2017 Fantasy Rankings: Wide Receivers

by Chase Stuart on February 22, 2018

Brown was the top wide receiver of 2017.

This week at Football Perspective: an analysis of the 2017 fantasy results. I will be using the same methodology throughout this series.

To calculate fantasy points, I will be using the following system: 1 point per 20 yards passing, 5 points per passing TD, -2 points per INT, 1 point per 10 yards rushing/receiving, 6 points per rushing/receiving touchdown, and 0.5 points per reception.

To measure fantasy production, I will be using VBD, which stands for Value Based Drafting. For players who play a full 16-game schedule, the formula is easy: you begin with each player’s fantasy points, and then subtract from that number the baseline at that position. For QBs and TEs, the baseline is the player with the 12th most fantasy points at the position. For RBs, it’s RB24, and for WRs, the baseline is WR30. For players who missed time, I give them some credit for those missed games under the assumption that a fantasy player would put another player into their lineup if that player was out. So for every game a QB/TE misses, he gets the FP/G of QB18 or TE18, as applicable; for RBs, I used RB30 as replacement, and for WRs, I used WR36. If a player missed more than 10 games, he was excluded entirely, but if he played in at least 6 games, he was included.

For players who finish below the baseline (i.e., would have negative VBD), I’m ranking them based on fantasy points per game. I’m not too concerned by this, and if you have another preference, that’s perfectly fine. I thought it would simply be the easiest way to present the data.

Below are the fantasy rankings for wide receivers in 2017.

