Updated Half-PPR Rankings for 2022 Fantasy Football Drafts: Saquon Barkley, Alvin Kamara, Christian McCaffrey, Cam Akers, Kyle Pitts

Welcome to another edition of our preseason fantasy football rankings, fellow RotoBallers! Today we're looking at our NFL team's updated 2022 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the top 460 players. Use these tiered rankings for your half-PPR drafts as a guide for who to pick in each round.

These half-PPR draft rankings are a consensus of four NFL leads -- Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Scott Engel and Brandon Murchison. Before the rankings you'll also see some recent fantasy football news and important NFL headlines, all of which are accounted for within these updated half-PPR draft rankings.

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Recent Fantasy Football News and NFL Headlines

• Tom Brady Expected To Return "Very Shortly"
• Optimism That Miles Sanders Will Be Ready For Week 1
• Zach Wilson Has "Outside Chance" For Week 1
• Deshaun Watson Suspended 11 Games
• James Robinson Expected To Be Ready For Week 1
• Irv Smith Jr. On Track To Play In Week 1
• Panthers Expected To Name Baker Mayfield The Starter
• Kenneth Walker III Undergoes Procedure For Hernia
• Saints Say Michael Thomas Will Be Ready
• Saquon Barkley Expected To Have Huge Workload
• Chris Godwin Ramping Up His Activity
• Alvin Kamara Unlikely To Be Suspended
• Drake London "Injury Not A Long-Term Concern"
• Jonathan Taylor Heading For Fewer Touches?
• Elijah Mitchell Likely To Sit Out Preseason

 

Updated Half-PPR Draft Rankings for Fantasy Football

The rankings table below last updated on August 24th, 2022. Don't play in half-PPR leagues? No problem. You can also find our updated Best Ball rankings, PPR rankings, Non-PPR (Standard) rankings, Dynasty League rankings and 2022 NFL Rookie rankings.

