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2012 NFL Fantasy Football Rankings: Wide Receivers

Athlon breaks down each position on the fantasy gridiron with consensus rankings from around the web.

By: Braden Gall | 7/19/12, 8:30 AM EDT

Athlon breaks down each position on the fantasy gridiron with consensus rankings from around the web.

The 2012 NFL Fantasy Season is officially here. Mock drafts abound. Rookie round-ups are complete. Bye week cheat sheets are everywhere. The creative juices are flowing with hysterical team names. Positional rankings are popping up everywhere. And the ever-important Athlon Sports 2012 Big Board, the most accurate consensus top 150 list of fantasy footballers on the web, continues to take shape.

New to our Big Board is NFL.com's initial NFL fantasy rankings as we have expanded from seven lists to eight. We also added a "Previous" column to indicate the previous ranking. Athlon, with special help from FantasyRundown.com, will continue to broaden and deepen its trademark consensus Big Board and positional rankings all summer long.

CBS: CBSSports.com (Updated: 7/13/12)
PFF: ProFootballFocus.com (Updated: 6/26/12)
ESPN: ESPN (Updated 6/20/12)
FFT: FFToolbox.com (Updated 7/15/12)
Y!: Yahoo! Sports (Updated 6/23/12)
NFL: NFL.com (2012 Debut)
FOX: FoxSports.com (Updated 5/31/12)
AS: Athlon Sports (Updated 7/1/12)

