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Updated Waiver Wire Rankings Week 15 (2024) - Mid-Week Fantasy Football Pickups Include Braelon Allen, Christian Watson, Cedric Tillman, Stone Smartt

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Most waivers in fantasy leagues run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; fantasy managers can still add players until Sunday game time. Week 15 is the beginning of the fantasy playoffs, and we are back with our updated mid-week fantasy football waiver wire rankings for Week 15 of the 2024 season to help your teams advance to the next round.

There were more crucial injuries last week, with Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku expected to miss Sunday's game with a hamstring issue. At the same time, it's still unclear if New York Jets running back Breece Hall will suit up in Week 15. Hall and Njoku missed practice on both Wednesday and Thursday. The fantasy playoffs have arrived, and more questions must be answered after Sunday's results. Which tight end should fantasy managers add to help replace David Njoku if he is ruled out? Is Braelon Allen or Isaiah Davis the Jets' primary back if Hall is inactive?

Our mid-week waiver wire rankings will help answer these questions. One of the industry's sharpest fantasy football minds, Nick Mariano, brings you his weekly waiver wire rankings and priority adds for the top 60 potential options. Good luck in Week 15 on the waiver wire!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for the 2025 playoffs:

 

Who To Pick Up for Fantasy Football Week 15?

For anyone unfamiliar, we release all sorts of fantasy football waiver wire articles every week. As part of that, Nick Mariano releases our waiver wire rankings list on Mondays to help you prioritize which players to target as free-agent adds off waivers.

In addition, we are also putting out a second waiver wire rankings list mid-week. Since many fantasy leagues have multiple waiver-wire runs per week for adding players, this mid-week rankings list should help you keep track of players emerging in the middle of the week before we reach Sunday.

Finally, below, you'll see our weekly rankings for the relevant waiver wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). Quarterbacks and Defenses (D/ST) are grouped together at the bottom of the list:

Rank Player Name Position % Ros.
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1 Sincere McCormick RB 36 Add in All Leagues
2 Braelon Allen RB 54 Add in All Leagues
3 Adam Thielen WR 60 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
4 Christian Watson WR 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Patrick Taylor Jr. RB 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Tank Bigsby RB 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Quentin Johnston WR 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Elijah Moore WR 21 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
10 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Ray-Ray McCloud WR 20 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
12 Michael Wilson WR 9 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
13 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Cedric Tillman WR 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Joshua Palmer WR 16 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
16 Xavier Legette WR 27 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
17 Jalen McMillan WR 8 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
18 Zach Ertz TE 49 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
19 Tyler Allgeier RB 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Alec Pierce WR 15 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
21 Kendre Miller RB 7 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
22 Devaughn Vele WR 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Isaiah Davis RB 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Sean Tucker RB 3 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
25 Parker Washington WR 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
26 Demarcus Robinson WR 18 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
27 Tim Patrick WR 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Dalton Schultz TE 55 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
29 Dontayvion Wicks WR 15 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
30 Wan'Dale Robinson WR 33 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
31 Trey Benson RB 20 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
32 Mike Gesicki TE 15 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
33 Sterling Shepard WR 7 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
34 Jerome Ford RB 41 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
35 Antonio Gibson RB 11 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
36 DeMario Douglas WR 22 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
37 Hunter Henry TE 44 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
38 Stone Smartt TE 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
39 KaVontae Turpin WR 4 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
40 Justice Hill RB 17 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
41 Kimani Vidal RB 12 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
42 Juwan Johnson TE 11 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
43 Calvin Austin III WR 8 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
44 Ray Davis RB 20 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
45 Isaiah Likely TE 22 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
46 Blake Corum RB 16 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
47 Tyjae Spears RB 42 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
48 Kenneth Gainwell RB 5 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
49 Jaylen Wright RB 5 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
50 Noah Gray TE 19 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
51 Grant Calcaterra TE 5 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
52 Cam Akers RB 15 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
53 Tre Tucker WR 7 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
54 Allen Lazard WR 9 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
55 Marvin Mims Jr. WR 2 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
56 Andrei Iosivas WR 3 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
57 Jordan Akins TE 0 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
58 Israel Abanikanda RB 3 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
59 Kenny McIntosh RB 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
60 Kayshon Boutte WR 3 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
61 Anthony Richardson QB 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
62 Russell Wilson QB 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
63 Jameis Winston QB 34 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
64 Drake Maye QB 13 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
65 Aaron Rodgers QB 34 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
66 Cooper Rush QB 8 Add in 2QB Leagues
67 Tommy DeVito QB 2 Add in 2QB Leagues
68 Mac Jones QB 3 Add in 2QB Leagues
69 Michael Penix Jr. QB 1 Add in 2QB Leagues
70 Atlanta Falcons DST 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
71 Washington Commanders DST 22 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
72 Arizona Cardinals DST 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
73 Cincinnati Bengals DST 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
74 Dallas Cowboys DST 40 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
75 New York Jets DST 43 Add in 14+ Team Leagues

 

Week 15 Waiver Wire Articles

In addition to the Week 15 waiver wire rankings, here's a look at some other free waiver wire resources available at RotoBaller. Each week, our NFL team puts out a complete array of fantasy football waiver wire articles to compliment our slick new Who Should I Pickup? Waiver wire player comparison tool - bookmark that! Here are more detailed Week 15 waiver wire articles:



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