NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-05-24 14:47:47

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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 2025, 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
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	1	1	WR1	240.31	1	1	314.64
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	2	2	RB1	258.69	2	2	299.23
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	3	3	WR2	225.06	3	3	293.08
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	5	WR3	217.63	4	6	288.77
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	5	7	WR4	220.15	7	10	287.33
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	6	4	RB2	249.57	5	4	288.42
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	7	9	WR5	220.58	6	8	294.48
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	8	10	WR6	211.99	8	9	276.51
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	9	6	RB3	238.71	9	5	278.11
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	10	8	RB4	235.32	11	7	275.62
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	11	11	RB5	235.33	10	12	275.92
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	12	13	WR7	211.64	12	14	271.45
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	13	14	RB6	228.49	13	11	258.33
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	14	18	RB7	225.04	14	17	266.94
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	15	16	TE1	173.94	15	15	236.74
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	16	17	WR8	207.16	15	20	265.07
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	17	11	WR9	195.81	17	13	256.79
Drake London	ATL	WR	18	15	WR10	191.19	18	19	252.1
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	19	19	WR11	192.59	19	16	250.1
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	20	22	TE2	164.85	21	24	223.78
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	21	25	WR12	184.43	28	29	240.51
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	22	27	WR13	185.38	20	32	241.52
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	23	23	WR14	184.58	22	25	239.42
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	24	28	WR15	179.98	30	26	232.48
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	25	24	RB8	212.16	24	23	242.44
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	26	21	RB9	209.41	23	22	242.72
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	27	32	WR16	178.92	32	36	230.61
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	28	26	WR17	172.21	39	31	218.88
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	29	30	WR18	178.95	26	37	238.77
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	30	35	WR19	172.41	33	38	222.53
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	31	29	WR20	170.17	37	33	221.66
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	32	33	RB10	207.41	29	28	237.16
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	33	31	RB11	204.38	38	30	234.92
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	34	36	QB1	361.73	25	27	378.26
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	35	34	QB2	356.13	27	21	372.11
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	36	20	RB12	202.58	31	18	233.44
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	37	43	QB3	337.35	36	34	352.6
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	38	40	WR21	170.52	34	42	222.01
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	39	46	WR22	158.7	48	54	196.79
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	40	38	WR23	158.15	45	45	196.76
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	41	47	WR24	157.68	40	50	204.53
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	42	48	WR25	152.54	43	55	196.84
James Cook	BUF	RB	43	41	RB13	200.37	35	35	231.15
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	44	49	WR26	151.39	47	56	192.87
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	45	37	RB14	187.04	46	39	218.28
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	46	39	WR27	150.4	49	49	194.58
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	47	44	WR28	146.18	52	48	183.38
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	48	50	QB4	331.4	42	47	340.47
George Kittle	SFO	TE	49	52	TE3	131.84	41	46	169.98
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	50	54	RB15	185.15	53	51	212.64
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	51	45	RB16	183.76	54	44	206.53
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	52	53	QB5	302.31	44	41	322.35
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	53	51	RB17	176.32	57	40	202.3
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	54	61	RB18	175.83	50	52	209
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	55	56	WR29	142.23	51	63	184.09
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	56	57	RB19	175.18	55	53	205.06
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	57	58	WR30	140.13	60	66	179.28
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	58	59	RB20	170.79	59	58	198.52
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	59	70	TE4	128.19	56	59	163.6
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	60	60	WR31	139.77	58	70	179.7
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	61	42	WR32	138.43	62	43	173.9
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	62	62	WR33	136.95	61	72	176.06
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	63	64	WR34	136.77	66	75	177.34
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	64	65	WR35	134.84	63	65	173.27
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	65	66	WR36	133.43	72	71	167.55
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	66	67	WR37	133.2	69	61	164.68
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	67	63	RB21	163.02	64	62	186.51
David Montgomery	DET	RB	68	71	RB22	158.11	70	64	180.08
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	69	68	WR38	132.47	65	69	172.75
George Pickens	DAL	WR	70	55	WR39	128.99	68	57	166.34
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	71	78	WR40	127.48	79	91	160.3
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	72	72	WR41	127.18	71	77	163.46
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	73	77	WR42	122.86	74	82	157.22
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	74	79	RB23	156.01	67	80	181.68
James Conner	ARI	RB	75	69	RB24	148.77	73	60	170.56
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	76	75	RB25	148.57	77	73	165.92
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	77	85	TE5	122.75	76	84	162.39
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	78	80	WR43	119.34	80	78	150.78
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	79	87	WR44	119.16	97	110	150.91
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	80	86	WR45	117.27	82	81	150.41
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	81	74	WR46	117.13	87	85	148.6
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	82	98	QB6	300.59	78	88	314.13
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	83	84	QB7	288.69	81	67	304.84
