NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-07-14 20:26:25

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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 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.

Here at RotoGrinders, we use our decades of combined fantasy football and data science experience to create a statistical fantasy football model for projecting future performance.

Our team accomplishes accurate best ball rankings for fantasy football 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 of the NFL each season, we must apply our own expertise in finalizing the inputs that formulate the Underdog Best Ball rankings and DraftKings Best Ball rankings. We have a team of data science and fantasy football experts that consider all factors when ranking players. NFL 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 NFL Best Ball 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 2025. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

Many players gravitate toward Best Ball since the lack of in-season management makes it a super easy way to get in on the action. Another format you might enjoy includes pick’em contests—check out our Underdog Fantasy Picks and DraftKings Pick6 Picks for more helpful tools.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	1	1	WR1	240.64	1	1	315.13
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	2	4	RB1	252.27	2	2	292.2
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	3	2	WR2	222.26	3	3	288.96
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	5	WR3	220.62	4	6	292.87
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	5	3	RB2	250.04	5	4	289.04
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	6	9	WR4	220.41	6	9	294.31
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	7	7	WR5	219.32	7	7	286.83
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	8	6	RB3	237.58	8	5	276.18
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	9	11	RB4	234.18	10	11	274.65
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	10	8	RB5	232.72	11	8	272.65
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	11	13	WR6	211.8	12	14	271.78
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	12	11	WR7	208.88	13	10	272.09
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	13	15	RB6	232.9	9	15	278.97
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	14	14	RB7	222.14	14	13	251.09
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	15	10	WR8	200.49	16	12	263.49
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	16	17	WR9	206.01	17	19	263.6
Drake London	ATL	WR	17	16	WR10	194.85	18	16	256.76
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	18	18	WR11	194.42	19	18	252.6
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	19	19	TE1	170.55	15	17	232
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	20	29	WR12	186.75	20	28	243.5
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	21	25	RB8	218.83	22	23	250.51
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	22	22	RB9	209.57	23	22	242.88
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	23	23	WR13	184.97	24	25	242.59
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	24	24	WR14	184.74	25	26	239.91
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	25	28	WR15	178.44	33	31	229.16
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	26	30	WR16	178.16	31	32	230
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	27	26	TE2	164.35	21	24	222.8
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	28	27	RB10	204.38	26	27	233.96
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	29	20	RB11	198.02	27	20	227.72
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	30	32	WR17	176.29	36	34	227.83
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	31	33	WR18	175.18	34	35	228.84
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	32	21	WR19	174.56	30	21	232.78
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	33	36	RB12	198.55	32	33	226.58
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	34	41	WR20	172.79	37	41	225.42
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	35	34	QB1	360.29	28	30	376.67
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	36	37	WR21	166.45	39	37	214.14
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	37	31	QB2	355.81	29	29	371.63
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	38	38	QB3	339.33	35	38	354.58
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	39	47	WR22	165.13	42	45	206.18
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	40	44	WR23	163.4	41	42	209.97
James Cook	BUF	RB	41	43	RB13	195.95	38	40	225.59
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	42	35	RB14	183.36	40	36	213.64
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	43	45	QB4	331.7	44	44	340.77
George Kittle	SFO	TE	44	39	TE3	131.84	43	39	169.98
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	45	42	RB15	175.96	50	43	197.24
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	46	46	WR24	150.03	52	49	185.83
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	47	52	WR25	149.29	45	56	192.7
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	48	48	WR26	146.18	55	51	183.38
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	49	40	WR27	146.05	47	50	188.72
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	50	56	WR28	143.27	51	58	185.87
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	51	66	WR29	142.93	54	74	184.02
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	52	54	WR30	142.92	56	60	180
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	53	49	WR31	142.62	53	47	184.66
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	54	53	RB16	172.82	48	54	200.87
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	55	61	WR32	142.42	58	68	179.93
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	56	58	RB17	172.12	57	57	197.22
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	57	55	WR33	142.19	59	55	179.8
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	58	51	RB18	171.66	49	52	200.36
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	59	64	WR34	137.28	65	73	177.73
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	60	63	RB19	168.5	62	63	195.16
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	61	57	RB20	166.99	61	48	196.71
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	62	60	QB5	302.47	46	46	322.35
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	63	78	WR35	136.66	68	89	173.71
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	64	59	WR36	136.12	67	65	174.73
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	65	68	WR37	135.99	64	69	177.87
George Pickens	DAL	WR	66	50	WR38	135.92	66	53	176.42
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	67	69	WR39	133.2	69	64	166.24
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	68	76	TE4	128.19	60	62	163.6
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	69	65	RB21	156.29	63	61	179.13
James Conner	ARI	RB	70	62	RB22	155.12	70	59	177.34
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	71	72	RB23	153.72	73	78	172.03
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	72	71	WR40	128.56	72	72	165.92
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	73	73	RB24	150.76	71	67	173.21
David Montgomery	DET	RB	74	70	RB25	147.86	76	70	167.34
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	75	81	WR41	122.94	77	75	156.18
