NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Chris Gimino (ChrisGimino) Data Updated: 2024-06-29 20:16:35

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These rankings are for the Best Ball fantasy football format available on Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.

Best Ball is a wildly popular form of fantasy football that requires no roster management. Simply join one of the available tournaments on DraftKings or Underdog Fantasy, and draft your favorite 18 to 20 players from the available options. Each week the software will automatically construct your best possible lineup each on your behalf with no additional action required. The regular season champions of each 12 player league will advance in the tournament to compete for huge cash prizes in the final rounds.

We use our decades of combined fantasy football and data science experience to create a statistical fantasy football model for projecting future performance.

We accomplish this by using millions of data points that include but are not limited to:

Historical player usage: targets, touches, and opportunity
Play calling tendency including situational run vs. pass ratios
Route participation
Pass rate over expectation data
Coaching changes and tendency
Offensive line performance metrics
Defensive line performance metrics
Turnover and penalty data
Pace and play volume data
Scoring and drive efficiency data
Passing depth and efficiency
Receiving depth and efficiency
QB designed vs. scrambling yards
Age and Injury history
Positional rushing, target, and touchdown distributions
Alignment and personnel usage data
Opponent schedule and strength of competition

This information is the backbone of our projections, but because of the speculative nature associated with the National Football League each season, we must apply our own expertise in finalizing the inputs that formulate the rankings. We have a team of data science and fantasy football experts that consider all factors when ranking players. Player projections are the spine of the rankings, but important elements like upside potential and position scarcity are also included in the analysis. We test our rankings to ensure the results match the intentions.

