Week 3 Top 10 Fantasy Wide Receivers: JSN Leads Sunday
Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the Week 3 fantasy WR1 through Sunday after producing as a receiver and even completing a pass. Drake London and Garrett Wilson follow. These rankings cover games completed through Sunday, September 27; Eagles and Bears receivers remain pending Monday night and are not included.
A weekly finish needs context. Compare these results with the Week 2 wide receiver rankings and Football Nation’s Week 3 fantasy market pulse before buying or selling a player on one touchdown.
Scoring key
Standard scoring gives one point per 10 rushing or receiving yards and six per rushing or receiving touchdown; half-PPR adds 0.5 per catch, and full PPR adds one. Smith-Njigba’s 14 passing yards add 0.6 points after rounding. Snaps, routes, official targets, receptions, red-zone work and prior two-week baseline are listed for every receiver.
1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seahawks — 25.4 standard, 30.4 half-PPR, 35.4 PPR
Smith-Njigba caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and two touchdowns while completing his only pass for 14 yards. He caught The Chargers are next. start and hold; six touchdowns in three games will regress, but 36 targets and 405 yards through Week 3 establish an elite role.
2. Drake London, Falcons — 19.4 standard, 23.9 half-PPR, 28.4 PPR
London caught nine of 10 targets for 194 yards without a touchdown. New Orleans is next. start and hold; 19.4 yards per target will fall, but the concentrated target share is the sustainable signal.
3. Garrett Wilson, Jets — 16.7 standard, 21.7 half-PPR, 26.7 PPR
Wilson turned 13 targets into 10 catches, 107 yards and a touchdown. Chicago is next. start; the action is hold because 13 targets and 43 routes support a high floor even if touchdown timing varies.
4. Matthew Golden, Packers — 16.0 standard, 18.5 half-PPR, 21.0 PPR
Golden caught five of 12 targets for 100 yards and a touchdown. His lone red-zone target became a 15-yard score. Tampa Bay is next. start in three-receiver leagues and hold elsewhere; 12 targets are excellent, while a 41.7% catch rate shows why the weekly floor remains volatile.
5. Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals — 15.8 standard, 20.3 half-PPR, 24.8 PPR
Chase caught nine of 12 targets for 98 yards and a touchdown. Jacksonville is next. he remains an automatic start and firm hold; the route and target volume are elite, and the Week 3 line looks far more repeatable than the early-season fantasy average.
6. Christian Watson, Packers — 15.6 standard, 19.1 half-PPR, 22.6 PPR
Watson caught seven of 10 targets for 96 yards and a touchdown. The score came from outside the tracked red zone. Tampa Bay is next. start and hold; back-to-back strong weeks plus 45 routes make the role real, though Green Bay supported two top-six receivers on an unusually productive night.
7. Deebo Samuel, 49ers — 15.4 in all three formats
Samuel ran 22 routes. Official scoring credited him with 80 receiving yards and a touchdown but zero targets and zero catches after he took a lateral on a hook-and-ladder; he also rushed twice for 14 yards. Denver is next. hold, but do not chase this zero-catch outlier as a normal receiving breakout.
8. Konata Mumpfield, Rams — 15.3 standard, 17.3 half-PPR, 19.3 PPR
Mumpfield caught four of eight targets for 93 yards and a touchdown. Philadelphia is next. he is a speculative waiver add in deeper leagues; the 46 routes matter, but one long score cannot erase the near-zero opening baseline by itself.
9. Tee Higgins, Bengals — 15.0 standard, 18.0 half-PPR, 21.0 PPR
Higgins caught six of seven targets for 90 yards and a touchdown. Jacksonville is next. start and hold; the seven targets trail Chase, but 38 routes and efficient downfield production keep Higgins firmly in weekly lineups.
9. Jordan Addison, Vikings — 15.0 standard, 17.5 half-PPR, 20.0 PPR
Addison caught five of nine targets for 90 yards and a touchdown. Miami is next. hold and consider starting in three-receiver formats; the route participation is encouraging, but nine targets need to persist.
Football Nation conclusion
Smith-Njigba owns the strongest combination of production and volume, but London’s 10-target, 194-yard response is the clearest buy-low correction. Golden and Mumpfield earned attention through routes and targets, while Samuel’s lateral-created stat line is the exact kind of box score fantasy managers should not project forward. Start the established stars, hold London, and treat Mumpfield as the waiver bet rather than a finished weekly starter.
Sources: official NFL Week 3 schedule , official Smith-Njigba game log , current FantasyPros wide receiver scoring , and PFF Week 3 participation analysis .
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