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	76	83	QB6	288.69	79	71	304.84
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	77	85	RB26	147.41	74	76	171.01
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	78	80	WR42	121.7	78	81	155.34
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	79	82	RB27	146.33	75	86	169.17
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	80	92	RB28	146.32	94	97	160.96
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	81	89	TE5	118.25	80	88	156.64
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	82	86	WR43	118.06	85	94	149.34
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	83	79	WR44	117.64	89	90	146.73
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	84	75	WR45	117.3	86	82	148.77
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	85	67	WR46	115.49	91	66	146.65
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	86	94	WR47	114.32	93	84	146.27
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	87	96	WR48	110.98	102	108	141.77
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	88	100	TE6	115.4	81	80	149.81
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	89	74	RB29	151.19	90	79	171.54
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	90	99	QB7	285.57	82	91	298.94
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	91	93	QB8	281.39	83	83	297.45
Josh Downs	IND	WR	92	84	WR49	113.8	88	87	147.23
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	93	109	QB9	273.06	87	107	287.5
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	94	97	RB30	141.27	84	98	162.28
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	95	104	RB31	140.13	92	100	161.61
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	96	95	QB10	271.09	98	92	282.76
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	97	103	QB11	270.07	97	105	285.18
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	98	111	WR50	108.5	103	113	133.3
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	99	115	QB12	269.65	99	119	282.11
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	100	101	QB13	269.45	100	96	277.38
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	101	91	WR51	101.39	104	106	131.84
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	102	114	RB32	141.32	101	116	155.72
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	103	87	RB33	139.82	96	85	156.75
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	104	77	RB34	138.15	95	77	158.56
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	105	115	RB35	126.96	105	117	145.14
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	106	119	TE7	113.13	110	110	142.66
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	107	124	QB14	266.84	106	118	279.62
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	108	139	RB36	124.67	116	150	139.53
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	109	125	TE8	111.38	107	126	143.08
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	110	113	RB37	121.57	118	111	137.63
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	111	112	QB15	248.06	114	103	265.45
David Njoku	CLE	TE	112	120	TE9	108.71	108	112	145.91
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	113	105	TE10	106.73	111	102	129.54
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	114	108	TE11	91.17	113	93	119.37
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	115	127	QB16	265.62	112	124	279.35
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	116	134	QB17	265.59	117	127	279.67
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	117	122	QB18	254.64	109	115	269.27
Jared Goff	DET	QB	118	118	QB19	253.59	115	101	269.08
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	119	107	WR52	100.25	124	123	124.18
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	120	133	QB20	251.17	129	131	264.8
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	121	140	RB38	118.65	119	133	137.55
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	122	121	RB39	114.05	122	128	125.68
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	123	126	RB40	112.61	120	122	131.66
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	124	110	RB41	112.72	121	114	128.52
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	125	135	RB42	110.34	123	144	123.75
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	126	143	RB43	105.4	127	145	115.57
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	127	131	RB44	105.26	125	143	121.15
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	128	98	RB45	98.19	128	99	112.29
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	129	128	WR53	98.07	126	125	120.89
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	130	130	TE12	105.94	130	132	135.27
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	131	137	TE13	98.92	132	129	129.13
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	132	144	TE14	98.68	131	148	130.82
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	133	138	TE15	98.15	133	137	127.24
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	134	141	TE16	98.22	134	136	120.51
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	135	160	TE17	91.92	136	163	120.11
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	136	161	QB21	236.39	139	154	250.02
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	137	142	QB22	235.11	137	135	246.78
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	138	128	RB46	92.45	135	120	103.22
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	139	157	WR54	96.01	141	178	118.27
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	140	88	WR55	95.49	140	95	119.62
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	141	102	WR56	91.43	149	109	109.72
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	142	169	WR57	91.11	142	180	117.33
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	143	145	WR58	89.01	143	156	113.79
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	144	156	TE18	84.3	152	134	104.96
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	145	117	WR59	88.78	144	140	110.9
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	146	150	RB47	87.22	155	162	95.37
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	147	123	WR60	88.29	147	130	110.11
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	148	168	RB48	86.72	154	173	96.78
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	149	106	WR61	85.94	158	121	106.31
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	150	151	RB49	85.47	145	152	99.15
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	151	152	QB23	229.94	138	147	240.46
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	152	153	QB24	208.51	148	141	220.96
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	153	149	QB25	205.33	151	138	218.7
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	154	162	RB50	85.46	159	166	94.92
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	155	171	TE19	90.51	150	169	117.3
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	156	177	WR62	85.78	157	174	106.75
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	157	148	WR63	83.77	163	164	103.63
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	158	158	TE20	81.13	162	157	102.02
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	159	165	TE21	80.59	160	170	103.91
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	160	170	RB51	82.32	169	175	89.75
