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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 240.64 1 1 315.13
Saquon Barkley PHI RB 2 2 RB1 252.27 2 2 292.2
Justin Jefferson MIN WR 3 3 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 4 RB2 249.88 5 4 288.89
Puka Nacua LAR WR 6 7 WR4 220.81 7 7 288.32
Malik Nabers NYG WR 7 9 WR5 220.41 6 11 294.31
Jahmyr Gibbs DET RB 8 6 RB3 245.01 8 5 285.38
Ashton Jeanty LVR RB 9 10 RB4 234.18 10 9 274.65
Christian McCaffrey SFO RB 10 8 RB5 234.09 9 8 274.48
Brian Thomas JAC WR 11 13 WR6 212.3 11 14 272.44
Derrick Henry BAL RB 12 14 RB6 227.61 14 12 256.85
Amon-Ra St. Brown DET WR 13 11 WR7 209.04 12 10 272.25
Devon Achane MIA RB 14 17 RB7 222.96 13 17 264.85
A.J. Brown PHI WR 15 16 WR8 207.16 16 20 265.07
Nico Collins HOU WR 16 12 WR9 199.08 17 13 261.62
Drake London ATL WR 17 15 WR10 194.85 18 18 256.76
Ladd McConkey LAC WR 18 19 WR11 193.59 19 16 251.26
Brock Bowers LVR TE 19 18 TE1 170.55 15 15 232
Garrett Wilson NYJ WR 20 26 WR12 186.75 20 27 243.34
Tee Higgins CIN WR 21 22 WR13 184.74 22 24 239.91
Josh Jacobs GBP RB 22 25 RB8 215.26 25 22 246.17
Bucky Irving TBB RB 23 21 RB9 209.41 23 21 242.88
Tyreek Hill MIA WR 24 29 WR14 182.81 24 35 239.2
Marvin Harrison ARI WR 25 27 WR15 178.44 30 31 228.99
Davante Adams LAR WR 26 32 WR16 179.53 29 34 231.37
Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA WR 27 31 WR17 175.18 32 32 228.84
Trey McBride ARI TE 28 24 TE2 164.19 21 23 222.63
Rashee Rice KCC WR 29 22 WR18 174.42 28 25 232.34
Terry McLaurin WAS WR 30 30 WR19 175.17 34 29 225.9
D.J. Moore CHI WR 31 40 WR20 172.79 36 40 225.42
Kyren Williams LAR RB 32 33 RB10 204.61 31 33 234.21
Chase Brown CIN RB 33 28 RB11 204.38 33 28 233.96
D.K. Metcalf PIT WR 34 44 WR21 173.12 38 42 223.91
Mike Evans TBB WR 35 35 WR22 172.56 40 36 222.84
Lamar Jackson BAL QB 36 37 QB1 361.73 26 30 378.26
Josh Allen BUF QB 37 34 QB2 355.81 27 26 371.63
Jayden Daniels WAS QB 38 41 QB3 339.33 39 38 354.58
Jonathan Taylor IND RB 39 20 RB12 198.17 35 19 227.86
Jameson Williams DET WR 40 43 WR23 165.46 41 45 206.35
Xavier Worthy KCC WR 41 39 WR24 154.5 47 43 191.79
James Cook BUF RB 42 42 RB13 195.95 37 39 225.42
Breece Hall NYJ RB 43 36 RB14 182.72 45 37 212.84
Courtland Sutton DEN WR 44 48 WR25 147.44 48 49 191.13
Zay Flowers BAL WR 45 52 WR26 152.52 46 54 194
DeVonta Smith PHI WR 46 46 WR27 146.18 60 51 183.38
Tetairoa McMillan CAR WR 47 38 WR28 146.05 49 44 188.72
Jalen Hurts PHI QB 48 50 QB4 331.7 43 47 340.77
George Kittle SFO TE 49 49 TE3 131.84 42 41 169.98
Jaylen Waddle MIA WR 50 53 WR29 143.56 53 58 184.03
Travis Hunter JAC WR 51 45 WR30 143.24 62 50 180.48
Jordan Addison MIN WR 52 62 WR31 142.93 57 69 184.02
