NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-09-02 00:17:02

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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.

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PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	1	300	WR1	247.51	1	1	321.03
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	2	300	RB1	260.76	5	2	301.79
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	3	300	RB2	251.8	2	3	291.57
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	300	WR2	235.76	3	4	311.15
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	5	300	WR3	223.08	4	6	289.11
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	6	300	RB3	240.81	8	5	279.89
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	7	300	RB4	239.38	7	7	281.09
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	8	300	WR4	221.35	6	13	288.61
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	9	300	WR5	219.92	9	9	292.49
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	10	300	WR6	211.62	10	8	279.44
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	11	300	WR7	211.43	13	14	269.72
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	12	300	RB5	233.53	11	12	273.35
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	13	300	WR8	207.57	12	11	274.05
Drake London	ATL	WR	14	300	WR9	201.51	17	15	265.41
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	15	300	RB6	230.26	15	10	262.02
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	16	300	RB7	226.48	14	20	270.62
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	17	300	WR10	200.13	18	23	261.77
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	18	300	WR11	193.2	19	21	246.69
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	19	300	RB8	219.41	20	16	255.21
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	20	300	TE1	167.85	16	18	228.45
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	21	300	TE2	160.1	27	25	216.74
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	22	300	WR12	192.9	21	26	248.07
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	23	300	QB1	361.41	28	27	378.26
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	24	300	QB2	352.3	31	24	368.12
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	25	300	RB9	218.06	23	22	248.65
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	26	300	RB10	210.65	25	17	242.7
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	27	300	WR13	183.43	22	35	240.28
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	28	300	RB11	208.61	24	19	242.4
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	29	300	RB12	208.05	29	28	238.58
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	30	300	QB3	332.06	33	34	346.47
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	31	300	WR14	182.77	26	38	234.06
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	32	300	RB13	202.02	30	29	227.78
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	33	300	WR15	178.77	32	41	229.85
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	34	300	WR16	178.68	36	39	224.42
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	35	300	WR17	175.3	35	31	226.66
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	36	300	WR18	174.48	34	42	225.71
George Kittle	SFO	TE	37	300	TE3	133.65	38	36	173.02
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	38	300	QB4	330.78	39	44	340.36
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	39	300	WR19	172.38	42	49	215.25
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	40	300	WR20	170.67	37	30	221.16
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	41	300	WR21	169.44	40	37	218.11
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	42	300	WR22	171.82	41	54	223.15
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	43	300	WR23	162.7	46	56	211.82
George Pickens	DAL	WR	44	300	WR24	161.91	47	48	210.59
James Cook	BUF	RB	45	300	RB14	189.95	44	32	218.88
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	46	300	RB15	186.56	43	51	219.88
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	47	300	WR25	157.57	48	52	203.48
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	48	300	WR26	159.62	49	43	208.54
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	49	300	WR27	154.63	50	65	195.07
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	50	300	WR28	153.79	51	57	194.55
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	51	300	WR29	153.17	59	67	188.3
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	52	300	WR30	151.27	55	60	191.79
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	53	300	WR31	149.85	56	46	193.24
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	54	300	WR32	149.29	53	62	192.7
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	55	300	WR33	144.67	61	50	186.95
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	56	300	WR34	142.81	62	55	184.6
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	57	300	QB5	312.25	45	45	332.28
James Conner	ARI	RB	58	300	RB16	181.39	57	58	209.38
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	59	300	RB17	181.11	52	40	211.03
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	60	300	RB18	179.21	54	53	209.59
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	61	300	RB19	172.66	58	59	199.32
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	62	300	RB20	168.26	60	33	194.22
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	63	300	WR35	139.94	65	70	179.89
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	64	300	RB21	158.98	63	47	187.34
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	65	300	WR36	135.51	64	73	177.07
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	66	300	WR37	128.75	72	66	163.44
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	67	300	WR38	131.43	68	77	170.97
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	68	300	WR39	131.08	71	76	168.32
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	69	300	RB22	155.28	66	63	178.2
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	70	300	RB23	152.59	69	61	176.47
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	71	300	RB24	149.52	73	64	173.27
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	72	300	RB25	148.5	75	86	165.31
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	73	300	WR40	129.72	77	91	163.15
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	74	300	WR41	119.18	88	90	146.78
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	75	300	QB6	294.77	67	72	310.92
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	76	300	WR42	113.61	89	92	143.9
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	77	300	WR43	111.21	82	89	140.42
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	78	300	WR44	121.8	70	80	156.7
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	79	300	RB26	145.43	84	93	167.81
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	80	300	WR45	87.39	80	69	112.1
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	81	300	RB27	143.24	86	81	164.72
