Week 3 waiver wire: which Week 2 breakouts came with volume and which came with touchdowns

Adds tell you where leagues moved. Volume tells you whether to follow them

Every Monday the most added list is mostly a list of who scored on Sunday. That is useful, because it shows you which names your league mates are about to chase. It is not the same thing as a list of who will score next Sunday.

The difference is volume. A receiver who drew a third of his team's targets will usually draw a lot of them again, because targets come from the play calls and the depth chart, and neither changes much week to week. A receiver who scored twice on three catches needs the same two scores again, and touchdowns are the least repeatable thing in fantasy.

So this guide takes Sleeper's most added players over the 48 hours to 8:15 AM ET Monday and sorts them by the share of their team's targets and carries they had in Week 2. Points are in the table, but they are not how the table is ordered.

One gap to name up front: Week 2 snap counts were not posted by Monday morning. Our usage page refreshes Tuesday morning once Monday night is final, and snap share is the check to run before you place a large bid on anyone below.

The most added players, with their Week 2 workload

Source: Sleeper, pulled Sep 21 2026, 8:15 AM ET. Adds are Sleeper leagues over the prior 48 hours. "TD share of points" is six points per touchdown divided by his PPR total.

The roles: players whose volume was the story

Adonai Mitchell, Jets. Twelve targets, a third of everything New York threw to its backs, receivers and tight ends. He turned them into 6 catches for 63 yards and 12.3 points, which is a quiet line for that much work. That is the profile you want off waivers: the volume is already there and the efficiency has room to catch up. He was added about 170,000 times, a quarter as often as the player at the top of the list.

Rashod Bateman, Ravens. Nine targets, 31% of Baltimore's, for 7 catches, 88 yards and a score. Take the touchdown away and it is still 15.8 points. Of the two big receiver weeks on this list, his came with more of the looks.

Tre Tucker, Raiders. The highest scorer here at 22.9, and 74% of it came from yardage and catches rather than the touchdown: 5 catches for 119 yards on 7 targets, 24% of Las Vegas's looks. A 24% share is a real role. The 119 yards on 5 catches is the part that is unlikely to repeat every week.

Emanuel Wilson, Seahawks. Twenty-one carries, 52% of Seattle's non-quarterback rushing, for 92 yards. He scored 9.2 points because none of it found the end zone and he caught nothing. Workload like that at running back is rare on a waiver wire, and a back handling half the carries gets goal-line chances over a season.

Tank Bigsby, Eagles. Thirteen carries, 48% of Philadelphia's. More than half of his 11.8 points came from the touchdown, but the carry share is what makes him interesting, not the score.

Mark Andrews, Ravens. Seven targets, 24% of Baltimore's, the same share as Tucker's. At tight end, where a 20% share is a starter, that is worth a roster spot even at 10.9 points.

The spikes: points without the volume behind them

Darren Waller, Panthers. 18.3 points on three targets. Two of the three catches were touchdowns, so two thirds of his score came from them. Nine percent of Carolina's targets is a rotational tight end's share. If your tight end is healthy, this is not the week to chase him.

Xavier Worthy, Chiefs. 13.5 points on 25 receiving yards. The touchdown was 44% of it, and 7 targets was 16% of a Kansas City passing game that spread 43 targets around. He was a name worth watching before Sunday, and Sunday did not change much.

Emmett Johnson, Chiefs. Added about 142,000 times after 4 touches for 35 yards. There is nothing in the Week 2 line that explains the adds. If you have a reason to want him, it is not in this box score.

The top of the list: Hutchinson, Mayer and Roman Wilson

The three most added players are neither roles nor spikes yet. Xavier Hutchinson drew 9 targets, which sounds like a lot until you see that Houston threw 50 times: 18% is a third or fourth option's share. Michael Mayer's 4 targets were 14% of the Raiders', against Tucker's 7 on the same team. Roman Wilson's 6 were 16% of Pittsburgh's.

A spike in adds this large with modest usage usually means news, most often an injury ahead of the player on the depth chart. That can be a very good reason to add someone, because the role he inherits next week is bigger than the one he had this week. But the box score cannot show you that. Check the injury report for who is missing ahead of him before you spend on it.

What this means for your claims

• Priority goes to share, not points. Mitchell at 33% and Bateman at 31% had the biggest target shares on this list, and Emanuel Wilson had the most carries. Tucker belongs with them.
• Discount touchdown-built weeks. Waller, Worthy and, to a lesser degree, Bigsby and Jonah Coleman got a large part of Sunday from scores.
• Check snap counts Tuesday. A target share with a low snap count means a player was used in specific packages. The same share on 80% of snaps means he is an every-down player. We will know which on Tuesday morning.
• Nothing here is a Monday night player. The Rams and Giants play tonight, so none of their players have a Week 2 line yet. Anyone from those rosters who pops tonight will not be on this list.

For how much to bid once you have a shortlist, the FAAB guide prices claims from draft cost and snap counts. The live waiver wire updates every 15 minutes with the same add counts used here.