Calvin Ridley TEN WR 53 56 WR32 142.97 51 59 185.43
Chris Olave NOS WR 54 66 WR33 137.53 63 72 178.41
RJ Harvey DEN RB 55 58 RB15 177.49 50 61 206.31
Omarion Hampton LAC RB 56 47 RB16 174.3 56 48 194.91
Chuba Hubbard CAR RB 57 55 RB17 172.83 52 52 201.87
Kenneth Walker III SEA RB 58 57 RB18 170.79 54 57 198.52
Joe Mixon HOU RB 59 54 RB19 166.9 58 56 190.84
Joe Burrow CIN QB 60 60 QB5 302.47 44 46 322.35
Deebo Samuel WAS WR 61 69 WR34 136.16 68 64 170.13
Rome Odunze CHI WR 62 61 WR35 136.12 66 70 174.73
Jauan Jennings SFO WR 63 63 WR36 133.43 69 66 167.55
George Pickens DAL WR 64 51 WR37 135.92 64 55 176.42
Jerry Jeudy CLE WR 65 68 WR38 134.23 65 67 175.31
Alvin Kamara NOS RB 66 59 RB20 166.99 55 53 196.86
Sam LaPorta DET TE 67 72 TE4 128.19 59 62 163.6
TreVeyon Henderson NEP RB 68 65 RB21 162.69 61 63 186.02
Kaleb Johnson PIT RB 69 75 RB22 157.2 72 78 176.18
Matthew Golden GBP WR 70 76 WR39 135.99 67 88 172.53
James Conner ARI RB 71 67 RB23 153.1 74 60 175.61
Jakobi Meyers LVR WR 72 71 WR40 128.56 71 74 165.92
Stefon Diggs NEP WR 73 80 WR41 123.87 73 83 158.08
Khalil Shakir BUF WR 74 79 WR42 121.63 78 77 154.05
D'Andre Swift CHI RB 75 78 RB24 154.34 70 75 177.58
David Montgomery DET RB 76 70 RB25 152.46 75 68 173.29
Chris Godwin TBB WR 77 64 WR43 118.12 83 65 150.21
Bo Nix DEN QB 78 97 QB6 293.91 80 91 307.45
Patrick Mahomes KCC QB 79 86 QB7 288.69 81 71 304.84
T.J. Hockenson MIN TE 80 87 TE5 118.79 79 85 157.37
Jayden Reed GBP WR 81 77 WR44 120.32 82 89 150.31
Darnell Mooney ATL WR 82 85 WR45 118.06 91 93 149.5
Aaron Jones MIN RB 83 83 RB26 146.94 76 76 170.39
Tony Pollard TEN RB 84 81 RB27 146.48 77 86 169.31
Jordan Mason MIN RB 85 95 RB28 145.65 89 107 160.29
Quinshon Judkins CLE RB 86 73 RB29 145.09 86 73 163.75
Baker Mayfield TBB QB 87 91 QB8 281.39 84 81 297.45
Kyler Murray ARI QB 88 94 QB9 270.77 98 92 282.44
Ricky Pearsall SFO WR 89 74 WR46 117.13 93 84 148.6
Cooper Kupp SEA WR 90 90 WR47 114.32 97 82 146.27
Josh Downs IND WR 91 88 WR48 113.8 95 90 147.39
Caleb Williams CHI QB 92 109 QB10 272.9 92 102 287.34
Najee Harris LAC RB 93 111 RB30 144.46 90 106 159.76
Isiah Pacheco KCC RB 94 82 RB31 143.83 85 80 165.92
Jaylen Warren PIT RB 95 99 RB32 142.75 87 94 163.75
Tyrone Tracy NYG RB 96 105 RB33 140.95 88 100 162.1
Brock Purdy SFO QB 97 104 QB11 270.38 96 104 285.65
Drake Maye NEP QB 98 120 QB12 269.65 100 118 282.11
Rashod Bateman BAL WR 99 113 WR49 111.14 102 113 136.71
Justin Fields NYJ QB 100 100 QB13 268.96 107 97 276.89
Jayden Higgins HOU WR 101 96 WR50 106.35 103 109 135.32
Brian Robinson WAS RB 102 89 RB34 141.15 94 87 158.68
Zach Charbonnet SEA RB 103 115 RB35 127.97 99 116 146.33
