Best NFL WRs In 2024

Betting on NFL wide receivers can be difficult because a lot has to happen before the football ends up in their hands.

If you partner the best wide receiver with a struggling quarterback, that receiver will not put up great receiving stats.

If a team’s offensive line is not playing well, a QB will be forced to throw the ball short if they can even get it off.

The defense can scheme and try to take away a great receiver by double-teaming him.

All these factors can make betting wide receivers a little unpredictable.

However, this unpredictability can also mean a lot of value can be found as you continue to go down the list of players and their odds.

A bettor who is well-researched and has a good understanding of the teams involved has an opportunity to spot that value and hopefully cash some winning tickets when betting NFL.

Best NFL Wide Receivers In 2023

Justin Jefferson +250 – Lead NFL Receiving Yards

11 times in 17 games last year, Justin Jefferson had at least 98 yards receiving.

The Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl WR finished with an average of 106 receiving yards per game, which led the league.

Overall, Jefferson had 128 catches, 1,800+ receiving yards, and earned the title “The Game’s Best Receiver.”

The 2020 draft saw LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals first overall. Jefferson was a teammate of Burrow’s at LSU and was selected 22nd overall in that same draft.

Jefferson and Burrow played on an LSU National Championship team that also included Ja’Marr Chase, who would be selected with the 5th-overall pick of the 2021 draft by the Bengals.

It’s no wonder the Tigers could hang 42 points against Clemson in that Championship game. NFL teams haven’t figured out a way to cover Justin Jefferson yet.

Imagine being a college coach figuring out how to cover Jefferson and Chase.

Tyreek Hill +400 – Lead NFL Receiving Yards

During this past off-season, Tyreek Hill boldly proclaimed that he would go over 2,000 yards receiving during the 2023 season.

Last year, Hill finished 99 yards behind Jefferson for the most receiving yards in the league.

Miami Dolphins fans will point out that Hill was forced to play several games with a backup QB throwing him the ball.

If Tua Tagovailoa can stay healthy for Miami this year, there is no doubt that Tua to Tyreek will put up huge numbers yet again.

Whether The Cheetah can get all the way to 2,000 receiving yards as promised will be fun to watch.

Ja’Marr Chase +750 – Lead NFL Receiving Yards

Ja’Marr Chase had played 30 career regular season games at the time of this writing and already had over 2,500 receiving yards.

In fact, Chase was averaging 85 receiving yards per game for his career.

That is impressive.

Chase is going to put up big numbers again in 2023 because he is going to get a lot of opportunities to catch football.

Last year, in just 12 games, the former 5th-overall pick was targeted 134 times.

That equates to almost 190 targets over an entire season and a lot of receiving yards.

Stefon Diggs +1000 – Lead NFL Receiving Touchdowns

In five seasons catching passes for the Minnesota Vikings, Stefon Diggs went over 1,000 yards receiving twice.

In the three seasons he has been catching passes with the Buffalo Bills, Diggs has managed to top 1,000 yards all three years.

2022 was another great one for the Buffalo offense. Diggs went over 100 receptions, hauled in over 1,400 yards, and caught 11 touchdowns.

Those are impressive stats and put Diggs in the top tier of receivers league-wide.

If there was reason to be concerned as a Bills fan, this past off-season, Stefon went public with some things he didn’t like about the Bills offense last year.

If things take a wrong turn in Buffalo during the regular season, will Stefon keep his composure while they right the ship?

Davante Adams +1800 – Lead NFL Receiving Yards

Davante Adams might have been a frustrating player for fantasy footballers in 2022, especially with Adams coming off a spectacular 2021 season.

• Last year, Adams had nine games with at least 95 yards receiving.
• He had five games where he went over 140 yards.

Those are huge stats.

However, Adams also had four games where he finished with less than 40 yards receiving,

In November last year, Adams had 475 receiving yards in just four games, including two games where he went over 140 yards receiving.

But then the Raiders got rid of Derek Carr as their quarterback, and Adams is once again figuring things out with a new passer.

This time, it’s Jimmy Garoppolo.