Tier	Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Jonathan Taylor	RB
1	2	Justin Jefferson	WR
1	3	Christian McCaffrey	RB
1	4	Cooper Kupp	WR
1	5	Austin Ekeler	RB
1	6	Ja'Marr Chase	WR
1	7	Derrick Henry	RB
1	8	Najee Harris	RB
1	9	Dalvin Cook	RB
2	10	Davante Adams	WR
2	11	Joe Mixon	RB
2	12	Stefon Diggs	WR
2	13	Travis Kelce	TE
2	14	Saquon Barkley	RB
2	15	CeeDee Lamb	WR
2	16	D'Andre Swift	RB
2	17	Alvin Kamara	RB
3	18	Leonard Fournette	RB
3	19	Deebo Samuel	WR
3	20	Aaron Jones	RB
3	21	Mike Evans	WR
3	22	Tyreek Hill	WR
3	23	Nick Chubb	RB
3	24	Mark Andrews	TE
3	25	A.J. Brown	WR
3	26	James Conner	RB
3	27	Javonte Williams	RB
3	28	Tee Higgins	WR
3	29	Keenan Allen	WR
3	30	Kyle Pitts	TE
3	31	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
3	32	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
3	33	Jaylen Waddle	WR
3	34	J.K. Dobbins	RB
3	35	Josh Allen	QB
3	36	Courtland Sutton	WR
3	37	Breece Hall	RB
4	38	David Montgomery	RB
4	39	Diontae Johnson	WR
4	40	Terry McLaurin	WR
4	41	Cam Akers	RB
4	42	Justin Herbert	QB
4	43	Travis Etienne Jr.	RB
4	44	Mike Williams	WR
4	45	Patrick Mahomes II	QB
4	46	George Kittle	TE
4	47	Elijah Mitchell	RB
4	48	Allen Robinson II	WR
4	49	DJ Moore	WR
4	50	Marquise Brown	WR
4	51	D.K. Metcalf	WR
5	52	Rashaad Penny	RB
5	53	Lamar Jackson	QB
5	54	Jalen Hurts	QB
5	55	Darnell Mooney	WR
5	56	Amari Cooper	WR
5	57	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR
5	58	Darren Waller	TE
5	59	Antonio Gibson	RB
5	60	Damien Harris	RB
5	61	Gabriel Davis	WR
5	62	Dalton Schultz	TE
5	63	Brandin Cooks	WR
5	64	Jerry Jeudy	WR
5	65	Kyler Murray	QB
5	66	AJ Dillon	RB
5	67	Josh Jacobs	RB
5	68	Dallas Goedert	TE
5	69	Chris Godwin	WR
5	70	Rashod Bateman	WR
5	71	Chase Edmonds	RB
5	72	Kareem Hunt	RB
5	73	Adam Thielen	WR
5	74	Melvin Gordon III	RB
6	75	Joe Burrow	QB
6	76	Miles Sanders	RB
6	77	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB
6	78	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR
6	79	Dak Prescott	QB
6	80	Tom Brady	QB
6	81	T.J. Hockenson	TE
6	82	Russell Wilson	QB
6	83	DeVonta Smith	WR
6	84	Elijah Moore	WR
6	85	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR
6	86	Devin Singletary	RB
6	87	Kenneth Walker	RB
6	88	Zach Ertz	TE
7	89	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB
7	90	Matthew Stafford	QB
7	91	Trey Lance	QB
7	92	Tyler Lockett	WR
7	93	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
7	94	Drake London	WR
7	95	DeAndre Hopkins	WR
7	96	Tony Pollard	RB
7	97	Allen Lazard	WR
7	98	Dawson Knox	TE
7	99	Dameon Pierce	RB
7	100	Aaron Rodgers	QB
7	101	Hunter Renfrow	WR
7	102	Derek Carr	QB
7	103	Chris Olave	WR
7	104	Pat Freiermuth	TE
7	105	Treylon Burks	WR
7	106	Michael Thomas	WR
7	107	Kadarius Toney	WR
7	108	James Cook	RB
7	109	Robert Woods	WR
7	110	Kirk Cousins	QB
7	111	Christian Kirk	WR
8	112	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB
8	113	Tyler Boyd	WR
8	114	Cole Kmet	TE
8	115	Michael Carter	RB
8	116	Skyy Moore	WR
8	117	Garrett Wilson	WR
8	118	Tua Tagovailoa	QB
8	119	Marlon Mack	RB
8	120	James Robinson	RB
8	121	Chase Claypool	WR
8	122	Kenneth Gainwell	RB
