NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings

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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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