CeeDee Lamb +2000 – Lead NFL Receiving Yards

When the Dallas Cowboys signed Brandin Cooks as their second receiver behind CeeDee Lamb, many fans and bettors wondered how a talented receiver like Cooks would impact Lamb’s overall numbers.

Our perspective on the situation in Dallas is that Cooks will help Lamb by forcing defenses to cover both sides of the field, not just one.

However, with Cooks as the number two and Michael Gallup returning to be the third WR, it will be interesting to see if Lamb will get 156 targets again this year.

CeeDee Lamb is used to sharing the ball in Dallas and put up very good numbers when it was Lamb and Amari Cooper as the #1 and #2 receivers.

During his three years with Dallas, the 17th overall pick of the 2020 draft is averaging over 1,000 yards receiving per season.

A.J. Brown +1300 – Lead NFL Receiving Touchdowns

Do you think Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles offense were excited to get A.J. Brown?

Year & Team	Targets	Receptions	Receiving Yards
2019 – Titans	84 (16 games)	52	1,051
2020 – Titans	106 (14 games)	70	1,075
2021 – Titans	105 (13 games)	63	869
2022 – Eagles	145 (17 games)	88	1,496

Our table above shows the types of numbers Brown is capable of, especially when he plays an entire season like he did last year with Philly.

The 145 targets are a significant amount of balls being thrown his way.

If we bump up the 88 receptions and get those closer to 100, A.J. could very well lead the league in receiving yards one season.

2022 Receiving Yards Leaders

Player	Receiving Yards	Team
Justin Jefferson	1,809	Vikings
Tyreek Hill	1,710	Dolphins
Davante Adams	1,516	Raiders
A.J. Brown	1,496	Eagles
Stefon Diggs	1,429	Bills

The NFL is loaded with young, talented quarterbacks and young, talented wide receivers.

All five of those names above are expected to put up big numbers again in 2023, but many other receivers carry the same expectations of a big statistical season.

Calvin Ridley returns after a year-long suspension and will have immediate chemistry with Trevor Lawrence.

• Ja’Marr Chase
• Jaylen Waddle
• DK Metcalf
• Brandon Aiyuk
• Amon-Ra St. Brown
• Deebo Samuel
• Cooper Kupp
• Tee Higgins

The list of legitimate game-breakers across the league is as long and talented as ever in the NFL.

Betting NFL WRs To Catch The Most Touchdowns

2022 Total TD Receptions Leaders

Player	Touchdown Passes	Team
Davante Adams	14	Raiders
Stefon Diggs	11	Bills
A.J. Brown	11	Eagles
CeeDee Lamb	9	Cowboys
Ja’Marr Chase	9	Bengals

Of the five players we have on the touchdown leaders table above, it is worth noting that Adams, Brown, and Lamb played 17 regular season games, Diggs played 16 games, and Ja’Marr Chase scored an impressive nine touchdowns in just 12 games last year.

If you average that out over a 17-game schedule, Chase would be the runaway leader in touchdown receptions.

In just 12 games last year, Chase had over 150 targets – so it is evident that QB Joe Burrow wants to throw him the ball a lot.

Always Shop Around

The single most significant advantage a sports bettor has over the sportsbooks is the ability to shop around for the Best Odds available.

This is true for every bet type but is especially important when discussing NFL futures betting.

Let’s use the odds for players to lead the NFL in receiving this year as an example.

2023 NFL Receiving Yards Leader Odds

Player	DraftKings	FanDuel
Justin Jefferson	+450	+250
Tyreek Hill	+200	+400

Above, we can see that DraftKings and FanDuel disagree on who the betting favorite is to lead the NFL in total receiving yards this year.

Both sportsbooks agree that Justin Jefferson and Tyreek Hill are the clear #1 and #2 favorites, but the odds for those two players are significantly different between the two sportsbooks.

As a bettor, we are now presented an opportunity to bet on both Hill and Jefferson at +400 and +450 to lead the league in receiving yards.

Of course, if we feel very passionate about one of those players over the other, we are free to bet just one. But, at +450 and +400, you can argue that there is enough profit to go around, even if you bet on both of them to win.

Only because we shopped around, looking for our best odds, did we come across this opportunity where the advantage now favors the bettors and not the sportsbooks.