at the wide receiver position. Last year, only five of the top-12 drafted wide receivers in the ADP finished as a WR1: Ja’Marr Chase, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, and A.J. Brown. Meanwhile, six of the other seven WR1 finishers were drafted in the WR2 or WR3 range.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Davante Adams were drafted in the WR2 range last season. Yet, Smith-Njigba finished as the overall WR2, while Adams was the WR9 despite missing the final three games of the year with a hamstring injury.
Furthermore, the WR3 was where fantasy players found league winners. George Pickens (WR5), Chris Olave (WR6), Zay Flowers (WR7), and Jameson Williams (WR12) were WR3s in the ADP but finished as top-12 wide receivers, including three inside the top seven.
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Fantasy Football Draft Values: Wide Receivers
Let’s look at three wide receivers in the WR2 range and three in the WR3 range that are a value at their current draft cost based on the FantasyPros’ PPR ADP.
WR2 Range Values (WR13-24)
DeVonta Smith (PHI) | WR13
The worst-kept secret in the NFL was the pending A.J. Brown trade. Smith has taken over as the Eagles’ No. 1 wide receiver with Brown in New England. Last season, he finished as the WR20, averaging 11.9 PPR fantasy points per game. However, Smith was outstanding when seeing enough volume, averaging 19.3 fantasy points per game in the seven contests where he had seven or more targets, scoring 20 or more in nearly a third of those outings. Smith will have a career year as Jalen Hurts’ top pass catcher.
Zay Flowers (BAL) | WR14
Baltimore made several changes to their receiving corps this offseason. Yet, Flowers’ role as the clear-cut No. 1 option in the passing game remains unchallenged. Last year, the former Boston College star averaged 14.3 PPR fantasy points per game, a career-high. However, he was even better when Lamar Jackson played, averaging 15 fantasy points per game on only 6.9 targets per contest. Despite coming off his first career WR1 finish, don’t be surprised if Flowers sets career highs in every category this season under new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle.
Tee Higgins (CIN) | WR18
Unfortunately, Higgins has a history of injuries. However, he has finished in the WR15 through WR19 range in PPR scoring in three of the past four years, including 2025, despite Joe Burrow missing over half the season. Despite averaging slightly fewer targets per game with Burrow (6.7 vs. 7.8), Higgins averaged more fantasy points per contest (15.2 vs. 13.4) and fantasy points per target (2.3 vs. 1.7) with the superstar quarterback. The 15.2 fantasy points per game average would have made him the WR10 on a points-per-contest basis last year.
WR3 Range Values (WR25-36)
DJ Moore (BUF) | WR27
After years of dealing with subpar quarterbacks, Moore gets to play with Josh Allen in 2026. Yet, he has been productive, averaging 14 or more PPR fantasy points per game in five of seven seasons since his rookie year despite never being an elite touchdown scorer. Meanwhile, the Bills have lacked a go-to wide receiver since Stefon Diggs was traded. However, Diggs finished as the WR9 in his final season in Buffalo, averaging 9.4 targets and 16.1 fantasy points per game. Moore could have similar success with Allen under center.
Christian Watson (GB) | WR28
Last season, Watson was the WR15 on a points-per-game basis among wide receivers with at least nine games played, averaging 13.2 PPR fantasy points per contest despite averaging only 5.5 targets per outing after missing the first seven weeks recovering from a torn ACL. Furthermore, he averaged 16.1 fantasy points per game in six of the 10 contests with five or more targets last year. More importantly, the Packers moved on from Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks this offseason, which should open up more targets for Watson in 2026.
Rome Odunze (CHI) | WR29
Odunze got off to one of the hottest starts last year, ranking as the WR3 over the first month, averaging 19.9 PPR fantasy points per game. Furthermore, he scored 15 or more fantasy points in half of his games. Meanwhile, DJ Moore is gone, and the Bears did nothing to replace him. While Luther Burden III and Colston Loveland are popular breakout candidates, Odunze could easily have a Jameson Williams-like top-12 finish if he gets seven targets per game. For reference, he averaged 7.5 targets per game last season.
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