Updated: 8:30 a.m. CT, July 19, 2012

Athlon Sports Fantasy Football Positional Rankings: Wide Receivers

Rank Previous Top 150 Player: Team CBS PFF ESPN FFT Y! NFL FOX AS
1. 1 5 Calvin Johnson DET 7 6 7 4 4 8 6 5
2. 2 11 Larry Fitzgerald ARI 16 9 10 19 10 12 16 10
3. 3 13 Andre Johnson HOU 13 15 11 26 28 15 12 18
4. 4 16 Roddy White ATL 19 8 15 32 17 18 23 16
5. 5 21 Greg Jennings GB 23 14 16 36 23 20 22 24
6. 6 22 Wes Welker NE 24 28 20 25 30 17 24 23
7. 7 28 AJ Green CIN 32 31 26 27 24 26 33 26
8. 9 29 Hakeem Nicks NYG 35 12 25 28 39 33 30 27
9. 8 30 Mike Wallace PIT 31 39 19 30 29 28 29 28
10. 11 31 Julio Jones ATL 34 22 33 22 31 23 42 30
11. 10 32 Victor Cruz NYG 38 26 29 29 26 36 46 32
12. 12 35 Jordy Nelson GB 30 57 39 37 33 35 44 31
13. 13 36 Steve Smith CAR 46 43 40 41 34 24 39 40
14. 14 38 Brandon Marshall CHI 51 49 35 45 27 34 38 35
15. 16 40 Dez Bryant DAL 59 32 41 40 47 38 45 37
16. 15 41 Marques Colston NO 55 24 46 42 44 39 52 39
17. 18 44 Demaryius Thomas DEN 37 20 63 51 41 32 49 60
18. 17 48 Miles Austin DAL 53 36 48 55 36 48 55 52
19. 19 49 Percy Harvin MIN 50 46 55 48 48 37 48 56
20. 20 50 Dwayne Bowe KC 61 34 57 63 51 46 50 57
21. 21 51 Jeremy Maclin PHI 60 45 59 57 46 49 58 50
22. 22 53 Vincent Jackson TB 65 40 53 52 67 57 56 53
23. 23 56 Kenny Britt TEN 73 18 74 49 54 52 65 74
24. 24 58 Brandon Lloyd NE 68 59 47 62 56 51 59 62
25. 27 62 Antonio Brown PIT 75 6 66 77 68 84 53 67
26. 26 69 DeSean Jackson PHI 63 74 71 69 71 78 71 61
27. 28 70 Stevie Johnson BUF 72 50 60 64 64 67 127 59
28. 30 74 Torrey Smith BAL 76 65 82 76 80 76 91 72
29. 25 76 Robert Meachem SD 81 62 77 70 81 73 98 85
30. 29 77 Eric Decker DEN 80 55 68 104 74 66 85 99
31. 31 80 Pierre Garcon WAS 109 71 80 82 84 83 89 82
32. 32 84 Reggie Wayne IND 78 51 103 94 83 79 106 98
33. 33 88 Anquan Boldin BAL 90 85 94 99 99 91 84 86
34. 35 89 Denarius Moore OAK 91 78 84 106 93 86 111 84
35. 34 92 Sidney Rice SEA 87 69 98 101 86 134 83 97
36. 37 97 Lance Moore NO 93 90 91 118 109 96 94 87
37. 36 98 Santonio Holmes NYJ 102 122 89 102 87 90 81 108
38. 40 102 Darrius Heyward-Bey OAK 117 82 106 113 95 99 119 105
39. 38 103 Justin Blackmon JAC 106 134 113 92 108 110 95 96
40. 42 106 Michael Crabtree SF 111 119 96 120 115 100 114 109
41. 39 108 Malcolm Floyd SD 112 103 85 112 104 114 116 146
42. 41 109 Titus Young DET 92 95 112 100 137 119 122 121
43. 44 110 Greg Little CLE 114 80 - 109 91 104 137 118
44. 43 114 Mike Williams TB 119 105 120 97 100 142 121 123
45. 46 120 Laurent Robinson JAC 135 111 118 108 131 130 93 -
46. 48 121 Nate Washington TEN 126 100 125 - 124 107 131 119
47. 47 129 Michael Floyd ARI 141 93 131 129 120 - 130 -
48. 49 130 Santana Moss WAR 104 - - - 121 115 144 111
49. 45 132 Mario Manningham SF 136 - 128 107 144 117 118 -
50. 52 135 Doug Baldwin SEA - 116 - 121 134 126 - 122
51. 51 141 Vincent Brown SD 144 - - 111 138   134 120
52. 53 145 Davone Bess MIA - 88 - - 140 - - -
53. 50 147 Reuben Randle NYG - 113 117 - - - - -
54. 57 148 Randy Moss SF 118 145 135 - - - 136 -
55. 58 149 Austin Collie IND 148 97 - 147 143 - - -
56. 62 — Brian Quick STL 142 108 - - 147 150 - -
57. 54 — Brandon LaFell CAR 137 132 - 127 - - - -
58. 55 — Jacoby Ford OAK 139 136 - 125 - - - -
59. 56 — Nate Burleson DET 133 - 133 - 139 - - -
60. 65 — Jonathan Baldwin KC 149 - 144 141 - 146 - -
61. 61 — Alshon Jeffery CHI - - - - 145 - 140 -
62. 63 — James Jones GB - - - 139 - - - 147
63. 66 — Kendall Wright TEN - 142 - 145 - - - -
64. 60 — Leonard Hankerson WAS - 149 139 - - - - -
65. 64 — Danny Amendola STL 145 - - - - - - 145
66. UR — Chad Ochocinco MIA - 140 - - - - - -
67. UR — Golden Tate SEA - 141 - - - - - -
68. UR — Jason Avant PHI - 144 - - - - - -
69. 67 — Jabar Gaffney NE - - - - - - 145 -
70. 71 — Emmanuel Sanders PIT 147 - - - - - - -
71. 69 — Deion Branch NE - - - - - - - 148

-by Braden Gall

Athlon Sports 2012 NFL Fantasy Content:

Athlon Sports Big Board: Top 150
2012 NFL Fantasy Football Athlon's Top 250
2012 Fantasy Football Mock Draft I
2012 Bye Week Cheat Sheet
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: QBs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: RBs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: WRs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: TEs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: DLs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: LBs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: DBs
Athlon Sports Fantasy Positional Rankings: IDP Top 75

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