VBD Rk	Player	Tm	Age	G	Rsh Yds	Rsh TD	Rec	Yds	TD	FP	FP/G	POS RK	VBD
1	Antonio Brown	PIT	29	14	0	0	101	1533	9	257.8	18.4	2	135.7
2	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	25	15	0	0	96	1378	13	263.8	17.6	1	132.5
3	Keenan Allen	LAC	25	16	9	0	102	1393	6	227.2	14.2	3	86.6
4	Tyreek Hill	KAN	23	15	59	0	75	1183	7	201.7	13.4	8	70.4
5	Jarvis Landry	MIA	25	16	-7	0	112	987	9	208.0	13.0	4	67.4
6	Julio Jones	ATL	28	16	15	0	88	1444	3	207.9	13.0	5	67.3
7	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	34	16	0	0	109	1156	6	207.2	12.9	6	66.6
8	Michael Thomas	NOR	24	16	0	0	104	1245	5	206.5	12.9	7	65.9
9	Davante Adams	GNB	25	14	0	0	74	885	10	185.5	13.3	13	63.4
10	Adam Thielen	MIN	27	16	11	0	91	1276	4	198.2	12.4	9	57.6
11	Marvin Jones	DET	27	16	0	0	61	1101	9	194.6	12.2	10	54.0
12	A.J. Green	CIN	29	16	0	0	75	1078	8	193.3	12.1	11	52.7
13	Brandin Cooks	NWE	24	16	40	0	65	1082	7	186.7	11.7	12	46.1
14	Stefon Diggs	MIN	24	14	13	0	64	849	8	166.2	11.9	18	44.1
15	Doug Baldwin	SEA	29	16	-8	0	75	991	8	183.8	11.5	14	43.2
16	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	21	14	0	0	58	917	7	162.7	11.6	21	40.6
17	Golden Tate	DET	29	16	22	0	92	1003	5	178.5	11.2	15	37.9
18	Mike Evans	TAM	24	15	0	0	71	1001	5	165.6	11.0	19	34.3
19	Robert Woods	LAR	25	12	12	0	56	781	5	137.3	11.4	32	33.8
20	Robby Anderson	NYJ	24	16	9	0	63	941	7	168.5	10.5	16	27.9
21	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	30	16	0	0	83	949	5	166.4	10.4	17	25.8
22	Devin Funchess	CAR	23	16	0	0	63	840	8	163.5	10.2	20	22.9
23	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	27	16	0	0	57	789	9	161.4	10.1	22	20.8
24	Sterling Shepard	NYG	23	11	4	0	59	731	2	115.0	10.5	43	20.7
25	Chris Hogan	NWE	29	9	17	0	34	439	5	92.6	10.3	60	16.9
26	Michael Crabtree	OAK	30	14	0	0	58	618	8	138.8	9.9	31	16.7
27	Cooper Kupp	LAR	24	15	0	0	62	869	5	147.9	9.9	27	16.6
28	Nelson Agholor	PHI	24	16	7	0	62	768	8	156.5	9.8	23	15.9
29	Will Fuller	HOU	23	10	9	0	28	423	7	99.2	9.9	55	14.2
30	Dez Bryant	DAL	29	16	-4	0	69	838	6	153.9	9.6	24	13.3
31	Amari Cooper	OAK	23	14	4	0	48	680	7	134.4	9.6	33	12.3
32	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	28	15	10	0	67	703	5	142.4	9.5	29	11.0
33	Kenny Stills	MIA	25	16	0	0	58	847	6	149.7	9.4	25	9.1
34	T.Y. Hilton	IND	28	16	0	0	57	966	4	149.1	9.3	26	8.5
35	Rishard Matthews	TEN	28	14	-3	0	53	795	4	129.7	9.3	36	7.6
36	Pierre Garcon	SFO	31	8	0	0	40	500	0	70.0	8.8	77	3.5
37	Jermaine Kearse	NYJ	27	16	0	0	65	810	5	143.5	9.0	28	2.9
38	Jamison Crowder	WAS	24	15	34	0	66	789	3	133.3	8.9	34	2.0
39	Ted Ginn	NOR	32	15	39	0	53	787	4	133.1	8.9	35	1.8
40	Marquise Goodwin	SFO	27	16	44	0	56	962	2	140.6	8.8	30	0.0
41	Sammy Watkins	LAR	24	15	0	0	39	593	8	126.8	8.5	38	0.0
42	Marqise Lee	JAX	26	14	17	0	56	702	3	117.9	8.4	42	0.0
43	Mike Wallace	BAL	31	15	4	0	52	748	4	125.2	8.3	39	0.0
44	Randall Cobb	GNB	27	15	17	0	66	653	4	124.5	8.3	40	0.0
45	DeSean Jackson	TAM	31	14	38	0	50	668	3	113.6	8.1	45	0.0
46	Paul Richardson	SEA	25	16	0	0	44	703	6	128.3	8.0	37	0.0