Michael Pittman IND WR 104 93 WR51 101.39 105 105 131.84
Justin Herbert LAC QB 105 125 QB14 267.77 101 117 281.02
Jordan Love GBP QB 106 128 QB15 265.62 104 123 279.35
C.J. Stroud HOU QB 107 137 QB16 265.11 106 125 279.19
Jared Goff DET QB 108 117 QB17 254.06 108 96 269.56
Trey Benson ARI RB 109 140 RB36 128.85 117 157 144.03
J.K. Dobbins DEN RB 110 150 RB37 123.37 118 138 139.88
Rachaad White TBB RB 111 142 RB38 118.65 119 140 137.4
Tyjae Spears TEN RB 112 132 RB39 112.75 121 132 131.8
Travis Kelce KCC TE 113 98 TE6 110.8 113 79 142.99
Ray Davis BUF RB 114 135 RB40 110.34 127 145 123.91
Cam Skattebo NYG RB 115 102 RB41 109.67 125 111 124.96
Rhamondre Stevenson NEP RB 116 123 RB42 102.33 134 124 112.63
Rashid Shaheed NOS WR 117 110 WR52 102.06 114 122 127.05
Tucker Kraft GBP TE 118 136 TE7 111.21 115 130 142.91
David Njoku CLE TE 119 129 TE8 109.09 112 119 146.91
Colston Loveland CHI TE 120 126 TE9 105.94 116 126 135.27
J.J. McCarthy MIN QB 121 133 QB18 254.49 109 120 269.11
Bhayshul Tuten JAC RB 122 121 RB43 101.17 129 131 116.13
Travis Etienne JAC RB 123 112 RB44 99.82 132 114 114.07
Marvin Mims DEN WR 124 122 WR53 94.63 130 127 116.95
Trevor Lawrence JAC QB 125 133 QB19 251.17 111 129 264.8
Dak Prescott DAL QB 126 116 QB20 248.06 110 108 265.45
Mark Andrews BAL TE 127 107 TE10 105.04 124 103 127.42
Tyler Warren IND TE 128 127 TE11 103.24 122 112 129.25
Isaac Guerendo SFO RB 129 145 RB45 91.36 142 149 98.65
Isaiah Likely BAL TE 130 144 TE12 99.93 131 133 122.85
Dalton Kincaid BUF TE 131 139 TE13 99.08 123 134 129.13
Jake Ferguson DAL TE 132 143 TE14 98.68 120 148 130.82
Dallas Goedert PHI TE 133 141 TE15 98.15 126 137 127.24
Evan Engram DEN TE 134 108 TE16 93.94 128 98 122.91
Brenton Strange JAC TE 135 161 TE17 92.26 140 168 120.45
Jonnu Smith MIA TE 136 114 TE18 90.69 141 99 118.86
Nick Chubb HOU RB 137 179 RB46 96.57 135 172 106.06
Tyler Allgeier ATL RB 138 151 RB47 96.19 136 163 105.11
Javonte Williams DAL RB 139 119 RB48 92.14 138 115 102.75
Demario Douglas NEP WR 140 177 WR54 92 152 183 118.67
Cedric Tillman CLE WR 141 154 WR55 90.25 137 166 115.34
Josh Palmer BUF WR 142 148 WR56 89.46 149 178 109.74
Luther Burden CHI WR 143 106 WR57 88.78 133 135 110.9
Alec Pierce IND WR 144 176 WR58 85.62 150 174 106.75
Cam Ward TEN QB 145 166 QB21 236.39 139 155 250.02
Keon Coleman BUF WR 146 101 WR59 83.57 159 110 99.46
Tre Harris LAC WR 147 103 WR60 82.89 154 121 102.41
Michael Penix ATL QB 148 147 QB22 235.11 144 139 246.61
Emeka Egbuka TBB WR 149 92 WR61 80.74 158 101 99.94
Xavier Legette CAR WR 150 149 WR62 83.93 151 160 103.79
Brandon Aiyuk SFO WR 151 84 WR63 81.7 153 95 102.46
Aaron Rodgers PIT QB 152 183 QB23 233.1 143 169 247.7
