Top 10 NFL wide receivers of 2022: Raiders' Davante Adams, Vikings' Justin Jefferson headline pass catchers

Assessing the best of the best wideouts

Quarterbacks own the headlines in the NFL, but if one position made a play to become the new hot topic in 2022, it was wide receiver. This offseason saw a number of big names change teams, and a handful of others cashed in with record contracts. And it's no wonder, considering how important a No. 1 pass catcher is in today's game.

But which of the NFL's wide receivers are truly the best entering 2022? We're glad you asked, because we ranked them.

What, exactly, was our criteria for sorting the best of the best? We tried to balance past production, present value and future outlook. But at the end of the day, it might be easier to consider the following list our best answer to these two questions: which WRs do we trust the most? And which WRs are best positioned to succeed this year? In close calls, we tried to separate WRs from their respective teams to consider their value; for example, if you swapped A.J. Brown and Allen Robinson, whose team would be better off?