8	123	Russell Gage	WR
8	124	Mike Gesicki	TE
8	125	Rachaad White	RB
8	126	Nyheim Hines	RB
8	127	Jarvis Landry	WR
8	128	Brian Robinson Jr.	RB
8	129	Alexander Mattison	RB
8	130	Justin Fields	QB
8	131	Tyler Allgeier	RB
8	132	David Njoku	TE
9	133	Hunter Henry	TE
9	134	Noah Fant	TE
9	135	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
9	136	Isaiah Spiller	RB
9	137	Khalil Herbert	RB
9	138	Albert Okwuegbunam	TE
9	139	Jahan Dotson	WR
9	140	Austin Hooper	TE
9	141	DeVante Parker	WR
9	142	Zamir White	RB
9	143	Jameis Winston	QB
9	144	Jakobi Meyers	WR
9	145	Matt Ryan	QB
9	146	D.J. Chark Jr.	WR
9	147	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR
9	148	Mark Ingram II	RB
9	149	Rondale Moore	WR
9	150	George Pickens	WR
9	151	Raheem Mostert	RB
9	152	Jamaal Williams	RB
9	153	J.D. McKissic	RB
10	154	Buffalo Bills	DST
10	155	San Francisco 49ers	DST
10	156	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DST
10	157	Darrel Williams	RB
10	158	Trevor Lawrence	QB
10	159	Gerald Everett	TE
10	160	Mac Jones	QB
10	161	Michael Gallup	WR
10	162	Daniel Jones	QB
10	163	Kenny Golladay	WR
10	164	Los Angeles Rams	DST
10	165	Nico Collins	WR
10	166	Denver Broncos	DST
10	167	Mecole Hardman	WR
10	168	Los Angeles Chargers	DST
10	169	Corey Davis	WR
10	170	Gus Edwards	RB
11	171	Jalen Tolbert	WR
11	172	Alec Pierce	WR
11	173	Evan Engram	TE
11	174	Robert Tonyan	TE
11	175	Chris Evans	RB
11	176	Tyler Higbee	TE
11	177	Parris Campbell	WR
11	178	Jared Goff	QB
11	179	Justin Tucker	K
11	180	Ronald Jones II	RB
11	181	Brevin Jordan	TE
11	182	K.J. Osborn	WR
11	183	Sony Michel	RB
11	184	Evan McPherson	K
11	185	Donovan Peoples-Jones	WR
11	186	Jameson Williams	WR
11	187	Hayden Hurst	TE
11	188	D'Onta Foreman	RB
11	189	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR
11	190	Ryan Tannehill	QB
11	191	KJ Hamler	WR
11	192	Dallas Cowboys	DST
11	193	Indianapolis Colts	DST
11	194	New England Patriots	DST
11	195	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR
12	196	Robby Anderson	WR
12	197	Christian Watson	WR
12	198	Kendrick Bourne	WR
12	199	Green Bay Packers	DST
12	200	Miami Dolphins	DST
12	201	Davis Mills	QB
12	202	Julio Jones	WR
12	203	Pittsburgh Steelers	DST
12	204	Matt Gay	K
12	205	Devin Duvernay	WR
12	206	Isaiah McKenzie	WR
12	207	Kenyan Drake	RB
12	208	Harrison Butker	K
12	209	David Bell	WR
12	210	Curtis Samuel	WR
12	211	Ryan Succop	K
12	212	Joshua Palmer	WR
12	213	Tyler Bass	K
12	214	Van Jefferson	WR
12	215	Logan Thomas	TE
12	216	Kansas City Chiefs	DST
13	217	A.J. Green	WR
13	218	Daniel Carlson	K
13	219	Rex Burkhead	RB
13	220	New Orleans Saints	DST
13	221	Cleveland Browns	DST
13	222	Jamison Crowder	WR
13	223	Romeo Doubs	WR
13	224	Boston Scott	RB
13	225	Dontrell Hilliard	RB
13	226	Snoop Conner	RB
13	227	Randall Cobb	WR
13	228	Cameron Brate	TE
13	229	Matt Breida	RB
13	230	Sterling Shepard	WR
13	231	Samaje Perine	RB
13	232	Baltimore Ravens	DST
13	233	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	WR
13	234	Zay Jones	WR
13	235	Sammy Watkins	WR
13	236	Matt Prater	K
13	237	C.J. Uzomah	TE
13	238	Carson Wentz	QB
13	239	Velus Jones Jr.	WR
