Fantasy Football 2022 Rankings

2022 Fantasy Football Rankings

2022 Fantasy Football Rankings

Kurt Kuklewicz (last updated 09/05/22)

After what seems like eons of waiting, and watching and betting WNBA games to hold us over (usually incorrectly), fantasy football has returned! I recently drafted in my 14 team 0.5 PPR home league, and I have 3 key takeaways worth sharing.

  1. It's okay to have your own opinions. Are you an expert? No, most certainly not. Neither are we. I've seen some crazy stuff in my life playing fantasy football for over 18 years. And honestly, we all have no clue really what we are talking about most of the time. Some dude took Donovan McNabb once with the 8th overall pick when he wasn't even pre-ranked as the 8th best quarterback, let alone 8th overall. He actually won that year... and it was a 16 team money league. I can't forget to mention that he took Hank Baskett in the 4th round as well. Did he even have 4 career touchdowns? Go figure.

  2. It's okay to veer off script once in awhile. I can't remember any draft (except one) where I had everything align perfectly with my strategy. Things will happen. People will reach for your "diamond in the rough" sure-fire stud. People will say you are reaching when you take Zeke in the 2nd round. It happens. Fun story, the year where "everything aligned perfectly for me" and I said I was going to dominate to my league-mates, it was the worst year I had in nearly 10 years. Go figure

  3. Have at least the bare minimum of preparation done. The absolute worst thing you can do for any fantasy draft is to skip preparation. At least pre-rank some players, have an idea what you will do with the first 2 picks, log into your account to ensure you can run the draft software. These are basic steps that I can tell you at least one person in my league always seems to mess up. Then minutes before the draft they are scrambling around for help.

Without further ado, let's get to the rankings!

Quarterbacks

  1. Josh Allen (Tier 1)

  2. Patrick Mahomes

  3. Justin Herbert

  4. Kyler Murray (Tier 2)

  5. Joe Burrow

  6. Tom Brady

  7. Lamar Jackson

  8. Jalen Hurts

  9. Russell Wilson (Tier 3)

  10. Aaron Rodgers

  11. Matthew Stafford

  12. Dak Prescott

  13. Kirk Cousins

  14. Trey Lance

  15. Derek Carr (Tier 4)

  16. Trevor Lawrence

  17. Tua Tagovailoa

  18. Mac Jones (Tier 5)

  19. Jared Goff

  20. Jameis Winston

  21. Carson Wentz

  22. Matt Ryan

  23. Justin Field (Tier 6)

  24. Mitch Trubisky

  25. Zach Wilson

  26. Baker Mayfield

  27. Ryan Tannenhill

  28. Daniel Jones

Running Backs (0.5 PPR)