You can click here to find our favorite picks from the NFL Best Ball Rankings for fantasy football 2024 , which is available here. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	1	1	RB1	313.58	1	1	371.81
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	2	2	WR1	280.73	2	2	365.91
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	3	3	WR2	257.8	3	3	337.14
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	4	4	WR3	251.6	5	4	331.48
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	5	6	WR4	254.39	4	5	336.28
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	6	7	RB2	305.55	7	7	369.84
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	7	5	WR5	218.21	6	6	289.63
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	8	11	WR6	223.7	8	11	292.73
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	9	8	RB3	302.02	9	8	356.15
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	9	WR7	212.95	10	10	278.89
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	11	10	WR8	206.92	11	9	276.68
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	12	15	RB4	239.15	15	16	276.76
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	13	12	RB5	240.4	13	12	283.44
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	14	20	RB6	239.81	12	14	286
Drake London	ATL	WR	15	14	WR9	201.14	14	15	264.84
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	16	16	WR10	197.21	16	19	263.55
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	17	17	WR11	197.75	17	23	260.99
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	18	13	WR12	189.62	18	13	250.35
Davante Adams	LVR	WR	19	18	WR13	188.06	19	18	250.27
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	20	21	WR14	196.44	20	21	258.02
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	21	19	WR15	182.62	22	17	237.19
Deebo Samuel	SFO	WR	22	22	WR16	189.1	27	28	235.17
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	23	24	RB7	210.21	23	20	246.46
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	24	30	WR17	187.78	21	26	246.55
D.K. Metcalf	SEA	WR	25	27	WR18	186.56	28	34	246.21
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	26	23	WR19	185.51	24	25	241.11
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	27	25	WR20	185.04	25	29	241.69
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	28	28	WR21	180.69	29	33	234.83
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	29	35	TE1	176.52	30	30	233.61
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	30	32	RB8	209.12	26	22	234.7
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	31	33	WR22	180.41	33	36	241.96
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	32	36	WR23	173.56	32	38	230.93
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	33	39	WR24	181.1	34	49	239.29
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	34	38	TE2	178.36	31	27	235.51
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	35	29	RB9	208.93	35	24	247.3
Christian Kirk	JAC	WR	36	43	WR25	182.08	36	47	240.42
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	37	26	WR26	170.39	44	31	226.44
Tank Dell	HOU	WR	38	34	WR27	172.79	42	41	225.04
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	39	31	WR28	163.83	45	32	214.74
George Pickens	PIT	WR	40	41	WR29	167.52	41	43	216.49
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	41	37	QB1	348.2	37	35	366.98
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	42	42	WR30	165.86	43	46	219.77
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	43	50	QB2	344.26	38	45	366.32
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	44	40	QB3	335.92	39	40	354.45
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	45	45	QB4	333.56	40	42	350.77
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	46	49	TE3	161.91	48	53	210.12
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	47	46	TE4	165.83	46	48	227.91
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	48	47	RB10	210.39	56	39	243.06
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	49	56	QB5	323.52	50	59	337.71
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	50	51	WR31	137.58	54	52	177.71
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	51	59	WR32	168.3	55	65	224.17
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	52	52	TE5	165.23	47	50	220.98
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	53	63	RB11	206.39	49	54	246.4
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	54	60	TE6	153.18	51	60	203.87
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	55	48	WR33	156.52	53	57	206.51
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	56	62	RB12	179.08	61	56	207.13
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	57	54	WR34	148.52	52	58	198.29
James Cook	BUF	RB	58	58	RB13	194.04	58	51	225.55
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	59	64	QB6	317.03	57	55	336.96
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	60	44	RB14	194.48	59	37	226.94
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	61	52	RB15	177.24	60	44	205.19
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	62	74	WR35	151.56	62	77	193.63
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	63	55	WR36	152.45	63	62	195.75
Evan Engram	JAC	TE	64	79	TE7	141.41	65	71	197.38
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	65	57	WR37	132.65	64	63	176.07
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	66	78	WR38	143.4	67	95	188.83
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	67	72	WR39	156.28	66	67	207.09
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	68	77	WR40	137.7	68	66	175.96
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	69	70	WR41	146.71	70	73	193.32
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	70	68	RB16	175.16	82	64	204.82
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	71	69	WR42	127.92	71	72	168.48
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	72	87	QB7	307.09	74	85	328.93
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	73	85	TE8	140.67	76	84	185.67
Diontae Johnson	CAR	WR	74	73	WR43	134.21	77	82	174.31
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	75	82	RB17	178.99	79	78	212.44
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	76	67	WR44	134.62	72	81	175.83
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	77	71	WR45	128.86	73	88	165.77
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	78	75	RB18	171.53	69	61	204.87
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	79	80	RB19	169.91	85	68	199.74
