Somebody was asking about dynasty rankings for wide receivers last week. I said I would update the list, and I’m a man of my word. So I have re-worked the top 100.

These rankings are a little different than the 2016 season and week-by-week rankings that we usually produce. For those, we’re projecting numbers for each guy (yards, TDs, catches, etc.), and that puts everyone in an approximate order. Then I can skim over the list and move players up or down a few spots based on various factors. If my gut tells me that Jarvis Landry should be ranked ahead of Doug Baldwin, I can add an extra 2 yards per game to Landry to make that happen.

On the dynasty list, there are no numbers. The math gets too complicated, since you’re looking not just as Week 6 or at the 2016 season, but at the player’s entire careers. You have to factor in that stats in 2016 and 2017 are more valuable than what might happen in 2022. There has to be some weighting towards the reality that fantasy teams will be able to find players on the waiver wire. Cameron Meredith, for example, wasn’t drafted by anyone in any league in a dynasty-type draft in August. Now it’s realistic to wonder if he’ll be better than his more heralded teammate, Kevin White, over the next five years.

It can get difficult when weighing a 33-year-old receiver like Larry Fitzgerald against Willie Snead, who’s not quite as good right now but is 10 years younger.

Anyway, on this one, I just estimate where I think each receiver should rank, then spent 45 minutes going up and down the list, moving guys up and down based on the quality of the players around them. I’m using standard scoring, so results would shift slightly for PPR or TD-only. In PPR, those guys who are catching 70-plus balls out of the slot would move up a few spots.

Tough process, but I settled on these guys as my top 100 …

DYNASTY LEAGUE RECEIVERS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.PITAntonio Brown28
2.TBMike Evans23
3.NYGOdell Beckham Jr.23
4.HOUDeAndre Hopkins24
5.ATLJulio Jones27
6.OAKAmari Cooper22
7.INDT.Y. Hilton26
8.HOUWill Fuller22
9.JACAllen Robinson23
10.CINA.J. Green28
11.DENDemaryius Thomas28
12.CARKelvin Benjamin25
13.SEADoug Baldwin28
14.MIAJarvis Landry23
15.NOBrandin Cooks23
16.DENEmmanuel Sanders29
17.DALDez Bryant27
18.DETMarvin Jones26
19.GBJordy Nelson31
20.CHIAlshon Jeffery26
21.INDDonte Moncrief23
22.BUF• Sammy Watkins (IR)23
23.MINStefon Diggs22
24.KCJeremy Maclin28
25.NOWillie Snead23
26.ARILarry Fitzgerald33
27.NYJBrandon Marshall32
28.GBRandall Cobb26
29.NEJulian Edelman30
30.SEATyler Lockett24
31.OAKMichael Crabtree29
32.NYGSterling Shepard22
33.PHIJordan Matthews24
34.SD• Keenan Allen (IR)24
35.WASDeSean Jackson29
36.TENTajae Sharpe21
37.NEChris Hogan27
38.CLECorey Coleman22
39.BALBreshad Perriman23
40.WASJosh Doctson23
41.CLETerrelle Pryor27
42.NYJQuincy Enunwa24
43.JACAllen Hurns24
44.SDTravis Benjamin26
45.ARIMichael Floyd26
46.PITSammie Coates23
47.NYJ• Eric Decker (IR)29
48.NOMichael Thomas22
49.GBDavante Adams23
50.MIADeVante Parker23
51.BALMike Wallace30
52.ARIJohn Brown26
53.LATavon Austin25
54.CHI• Kevin White (IR)23
55.NEMalcolm Mitchell24
56.SFJeremy Kerley27
57.MIAKenny Stills24
58.INDPhillip Dorsett23
59.KCChris Conley23
60.CINTyler Boyd21
61.CHICameron Meredith24
62.DETGolden Tate28
63.ATLMohamed Sanu27
64.DALCole Beasley27
65.LAKenny Britt28
66.PHIDorial Green-Beckham23
67.SDTyrell Williams24
68.WASJamison Crowder23
69.BUFRobert Woods24
70.CARDevin Funchess22
71.MINLaquon Treadwell21
72.CINBrandon LaFell29
73.CARTed Ginn Jr.31
74.DALTerrance Williams27
75.CHIEddie Royal30
76.PHINelson Agholor23
77.HOUBraxton Miller23
78.JACMarqise Lee24
79.PIT• Martavis Bryant (susp.)24
80.NYGVictor Cruz29
81.BALSteve Smith Sr.37
82.SFTorrey Smith27
83.MINAdam Thielen26
84.CLE• Josh Gordon (susp.)25
85.TBVincent Jackson33
86.OAKSeth Roberts25
87.PITMarkus Wheaton25
88.DETAnquan Boldin36
89.TENRishard Matthews27
90.SDDontrelle Inman27
91.SEAJermaine Kearse26
92.KCTyreek Hill22
93.LABrian Quick27
94.PHIJosh Huff24
95.TENKendall Wright26
96.ARIJaron Brown26
97.PITEli Rogers23
98.WASPierre Garcon30
99.SEAPaul Richardson24
100.HOUJaelen Strong22

—Ian Allan