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	84	83	RB26	147.1	75	74	170.54
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	85	73	RB27	145.09	88	68	163.75
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	86	82	RB28	144.99	83	83	165.73
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	87	88	RB29	139.37	92	86	156.45
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	88	90	QB8	281.39	85	79	297.45
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	89	94	QB9	270.77	99	94	282.44
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	90	103	RB30	143.89	84	95	165.05
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	91	100	TE6	110.66	89	76	142.85
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	92	95	TE7	108.11	90	90	142.96
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	93	101	WR47	115.47	93	108	151.46
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	94	76	WR48	105.19	102	87	130.12
Josh Downs	IND	WR	95	92	WR49	104.7	101	99	134.82
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	96	104	RB31	143.24	86	102	165.39
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	97	105	RB32	145.65	91	111	160.29
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	98	89	RB33	129.13	96	89	147.19
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	99	109	QB10	270.38	95	107	285.65
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	100	110	RB34	135.18	94	104	148.53
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	101	113	RB35	127.97	100	114	146.5
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	102	114	WR50	103.23	110	120	126.79
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	103	124	QB11	269.65	105	123	282.11
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	104	105	QB12	268.96	107	101	276.89
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	105	102	QB13	267.81	104	97	281.93
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	106	81	WR51	81.7	98	93	102.46
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	107	123	QB14	267.77	106	113	281.02
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	108	134	TE8	110.87	109	130	142.4
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	109	110	TE9	105.03	115	109	139.54
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	110	107	TE10	104.61	103	103	126.16
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	111	119	WR52	102.5	119	127	126.14
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	112	112	WR53	102.21	116	135	127.35
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	113	95	WR54	100.4	117	105	126.88
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	114	150	WR55	94.79	130	176	117.71
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	115	99	WR56	90.85	123	115	112.92
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	116	91	WR57	90.12	121	121	113.24
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	117	140	RB36	127.01	127	156	142.03
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	118	142	RB37	118.49	129	137	137.4
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	119	122	RB38	115.52	120	117	132.53
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	120	133	QB15	266.71	112	116	280.95
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	121	129	QB16	265.62	118	122	279.35
Jared Goff	DET	QB	122	115	QB17	254.06	111	92	269.56
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	123	97	RB39	104.07	136	98	118.69
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	124	136	RB40	103.32	134	138	120.05
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	125	131	RB41	102.62	139	124	112.92
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	126	125	TE11	103.07	108	96	128.9
David Njoku	CLE	TE	127	130	TE12	104.04	113	119	139.69
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	128	116	TE13	103.23	114	112	131.88
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	129	138	QB18	254.49	124	125	269.11
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	130	135	QB19	251.33	125	131	264.8
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	131	118	QB20	248.22	122	106	265.45
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	132	108	WR58	85.81	135	128	102.02
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	133	137	TE14	101.63	126	134	132.96
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	134	141	TE15	98.15	128	136	127.24
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	135	139	TE16	97.13	133	146	128.64
Jack Bech	LVR	WR	136	126	WR59	85.77	132	133	107.15
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	137	120	RB42	93.6	131	118	109.62
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	138	145	RB43	92.29	158	158	103.21
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	139	157	TE17	102.27	142	170	134.18
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	140	151	RB44	99.13	156	149	107.96
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	141	153	RB45	103.42	138	162	113.73
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	142	143	RB46	91.36	161	147	98.65
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	143	171	WR60	84.96	152	172	105.77
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	144	155	WR61	83.59	150	175	106.67
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	145	158	WR62	84.74	153	168	104.92
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	146	148	WR63	83.96	155	157	103.32
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	147	93	WR64	80.74	137	100	99.94
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	148	163	QB21	236.39	141	151	250.02
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	149	146	QB22	235.61	140	140	247.11
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	150	160	QB23	230.42	143	152	240.94
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	151	167	TE18	92.52	151	166	118.78
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	152	168	QB24	211.58	145	154	223.68
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	153	147	TE19	88.24	144	132	106.95
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	154	164	QB25	208.37	146	144	220.82
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	155	154	QB26	205.19	148	142	218.56
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	156	159	WR65	79.09	159	167	97.32
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	157	127	WR66	78.28	162	139	97.09
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	158	131	RB47	84.68	166	126	92.63
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	159	173	TE20	83.78	149	160	108.06
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	160	144	TE21	81.44	147	141	102.33
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	161	172	TE22	80.89	165	178	104.67
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	162	176	WR67	75.96	169	198	94.13
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	163	169	RB48	84.47	164	161	94.46
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	164	165	WR68	75.29	157	163	100.05
