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Below I have ranked my top-30 wide receivers for the 2025 DraftKings NFL Best Ball season.
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1. Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals
The unquestioned lead dog on the best passing offense in football, Chase had a historical 2024 season that saw him take home the triple crown (led the NFL in receptions, receiving yards, TDs). He caught 127 passes last year — the ninth most in a single season in NFL history — which he turned into a ridiculous 1,708 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Chase averaged 24.6 PPR points per game last season, which was five full points clear of Justin Jefferson, who ranked second. No other wide receiver in the NFL has the weekly ceiling that Chase possesses, which was evidenced best by his performances in Weeks 5, 10 and 14 last year, where he posted 44.3, 58.4 and 48.1 FPTS, respectively.
With virtually nothing changed on this Bengals’ offense for 2025, and the defense projected to be mediocre once again, Chase should not only be the WR1 off the board, but the overall 1.01 in all of fantasy football.
3. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
It was a season to forget for the Cowboys in 2024, as starting quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a torn right hamstring in Week 9 and was forced to miss the remainder of the year. Cooper Rush would start the final eight games for the Cowboys, and they subsequently ended up ranking 21st in the NFL in points per game. Obviously CeeDee Lamb’s fantasy numbers took a big hit because of this, but he still posted a third straight 100+ catch season, which he turned into 1,194 yards and six touchdowns.
Rewind just two years, and Lamb was the overall WR1, catching 135 balls for 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns. With Prescott on track to be ready for training camp and the Cowboys trading for George Pickens this past week, this offense should revert back to the version we saw in 2023.
Even in a down year, Lamb still averaged 18.2 FPTS, and was also quite helpful in the fantasy playoffs, posting scores of 29.6 and 20.5 in Weeks 15 and 16. With everything back to normal in Big D, he can easily challenge Chase or Justin Jefferson for the overall WR1 crown in 2025.
9. Drake London, Atlanta Falcons
London had a bit of a third-year breakout in 2024 after finally escaping the cacotopia that was the Arthur Smith offense. He posted career highs in receptions (100), yards (1,271) and touchdowns (9) last year, even with Kirk Cousins playing horrific football for much of the season.
Atlanta finally decided to bench its $180M QB in Week 16 and turn to rookie Michael Penix Jr. for the final three games of the year. There was an immediate connection between Penix and London during his mini three-start stretch, as the two hooked up for a combined 293 yards and two touchdowns over the final two weeks. London posted 43.7 FPTS in Week 18 against Carolina, where he saw a season-high 18 targets.
If what we saw over the final few weeks was a harbinger of things to come, London is going to explode in 2025. The Falcons could also have a scary offense surrounding their star wide out, with Bijan Robinson, Darnell Mooney and Kyle Pitts all returning.
London was the overall WR7 in fantasy last year, and there’s no reason he can’t improve on that as he enters his age-24 campaign.
20. Rashee Rice, Kansas City Chiefs
Out of all the wide receivers I have ranked in the top-30 for 2025, Rice is the one guy I fear I am too low on. He was on a a historic pace in 2024, posting a 24/288/2 line across his first three games of the year before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 4. Rice was the overall WR2 behind only Malik Nabers through those first three games, and likely would have finished inside the top 10 at the position by season’s end.
By all accounts this offseason, Rice appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery and should be all systems go by Week 1. Once we get to training camp and we see him on the practice field, his ADP will for sure rise. The Chiefs re-signed Hollywood Brown and drafted wide receiver Jalen Royals in the fourth round of the draft, but outside of that did nothing to further improve the offense.
With Travis Kelce all but washed, Rice could easily lead KC in targets in 2025, which would make him a steal at this current WR20 price tag.