13	240	Eno Benjamin	RB
13	241	Brandon McManus	K
13	242	Nick Folk	K
13	243	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR
13	244	Tyrion Davis-Price	RB
13	245	Jerick McKinnon	RB
13	246	Cincinnati Bengals	DST
13	247	Marcus Mariota	QB
13	248	Kyle Rudolph	TE
14	249	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR
14	250	Byron Pringle	WR
14	251	Salvon Ahmed	RB
14	252	Adam Trautman	TE
14	253	Jason Sanders	K
14	254	Isaih Pacheco	RB
14	255	D'Ernest Johnson	RB
14	256	Dan Arnold	TE
14	257	Philadelphia Eagles	DST
14	258	Jonnu Smith	TE
14	259	Trey Sermon	RB
14	260	Dustin Hopkins	K
14	261	Younghoe Koo	K
14	262	Jerome Ford	RB
14	263	Bryan Edwards	WR
14	264	Keaontay Ingram	RB
14	265	Trestan Ebner	RB
14	266	Baker Mayfield	QB
14	267	Damien Williams	RB
14	268	Mo Alie-Cox	TE
15	269	Will Fuller V	WR
15	270	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB
15	271	Hassan Haskins	RB
15	272	Terrace Marshall Jr.	WR
15	273	Noah Brown	WR
15	274	Tyler Badie	RB
15	275	Carolina Panthers	DST
15	276	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
15	277	Benny Snell Jr.	RB
15	278	Chuba Hubbard	RB
15	279	Tyler Conklin	TE
15	280	Jake Elliott	K
15	281	Robbie Gould	K
15	282	Mitchell Trubisky	QB
15	283	Rodrigo Blankenship	K
15	284	Travis Homer	RB
15	285	Daniel Bellinger	TE
15	286	Jaylen Warren	RB
15	287	Phillip Lindsay	RB
15	288	Emmanuel Sanders	WR
15	289	Arizona Cardinals	DST
15	290	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE
15	291	Amari Rodgers	WR
15	292	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB
15	293	Braxton Berrios	WR
15	294	Harrison Bryant	TE
15	295	Myles Gaskin	RB
15	296	Auden Tate	WR
15	297	Mike Davis	RB
15	298	Greg Dulcich	TE
15	299	Darrynton Evans	RB
15	300	Wil Lutz	K
15	301	Tommy Tremble	TE
15	302	Kenny Pickett	QB
15	303	Kyren Williams	RB
15	304	Anthony Schwartz	WR
15	305	Marquez Callaway	WR
15	306	Tennessee Titans	DST
15	307	Foster Moreau	TE
15	308	Zack Moss	RB
15	309	Minnesota Vikings	DST
15	310	Isaiah Likely	TE
15	311	Greg Joseph	K
15	312	Laquon Treadwell	WR
16	313	James Proche II	WR
16	314	Tyler Kroft	TE
16	315	Blake Bell	TE
16	316	Trey McBride	TE
16	317	Juwan Johnson	WR
16	318	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB
16	319	Demetric Felton	WR
16	320	Pierre Strong Jr.	RB
16	321	Nelson Agholor	WR
16	322	Giovani Bernard	RB
16	323	Abram Smith	RB
16	324	Zonovan Knight	RB
16	325	Jacoby Brissett	QB
16	326	Danny Gray	WR
16	327	Donald Parham Jr.	TE
16	328	Zach Wilson	QB
16	329	Deshaun Watson	QB
16	330	Greg Zuerlein	K
16	331	Jaelon Darden	WR
16	332	Geno Smith	QB
16	333	Chris Boswell	K
16	334	Jalen Guyton	WR
16	335	Drew Lock	QB
16	336	Desmond Ridder	QB
16	337	Kylen Granson	TE
16	338	Tyquan Thornton	WR
16	339	Sam Darnold	QB
16	340	Khalil Shakir	WR
16	341	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB
16	342	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB
16	343	Ty Johnson	RB
16	344	Jauan Jennings	WR
16	345	Ross Dwelley	TE
17	346	Jonathan Garibay	K
17	347	Tre'Quan Smith	WR
17	348	O.J. Howard	TE
17	349	Kyle Philips	WR
17	350	Nick Vannett	TE
17	351	Adam Shaheen	TE
