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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
SFO Brock Purdy 76.02 57.84 Low 200+ TEN 29 IND 20 CHI 17 -Ricky Pearsall
-Calvin Ridley
-Josh Downs
-D.J. Moore
-Jauan Jennings
-Elic Ayomanor
-Michael Pittman
-Rome Odunze
250-Brandon Aiyuk
250-Tyler Lockett
250-Alec Pierce
250-Olamide Zaccheaus
250-George Kittle
250-Chigoziem Okonkwo
250-Tyler Warren
250-Colston Loveland
-Christian McCaffrey
250-Tony Pollard
250-Jonathan Taylor
250-D'Andre Swift
CIN Joe Burrow 75.16 71.93 High 200+ BAL 6 MIA 14 ARI 22 -Ja'Marr Chase
-Zay Flowers
-Tyreek Hill
-Marvin Harrison
-Tee Higgins
-Rashod Bateman
-Jaylen Waddle
-Michael Wilson
250-Andrei Iosivas
250-DeAndre Hopkins
250-Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
250-Zay Jones
250-Mike Gesicki
250-Mark Andrews
250-Darren Waller
250-Trey McBride
-Chase Brown
250-Derrick Henry
250-Devon Achane
250-James Conner
BAL Lamar Jackson 68.89 60.47 Mid 200+ CIN 27 NEP 12 GBP 7 -Zay Flowers
-Ja'Marr Chase
-Stefon Diggs
-Matthew Golden
-Rashod Bateman
-Tee Higgins
-Demario Douglas
-Jayden Reed
250-DeAndre Hopkins
250-Andrei Iosivas
250-Kyle Williams
250-Romeo Doubs
250-Mark Andrews
250-Mike Gesicki
250-Hunter Henry
250-Tucker Kraft
-Derrick Henry
250-Chase Brown
250-TreVeyon Henderson
250-Josh Jacobs
PHI Jalen Hurts 68.53 68.71 High 200+ LVR 25 WAS 21 BUF 18 -A.J. Brown
-Jakobi Meyers
-Terry McLaurin
-Keon Coleman
-DeVonta Smith
-Dont'e Thornton
-Deebo Samuel
-Khalil Shakir
250-Jahan Dotson
250-Tre Tucker
250-Noah Brown
250-Josh Palmer
250-Dallas Goedert
250-Brock Bowers
250-Zach Ertz
250-Dalton Kincaid
-Saquon Barkley
250-Ashton Jeanty
250-Jacory Croskey-Merritt
250-James Cook
ARI Kyler Murray 67.59 57.38 Low 200+ HOU 3 ATL 28 CIN 27 -Marvin Harrison
-Nico Collins
-Drake London
-Ja'Marr Chase
-Michael Wilson
-Christian Kirk
-Darnell Mooney
-Tee Higgins
250-Zay Jones
250-Jayden Higgins
250-Ray-Ray McCloud
250-Andrei Iosivas
250-Trey McBride
250-Dalton Schultz
250-Kyle Pitts
250-Mike Gesicki
-James Conner
250-Joe Mixon
250-Bijan Robinson
250-Chase Brown
DET Jared Goff 66.61 57.12 Mid 200+ LAR 26 PIT 4 MIN 5 -Amon-Ra St. Brown
-Puka Nacua
-D.K. Metcalf
-Justin Jefferson
-Jameson Williams
-Davante Adams
-Calvin Austin
-Jordan Addison
250-Isaac TeSlaa
250-Tutu Atwell
250-Roman Wilson
250-Jalen Nailor
250-Sam LaPorta
250-Tyler Higbee
250-Jonnu Smith
250-T.J. Hockenson
-Jahmyr Gibbs
250-Kyren Williams
250-Jaylen Warren
250-Jordan Mason

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