Bryce Young CAR QB 153 157 QB24 230.42 145 150 240.94
Mike Gesicki CIN TE 154 175 TE19 90.51 155 167 117.3
Pat Freiermuth PIT TE 155 164 TE20 90.46 156 162 115.26
Geno Smith LVR QB 156 163 QB25 211.28 146 152 223.53
Matthew Stafford LAR QB 157 160 QB26 208.37 147 144 220.82
Tua Tagovailoa MIA QB 158 152 QB27 205.19 148 142 218.7
Tyler Conklin LAC TE 159 230 TE21 82.18 157 334 107.19
Kyle Pitts ATL TE 160 155 TE22 81.13 169 158 102.02
Miles Sanders DAL RB 161 195 RB49 84.04 166 208 95.14
Jaylen Wright MIA RB 162 170 RB50 83.73 172 171 92.88
Rico Dowdle CAR RB 163 174 RB51 83.64 167 170 93.38
Sam Darnold SEA QB 164 181 QB28 214.1 164 164 223.99
Braelon Allen NYJ RB 165 168 RB52 81.98 178 175 89.42
Austin Ekeler WAS RB 166 156 RB53 82.63 163 151 95.51
Jalen McMillan TBB WR 167 158 WR64 77.64 162 154 94.8
Romeo Doubs GBP WR 168 159 WR65 78.05 161 165 96.29
Dont'e Thornton LVR WR 169 218 WR66 75.92 160 230 96.62
Wan'Dale Robinson NYG WR 170 169 WR67 75.29 165 161 100.05
Michael Wilson ARI WR 171 178 WR68 74.81 173 190 92.65
Christian Kirk HOU WR 172 124 WR69 74.58 174 128 92.56
Andrei Iosivas CIN WR 173 198 WR70 73.5 175 195 90.54
Elijah Moore BUF WR 174 231 WR71 74.2 170 269 92.72
Pat Bryant DEN WR 175 166 WR72 69.77 179 181 88.38
Hunter Henry NEP TE 176 171 TE23 80.59 168 173 103.91
Cade Otton TBB TE 177 183 TE24 77.6 171 180 98.6
Ja'Tavion Sanders CAR TE 178 201 TE25 75.26 176 223 98.09
Kareem Hunt KCC RB 179 213 RB54 79.91 181 182 88.1
Blake Corum LAR RB 180 205 RB55 78.4 189 210 84.38
Justice Hill BAL RB 181 186 RB56 75.38 177 184 90.89
Jaydon Blue DAL RB 182 138 RB57 75.26 190 136 83.87
Tank Bigsby JAC RB 183 153 RB58 71.48 191 159 79.05
DJ Giddens IND RB 184 187 RB59 60.8 209 205 68.04
Dyami Brown JAC WR 185 189 WR73 66.63 180 204 82.86
Tyler Lockett TEN WR 186 203 WR74 66.37 192 203 84.83
Quentin Johnston LAC WR 187 146 WR75 65.61 183 156 80.58
Jalen Coker CAR WR 188 199 WR76 64.73 193 215 82.33
Kyle Williams NEP WR 189 118 WR77 64.34 182 143 81.25
KaVontae Turpin DAL WR 190 265 WR78 64.32 202 262 79.01
Tutu Atwell LAR WR 191 206 WR79 64.17 195 229 79.26
Marquise Brown KCC WR 192 131 WR80 63.22 184 147 79.8
Elic Ayomanor TEN WR 193 224 WR81 55.65 197 201 69.86
Jack Bech LVR WR 194 130 WR82 52.71 200 141 66.14
MarShawn Lloyd GBP RB 195 196 RB60 68.51 196 196 77.2
Zach Ertz WAS TE 196 173 TE26 66.24 187 153 86.74
Dalton Schultz HOU TE 197 191 TE27 69.43 186 194 88.19
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine MIA WR 198 253 WR83 67.89 213 287 83.59
Calvin Austin PIT WR 199 194 WR84 67.53 194 192 81.65
Adam Thielen CAR WR 200 165 WR85 52.1 199 146 67.39
Dylan Sampson CLE RB 201 202 RB61 68.14 201 193 72.46
Roschon Johnson CHI RB 202 162 RB62 66.14 198 176 75.73
