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 | "NM BJZA | LXZC." | W16 | 16RK | W17 | 17RK | ADP-WR1 | ADP-WR2 | ADP-WR3 | ADP-TE1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Josh Allen | 73.07 | 69.2 | Mid | 25-49 | CHI | 24 | DEN | 1 | MIA | 29 | 50-D.J. Moore 44-Luther Burden 36-Jaylen Waddle 174-Malik Washington | 132-Khalil Shakir 58-Rome Odunze 82-Courtland Sutton 179-Caleb Douglas | 231-Skyler Bell 270-Kalif Raymond 171-Pat Bryant 182-Chris Bell | 120-Dalton Kincaid 43-Colston Loveland 222-Evan Engram 189-Greg Dulcich | 9-James Cook 42-D'Andre Swift 89-RJ Harvey 18-Devon Achane |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 71.47 | 68.54 | Mid | 45-69 | PIT | 5 | CLE | 14 | CIN | 31 | 33-Zay Flowers 74-D.K. Metcalf 106-KC Concepcion 3-Ja'Marr Chase | 146-Ja'Kobi Lane 102-Michael Pittman 145-Denzel Boston 35-Tee Higgins | 212-Rashod Bateman 205-Germie Bernard 202-Jerry Jeudy 270-Colbie Young | 138-Mark Andrews 193-Pat Freiermuth 107-Harold Fannin 235-Mike Gesicki | 17-Derrick Henry 69-Jaylen Warren 55-Quinshon Judkins 14-Chase Brown |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 70.93 | 74.16 | High | 56-80 | CAR | 20 | IND | 19 | BAL | 18 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 41-Tetairoa McMillan 94-Alec Pierce 33-Zay Flowers | 35-Tee Higgins 129-Jalen Coker 85-Josh Downs 146-Ja'Kobi Lane | 270-Colbie Young 263-Xavier Legette 154-Keenan Allen 212-Rashod Bateman | 235-Mike Gesicki 211-Darren Waller 61-Tyler Warren 138-Mark Andrews | 14-Chase Brown 75-Jonathon Brooks 8-Jonathan Taylor 17-Derrick Henry |
| LAC | Justin Herbert | 62.8 | 59.6 | Mid | 72-96 | SFO | 12 | MIA | 29 | KCC | 9 | 34-Ladd McConkey 54-Mike Evans 174-Malik Washington 27-Rashee Rice | 70-Quentin Johnston 130-Deebo Samuel 179-Caleb Douglas 109-Xavier Worthy | 159-Tre Harris 99-De'Zhaun Stribling 182-Chris Bell 162-Cyrus Allen | 206-Oronde Gadsden 112-George Kittle 189-Greg Dulcich 125-Travis Kelce | 16-Omarion Hampton 6-Christian McCaffrey 18-Devon Achane 13-Kenneth Walker III |
| DET | Jared Goff | 62.63 | 65.51 | High | 101-125 | MIN | 6 | NYG | 16 | CHI | 24 | 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 11-Justin Jefferson 22-Malik Nabers 44-Luther Burden | 47-Jameson Williams 88-Jordan Addison 184-Malachi Fields 58-Rome Odunze | 208-Isaac TeSlaa 183-Jauan Jennings 270-Darius Slayton 270-Kalif Raymond | 91-Sam LaPorta 168-T.J. Hockenson 126-Isaiah Likely 43-Colston Loveland | 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 92-Jordan Mason 46-Cam Skattebo 42-D'Andre Swift |
| NEP | Drake Maye | 62.28 | 63.08 | Mid | 55-79 | KCC | 9 | NYJ | 30 | DEN | 1 | 19-A.J. Brown 27-Rashee Rice 39-Garrett Wilson 36-Jaylen Waddle | 119-Romeo Doubs 109-Xavier Worthy 163-Adonai Mitchell 82-Courtland Sutton | 226-Demario Douglas 162-Cyrus Allen 296-Isaiah Williams 171-Pat Bryant | 155-Hunter Henry 125-Travis Kelce 247-Mason Taylor 222-Evan Engram | 64-Rhamondre Stevenson 13-Kenneth Walker III 30-Breece Hall 89-RJ Harvey |
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