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Is Ja’Marr Chase still the untouchable fantasy football WR1 for 2026? And is CeeDee Lamb the best value left in the wide receiver class? Chase has finished as a top-five PPR receiver in four of his first five seasons, and the one year he did not, he still put up 16.4 points per game with Joe Burrow unavailable for seven of them. Last season’s 19.6 points per game somehow got treated as a step back. Does 19.6 in full PPR really qualify as a down year? Lamb lands three spots lower after a 23.1% target share that reads worse than the season he actually played, and the two receivers stacked between them each come with a real argument for moving up. So does the gap at the top hold, or is this the year somebody finally takes the belt?
We cover all this, plus Puka Nacua and the rest of the PPR receiver five, in a definitive five-deep ranking hosted by PFN’s Jason Katz. Wide receiver decides PPR leagues, and the order you take these five in is the difference between banking points every week and chasing them from Week 1 on.
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*Ja’Marr Chase averaged 18.7 points per game across six Joe Flacco starts last season, which is why the quarterback question does not drag his ranking down at all in 2026.
*Puka Nacua played only 70% of the snaps and ran a route on 77.2% of Rams pass plays, meaning his 23.4 points per game came with obvious room still on the table.
*Jaxon Smith-Njigba commanded a 35.9% target share, the highest in the league, while Seattle finished 28th in total pass attempts, so his ceiling depends on the Seahawks throwing more.
*Amon-Ra St. Brown has finished as the WR4 in three straight seasons at 19.1, 18.6, and 20.7 points per game, making him the closest thing to a guaranteed floor in PPR.
*CeeDee Lamb’s 23.1% target share is distorted by a Week 3 exit after one touch and a Week 18 game where Dallas pulled starters at halftime, and the real number is higher.
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