Week 4 WR rankings: tiers, targets and injuries

Week 4 WR rankings, in one paragraph

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the WR1 for Week 4 at 20.1 PPR points, and the books post his receiving yards line at 91.5, the highest of any receiver. Amon-Ra St. Brown (19.7), Ja'Marr Chase (19.1) and Chris Olave (18.5) complete the top tier. Then the board drops 1.3 points to Puka Nacua, the biggest gap between neighbors in the top 50. Our Week 4 WR rankings priced 54 receivers from 16 books at 8:22 AM ET. Six receivers carry injury news into the weekend. For two of them, Justin Jefferson and Mike Evans, the books have not posted a yards line at all.

How to read the tables

• Books' pts is the board's number: the fantasy points implied by each player's props, de-vigged and scored in PPR. We do not hand-edit it.
• Rec yds line is the receiving yards line the books posted. We take each book's main line, the one priced nearest even money, and print the median and, in brackets, how many books posted one. The board's market column shows the yards the prices imply, so it can differ from the line by a yard or two.
• Week 3 targets, snaps and air yards come from our Week 3 usage. Target share is his targets over his team's targets. Air yards share counts every pass attempt, caught or not.

We cut the tiers where the board has gaps. A gap under 1.5 points between two receivers in the same tier is inside the noise of a single catch.

Tier 1: four receivers above 18 points

Smith-Njigba had 14 targets, 31% of Seattle's, and 52% of its air yards in Week 3, for 10 catches, 128 yards and 2 touchdowns. Chase played every Bengals snap. Olave drew a third of New Orleans' targets, and his 85.5 yards line is second only to Smith-Njigba's. He hosts Atlanta on Monday night, and Atlanta ranks 4th in WR points allowed per game, counting from the most, with 2025 blended in while the 2026 sample is short.

St. Brown is the exception to the usage story. He had 4 catches for 19 yards in Week 3, and Carolina ranks 32nd in WR points allowed per game, the fewest in the league on the same blended measure. The books still price him second, with 7.5 catches. His 26% target share is the reason. One quiet game did not move the market off a receiver who sees that much of the ball.

Tier 2: seven receivers from 15.1 to 17.2

Drake London had the biggest Week 3 role of any priced receiver: 43% of Atlanta's targets and 65% of its air yards, for 194 yards on 9 catches. Garrett Wilson drew 36% of the Jets' targets on 94% of the snaps.

Two receivers in this tier did not play in Week 3. Nacua is covered under injuries below. Collins missed the last two games with a hamstring injury and was limited Wednesday and Thursday (Texans practice report). In Week 1, his last game, he had 10 targets, 27% of Houston's.

Zay Flowers played 21 of Baltimore's 64 snaps in Week 3 and still drew 30% of the targets. He has a hamstring injury and was a full participant Thursday (Jamison Hensley, ESPN). Parker Washington is priced above his Week 3 work, with 5 targets and a 19% share.

Tier 3: thirteen receivers from 12.3 to 14.7

This is the flex tier, and thirteen receivers sit inside 2.4 points. Read the usage columns before the rank.

• Michael Wilson had 17 targets in Week 3, more than any receiver on this board, plus 51% of Arizona's air yards.
• Rashee Rice drew 39% of Kansas City's targets and Jordan Addison 36% of Minnesota's. Addison's share came with Jefferson gone after 7 snaps.
• Josh Downs had 61% of Indianapolis' air yards. He plays in London at 9:30 AM ET Sunday, before every other Sunday game.
• Tetairoa McMillan played 95% of Carolina's snaps but drew only 12% of the targets. His 69.5 yards line is far above the 17 yards he had in Week 3.
• Malik Nabers had 29% of the Giants' targets but 4% of their air yards, which is a short-area role.

The DeVonta Smith, Adams and Addison numbers all hang on the injury report, below.

Tier 4: eight receivers from 10.0 to 11.6

The gap from Nabers to Coker is 0.7 points. DJ Moore drew 38% of Buffalo's targets and Luther Burden III 32% of Chicago's, both on part-time snaps. Jalen Coker was limited Thursday with a quad injury (Panthers practice report). McConkey is covered below.