Zamir White	LVR	RB	80	88	RB20	158.84	83	75	180.93
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	81	90	RB21	159.49	88	94	184.32
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	82	83	WR46	126.59	84	92	162.68
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	83	65	WR47	116.44	86	79	151.02
David Montgomery	DET	RB	84	75	RB22	168.36	87	69	190.55
Najee Harris	PIT	RB	85	84	RB23	155.74	91	91	177.46
Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	86	86	RB24	154.53	89	96	177.83
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	87	95	QB8	295.89	75	74	317.49
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	88	98	QB9	294.06	78	89	312.45
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	89	81	QB10	277.32	81	86	291.27
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	90	101	QB11	277.5	103	103	287.33
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	91	91	WR48	127.11	97	105	165.92
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	92	89	RB25	146.51	90	80	166.78
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	93	92	RB26	156.84	93	90	177.11
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	94	108	QB12	277.58	104	107	293
George Kittle	SFO	TE	95	66	TE9	132.35	80	70	169.24
James Conner	ARI	RB	96	94	RB27	148.73	92	83	174.6
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	97	93	WR49	123.54	98	100	156.36
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	98	61	WR50	114.58	101	76	139.94
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	99	99	WR51	116.14	113	114	154.29
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	100	112	RB28	166.53	95	110	195.76
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	101	100	RB29	135.26	96	97	153.37
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	102	103	WR52	120.2	100	118	158.25
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	103	111	RB30	143.98	116	113	167.99
David Njoku	CLE	TE	104	102	TE10	137.95	94	93	184.16
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	105	117	RB31	116.79	115	119	131.1
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	106	107	WR53	122.91	99	112	158.79
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	107	106	WR54	114.02	121	115	150.17
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	108	118	QB13	293.69	107	117	311.02
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	109	122	RB32	127.69	117	127	142.25
Raheem Mostert	MIA	RB	110	97	RB33	115.12	120	87	127.49
Javonte Williams	DEN	RB	111	109	RB34	131.41	110	108	152.29
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	112	114	TE11	103.79	106	106	138.52
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	113	96	TE12	104.21	102	99	135.18
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	114	124	WR55	121.73	112	132	161.45
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	115	113	QB14	292.46	108	98	310.9
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	116	125	QB15	273.5	111	111	294.38
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	117	123	WR56	116.81	114	135	149.78
Gus Edwards	LAC	RB	118	121	RB35	135.01	153	129	148.67
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	119	104	WR57	108.47	118	102	136.45
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	120	120	WR58	103.41	122	121	132.88
Josh Downs	IND	WR	121	131	WR59	107.68	130	143	142.93
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	122	116	WR60	97.75	131	131	122.58
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	123	130	TE13	105.04	119	122	134.65
Jared Goff	DET	QB	124	126	QB16	275.18	109	104	295.9
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	125	133	QB17	244.15	125	123	259.56
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	126	129	RB36	122.87	105	101	145.88
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	RB	127	126	RB37	118.41	123	126	131.98
Rico Dowdle	DAL	RB	128	140	RB38	121.66	124	140	138.89
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	129	109	RB39	111.95	127	116	124.15
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	130	128	RB40	121.03	126	120	137.04
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	131	134	RB41	110.98	128	138	130.89
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	132	143	RB42	109.31	140	148	124.46
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	133	105	RB43	112.71	132	109	127.67
Gabriel Davis	JAC	WR	134	132	WR61	88.4	136	141	108.14
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	135	135	TE14	96.07	138	137	127.73
Ty Chandler	MIN	RB	136	144	RB44	113.6	135	144	126.33
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	137	150	WR62	93.51	133	162	115.98
Jahan Dotson	WAS	WR	138	136	WR63	84.42	134	139	107.18
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	139	119	WR64	108.05	129	124	142.73
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	140	149	WR65	83.44	144	152	104.56
Mike Williams	NYJ	WR	141	115	WR66	79.27	145	128	102
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	142	137	RB45	90.97	146	142	102.61
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	143	154	RB46	111.15	141	169	136.14
Kirk Cousins	ATL	QB	144	147	QB18	251.26	137	133	268.89
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	145	145	TE15	99.59	139	134	129.6
Nick Chubb	CLE	RB	146	140	RB47	86.71	156	125	94.13
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	147	138	WR67	79.39	147	154	99.58
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	148	148	WR68	71.95	148	146	91.17
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	149	156	WR69	86.16	149	145	113.63
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	150	164	WR70	98.22	151	175	126.27
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	151	166	WR71	90.01	152	166	116.36
Antonio Gibson	NEP	RB	152	163	RB48	94.21	154	164	110.23
Luke Musgrave	GBP	TE	153	151	TE16	89.48	150	151	117.09
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	154	153	QB19	243	142	136	262.15
Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	QB	155	161	QB20	242.57	143	150	260.08
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	156	164	WR72	74.03	168	176	93.24
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	157	158	WR73	78.9	169	173	96.97
Deshaun Watson	CLE	QB	158	162	QB21	234.72	161	153	247.78
Ja'Lynn Polk	NEP	WR	159	142	WR74	72.59	158	156	91.16
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	160	159	RB49	64.94	162	168	72.6
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	161	157	RB50	110.25	164	167	119.72
