- Jerick McKinnon is a must-start player: McKinnon is coming off back-to-back games with at least 120 yards, two touchdowns and at least seven catches.
- Watch the weather: Multiple games may have bad weather with high winds and snow. This will move some typical fantasy starting receivers to backups, such as Gabriel Davis.
- Nathan Jahnke’s fantasy rankings have been the most accurate in season rankings over the last four seasons combined, per FantasyPros‘ rankings accuracy competition.
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
These are my fantasy football rankings for Week 16 of the 2022 NFL season for PPR leagues, including some notes about players to help you make your weekly decisions. Rankings in other formats can be found here.
According to FantasyPros, my rankings were fifth-most accurate in 2021, second-most in 2020 and third-most in 2019. I was the only analyst to rank top-five all three seasons, making these the most consistently-accurate rankings of the last four seasons.
Last Updated: 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22
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Quarterbacks
| Rank | Name | Team | Opp | Notes |
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes | KC | SEA | |
| 2 | Josh Allen | BUF | @CHI | |
| 3 | Justin Herbert | LAC | @IND | |
| 4 | Joe Burrow | CIN | @NE | |
| 5 | Tua Tagovailoa | MIA | GB | |
| 6 | Justin Fields | CHI | BUF | |
| 7 | Kirk Cousins | MIN | NYG | GM |
| 8 | Geno Smith | SEA | @KC | |
| 9 | Dak Prescott | DAL | PHI | BM |
| 10 | Daniel Jones | NYG | @MIN | |
| 11 | Tom Brady | TB | @ARZ | |
| 12 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | @MIA | GM |
| 13 | Trevor Lawrence | JAX | @NYJ | Q |
| 14 | Gardner Minshew | PHI | @DAL | FA |
| 15 | Jared Goff | DET | @CAR | |
| 16 | Brock Purdy | SF | WAS | LP |
| 17 | Derek Carr | LV | @PIT | |
| 18 | Kenny Pickett | PIT | LV | FA |
| 19 | Russell Wilson | DEN | @LA | BM |
| 20 | Zach Wilson | NYJ | JAX | GM, FA |
| 21 | Tyler Huntley | BLT | ATL | GM, LP |
| 22 | Nick Foles | IND | LAC | BM, FA |
| 23 | Sam Darnold | CAR | DET | FA |
| 24 | Deshaun Watson | CLV | NO | BM |
| 25 | Mac Jones | NE | CIN | FA |
| 26 | Trace McSorley | ARZ | TB | FA |
| 27 | Taylor Heinicke | WAS | @SF | BM, FA |
| 28 | Baker Mayfield | LA | DEN | FA |
| 29 | Malik Willis | TEN | HST | GM, FA |
| 30 | Davis Mills | HST | @TEN | FA |
| 31 | Desmond Ridder | ATL | @BLT | FA |
| 32 | Andy Dalton | NO | @CLV | FA |
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