Henry Ruggs, Jerry Jeudy and CeeDee Lamb were the first three wide receivers chosen in last year’s draft. But as we near the end of their rookie seasons, it looks like other teams found better wide receivers later on.

Justin Jefferson, Chase Claypool and Tee Higgins, most notably. They all had much better rookie seasons than either Ruggs or Jeudy. With Lamb, it becomes more of an issue that can be debated; he’s had a good year for the Cowboys. And Brandon Aiyuk can also be part of this discussion. He had a very good initial season with the 49ers.

Attached are my top 100 at the wide receiver as we head into the new year. These are dynasty rankings, and at this point, I’m pretty much disregarding 2020 (with just one game left). So with injured wide receivers like Courtland Sutton, Odell Beckham and Parris Campbell, I’m trying to rank them where I think they’ll be when we get to August 1.

I’m assuming PPR scoring, and rookies are tagged with dots.

I left a number of veteran wide receivers out of my top 100, figuring they probably won’t even be back in 2021 (or will be nominal producers even if they return), including Larry Fitzgerald, DeSean Jackson, Julian Edelman, Golden Tate and Randall Cobb.

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DYNASTY LEAGUE WIDE RECEIVERS
RkTmPlayerAgePrev
1.GBDavante Adams282
2.SEADK Metcalf 231
3.ARIDeAndre Hopkins283
4.KCTyreek Hill264
5.BUFStefon Diggs2711
6.MIN• Justin Jefferson219
7.LACKeenan Allen285
8.NOMichael Thomas276
9.TENA.J. Brown 238
10.WASTerry McLaurin 247
11.PIT• Chase Claypool2210
12.ATLCalvin Ridley2613
13.TBChris Godwin2412
14.TBMike Evans2716
15.CIN• Tee Higgins2117
16.DALAmari Cooper2615
17.DAL• CeeDee Lamb2119
18.SFDeebo Samuel 2421
19.LARCooper Kupp2722
20.SF• Brandon Aiyuk2223
21.LARRobert Woods2820
22.DETKenny Golladay2718
23.SEATyler Lockett2814
24.CHIAllen Robinson2725
25.CARDJ Moore2330
26.PITDiontae Johnson 2431
27.MINAdam Thielen3024
28.CINTyler Boyd2628
29.PITJuJu Smith-Schuster2429
30.DENCourtland Sutton2532
31.MIADeVante Parker2727
32.JACDJ Chark2426
33.HOUWill Fuller2633
34.CLEJarvis Landry2835
35.CARCurtis Samuel2442
36.PHI• Jalen Reagor2241
37.CLEOdell Beckham2844
38.ATLJulio Jones3134
39.LVNelson Agholor2769
40.BALMarquise Brown 2339
41.DEN• Jerry Jeudy2136
42.CARRobby Anderson2737
43.KCMecole Hardman 2238
44.ARIChristian Kirk2440
45.JAC• Laviska Shenault2247
46.HOUBrandin Cooks2754
47.BUF• Gabriel Davis2145
48.DALMichael Gallup2457
49.LACMike Williams2646
50.TENCorey Davis2551
51.NEJakobi Meyers2467
52.BUFCole Beasley3165
53.IND• Michael Pittman2355
54.NYGDarius Slayton 2352
55.CHI• Darnell Mooney2350
56.NYJ• Denzel Mims2348
57.NYJJamison Crowder2761
58.LV• Henry Ruggs2143
59.GBAllen Lazard2549
60.NYGSterling Shepard2653
61.INDParris Campbell 2360
62.TBAntonio Brown3256
63.DETMarvin Jones3063
64.CINA.J. Green3266
65.INDT.Y. Hilton3170
66.KCSammy Watkins2762
67.LARJosh Reynolds2571
68.NYJBreshad Perriman2758
69.NOEmmanuel Sanders3372
70.HOUKeke Coutee2375
71.LACJalen Guyton2377
72.LV• Bryan Edwards2268
73.LAR• Van Jefferson2481
74.GBMarquez Valdes-Scantling2676
75.BAL• Devin Duvernay2364
76.LVHunter Renfrow 2579
77.DEN• KJ Hamler2186
78.PHITravis Fulgham2559
79.NEN'Keal Harry 2380
80.NOTreQuan Smith2574
81.ATLRussell Gage2482
82.PHIGreg Ward2598
83.DENTim Patrick27109
84.BUFJohn Brown3073
85.MIAPreston Williams2390
86.INDZach Pascal2693
87.TB• Tyler Johnson2292
88.NOMarquez Callaway22--
89.PITJames Washington2485
90.LACTyron Johnson2577
91.CHIAnthony Miller2688
92.CLERashard Higgins2695
93.NEDamiere Byrd2791
94.MIA• Lynn Bowden23--
95.GBEquanimeous St. Brown24105
96.WASCam Sims2587
97.BALMiles Boykin 24--
98.TBScotty Miller2394
99.KCDemarcus Robinson26102
100.PHIAlshon Jeffery30--

—Ian Allan