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	165	156	RB49	81.69	163	153	94.7
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	166	162	RB50	80.64	168	171	88.07
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	167	117	RB51	79.65	176	129	88.16
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	168	186	WR69	73.34	177	188	90.37
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	169	128	WR70	66.51	181	148	84.22
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	170	203	WR71	64.01	183	222	79.1
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	171	191	RB52	77.49	175	205	87.75
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	172	180	WR72	73.9	174	190	93.84
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	173	178	RB53	76.19	179	177	84.86
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	174	183	QB27	215.22	154	159	225.16
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	175	121	WR73	64.51	184	145	81.42
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	176	181	TE23	77.44	170	174	98.43
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	177	190	TE24	75.57	178	193	96.17
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	178	174	QB28	160.05	171	164	161.24
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	179	189	RB54	76.31	167	180	92.28
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	180	213	RB55	96.52	160	169	108.72
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	181	198	RB56	74.93	194	202	81.57
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	182	186	RB57	78.4	196	195	84.56
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	183	197	WR74	65.95	180	197	84.27
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	184	192	WR75	62.21	188	210	78.87
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	185	208	WR76	60.9	198	235	75.99
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	186	161	WR77	60.6	187	143	78.69
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	187	201	WR78	60.13	200	204	73.36
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	188	149	WR79	60.01	202	155	72.94
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	189	199	WR80	55.32	189	183	69.52
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	190	177	WR81	46.09	190	173	57.45
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	191	170	RB58	55.93	209	187	63.01
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	192	250	RB59	57.02	216	260	60.59
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	193	244	RB60	55.59	213	268	62.89
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	194	209	RB61	55.39	208	189	68.73
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	195	264	WR82	61.35	199	289	74.86
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	196	196	TE25	69.07	182	191	88.13
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	197	179	TE26	69.37	172	165	88.74
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	198	166	TE27	66.11	173	150	86.61
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	199	228	RB62	70.27	193	226	83.61
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	200	264	WR83	51.94	206	323	67.35
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	201	219	WR84	51.01	217	240	64.39
Brandin Cooks	NOS	WR	202	273	WR85	50.49	211	262	64.46
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	203	231	WR86	50.07	220	233	61.16
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	204	240	RB63	68.97	203	265	74.01
Devaughn Vele	DEN	WR	205	273	WR87	45.71	241	310	57.57
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	206	194	WR88	45.37	221	214	56.65
Diontae Johnson	CLE	WR	207	244	WR89	40.55	223	225	51.93
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	208	218	QB29	133.87	185	201	135.86
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	209	185	RB64	68.31	205	179	72.62
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	210	255	RB65	56.73	215	212	60.97
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	211	244	TE28	64.6	186	217	83.52
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	212	233	TE29	66.07	225	334	85.46
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	213	250	TE30	59	219	292	76.36
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	214	224	TE31	58.44	197	224	73.5
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	215	215	TE32	58.06	192	209	75.15
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	216	221	TE33	57.06	204	243	74.14
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	217	224	TE34	55.56	195	216	70.52
Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	218	249	RB66	49.49	226	257	55.62
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	219	188	RB67	49.17	218	211	55.95
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	220	184	RB68	45.82	210	192	49.33
Parker Washington	JAC	WR	221	264	WR90	47.44	240	311	60.04
Kayshon Boutte	NEP	WR	222	257	WR91	49.96	238	313	62.09
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SEA	WR	223	244	WR92	46.67	248	307	56.75
Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	224	231	WR93	45.56	242	275	55.8
Noah Brown	WAS	WR	225	237	WR94	44.85	244	282	55.34
Savion Williams	GBP	WR	226	250	WR95	44.3	251	309	53.43
Chimere Dike	TEN	WR	227	264	WR96	43.75	245	290	54.86
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	228	202	TE35	54.91	214	234	71.3
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	229	273	WR97	42.67	252	0	53.12
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	230	308	TE36	54.04	237	330	68.73
Will Dissly	LAC	TE	231	273	TE37	49.77	243	324	64.39
Jaylin Noel	HOU	WR	232	152	WR98	41.76	224	182	50.16
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	233	211	QB30	108.9	207	185	109.55
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	234	286	WR99	45.65	247	286	56.95
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	235	286	WR100	42.44	255	281	51.06
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	236	286	TE38	49.58	230	346	62.81
Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	TE	237	308	TE39	44.16	191	0	58.1
Demarcus Robinson	SFO	WR	238	264	WR101	39.32	254	302	49.04
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	239	264	WR102	38.77	256	288	48.12
Alexander Mattison	MIA	RB	240	286	RB69	55.83	233	261	59.86
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	241	308	RB70	54.37	235	239	59.28
Samaje Perine	CIN	RB	242	308	RB71	53.54	239	335	62.26
Elijah Moore	BUF	WR	243	257	WR103	43.69	249	267	53.92
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	244	224	WR104	39.9	257	256	49.69
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	245	244	WR105	36.55	261	271	45.67
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	246	210	WR106	38.45	259	219	46.99
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	247	286	RB72	49.14	271	276	51.96
Ty Johnson	BUF	RB	248	273	RB73	47.79	250	291	53.67
Mason Rudolph	PIT	QB	249	308	QB31	124.45	222	248	125.21
Dare Ogunbowale	HOU	RB	250	308	RB74	41.89	253	0	48.64

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