Daniel Jones IND QB 203 193 QB29 139.06 208 185 139.89
Will Shipley PHI RB 204 179 RB63 52.43 212 187 56.11
Raheem Mostert LVR RB 205 225 RB64 56.44 211 217 60.68
Devin Neal NOS RB 206 222 RB65 60.54 210 216 65.37
Jerome Ford CLE RB 207 214 RB66 55.39 207 199 68.43
Diontae Johnson CLE WR 208 258 WR86 41.16 203 247 52.85
DeAndre Hopkins BAL WR 209 182 WR87 39.28 205 177 48.9
Tyler Shough NOS QB 210 210 QB30 141.3 206 197 142.56
Russell Wilson NYG QB 211 219 QB31 133.87 218 198 135.73
Anthony Richardson IND QB 212 200 QB32 86.62 217 191 87.2
Chigoziem Okonkwo TEN TE 213 197 TE28 69.07 185 189 88.29
Mason Taylor NYJ TE 214 185 TE29 62.75 188 179 80.09
Noah Gray KCC TE 215 221 TE30 58.44 216 224 73.5
Juwan Johnson NOS TE 216 204 TE31 58.06 214 200 75.15
Theo Johnson NYG TE 217 215 TE32 56.9 215 214 73.97
Tyler Higbee LAR TE 218 258 TE33 56.09 221 228 72.42
Elijah Arroyo SEA TE 219 228 TE34 55.56 222 225 70.52
Noah Fant SEA TE 220 279 TE35 54.04 223 350 68.73
Harold Fannin CLE TE 221 237 TE36 52.36 225 298 67.77
Will Dissly LAC TE 222 279 TE37 41.16 227 349 53.02
Jeremy Ruckert NYJ TE 223 304 TE38 51.94 224 0 67.85
Dawson Knox BUF TE 224 304 TE39 51.47 226 294 65.17
Alexander Mattison MIA RB 225 304 RB67 54.8 230 321 58.68
Samaje Perine CIN RB 226 304 RB68 49.62 235 295 56.74
Kyle Monangai CHI RB 227 244 RB69 42.26 258 270 43.53
Jordan Whittington LAR WR 228 247 WR88 30.93 264 329 39.56
Devaughn Vele DEN WR 229 237 WR89 56.9 220 240 71.83
Mike Williams LAC WR 230 244 WR90 51.84 231 264 63.21
Tre Tucker LVR WR 231 247 WR91 50.27 233 323 61.61
Brandin Cooks NOS WR 232 279 WR92 50.2 229 331 64.17
Darius Slayton NYG WR 233 192 WR93 45.37 234 207 56.65
Marquez Valdes-Scantling SEA WR 234 243 WR94 44.99 241 341 54.79
Ray-Ray McCloud ATL WR 235 220 WR95 42.97 243 226 54.39
Jaylin Noel HOU WR 236 172 WR96 41.92 204 186 50.33
Michael Mayer LVR TE 237 279 TE40 37.29 285 291 48.34
Cam Akers NOS RB 238 279 RB70 52.07 232 293 58.19
Terrance Ferguson LAR TE 239 212 TE41 36.13 287 206 46.53
Josh Reynolds NYJ WR 240 258 WR97 38.31 247 281 47.96
Cole Kmet CHI TE 241 232 TE42 35.86 288 244 45.53
Adonai Mitchell IND WR 242 207 WR98 36.45 249 271 45.58
Greg Dortch ARI WR 243 279 WR99 45.03 236 282 56.07
Roman Wilson PIT WR 244 215 WR100 44.77 239 236 54.88
Chimere Dike TEN WR 245 279 WR101 44.09 238 343 55.19
Savion Williams GBP WR 246 274 WR102 41.47 244 310 50.13
Austin Hooper NEP TE 247 304 TE43 40.82 275 300 52.36
Dontayvion Wicks GBP WR 248 211 WR103 40.09 245 222 49.09
Josh Oliver MIN TE 249 304 TE44 40.55 277 316 52.26
Emanuel Wilson GBP RB 250 274 RB71 55.2 228 342 59.73

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