NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Chris Gimino (ChrisGimino) Data Updated: 2024-08-29 11:48:18

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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.

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 tools to help you get started.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	1	1	RB1	328.75	1	1	387.92
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	2	2	WR1	297.59	2	2	385.95
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	3	3	WR2	262.72	3	3	340.06
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	4	4	WR3	264.24	4	7	348.78
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	5	8	RB2	282.85	5	6	337.53
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	6	5	WR4	257.69	6	4	340.08
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	7	7	WR5	215.1	7	8	283.72
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	8	6	RB3	290.61	8	5	343.58
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	9	10	WR6	226.73	9	10	297.8
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	9	WR7	207.03	10	9	271.21
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	11	11	WR8	192.58	13	11	257.47
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	12	14	RB4	246.95	11	14	283.94
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	13	12	WR9	198.39	12	12	259.8
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	14	13	RB5	234.91	16	15	276.84
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	15	21	WR10	193.07	18	16	253.79
Deebo Samuel	SFO	WR	16	16	WR11	186.52	19	20	231.24
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	17	20	RB6	214.74	15	18	252.28
Drake London	ATL	WR	18	15	WR12	219.2	17	17	289.09
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	19	19	WR13	198.73	21	26	258.84
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	20	22	WR14	196.37	23	23	259.84
Davante Adams	LVR	WR	21	23	WR15	181.05	20	25	238.99
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	22	18	RB7	235.27	14	13	275.25
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	23	26	WR16	193.17	24	34	254.93
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	24	28	WR17	185.2	26	30	242.02
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	25	31	WR18	181.01	28	32	234.67
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	26	27	WR19	178.53	25	27	231.65
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	27	24	WR20	177.11	30	28	234.34
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	28	17	WR21	170.55	22	21	221.4
D.K. Metcalf	SEA	WR	29	29	WR22	173.51	27	33	226.51
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	30	35	QB1	359.87	37	36	378.64
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	31	30	RB8	205.59	29	22	231.33
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	32	25	RB9	208.77	35	19	246.2
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	33	32	RB10	204.98	33	24	236.25
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	34	37	TE1	184.31	32	40	244.22
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	35	33	WR23	172.95	34	42	226.81
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	36	44	QB2	347.39	38	38	369.28
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	37	43	WR24	184.87	41	49	244.46
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	38	45	WR25	180.03	45	51	237.32
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	39	39	TE2	177.94	36	31	234.81
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	40	36	WR26	177.7	31	39	237.8
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	41	41	WR27	169.06	39	45	224.02
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	42	42	QB3	348.7	40	41	365.27
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	43	40	WR28	169.39	42	35	225.78
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	44	47	RB11	195.56	43	37	226.22
Tank Dell	HOU	WR	45	34	WR29	180.62	44	43	235.22
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	46	48	QB4	325.97	46	46	340.54
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	47	46	TE3	158.58	47	47	214.76
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	48	51	TE4	153.57	50	58	198.14
George Pickens	PIT	WR	49	49	WR30	169.54	53	56	219.86
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	50	38	RB12	200.55	52	29	234.45
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	51	50	WR31	142.46	49	48	185.31
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	52	52	TE5	162.42	48	52	214.2
James Cook	BUF	RB	53	53	RB13	199.24	54	44	229.96
Christian Kirk	JAC	WR	54	53	WR32	162.59	58	61	214.12
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	55	58	QB5	326.29	56	65	339.01
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	56	62	TE6	166.82	60	63	224.08
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	57	64	WR33	169.07	55	67	225.11
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	58	61	WR34	160.75	62	70	206.65