17	352	Jacob Hollister	TE
17	353	Dyami Brown	WR
17	354	Darius Slayton	WR
17	355	Quez Watkins	WR
17	356	Josh Reynolds	WR
17	357	Jamal Agnew	WR
17	358	Randy Bullock	K
17	359	Kyle Juszczyk	RB
17	360	Deonte Harty	WR
17	361	Graham Gano	K
17	362	Tre' McKitty	TE
17	363	Derrick Gore	RB
17	364	New York Jets	DST
17	365	Antoine Wesley	WR
17	366	Joshua Kelley	RB
17	367	Demarcus Robinson	WR
17	368	Jake Ferguson	TE
17	369	New York Giants	DST
17	370	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR
17	371	Drew Sample	TE
17	372	Mason Crosby	K
17	373	Jelani Woods	TE
17	374	Anthony Firkser	TE
17	375	James Washington	WR
17	376	Quintez Cephus	WR
17	377	Cade York	K
17	378	Jaret Patterson	RB
17	379	Cyril Grayson Jr.	WR
17	380	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR
17	381	Geoff Swaim	TE
17	382	Jalen Wydermyer	TE
17	383	Cade Otton	TE
18	384	Rashard Higgins	WR
18	385	Las Vegas Raiders	DST
18	386	Tyrod Taylor	QB
18	387	Calvin Austin III	WR
18	388	Brandon Bolden	RB
18	389	Tutu Atwell	WR
18	390	Jeremy Ruckert	TE
18	391	Cole Turner	TE
18	392	Ameer Abdullah	RB
18	393	Washington Commanders	DST
18	394	Josiah Deguara	TE
18	395	Malik Willis	QB
18	396	Chris Conley	WR
18	397	DeeJay Dallas	RB
18	398	Chicago Bears	DST
18	399	Ty Chandler	RB
18	400	Jalen Reagor	WR
18	401	Zane Gonzalez	K
18	402	Tony Jones Jr.	RB
18	403	Craig Reynolds	RB
18	404	Kene Nwangwu	RB
18	405	Pharaoh Brown	TE
18	406	Freddie Swain	WR
18	407	Jonathan Ward	RB
18	408	Detroit Lions	DST
18	409	JaMycal Hasty	RB
18	410	Jermar Jefferson	RB
18	411	Tevin Coleman	RB
18	412	Will Dissly	TE
18	413	John Bates	TE
18	414	Tajae Sharpe	WR
18	415	Dare Ogunbowale	RB
18	416	Zach Pascal	WR
18	417	T.Y. Hilton	WR
18	418	Patrick Ricard	RB
18	419	Jacksonville Jaguars	DST
18	420	Ben Skowronek	WR
18	421	Denzel Mims	WR
18	422	Seattle Seahawks	DST
18	423	Simi Fehoko	WR
18	424	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR
19	425	Tylan Wallace	WR
19	426	Maxx Williams	TE
19	427	Durham Smythe	TE
19	428	Tyler Johnson	WR
19	429	Atlanta Falcons	DST
19	430	Collin Johnson	WR
19	431	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR
19	432	Jacob Harris	TE
19	433	Phillip Dorsett II	WR
19	434	Keelan Cole Sr.	WR
19	435	Justice Hill	RB
19	436	Kalif Raymond	WR
19	437	Mike Boone	RB
19	438	Jared Cook	TE
19	439	Ian Thomas	TE
19	440	Jordan Akins	TE
19	441	Damiere Byrd	WR
19	442	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR
19	443	Deon Jackson	RB
19	444	Kylin Hill	RB
19	445	Qadree Ollison	RB
19	446	Ashton Dulin	WR
19	447	Jalen Nailor	WR
20	448	Ryan Griffin	TE
20	449	J.J. Taylor	RB
20	450	Ryquell Armstead	RB
20	451	Trayveon Williams	RB
20	452	Justin Jackson	RB
20	453	Marcedes Lewis	TE
20	454	Dezmon Patmon	WR
20	455	N'Keal Harry	WR
20	456	Zach Gentry	TE
20	457	Preston Williams	WR
20	458	Josh Gordon	WR
20	459	Taysom Hill	QB
20	460	OlaBisi Johnson	WR
20	461	Miles Boykin	WR
20	462	Scotty Miller	WR
20	463	Ihmir Smith-Marsette	WR
20	464	Kendall Blanton	TE
20	465	Larry Rountree III	RB
20	466	La'Mical Perine	RB
20	467	Cody Hollister	WR

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