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	82	300	RB28	143.07	79	75	166.04
David Montgomery	DET	RB	83	300	RB29	138.79	87	71	154.27
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	84	300	TE4	115.95	78	68	144.75
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	85	300	TE5	113.87	81	78	147.86
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	86	300	QB7	287.07	83	83	299.77
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	87	300	TE6	112.49	76	84	146.79
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	88	300	QB8	281.69	85	79	297.77
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	89	300	TE7	111.62	74	74	140.8
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	90	300	QB9	274.2	90	101	289.91
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	91	300	QB10	273.34	102	114	285.81
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	92	300	RB30	127.97	97	94	146.16
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	93	300	QB11	269.44	101	111	283.21
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	94	300	TE8	106.87	95	97	130.1
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	95	300	TE9	108.74	94	95	142.91
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	96	300	WR46	110.24	93	113	137.78
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	97	300	RB31	123.52	96	100	142.87
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	98	300	RB32	120.2	98	85	131.1
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	99	300	WR47	109.74	92	87	139.18
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	100	300	QB12	268.37	100	132	283.39
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	101	300	QB13	267.8	105	98	278.38
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	102	300	QB14	272.28	104	121	286.15
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	103	300	QB15	268.39	103	88	285.42
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	104	300	QB16	258.77	116	108	265.71
Jared Goff	DET	QB	105	300	QB17	250.43	108	104	266.56
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	106	300	TE10	108.01	99	109	139.37
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	107	300	WR48	108.5	106	122	132.68
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	108	300	TE11	103.73	113	106	133.75
Josh Downs	IND	WR	109	300	WR49	108.3	91	103	139.95
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	110	300	WR50	98.85	107	118	124.64
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	111	300	WR51	97.58	117	120	119.74
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	112	300	WR52	94.48	112	129	117.9
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	113	300	WR53	93.99	109	96	121.6
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	114	300	WR54	89.97	133	117	111.57
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	115	300	QB18	261.54	114	124	275.68
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	116	300	QB19	261.11	111	127	274.88
Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	117	300	RB33	110.19	115	82	120.4
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	118	300	RB34	105.98	123	142	118.17
David Njoku	CLE	TE	119	300	TE12	100.66	110	102	134.99
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	120	300	QB20	249.71	119	128	262.69
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	121	300	TE13	100.03	118	130	130.89
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	122	300	WR55	92.96	131	150	114.61
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	123	300	TE14	98.84	120	133	129.25
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	124	300	WR56	89.16	136	0	111.82
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	125	300	RB35	105.7	121	107	118.03
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	126	300	RB36	104.94	138	131	112.66
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	127	300	RB37	103.9	124	156	116.46
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	128	300	TE15	100.57	143	154	131.13
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	129	300	WR57	63.91	142	151	78.53
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	130	300	RB38	108.17	139	158	117.05
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	131	300	RB39	103.21	137	146	113.97
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	132	300	RB40	102.31	126	123	112.6
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	133	300	TE16	89.92	127	143	115.27
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	134	300	WR58	90.47	144	116	113.48
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	135	300	RB41	98.52	125	138	107.5
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	136	300	WR59	90.09	129	155	117.37
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	137	300	RB42	101.93	134	165	118.62
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	138	300	TE17	88.6	128	125	111.33
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	139	300	RB43	97.75	122	99	113.46
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	140	300	RB44	82.01	148	144	93.02
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	141	300	QB21	244.91	141	152	260.01
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	142	300	QB22	235.11	130	137	246.61
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	143	300	WR60	88.39	152	157	113.01
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	144	300	WR61	87.82	154	153	108.87
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	145	300	QB23	232.04	132	149	242.56
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	146	300	TE18	81.19	150	162	104.52
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	147	300	WR62	85.57	149	147	109.55
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	148	300	QB24	206.89	147	148	220.26
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	149	300	RB45	95.22	156	167	104.57
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	150	300	RB46	91.8	145	140	101.73
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	151	300	QB25	211.73	151	159	223.53
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	152	300	TE19	72.93	146	145	95.86
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	153	300	RB47	90.33	153	173	101.97
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	154	300	RB48	90.13	140	139	102.11
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	155	300	RB49	87.65	135	181	104.23
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	156	300	RB50	87.11	157	112	93.84
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	157	300	QB26	214.26	155	166	223.83
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	158	300	WR63	82.5	158	186	102.66
Ollie Gordon	MIA	RB	159	300	RB51	84.21	173	134	93.35
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	160	300	WR64	68.99	159	187	88.05
Isaac TeSlaa	DET	WR	161	300	WR65	78.55	160	160	101.51
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	162	300	WR66	78.28	161	171	97.52
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	163	300	TE20	72.62	172	174	88.35
Keenan Allen	DAL	WR	164	300	WR67	74.68	164	105	94.75