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	59	60	WR35	147.79	57	66	197.26
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	60	57	RB14	210.93	51	50	252.09
Diontae Johnson	CAR	WR	61	67	WR36	162.71	75	74	212.85
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	62	56	WR37	139.85	64	60	184.37
Evan Engram	JAC	TE	63	76	TE7	134.27	69	71	186.19
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	64	55	WR38	140.42	65	54	174.53
George Kittle	SFO	TE	65	66	TE8	149.05	72	68	192.67
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	66	72	WR39	141.4	67	80	179.35
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	67	71	RB15	184.29	63	57	219.81
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	68	74	WR40	133.68	73	82	173.92
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	69	65	WR41	133.97	76	72	175.5
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	70	70	QB6	317.54	59	59	337.63
David Montgomery	DET	RB	71	68	RB16	196.1	68	62	223.37
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	72	58	RB17	180.78	66	55	211.1
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	73	63	RB18	167.2	61	53	192.13
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	74	77	WR42	131.24	70	77	168.99
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	75	82	RB19	191.15	71	73	225.56
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	76	69	WR43	130.9	82	77	169
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	77	81	WR44	136.5	85	84	175.85
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	78	83	TE9	147.35	77	79	193.33
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	79	89	QB7	311.86	80	83	333.69
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	80	79	WR45	134.13	84	92	173.6
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	81	98	QB8	305.55	83	88	327.08
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	82	72	QB9	294.71	81	69	308.35
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	83	84	RB20	187.87	79	85	223.42
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	84	90	WR46	126	90	95	165.76
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	85	95	QB10	281.67	89	91	291.02
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	86	93	QB11	291.08	86	87	308.05
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	87	94	TE10	105.6	98	103	138.59
James Conner	ARI	RB	88	75	RB21	168.42	78	64	197.44
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	89	78	WR47	117.64	74	76	148.42
Najee Harris	PIT	RB	90	80	RB22	156.21	93	86	177.45
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	91	96	WR48	132.52	91	113	169.23
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	92	91	RB23	149.51	87	102	171.37
Zamir White	LVR	RB	93	92	RB24	182.43	88	81	211.82
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	94	86	WR49	124.26	109	110	160.16
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	95	102	RB25	178.3	96	100	203.78
David Njoku	CLE	TE	96	101	TE11	141.86	95	96	189.1
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	97	110	RB26	178.81	92	112	210.59
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	98	97	RB27	157.03	94	89	180.7
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	99	88	WR50	106.56	97	98	137.87
Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	100	99	RB28	136.85	104	115	153.52
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	101	105	WR51	145.18	102	99	190.58
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	102	109	RB29	156.76	113	107	183.17
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	103	106	RB30	135.64	114	101	153.61
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	104	108	RB31	133.76	103	104	149.83
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	105	104	WR52	122.93	116	106	162.53
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	106	107	QB12	283.3	100	94	298.71
Raheem Mostert	MIA	RB	107	85	RB32	121.36	115	78	134.27
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	108	87	RB33	129.28	101	75	146.22
Javonte Williams	DEN	RB	109	103	RB34	135.13	99	90	157.48
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	110	118	QB13	288.9	105	116	305.09
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	111	112	QB14	287.18	106	105	304.82
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	112	113	WR53	115.91	121	126	150.45
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	113	116	TE12	118.26	108	119	158.6
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	114	100	WR54	107.35	118	97	134.53
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	115	120	RB35	118.15	112	122	132.12
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	116	116	WR55	107.84	119	132	141.07
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	117	125	WR56	121.12	117	133	160.99
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	118	124	WR57	110.47	122	127	141.89
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	119	111	WR58	104.83	120	121	132.81
