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Best Ball Stack Rankings Details & FAQ
This data is intended to help draft exceptional fantasy football teams for Best Ball on sites like Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.
Best Ball is a popular form of fantasy football with no roster management. Simply join a league or tournament on Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings, and draft 18 to 20 players per team. The software will automatically construct your best possible lineup each week of the season. Regular season league champions will advance in tournament formats to compete for huge cash prizes in the playoffs.
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Stacking in Best Ball is the act of influencing variance by selecting players who can perform well in tandem. As example, a quarterback and wide receiver have correlated performance because they both accrue stats at the same time. In Best Ball tournaments, the theory is that stacking best ball teams will increase your volatility and therefore your chances of reaching the highest peaks in a given week should one of your stacks perform well. Only the top teams advance, and receive the largest payouts in the final week.
We have curated the top picks from our Best Ball Rankings and created this table to help quickly identify players to target for your best ball stacks. Factors that we considered in making our selections:
- Overall projections including floor and ceiling
- Average draft position (ADP) vs. Performance expectations
- Best Ball format and prize award structure
- Opponent expected behaviors and tendency
- Playoff schedule and end game strategy
We offer up the rated list of stacks to target, expected range of the draft to target each player, and an assessment of the draft capital you must invest. Use this cheat sheet to quickly identify stacks to target in this season’s best ball drafts by balancing the projections and average draft position.
Glossary
- UDRating: The combined grade of QB projection, weighted skill player projections, and ADP for a stack on Underdog.
- DKRating: The combined grade of QB projection, weighted skill player projections, and ADP for a stack on DraftKings.
- Price: The weighted ADP score assessment of team skill players.
- QBRangeUD: The range of ADP to expect for drafting the QB.
- Week 16 and 17: The week 16 and 17 opponent for the stack.
- DefRank: The RG power ranking of the week 16 and 17 opponent defense.
- ADP-(POS): The ADP and player name for skill player in a stack by position
- ADP-(POS) (2nd and 3rd line): The ADP and player name for comparable week 16 (line 2) and 17 (line 3) opponent.
TEAM | QUARTERBACK | UDRTG | DKRTG | PRICE | QBRANGE | W15 | 15RK | W16 | 16RK | W17 | 17RK | ADP-WR1 | ADP-WR2 | ADP-WR3 | ADP-TE1 | ADP-RB1 |
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PHI | Jalen Hurts | 72.89 | 70.79 | High | 38-62 | LVR | 25 | WAS | 21 | BUF | 18 | 17-A.J. Brown 72-Jakobi Meyers 28-Terry McLaurin 80-Khalil Shakir | 44-DeVonta Smith 126-Jack Bech 67-Deebo Samuel 150-Josh Palmer | 273-Jahan Dotson 231-Tre Tucker 237-Noah Brown 108-Keon Coleman | 141-Dallas Goedert 16-Brock Bowers 166-Zach Ertz 137-Dalton Kincaid | 2-Saquon Barkley 8-Ashton Jeanty 88-Brian Robinson 41-James Cook |
CIN | Joe Burrow | 70.63 | 71.93 | High | 41-65 | BAL | 6 | MIA | 8 | ARI | 22 | 1-Ja'Marr Chase 49-Zay Flowers 27-Tyreek Hill 26-Marvin Harrison | 23-Tee Higgins 114-Rashod Bateman 58-Jaylen Waddle 176-Michael Wilson | 186-Andrei Iosivas 177-DeAndre Hopkins 264-Malik Washington 286-Greg Dortch | 173-Mike Gesicki 107-Mark Andrews 95-Jonnu Smith 22-Trey McBride | 31-Chase Brown 14-Derrick Henry 18-Devon Achane 69-James Conner |
BAL | Lamar Jackson | 70.03 | 65.02 | High | 24-48 | CIN | 27 | NEP | 13 | GBP | 7 | 49-Zay Flowers 1-Ja'Marr Chase 77-Stefon Diggs 78-Jayden Reed | 114-Rashod Bateman 23-Tee Higgins 180-Demario Douglas 76-Matthew Golden | 177-DeAndre Hopkins 186-Andrei Iosivas 121-Kyle Williams 159-Romeo Doubs | 107-Mark Andrews 173-Mike Gesicki 172-Hunter Henry 134-Tucker Kraft | 14-Derrick Henry 31-Chase Brown 63-TreVeyon Henderson 24-Josh Jacobs |
NYJ | Justin Fields | 63.7 | 58.39 | Mid | 93-117 | JAC | 24 | NOS | 31 | NEP | 13 | 25-Garrett Wilson 13-Brian Thomas 64-Chris Olave 77-Stefon Diggs | 261-Allen Lazard 42-Travis Hunter 112-Rashid Shaheed 180-Demario Douglas | 286-Arian Smith 208-Dyami Brown 273-Brandin Cooks 121-Kyle Williams | 179-Mason Taylor 157-Brenton Strange 215-Juwan Johnson 172-Hunter Henry | 37-Breece Hall 151-Tank Bigsby 61-Alvin Kamara 63-TreVeyon Henderson |
TBB | Baker Mayfield | 60.94 | 58.7 | High | 78-102 | ATL | 28 | CAR | 32 | MIA | 8 | 35-Mike Evans 15-Drake London 39-Tetairoa McMillan 27-Tyreek Hill | 65-Chris Godwin 87-Darnell Mooney 158-Xavier Legette 58-Jaylen Waddle | 93-Emeka Egbuka 219-Ray-Ray McCloud 192-Jalen Coker 264-Malik Washington | 181-Cade Otton 144-Kyle Pitts 202-Ja'Tavion Sanders 95-Jonnu Smith | 21-Bucky Irving 4-Bijan Robinson 57-Chuba Hubbard 18-Devon Achane |
DEN | Bo Nix | 59.7 | 59.06 | Low | 86-110 | GBP | 7 | JAC | 24 | KCC | 9 | 47-Courtland Sutton 78-Jayden Reed 13-Brian Thomas 30-Rashee Rice | 119-Marvin Mims 76-Matthew Golden 42-Travis Hunter 38-Xavier Worthy | 273-Devaughn Vele 159-Romeo Doubs 208-Dyami Brown 128-Marquise Brown | 110-Evan Engram 134-Tucker Kraft 157-Brenton Strange 100-Travis Kelce | 54-RJ Harvey 24-Josh Jacobs 151-Tank Bigsby 89-Isiah Pacheco |
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