Below 10 points the board runs from Khalil Shakir at 9.5 to Calvin Ridley at 2.5. Three receivers there drew big Week 3 shares: Wan'Dale Robinson (31%, 8.7 points), Jakobi Meyers (30%, 9.5) and Malik Washington (29%, 9.1). They are deep league plays, priced under 40 yards.

The injury report, receiver by receiver

A prop line is conditional on the player playing. It is never a signal of whether he will. Friday's practice reports and game designations come out this afternoon, and the London game's inactive list is posted at 8:00 AM ET Sunday.

Jayden Reed, Packers: out for the season. Matt LaFleur said Wednesday that Reed needs season-ending surgery on his neck (via Matt Schneidman, The Athletic), and Green Bay placed him on injured reserve the same day. He is not on the board. The Packers' priced receivers are Christian Watson (14.0, 66.5 yards line) and Matthew Golden (12.6, 57.5). Golden drew 24% of Green Bay's targets and 51% of its air yards in Week 3, with Reed already out.

Justin Jefferson, Vikings: did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. He sprained his left ankle in Week 3 and left after 7 snaps. Kevin O'Connell called him day to day, and the Vikings listed him as a non-participant Thursday. The books have posted only an anytime touchdown price for him (41% across 13 books), so he is listed unranked at the bottom of the board. Only 8 books have posted Jordan Addison's yards line, about half the count for other starters. If Jefferson sits, Week 3 is the sample: Addison had 36% of the targets and 60% of the air yards.

DeVonta Smith, Eagles: not expected to play. He has a hamstring injury, missed Wednesday's walkthrough and did not practice Thursday (Jeff McLane, Philadelphia Inquirer). Tim McManus of ESPN reports Smith is not expected to be available Sunday against the Rams. Only 3 books have priced his yards, so his 14.7 rests on a thin market. Makai Lemon is 43rd at 8.3. Dontayvion Wicks is not on the board this morning, but 13 books have posted his yards line at 56.5. In Week 3 Wicks played 44 of Philadelphia's 50 snaps and drew 5 targets.

Ladd McConkey, Chargers: foot, did not practice Thursday. He was limited Wednesday and a non-participant Thursday (Chargers practice report), and Kris Rhim of ESPN saw him leave the locker room with a limp. He is 32nd at 10.0, and only 7 books have posted his yards line. Quentin Johnston, 44th at 7.7, played 87% of the snaps in Week 3.

Puka Nacua, Rams: limited Thursday, expected to play. He has missed two games with a hip injury that Sean McVay has also called groin soreness. McVay said Wednesday he expects Nacua to play at Philadelphia (to Stu Jackson, Rams official site). The Thursday report listed him as limited (Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register). The books have him 5th at 17.2 with a 77.5 yards line. In Week 3, without Nacua, Davante Adams drew 27% of the Rams' targets and 44% of their air yards. If Nacua plays, expect Adams' share to shrink.

Mike Evans, 49ers: ribs, did not practice. Evans strained a rib in Week 3 and left after 18 snaps, with 2 touchdowns already scored. Kyle Shanahan said he would not practice Wednesday (via Cam Inman, San Jose Mercury News), and he did not take part Thursday (Nick Wagoner, ESPN). Like Jefferson, he has only a touchdown price (34% across 14 books) and is unranked. Deebo Samuel Sr. is also touchdown price only, after 41 snaps and no targets in Week 3.

What to do with this

1. Start your Tier 1 and Tier 2 receivers who are healthy. Inside Tier 3, use the Week 3 target share to break ties.
2. Plan for Jefferson, Smith, McConkey and Evans to sit until Friday's reports say otherwise. Have Addison, Wicks or Johnston ready where you roster them.
3. Settle London players, Downs, McLaurin and Diggs among them, before 9:30 AM ET Sunday. Atlanta and New Orleans play Monday night.
4. Check the pairs on the Week 4 WR start or sit calls, which rebuild every 30 minutes until kickoff. The Week 4 start em sit em guide explains how a call is made, and the Week 4 waiver wire guide covers the pickups. Every position is on the Week 4 rankings, and the season board is on the WR rankings.