NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-06-17 17:23:43

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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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