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	161	183	RB52	82.14	170	196	92.95
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	162	174	RB53	83.16	171	172	92.73
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	163	181	QB26	228.45	153	168	242.9
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	164	175	QB27	214.1	156	161	223.99
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	165	163	QB28	211.28	146	153	223.53
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	166	146	WR64	78.93	165	151	97.15
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	167	184	WR65	77.27	168	200	96.29
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	168	132	WR66	75.75	166	146	97.13
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	169	163	WR67	75.13	175	182	95.62
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	170	190	WR68	64.18	177	191	80.91
Darren Waller	MIA	TE	171	187	TE22	72.04	176	189	91.55
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	172	176	RB54	52.43	178	187	56.11
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	173	182	RB55	74.26	173	171	80.55
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	174	189	RB56	60.8	196	207	68.04
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	175	172	WR69	79.85	161	165	106.04
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	176	153	WR70	79.53	164	167	97.77
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	177	147	RB57	76.25	172	139	85.03
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	178	180	TE23	77.6	167	177	98.6
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	179	192	RB58	75.22	174	185	90.73
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	180	159	RB59	70.07	179	159	77.64
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	181	167	WR71	76.45	182	158	93.28
Elijah Moore	BUF	WR	182	227	WR72	75.09	181	248	94.05
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	183	136	WR73	66.35	185	149	84.12
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	184	201	TE24	75.26	190	218	98.09
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	185	204	WR74	76.61	197	232	95.47
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	186	179	WR75	74.81	183	190	92.65
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	187	206	WR76	74.39	186	208	96.08
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	188	90	WR77	73.14	184	104	90.56
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	189	213	RB60	69.74	180	183	74.92
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	190	200	RB61	60.64	195	210	71.22
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	191	208	RB62	52.93	209	214	57.92
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	192	203	WR78	73.5	187	201	90.54
Jack Bech	LVR	WR	193	155	WR79	64.92	193	160	81.22
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	194	210	WR80	64.73	188	219	82.33
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	195	194	RB63	68.67	194	197	77.35
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	196	186	WR81	37.27	198	176	46.49
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	197	248	WR82	30.76	199	356	39.4
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	198	202	QB29	139.06	205	188	139.89
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	199	173	TE25	66.24	200	155	86.74
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	200	231	TE26	77.3	189	311	100.53
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	201	211	QB30	141.3	201	203	142.56
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	202	199	TE27	71.82	191	202	91.24
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	203	205	TE28	60.98	206	206	79.3
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	204	188	TE29	69.07	192	179	88.13
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	205	216	QB31	133.73	207	199	135.73
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	206	238	RB64	60.54	213	230	65.37
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	207	195	RB65	53.76	214	181	58.07
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	208	207	TE30	68.72	202	198	86.39
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	209	185	TE31	62.75	203	184	80.09
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	210	214	TE32	54.09	208	213	70.17
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	211	261	WR83	68.81	211	318	84.97
Diontae Johnson	CLE	WR	212	234	WR84	59.14	219	227	76.04
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	213	209	RB66	61.76	215	194	74.36
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	214	266	WR85	56.61	221	271	68.93
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	215	222	TE33	53.2	210	223	66.91
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	216	222	RB67	56.44	216	217	60.68
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	217	198	QB32	86.62	212	192	87.2
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	218	197	RB68	49.8	217	205	52.5
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	219	191	WR86	61.42	218	204	77.22
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	220	193	WR87	54.95	223	186	65.51
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	221	231	TE34	55.56	224	255	70.52
Devaughn Vele	DEN	WR	222	254	WR88	56.57	220	239	71.67
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	223	166	WR89	52.1	222	142	67.39
Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	224	244	WR90	50.27	249	312	61.61
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	225	218	WR91	48.99	228	211	61.53
Brandin Cooks	NOS	WR	226	277	WR92	45.27	230	316	57.79
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SEA	WR	227	234	WR93	44.99	231	286	54.79
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	228	238	WR94	50.9	227	280	62.26
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	229	277	TE35	51.31	226	340	65.02
Jaylin Noel	HOU	WR	230	178	WR95	41.59	232	195	50
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	231	244	TE36	47.17	229	302	60.8
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	232	217	WR96	36.6	233	288	45.58
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	233	244	TE37	35.86	285	252	45.53
Terrance Ferguson	LAR	TE	234	220	TE38	34.56	286	221	44.18
Oronde Gadsden	LAC	TE	235	254	TE39	31.94	288	251	40.98
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	236	250	TE40	53.5	225	225	68.96
Cam Akers	NOS	RB	237	277	RB69	52.07	238	283	58.19
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	238	299	RB70	50.84	244	325	54.92
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	239	222	WR97	42.97	237	220	54.39
Savion Williams	GBP	WR	240	277	WR98	41.63	239	361	50.29
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	241	214	WR99	40.24	241	222	49.39
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	242	299	RB71	51.32	242	354	55.84
Demarcus Robinson	SFO	WR	243	266	WR100	39.32	243	263	49.04
Samaje Perine	CIN	RB	244	299	RB72	49.62	240	348	56.74
Tahj Brooks	CIN	RB	245	221	RB73	42.1	247	224	48.4
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	246	277	RB74	44.16	248	339	50.67
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	247	277	TE41	54.04	270	327	68.73
Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	TE	248	299	TE42	51.94	271	0	67.85
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	249	277	TE43	37.29	281	353	48.34
Will Dissly	LAC	TE	250	277	TE44	42.17	272	347	54.43

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