2025 Fantasy Football Week 9 Trade Value Chart: Wide Receivers

Fantasy Football Championships are won with trades.

These fantasy football trade value charts are based on The Wolf’s Rest Of Season Rankings, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings. These charts adjust values to account for positional need, assigning values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where quarterbacks are generally harder to trade due to a lack of positional need, unlike in Superflex leagues.

Each week throughout the season, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and other WRs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy. The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

QB | RB | WR | TE

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 9 TRADE VALUE CHART: WIDE RECEIVERS

Wide Receiver Risers

Jaylen Waddle and Zay Flowers are minor risers due to their QB situations. In Waddle’s case, Tua Tagovailoa bounced back from a rough outing against a tough Browns defense but had an easier time against the Falcons, getting his top receiver 5 catches on 6 targets for 99 yards and a score, marking the third time in the last four games that Waddle has finished at least WR17. The Dolphins’ mediocre defense will keep their offense needing to throw the ball up and it’s encouraging for Waddle ROS fantasy value that Tua was good against an above-average defense.

Flowers’ situation upgrade didn’t necessarily show up in the stat sheet for week 8 (7-of-9 targets for 63 yards), but the Ravens offense as a whole was significantly smoother with Tyler Huntley at the helm than Cooper Rush. With three TDs in week 8 vs just one over two games with Rush, the Ravens should have more scoring opportunities even if Lamar Jackson isn’t back yet.

Wide Receiver Fallers

Did Quentin Johnston walk so that Oronde Gadsden could run, or was his week 9 target-less goose egg more of a product of a lingering hamstring issue? At the very least, it seems like any semblance of consistency is gone, and that’s not the kind of role you want to have to rely on. Any league mates banking on the potential of a return to early-season form could make QJ an intriguing sell-high.

Other Wide Receivers Of Interest

With Nico Collins sidelined, many were battling to figure out if Jayden Higgins or Jaylin Noel was the wide receiver to bank on against the 49ers in week 8. And the answer was: Xavier Hutchinson. Hutchinson led Texans receivers with 69 yards on five catches with a score, and in the process disappointed a lot of fantasy players who’ve been caught up in the Higgins vs Noel argument of who will be the more likely rookie breakout.

The battle rages on.

Trade Strategy Reminders

Aim To Fill Holes On Your Roster, And Your Trade Partner’s

In general, trade offers that clearly benefit both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative. However, being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved in a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation. Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but a surplus of positional depth, with all your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears. Say you’re weak at RB, and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB, but weak at WR, are naturally more eager to haggle.

Never Mention The Words “But The Trade Calculator Says”

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick. Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind, maybe the first time.

Be Careful How Low-Ball Your Offers Are

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well. It’s a great feeling to get those kinds of lopsided trade deals, but the ones that are so bad they only go through 1 percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button to begin with. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists; they just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

WEEK 9 TRADE VALUE CHART: WIDE RECEIVERS

QB | RB | WR | TE