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	162	167	RB51	97.34	166	159	111.19
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	163	175	TE17	85.39	163	163	110.56
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	164	186	RB52	89.08	171	191	100.68
Kimani Vidal	LAC	RB	165	155	RB53	98.88	159	160	111.07
Malachi Corley	NYJ	WR	166	169	WR75	65.99	173	180	82.57
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	167	176	TE18	87.02	172	178	112.97
Daniel Jones	NYG	QB	168	195	QB22	240.61	160	190	252.06
Geno Smith	SEA	QB	169	171	QB23	240.27	155	161	258.3
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	170	168	QB24	250.84	157	149	267.19
Demarcus Robinson	LAR	WR	171	179	WR76	65.44	181	195	82.16
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	172	177	WR77	69.14	167	185	86.86
Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WR	173	201	WR78	79.95	177	216	98.81
Elijah Mitchell	SFO	RB	174	183	RB54	70.42	195	183	74.72
Will Levis	TEN	QB	175	177	QB25	218.55	165	165	231.77
J.K. Dobbins	LAC	RB	176	181	RB55	76.51	170	158	84.4
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	177	185	WR79	61.37	182	186	76.14
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	178	160	TE19	89.02	174	170	117.36
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	179	174	WR80	69.25	180	177	87.02
Khalil Herbert	CHI	RB	180	184	RB56	69.88	196	188	75.6
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	181	187	TE20	83.18	183	189	107.85
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	182	182	TE21	76.66	191	194	98.33
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	183	179	TE22	68.14	184	172	83.9
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	184	208	TE23	63.13	188	210	82.34
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KCC	RB	185	198	RB57	72.88	216	211	83.33
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	186	188	TE24	43.81	186	187	56.2
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	187	152	RB58	39.75	189	155	44.02
Dameon Pierce	HOU	RB	188	196	RB59	67.33	197	196	74.91
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	189	206	QB26	209.19	178	192	218.44
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	190	191	QB27	213.25	175	179	225.27
Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE	191	170	TE25	34.08	190	171	44.55
Derek Carr	NOS	QB	192	199	QB28	201.21	176	174	214.17
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	193	193	QB29	138.31	200	199	140.46
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	194	189	WR81	33.26	211	207	41.4
Tyler Boyd	TEN	WR	195	203	WR82	72.58	185	201	94.2
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	196	173	WR83	62.22	179	184	78.9
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	197	139	WR84	28.91	192	157	36.09
Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE	198	220	TE26	19.56	201	282	25.15
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	199	194	RB60	53.73	202	200	60.16
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	200	209	WR85	42.43	206	231	54.78
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	201	146	TE27	48.98	193	130	63.38
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	202	207	QB30	182.94	204	203	187.57
D'Onta Foreman	CLE	RB	203	204	RB61	92.83	194	209	100.14
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	204	205	WR86	40.42	205	215	50.64
Jelani Woods	IND	TE	205	202	TE28	59.53	214	213	73.87
Russell Wilson	PIT	QB	206	210	QB31	188.89	203	197	195.88
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	207	172	RB62	14.23	208	181	16.42
DJ Chark	LAC	WR	208	213	WR87	54.94	187	198	68.29
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	209	190	RB63	50.59	210	182	62.09
Odell Beckham	MIA	WR	210	215	WR88	53.85	212	206	66.53
Kendrick Bourne	NEP	WR	211	229	WR89	46.75	213	227	56.89
Devontez Walker	BAL	WR	212	200	WR90	49.32	221	221	61.36
Rondale Moore	ATL	WR	213	221	WR91	51.74	218	233	67.45
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	214	216	RB64	58.43	199	226	63.65
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	215	219	RB65	58.01	217	204	64.84
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	216	214	TE29	41.31	220	214	52.88
Alexander Mattison	LVR	RB	217	225	RB66	63.92	207	218	68.93
Tommy Tremble	CAR	TE	218	291	TE30	63.24	233	339	81.27
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	219	231	TE31	62.9	215	224	80.96
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	220	227	WR92	61.07	222	228	75.7
Jalin Hyatt	NYG	WR	221	218	WR93	54.42	219	220	67.19
Javon Baker	NEP	WR	222	192	WR94	28.45	227	212	35.77
Chase Claypool	BUF	WR	223	227	WR95	4.63	226	217	5.72
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	224	231	WR96	31.42	223	308	38.99
Kadarius Toney	KCC	WR	225	257	WR97	47.48	224	329	56.43
Aidan O'Connell	LVR	QB	226	246	QB32	154.26	225	232	156.62
Zay Jones	ARI	WR	227	197	WR98	45.65	229	193	57.95
Kalif Raymond	DET	WR	228	222	WR99	54.27	228	276	67.35
Greg Dulcich	DEN	TE	229	231	TE32	48.44	245	317	61.45
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	230	246	WR100	64.08	230	225	80.49
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	231	223	TE33	52.65	232	230	66.02
Deuce Vaughn	DAL	RB	232	267	RB67	49.02	248	270	58.77
Josh Reynolds	DEN	WR	233	240	WR101	54.83	236	242	69.04
Hayden Hurst	LAC	TE	234	238	TE34	45.52	234	293	58.71
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	235	226	TE35	42.05	235	258	53.73
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	236	257	RB68	43.5	237	294	53.79
Brenden Rice	LAC	WR	237	252	WR102	11.78	247	259	14.8
Trey Sermon	IND	RB	238	246	RB69	23.27	209	305	26.92
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	239	212	RB70	59.83	246	208	65.3
Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	RB	240	246	RB71	65.91	238	303	77.19
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	241	242	TE36	52.74	231	234	69.94
Daniel Bellinger	NYG	TE	242	257	TE37	48.04	241	307	63.67
Nelson Agholor	BAL	WR	243	267	WR103	58.64	242	257	73.75
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	244	244	TE38	44.89	240	236	57.2
Michael Gallup	LVR	WR	245	291	WR104	51.55	239	255	64.4
Eric Gray	NYG	RB	246	267	RB72	28.39	268	304	33.72
Kylen Granson	IND	TE	247	291	TE39	47.68	244	274	60.08
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	BUF	WR	248	252	WR105	31.94	267	302	38.67
Trey Palmer	TBB	WR	249	252	WR106	58.28	243	311	70.42
Treylon Burks	TEN	WR	250	267	WR107	51.99	250	335	63.84

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