47	Allen Hurns	JAX	26	10	0	0	39	484	2	79.9	8.0	69	0.0
48	Kelvin Benjamin	2TM	26	14	0	0	48	692	3	111.2	7.9	46	0.0
49	DeVante Parker	MIA	24	13	0	0	57	670	1	101.5	7.8	53	0.0
50	Dede Westbrook	JAX	24	7	0	0	27	339	1	53.4	7.6	92	0.0
51	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	30	12	0	0	47	555	2	91.0	7.6	61	0.0
52	Tyrell Williams	LAC	25	16	0	0	43	728	4	118.3	7.4	41	0.0
53	Jordy Nelson	GNB	32	15	0	0	53	482	6	110.7	7.4	47	0.0
54	Kenny Golladay	DET	24	11	9	0	28	477	3	80.6	7.3	67	0.0
55	Albert Wilson	KAN	25	13	6	0	42	554	3	95.0	7.3	59	0.0
56	Danny Amendola	NWE	32	15	0	0	61	659	2	108.4	7.2	48	0.0
57	Keelan Cole	JAX	24	16	0	0	42	748	3	113.8	7.1	44	0.0
58	Martavis Bryant	PIT	26	15	22	0	50	603	3	105.5	7.0	50	0.0
59	Jeremy Maclin	BAL	29	12	0	0	40	440	3	82.0	6.8	66	0.0
60	Travis Benjamin	LAC	28	16	96	0	34	567	4	107.3	6.7	49	0.0
61	Ryan Grant	WAS	27	16	0	0	45	573	4	103.8	6.5	51	0.0
62	Tavarres King	NYG	27	8	3	0	18	240	3	51.3	6.4	94	0.0
63	Josh Doctson	WAS	25	16	-14	0	35	502	6	102.3	6.4	52	0.0
64	Adam Humphries	TAM	24	16	6	0	61	631	1	100.2	6.3	54	0.0
65	Brandon LaFell	CIN	31	16	0	0	52	548	3	98.8	6.2	56	0.0
66	Kendall Wright	CHI	28	16	0	0	59	614	1	96.9	6.1	57	0.0
67	Corey Coleman	CLE	23	9	0	0	23	305	2	54.0	6.0	91	0.0
68	Tyler Lockett	SEA	25	16	58	0	45	555	2	95.8	6.0	58	0.0
69	John Brown	ARI	27	10	10	0	21	299	3	59.4	5.9	85	0.0
70	Eric Decker	TEN	30	16	0	0	54	563	1	89.3	5.6	62	0.0
71	Bruce Ellington	HOU	26	11	17	0	29	330	2	61.2	5.6	83	0.0
72	Jaron Brown	ARI	27	16	0	0	31	477	4	87.2	5.5	63	0.0
73	Deonte Thompson	2TM	28	16	-5	0	38	555	2	86.0	5.4	64	0.0
74	Donte Moncrief	IND	24	12	0	0	26	391	2	64.1	5.3	81	0.0
75	Terrance Williams	DAL	28	16	15	0	53	568	0	84.8	5.3	65	0.0
76	Trent Taylor	SFO	23	15	0	0	43	430	2	76.5	5.1	70	0.0
77	JJ Nelson	ARI	25	16	37	0	29	504	2	80.6	5.0	68	0.0
78	Corey Davis	TEN	22	11	0	0	34	375	0	54.5	5.0	90	0.0
79	Cole Beasley	DAL	28	15	0	0	36	314	4	73.4	4.9	72	0.0
80	Seth Roberts	OAK	26	15	0	0	43	455	1	73.0	4.9	73	0.0
81	Jeremy Kerley	NYJ	29	8	0	0	22	217	1	38.7	4.8	111	0.0
82	Roger Lewis	NYG	24	15	0	0	36	416	2	71.6	4.8	75	0.0
83	Chris Godwin	TAM	21	16	0	0	34	525	1	75.5	4.7	71	0.0
84	Jordan Matthews	BUF	25	10	0	0	25	282	1	46.7	4.7	103	0.0
85	Cody Latimer	DEN	25	11	0	0	19	287	2	50.2	4.6	96	0.0
86	Tyler Boyd	CIN	23	10	0	0	22	225	2	45.5	4.6	104	0.0
87	Torrey Smith	PHI	28	16	-3	0	36	430	2	72.7	4.5	74	0.0
88	Terrelle Pryor	WAS	28	9	0	0	20	240	1	40.0	4.4	110	0.0
89	Cordarrelle Patterson	OAK	26	16	121	2	31	309	0	70.5	4.4	76	0.0
90	Brice Butler	DAL	27	13	0	0	15	317	3	57.2	4.4	86	0.0
91	Dontrelle Inman	2TM	28	12	0	0	25	343	1	52.8	4.4	93	0.0
92	T.J. Jones	DET	25	14	0	0	30	399	1	60.9	4.4	84	0.0
93	Chester Rogers	IND	23	11	8	0	23	284	1	46.7	4.2	102	0.0
94	Bennie Fowler	DEN	26	16	0	0	29	350	3	67.5	4.2	78	0.0
95	Brandon Coleman	NOR	25	16	0	0	23	364	3	65.9	4.1	79	0.0
96	Taylor Gabriel	ATL	26	16	49	0	33	378	1	65.2	4.1	80	0.0

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