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	120	122	QB15	285.98	110	111	306.39
Jared Goff	DET	QB	121	126	QB16	280.83	107	108	301.55
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	122	132	TE13	97.34	131	137	130.26
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	123	130	RB36	129.83	111	114	154.62
Gus Edwards	LAC	RB	124	120	RB37	131.9	127	124	145.71
Ja'Lynn Polk	NEP	WR	125	128	WR59	104.38	138	144	132.81
Rico Dowdle	DAL	RB	126	114	RB38	130.19	124	117	149.48
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	127	119	WR60	99.25	126	118	130.06
Gabriel Davis	JAC	WR	128	127	WR61	102.4	130	129	126.11
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	129	115	RB39	108.31	125	109	121.19
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	130	131	RB40	78.37	128	130	85.34
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	131	136	WR62	110.85	140	149	142.31
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	132	134	TE14	93.5	132	120	118.7
Nick Chubb	CLE	RB	133	129	RB41	93.86	143	123	102.06
Mike Williams	NYJ	WR	134	133	WR63	101.67	137	135	134.31
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	135	137	RB42	114.04	139	150	133.26
Kirk Cousins	ATL	QB	136	143	QB17	245.62	135	128	263.25
Ty Chandler	MIN	RB	137	138	RB43	119.4	133	143	133.42
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	138	148	QB18	235.9	134	134	253.89
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	139	139	QB19	232.53	129	139	245.68
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	140	141	RB44	113.3	148	148	123.69
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	141	149	RB45	97.09	144	153	119.24
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	142	146	RB46	122.57	142	140	140.32
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	143	145	WR64	95.74	160	152	122.55
J.K. Dobbins	LAC	RB	144	142	RB47	127.76	146	138	143.82
Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	QB	145	156	QB20	237.62	136	146	254.99
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	146	123	WR65	85.02	145	136	105.88
Josh Downs	IND	WR	147	147	WR66	88.4	151	158	116.78
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	148	159	RB48	116.45	154	166	129.75
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	RB	149	134	RB49	116.56	123	131	128.94
Deshaun Watson	CLE	QB	150	158	QB21	237.11	150	154	250.73
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	151	156	WR67	98.85	165	174	125.65
Antonio Gibson	NEP	RB	152	169	RB50	106.93	157	170	125.87
Khalil Herbert	CHI	RB	153	164	RB51	81.43	163	168	89.05
Jordan Mason	SFO	RB	154	177	RB52	86.07	172	178	94.06
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	155	153	RB53	66.81	161	161	72.6
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	156	176	RB54	98.6	153	181	113.41
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	157	160	RB55	69.96	159	160	78.62
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	158	166	WR68	94.97	166	171	121.91
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	159	154	WR69	85.6	147	142	111.53
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	160	173	WR70	86.76	162	173	110.74
Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WR	161	161	WR71	93.94	164	163	116.29
Geno Smith	SEA	QB	162	170	QB22	247.81	155	157	264.53
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	163	165	QB23	252.34	141	145	267.95
Will Levis	TEN	QB	164	174	QB24	222.42	152	164	233.94
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	165	187	WR72	80.88	185	204	103.72
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	166	167	WR73	64.34	181	188	79.61
Kimani Vidal	LAC	RB	167	181	RB56	57.38	176	177	64.87
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	168	144	RB57	53.73	179	151	58.16
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	169	162	TE15	77.5	173	182	99.72
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	170	151	TE16	81.01	167	141	102.54
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	171	178	TE17	80.93	156	156	103.88
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	172	171	TE18	81.41	158	169	105.4
Daniel Jones	NYG	QB	173	201	QB25	240.15	182	194	249.93
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	174	140	TE19	49.8	174	147	63.64
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	175	185	QB26	188.47	168	167	190.93
Sam Darnold	MIN	QB	176	184	QB27	220.84	178	172	231.91
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	177	172	TE20	65.09	169	165	79.83
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	178	188	TE21	48.31	177	184	61.68
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	179	175	WR74	63.11	183	179	81.32
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	180	186	RB58	53.1	186	191	63.04
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	181	150	WR75	75.92	171	162	94.45
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	182	168	TE22	76.36	187	189	97.27