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	165	300	TE21	72.19	170	170	91.88
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	166	300	WR68	74.43	165	198	94.13
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	167	300	WR69	88.37	174	163	109.37
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	168	300	WR70	74.15	167	190	93.51
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	169	300	WR71	73.27	168	176	93.33
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	170	300	QB27	212.41	162	164	224.57
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	171	300	WR72	64.71	169	169	81.44
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	172	300	WR73	79	163	168	104.66
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	173	300	RB52	84.07	171	119	94.45
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	174	300	RB53	82.32	181	126	90.47
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	175	300	RB54	81.53	182	233	89.73
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	176	300	TE22	65.8	179	182	84.33
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	177	300	RB55	81.38	186	206	88.02
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	178	300	WR74	63.02	184	228	77.61
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	179	300	RB56	78.72	180	115	90.91
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	180	300	RB57	73.12	183	185	81.22
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	181	300	RB58	71.53	178	161	80.58
Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	182	300	RB59	66.45	187	217	70.86
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	183	300	QB28	165.88	191	188	167.78
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	184	300	TE23	77.36	177	193	100.08
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	185	300	TE24	76.68	166	177	95.53
Chris Rodriguez	WAS	RB	186	300	RB60	62.54	190	184	68.72
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	187	300	TE25	75.42	175	201	98.42
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	188	300	QB29	202.3	176	179	212.98
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	189	300	WR75	76.61	188	202	93.65
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	190	300	QB30	134.78	196	207	136.78
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	191	300	RB61	57.42	192	286	66.85
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	192	300	RB62	55.16	193	141	59.49
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	193	300	RB63	40.54	185	192	46.23
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	194	300	TE26	57.55	194	208	74.58
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	195	300	RB64	35.4	195	178	38.91
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	196	300	TE27	73.34	189	180	93.03
Darren Waller	MIA	TE	197	300	TE28	67.36	199	197	85.15
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	198	300	TE29	62.64	198	211	79.24
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	199	300	WR76	62.79	200	196	80.6
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	200	300	WR77	60.21	201	183	75.28
Spencer Rattler	NOS	QB	201	300	QB31	113.97	210	232	114.78
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	202	300	WR78	59.09	203	205	74.01
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	203	300	WR79	52.66	206	136	66.45
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	204	300	RB65	58.88	212	330	65.7
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	205	300	WR80	52.64	209	195	65.33
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	206	300	WR81	50.82	211	189	62.87
Jo'quavioius Marks	HOU	RB	207	300	RB66	48.51	213	172	56.09
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	208	300	WR82	46.06	214	135	55.96
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	209	300	RB67	45.56	221	224	50.44
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	210	300	RB68	44.77	215	200	51.23
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	211	300	WR83	39.9	236	318	49.66
Joe Flacco	CLE	QB	212	300	QB32	83.19	218	210	83.46
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	213	300	RB69	62.39	219	221	68.96
Tory Horton	SEA	WR	214	300	WR84	39.7	202	194	48.84
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	215	300	TE30	71.62	208	213	93.16
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	216	300	TE31	69.45	197	374	89.8
AJ Barner	SEA	TE	217	300	TE32	67.17	239	399	86.97
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	218	300	TE33	59.55	220	324	76.56
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	219	300	TE34	64.63	204	215	82.07
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	220	300	TE35	64.28	205	212	81.5
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	221	300	TE36	60.13	231	368	75.7
Arian Smith	NYJ	WR	222	300	WR85	34.24	216	370	42.42
Jaxson Dart	NYG	QB	223	300	QB33	69.79	226	191	70.17
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	224	300	RB70	69.02	207	199	82.98
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	225	300	RB71	45.83	222	229	53.11
Sean Tucker	TBB	RB	226	300	RB72	44.82	223	227	46.69
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	227	300	RB73	66.43	229	258	75.19
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	228	300	TE37	54.22	227	231	69.68
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	229	300	RB74	33.87	224	209	34.84
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	230	300	WR86	55.82	217	371	68.78
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	231	300	TE38	50.53	228	226	65.93
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	232	300	WR87	56.83	225	344	69.61
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	233	300	RB75	26.23	234	387	29.92
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	234	300	RB76	58.05	240	242	66.16
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	235	300	RB77	55.43	242	238	59.09
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	236	300	WR88	52.82	237	223	63.51
Olamide Zaccheaus	CHI	WR	237	300	WR89	49.46	252	259	62.71
Tahj Brooks	CIN	RB	238	300	RB78	47.76	235	203	50.75
Noah Brown	WAS	WR	239	300	WR90	49.33	255	352	60.85
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	240	300	WR91	47.06	230	214	59.46
Parker Washington	JAC	WR	241	300	WR92	46.19	268	403	57.99
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	242	300	RB79	59.56	233	345	64.4
Van Jefferson	TEN	WR	243	300	WR93	54.86	243	322	68.1
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	244	300	WR94	53.06	246	332	61.89
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	245	300	WR95	47.03	267	204	58.71
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	246	300	RB80	27.34	248	331	29.72
Tez Johnson	TBB	WR	247	300	WR96	39.59	269	260	47.65
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	248	300	QB34	83.05	232	304	83.54
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	249	300	QB35	48.18	238	219	48.49
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	250	300	WR97	40.36	265	419	51.47

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