  1. Jonathan Taylor (Tier 1)

  2. Austin Ekeler

  3. Christian McCaffrey

  4. Derrick Henry

  5. Najee Harris

  6. Dalvin Cook

  7. Javonte Williams (Tier 2)

  8. Joe Mixon

  9. D'Andre Swift

  10. Alvin Kamara

  11. Zeke Elliott (Tier 3)

  12. Aaron Jones

  13. Nick Chubb

  14. James Conner

  15. David Montgomery

  16. Leonard Fournette

  17. Saquan Barkley (Tier 4)

  18. Elijah Mitchell

  19. Travis Etienne

  20. Cam Akers

  21. Josh Jacobs

  22. CEH

  23. Damien Harris

  24. JK Dobbins

  25. Dameon Pierce

  26. Chase Edmonds

  27. AJ Dillon (Tier 5)

  28. Cordarelle Patterson

  29. James Robinson

  30. Antonio Gibson

  31. Miles Sanders

  32. Kareem Hunt

  33. Rhamondre Stevenson

  34. Breece Hall

  35. Devin Singletary

  36. Tony Pollard

  37. Kenneth Walker

  38. Michael Carter

  39. James Cook (Tier 6)

  40. Rashaad Penny

  41. Nyheim Hines

  42. Brian Robinson

  43. Jamaal Williams

  44. Melvin Gordon III

  45. JD McKissic

  46. Alexander Mattison

  47. Darrell Henderson

  48. Isiah Pacheco

  49. Khalil Herbert

  50. Tyler Allgeir

  51. Kenneth Gainwell

  52. Darrel Williams (Tier 7)

  53. Rachad White

  54. Sony Michel

  55. D'onta Foreman

  56. Raheem Mostert

  57. Gus Edwards

  58. Zamir White

  59. Dontrell Hilliard

  60. Isiah Spiller

  61. Boston Scott

  62. D'Ernest Johnson

  63. Chuba Hubbard

  64. Tyrion Davis-Price

  65. Matt Brieda

  66. Mark Ingram

  67. Kenyan Drake

  68. Jeff Wilson Jr

  69. Zack Moss

  70. Josh Kelley

  71. Myles Gaskin

  72. Snoop Conner

  73. Jaylen Warren

  74. Hassan Haskins

  75. Keaonty Ingram

  76. Samaje Perine

  77. Pierre Strong

  78. DeeJay Dallas

  79. Rex Burkhead

  80. Mike Davis

  81. Chris Evans

  82. Ameer Abdullah

  83. Jerick McKinnon

  84. Trey Sermon

  85. Damien Williams

  86. Eno Benjamin

  87. Ronald Jones

WIDE RECEIVERS (0.5 PPR)

  1. Ja'Marr Chase (Tier 1)

  2. Justin Jefferson

  3. Cooper Kupp

  4. Deebo Samuel (Tier 2)

  5. Davante Adams

  6. CeeDee Lamb

  7. Stefon Diggs

  8. Keenan Allen

  9. Tyreek Hill

  10. A.J. Brown

  11. Michael Pittman Jr (Tier 3)

  12. Mike Evans

  13. Tee Higgins

  14. Terry McLaurin

  15. DJ Moore

  16. Jaylen Waddle

  17. Diontae Johnson

  18. Courtland Sutton (Tier 4)

  19. Brandin Cooks

  20. DK Metcalf

  21. Gabe Davis

  22. Elijah Moore

  23. Mike Williams

  24. Darnell Mooney

  25. Diontae Johnson

  26. Chris Godwin

  27. Hunter Renfrow

  28. JuJu Smith-Schuster (Tier 5)

  29. Marquise Brown

  30. Amari Cooper

  31. Allen Robinson

  32. Adam Thielen

  33. Drake London

  34. Rashod Bateman

  35. DeVonta Smith

  36. Amon-Ra St.Brown

  37. Jerry Jeudy

  38. Brandon Aiyuk

  39. Treylon Burks

  40. Tyler Lockett (Tier 6)

  41. Christian Kirk

  42. Chris Olave

  43. Allen Lazard

  44. Michael Thomas

  45. Robert Woods

  46. Garrett Wilson

  47. George Pickens

  48. Chase Claypool

  49. Kadarius Toney

  50. Jahan Dotson

  51. Skyy Moore

  52. Julio Jones (Tier 7)

  53. DeAndre Hopkins

  54. Jakobi Meyers

  55. Tyler Boyd

  56. Jarvis Landry

  57. DeVante Parker

  58. Josh Palmer

  59. Rondale Moore

  60. Jalen Tolbert

  61. Curtis Samuel

  62. Russell Gage

  63. Nico Collins

  64. Wan'Dale Robinson

  65. DJ Chark

  66. MVS

  67. Jameson Williams

  68. Christian Watson

  69. Michael Gallup

  70. Parris Campbell

  71. Mecole Hardman

  72. Jamison Crowder

  73. Romeo Doubs

  74. Isiah McKenzie

  75. KJ Osborn

  76. David Bell

  77. OBJ (Tier 8)

  78. Marvin Jones

  79. Corey Davis

  80. Nelson Agoholor

  81. Kendrick Bourne

  82. Van Jefferson

  83. Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

  84. Byron Pringle

  85. Devin Duvernay

  86. Terrance Marshall

  87. KJ Hamler

  88. Bryan Edwards

TIGHT ENDS (0.5 PPR)

  1. Travis Kelce (Tier 1)

  2. Mark Andrews

  3. George Kittle

  4. Kyle Pitts (Tier 2)

  5. Darren Waller

  6. Dalton Schultz

  7. Dallas Goedert (Tier 3)

  8. TJ Hockenson

  9. Zach Ertz

  10. Pat Friermouth

  11. Hunter Henry

  12. Dawson Knox

  13. Irv Smith Jr

  14. Mike Geisecki (Tier 4)

  15. Cole Kmet

  16. Robert Tonyan

  17. Gerald Everett

  18. Noah Fant

  19. Albert Okwuegbunam

  20. Tyler Higbee (Tier 5)

  21. Hayden Hurst

  22. Evan Engram

  23. Jonnu Smith

  24. Cameron Brate

  25. CJ Uzomah

  26. Logan Thomas

  27. David Njoku (Tier 6)

  28. Tommy Tremble