NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings
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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 and DraftKings.
Best Ball is a popular form of fantasy football with no roster management. Simply join a league or tournament on Underdog or 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 an 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 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 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Josh Allen | 76.93 | 71.47 | Mid | 24-48 | DET | 10 | NEP | 12 | NYJ | 31 | 57-D.J. Moore 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 19-A.J. Brown 40-Garrett Wilson | 125-Khalil Shakir 52-Jameson Williams 116-Romeo Doubs 171-Adonai Mitchell | 214-Keon Coleman 168-Isaac TeSlaa 195-Kayshon Boutte 144-Omar Cooper | 125-Dalton Kincaid 93-Sam LaPorta 152-Hunter Henry 163-Kenyon Sadiq | 11-James Cook 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 53-TreVeyon Henderson 29-Breece Hall |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 73.89 | 69.52 | Mid | 43-67 | NYG | 13 | PIT | 6 | HOU | 3 | 31-Zay Flowers 26-Malik Nabers 77-D.K. Metcalf 22-Nico Collins | 201-Rashod Bateman 198-Darnell Mooney 98-Michael Pittman 121-Jayden Higgins | 219-Ja'Kobi Lane 228-Malachi Fields 193-Germie Bernard 184-Tank Dell | 124-Mark Andrews 128-Isaiah Likely 194-Pat Freiermuth 167-Dalton Schultz | 17-Derrick Henry 43-Cam Skattebo 71-Jaylen Warren 48-David Montgomery |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 70.49 | 71.93 | High | 57-81 | TEN | 25 | CLE | 14 | DEN | 1 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 59-Carnell Tate 117-KC Concepcion 39-Jaylen Waddle | 34-Tee Higgins 112-Wan'Dale Robinson 154-Denzel Boston 84-Courtland Sutton | 241-Andrei Iosivas 187-Calvin Ridley 176-Jerry Jeudy 263-Marvin Mims | 206-Mike Gesicki 180-Gunnar Helm 102-Harold Fannin 216-Evan Engram | 16-Chase Brown 75-Tony Pollard 54-Quinshon Judkins 86-RJ Harvey |
| SFO | Brock Purdy | 62.6 | 61.27 | High | 87-111 | LAR | 8 | MIA | 28 | DET | 10 | 47-Mike Evans 4-Puka Nacua 181-Malik Washington 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown | 137-Deebo Samuel 51-Davante Adams 226-Caleb Douglas 52-Jameson Williams | 145-De'Zhaun Stribling 304-Jordan Whittington 247-Jalen Tolbert 168-Isaac TeSlaa | 115-George Kittle 179-Terrance Ferguson 177-Greg Dulcich 93-Sam LaPorta | 6-Christian McCaffrey 33-Kyren Williams 18-Devon Achane 1-Jahmyr Gibbs |
| LAR | Matthew Stafford | 60.49 | 62.09 | High | 92-116 | SFO | 15 | NYJ | 31 | ARI | 30 | 4-Puka Nacua 47-Mike Evans 40-Garrett Wilson 94-Michael Wilson | 51-Davante Adams 137-Deebo Samuel 171-Adonai Mitchell 68-Marvin Harrison | 304-Jordan Whittington 145-De'Zhaun Stribling 144-Omar Cooper 274-Kendrick Bourne | 179-Terrance Ferguson 115-George Kittle 163-Kenyon Sadiq 28-Trey McBride | 33-Kyren Williams 6-Christian McCaffrey 29-Breece Hall 25-Jeremiyah Love |
| DET | Jared Goff | 60.48 | 60 | High | 98-122 | BUF | 16 | CHI | 24 | SFO | 15 | 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 57-D.J. Moore 44-Luther Burden 47-Mike Evans | 52-Jameson Williams 125-Khalil Shakir 60-Rome Odunze 137-Deebo Samuel | 168-Isaac TeSlaa 214-Keon Coleman 274-Kalif Raymond 145-De'Zhaun Stribling | 93-Sam LaPorta 125-Dalton Kincaid 46-Colston Loveland 115-George Kittle | 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 11-James Cook 49-D'Andre Swift 6-Christian McCaffrey |
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