Luke Musgrave	GBP	TE	183	152	TE23	73.21	170	155	93.33
Demarcus Robinson	LAR	WR	184	179	WR76	68.2	175	176	81.43
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	185	194	RB59	93.85	189	198	105.54
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	186	192	QB28	122.69	192	197	123.42
Dyami Brown	WAS	WR	187	200	WR77	49.46	197	205	60.42
Justin Fields	PIT	QB	188	198	QB29	34.02	194	190	34.35
Derek Carr	NOS	QB	189	205	QB30	209.59	180	180	221.69
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	190	191	WR78	57.4	184	186	72.16
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	191	206	TE24	61.37	206	241	78.75
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	192	193	TE25	78.74	196	199	96.85
Tyler Boyd	TEN	WR	193	202	WR79	70.95	190	193	91.39
Jahan Dotson	WAS	WR	194	155	WR80	68.31	188	159	84.72
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	195	196	QB31	227.92	193	185	240.09
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	196	190	WR81	58.22	195	195	74.78
Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE	197	197	TE26	63.44	199	207	81.12
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	198	218	WR82	55.69	201	201	69.95
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	199	189	RB60	57.42	230	196	63.06
Jalen Nailor	MIN	WR	200	210	WR83	39.96	200	227	49.1
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	201	182	WR84	56.62	191	187	69.78
Gardner Minshew	LVR	QB	202	222	QB32	200.22	256	203	209.86
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	203	203	RB61	58.44	216	218	64.02
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	204	199	WR85	54.2	213	219	66.95
Greg Dulcich	DEN	TE	205	214	TE27	52.87	204	213	68.63
Dameon Pierce	HOU	RB	206	204	RB62	56.08	203	208	59.56
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	207	239	TE28	68.51	215	291	87.39
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	208	217	WR86	37.39	209	237	45.75
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	209	215	TE29	61.29	198	202	78.96
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	210	224	TE30	44.16	238	215	58.54
Jonathan Mingo	CAR	WR	211	270	WR87	69.14	214	337	86.02
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	212	219	RB63	79.4	205	209	88.07
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	213	163	WR88	28.39	210	192	35.58
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	214	183	WR89	56.24	207	183	70.66
Alexander Mattison	LVR	RB	215	220	RB64	68.15	212	214	77.39
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	216	211	TE31	56.69	211	200	71.41
Jalin Hyatt	NYG	WR	217	224	WR90	41.85	218	234	51.48
Russell Wilson	PIT	QB	218	232	QB33	188.23	208	212	195.2
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	219	230	TE32	48.2	223	230	59.72
Kendrick Bourne	NEP	WR	220	243	WR91	43.94	234	376	55.18
Olamide Zaccheaus	WAS	WR	221	246	WR92	37.29	217	342	46.57
Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	222	233	WR93	57.3	236	269	67.2
Malachi Corley	NYJ	WR	223	194	WR94	61.69	221	216	77.28
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	224	207	WR95	60.7	224	244	74.97
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	225	253	WR96	62.22	220	243	78.18
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	226	220	TE33	39.06	304	268	49.48
Treylon Burks	TEN	WR	227	243	WR97	56.87	237	397	69.51
Josh Reynolds	DEN	WR	228	234	WR98	49.07	228	232	62.98
Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	RB	229	261	RB65	60.68	239	283	69.19
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	230	209	RB66	34.4	235	217	37.42
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KCC	RB	231	239	RB67	50.4	225	259	56.91
Johnny Wilson	PHI	WR	232	280	WR99	20.01	280	323	24.68
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	233	270	WR100	39.59	226	380	50.28
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	234	300	WR101	59.75	231	0	74.11
Kalif Raymond	DET	WR	235	227	WR102	56.58	232	312	70.1
Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE	236	180	TE34	35.07	219	175	45.87
Gerald Everett	CHI	TE	237	246	TE35	40.67	229	370	51.73
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	238	243	WR103	56.08	233	310	69.12
Hayden Hurst	LAC	TE	239	246	TE36	56.55	241	360	72.44
Jamaal Williams	NOS	RB	240	229	RB68	32.79	227	222	36.17
Nelson Agholor	BAL	WR	241	280	WR104	42.49	246	280	53.56
Kylen Granson	IND	TE	242	253	TE37	46.93	243	384	58.87
Brevin Jordan	HOU	TE	243	301	TE38	33.41	244	385	41.54
Xavier Gipson	NYJ	WR	244	280	WR105	27.29	288	321	34.77
Deuce Vaughn	DAL	RB	245	280	RB69	43.2	251	308	51.07
Miles Sanders	CAR	RB	246	270	RB70	42.83	247	318	49.38
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	247	237	RB71	20.96	242	316	24.7
Javon Baker	NEP	WR	248	227	WR106	38.37	248	250	48.17
Dylan Laube	LVR	RB	249	253	RB72	23.09	240	319	25.17
Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	TE	250	301	TE39	46.92	252	400	60.3

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