Fantasy Football Rankings: DraftKings 2024 Best Ball Wide Receiver Rankings 1-30

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Below I have ranked my top 30 wide receivers for the 2024 DraftKings NFL Best Ball season.

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1. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys

Lamb finished as the WR1 last season, scoring 427.2 DKFP, which bested Tyreek Hill by 26.8 (despite the latter missing one game). It was a breakout season for the Cowboys star, as he set new career highs in targets (181), receptions (135), receiving yards (1,749) and receiving touchdowns (12) in 2023.

Lamb finished the year ranking sixth in the NFL in target share, fourth in targets per route run and fifth in yards per route run. He’s one of the league’s true alphas and will have even less target competition in 2024, as the Cowboys let Michael Gallup and Tony Pollard walk in the offseason.

You are truly splitting hairs when choosing between Lamb and Hill as the WR1, but Lamb is five years younger, has the better QB — and if we’re really getting deep in the weeds — doesn’t have to travel to Cleveland in Week 17. That last part is almost a non-issue, as Hill can drop 40 DKFP on any team in the league, but it’s a slight tie-breaker in Lamb’s favor. In addition, Lamb’s ADP is one spot higher than Hill’s, so if you simply draft both at cost, you’ll have your fair share of both.

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8. Garrett Wilson, New York Jets

Wilson did all he could last season playing with faux NFL QBs Zach Wilson and Tim Boyle at the helm. The former Ohio State Buckeye ranked fifth in the NFL in target share, but finished with just three touchdowns because the Jets averaged the fourth fewest points per game in the league.

This year should be different, as future Hall-of-Famer, and possible Vice President, Aaron Rodgers will be returning from his Achilles tear. The Jets made some serious upgrades to their offense this offseason as well, signing WR Mike Williams in free-agency and drafting WR Malachi Corley in the third round.

Wilson should rank near the top of the league in targets again this year with Rodgers at signal caller, which means the year-three breakout is 100% happening.

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15. Stefon Diggs, Houston Texans

This ranking may be a bit too conservative, considering I have Diggs’ teammate Nico Collins ranked two spots higher. Diggs had a very strange 2023 season in what was his final year in Buffalo. I say that because he had opened the season scorching hot, posting 100+ yards in five of his first six games, including five touchdowns.

For whatever reason, he then failed to eclipse 86 yards one time over his final 11 games, and found paydirt just three more times. There have always been rumors of him being a bit of a diva, but that big of a drop-off in production really makes no sesne, especially considering he wasn’t injured.

Houston traded for Diggs in April, and the change of scenery should only do him good, as it appears he wore out his welcome in Buffalo. Yes, Diggs is 30 years old, and he will have more target competition with the Texans, but he’s still finished with 1,000 or more receiving yards each of the past six seasons, and now gets to play with budding superstar and offensive rookie of the year, C.J. Stroud.

There’s a very clear path to Diggs having a better season than Collins, but much like the CeeDee Lamb/Tyreek Hill example above, their ADPs are so close. Meaning, that by simply taking them both Diggs and Collins at cost, your portfolio will have plenty of exposure to each.

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27. George Pickens, Pittsburgh Steelers

Pickens had a pretty underrated season in 2023, especially considering the situation he was in. He had to deal with a revolving clown show at QB with Kenny Pickett and Mason Rudolph, while competing for targets with separation-monster Diontae Johnson; all for an offense that posted the fourth-lowest pass rate over expectation in the NFL.

This season will be different, as the Steelers jettisoned Johnson to Carolina, while signing both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, both of whom are massive upgrades over what they trotted out there last year. It’s not all roses, however, as Pittsburgh’s new offensive coordinator is Arthur Smith, who would prefer to run the ball on literally every play if he could. Nonetheless, Pickens is now the unquestioned WR1 for this offense.

Pickens ranked 18th in the NFL in yards per route run in 2023, and remains a massive threat to take any pass to the house on a whim. We might look back in December and realize this ranking was too low.

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