Fantasy Football Week 3 WR Rankings: Calvin Ridley, Diontae Johnson Up

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings Week 3

Getty Matt Ryan #2 of the Atlanta Falcons greets Calvin Ridley #18.

Welcome to our Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings for Week 3 of the 2020 NFL regular season. In this week’s column, we discuss a budding superstar in Atlanta while Pittsburgh Steelers’ “WR2” skyrockets up our ranks.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 3 WR Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

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Wide Receiver Outlook Week 3

We may not only be in the midst of watching Calvin Ridley (WR3) take the torch from Julio Jones as Atlanta’s top receiving target, but we may be watching the development of one of the league’s elite pass-catchers. Ridley leads all fantasy receivers in points through the first two weeks of play and it’s not even close. Ridley’s 63.8 points thus far are 13.9 more points than then next closest highest-scoring receiver (DeAndre Hopkins 49.9). Ridley has now topped 100 yards or scored one-plus touchdowns in five of his last six games dating back to last season.

A Week 3 matchup against the Bears may sound daunting, but Detroit’s top-three leading receivers saw a total of 25 targets come their way against Chicago back in Week 1. Expect Ridley’s high-volume usage to continue as he’s now seen an average of 11.5 targets over four of his last five games.

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Week 3 Fantasy Rankings: Wide Receiver 

  1. [QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | Flex | DEF | Ks]
      • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough
    1. # Wide Receivers TEAM  Opp.

      1

      DeAndre Hopkins ARI

      vs. DET

      2

      Davante Adams GB INJ

      @ NO

      3

      Calvin Ridley ATL

      vs. CHI

      4

      Michael Thomas NO INJ

      vs. GB

      5

      Amari Cooper DAL

      @ SEA

      6

      Julio Jones ATL INJ

      vs. CHI

      7

      Mike Evans TB

      @ DEN

      8

      Julian Edelman NE

      vs. LV

      9

      Chris Godwin TB

      @ DEN

      10

      J. Smith-Schuster PIT

      vs. HOU

      11

      Tyreek Hill KC

      @ BAL

      12

      D.J. Moore CAR

      @ LAC

      13

      Odell Beckham Jr. CLE

      vs. WAS

      14

      Allen Robinson CHI

      @ ATL

      15

      Robert Woods LAR

      @ BUF

      16

      Adam Thielen MIN

      vs. TEN

      17

      Terry McLaurin WAS

      @ CLE

      18

      D.K. Metcalf SEA

      vs. DAL

      19

      Kenny Golladay DET INJ

      @ ARI

      20

      Tyler Lockett SEA

      vs. DAL

      21

      Stefon Diggs BUF

      vs. LAR

      22

      Cooper Kupp LAR

      @ BUF

      23

      Keenan Allen LAC

      vs. CAR

      24

      A.J. Brown TEN INJ

      @ MIN

      25

      Russell Gage ATL

      vs. CHI

      26

      D.J. Chark JAC

      vs. MIA

      27

      T.Y. Hilton IND

      vs. NYJ

      28

      Diontae Johnson PIT

      vs. HOU

      29

      Marquise Brown BAL

      vs. KC

      30

      Jamison Crowder NYJ INJ

      @ IND

      31

      Robby Anderson CAR

      @ LAC

      32

      Jarvis Landry CLE

      vs. WAS

      33

      A.J. Green CIN

      @ PHI

      34

      Tyler Boyd CIN

      @ PHI

      35

      DeVante Parker MIA INJ

      @ JAC

      36

      N’Keal Harry NE

      vs. LV

      37

      CeeDee Lamb DAL

      @ SEA

      38

      John Brown BUF

      vs. LAR

      39

      Keelan Cole JAC

      vs. MIA

      40

      Brandin Cooks HOU

      @ PIT

      41

      Darius Slayton NYG

      vs. SF

      42

      Sammy Watkins KC INJ

      @ BAL

      43

      Mike Williams LAC

      vs. CAR

      44

      Laviska Shenault Jr. JAC

      vs. MIA

      45

      Sterling Shepard NYG INJ

      vs. SF

      46

      Jerry Jeudy DEN

      vs. TB

      47

      Michael Gallup DAL

      @ SEA

      48

      Marvin Jones DET

      @ ARI

      49

      Henry Ruggs III LV

      @ NE

      50

      Golden Tate NYG

      vs. SF

      51

      Braxton Berrios NYJ

      @ IND

      52

      Emmanuel Sanders NO

      vs. GB

      53

      Adam Humphries TEN

      @ MIN

      54

      Danny Amendola DET

      @ ARI

      55

      Corey Davis TEN

      @ MIN

      56

      Will Fuller HOU INJ

      @ PIT

      57

      M. Valdes-Scantling GB

      @ NO

      58

      Darnell Mooney CHI

      @ ATL

      59

      KJ Hamler DEN

      vs. TB

      60

      Greg Ward PHI

      vs. CIN

      61

      Isaiah Ford MIA

      @ JAC

      62

      Tre’Quan Smith NO

      vs. GB

      63

      Jalen Reagor PHI

      vs. CIN

      64

      Allen Lazard GB

      @ NO

      65

      Anthony Miller CHI

      @ ATL

      66

      Preston Williams MIA

      @ JAC

      67

      Brandon Aiyuk SF

      @ NYG

      68

      Christian Kirk ARI

      vs. DET

      69

      Kendrick Bourne SF

      @ NYG

      70

      Steven Sims Jr, WAS

      @ CLE

      71

      Larry Fitzgerald ARI

      vs. DET

      72

      Chris Hogan NYJ

      @ IND

      73

      DeSean Jackson PHI

      vs. CIN

      74

      Mike Thomas CIN

      @ PHI

      75

      Deonte Harris NO

      vs. GB

      76

      Olabisi Johnson MIN

      vs. TEN

      77

      Demarcus Robinson KC

      @ BAL

      78

      Mecole Hardman KC

      @ BAL

      79

      Willie Snead IV BAL

      vs. KC

      80

      Justin Jefferson MIN

      vs. TEN

      81

      Randall Cobb HOU

      @ PIT

      82

      Tee Higgins CIN

      @ PHI

      83

      David Moore SEA

      vs. DAL

      87

      Hunter Renfrow LV

      @ NE

      88

      Cole Beasley BUF

      vs. LAR

      84

      Curtis Samuel CAR

      @ LAC

      89

      Quintez Cephus DET

      @ ARI

      90

      Jakeem Grant MIA

      @ JAC

      85

      Breshad Perriman NYJ

      @ IND

      91

      Miles Boykin BAL

      vs. KC

      86

      Michael Pittman Jr. IND

      vs. NYJ

      92

      Bryan Edwards LV

      @ NE

      93

      Javon Wims CHI

      @ ATL

      94

      Dontrelle Inman WAS

      @ CLE

      95

      Zach Pascal IND

      vs. NYJ

      96

      Cordarrelle Patterson CHI

      @ ATL

      97

      Isaiah McKenzie BUF

      vs. LAR

      98

      James Washington PIT

      vs. HOU

      99

      James Washington PIT

      vs. HOU

      100

      Van Jefferson LAR

      @ BUF

      101

      Denzel Mims NYJ INJ

      @ IND

      102

      John Ross CIN

      @ PHI

      103

      Chase Claypool PIT

      vs. HOU

      104

      A. Gandy-Golden WAS

      @ CLE

      105

      Josh Reynolds LAR

      @ BUF

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