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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.

If you don’t already have an Underdog account, check out our Underdog Fantasy promo code to help kickstart your best ball summer.

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
PHI Jalen Hurts 72.89 70.79 High 38-62 LVR 25 WAS 21 BUF 18 17-A.J. Brown
73-Jakobi Meyers
28-Terry McLaurin
80-Khalil Shakir
45-DeVonta Smith
126-Jack Bech
67-Deebo Samuel
152-Josh Palmer
276-Jahan Dotson
235-Tre Tucker
251-Noah Brown
108-Keon Coleman
141-Dallas Goedert
15-Brock Bowers
165-Zach Ertz
136-Dalton Kincaid
2-Saquon Barkley
8-Ashton Jeanty
88-Brian Robinson
42-James Cook
CIN Joe Burrow 70.63 71.93 High 41-65 BAL 6 MIA 8 ARI 22 1-Ja'Marr Chase
47-Zay Flowers
27-Tyreek Hill
26-Marvin Harrison
23-Tee Higgins
117-Rashod Bateman
58-Jaylen Waddle
175-Michael Wilson
189-Andrei Iosivas
179-DeAndre Hopkins
265-Malik Washington
283-Greg Dortch
173-Mike Gesicki
107-Mark Andrews
95-Jonnu Smith
21-Trey McBride
31-Chase Brown
14-Derrick Henry
18-Devon Achane
70-James Conner
BAL Lamar Jackson 68.54 66.46 High 24-48 CIN 27 NEP 13 GBP 7 47-Zay Flowers
1-Ja'Marr Chase
77-Stefon Diggs
79-Jayden Reed
117-Rashod Bateman
23-Tee Higgins
183-Demario Douglas
74-Matthew Golden
179-DeAndre Hopkins
189-Andrei Iosivas
122-Kyle Williams
161-Romeo Doubs
107-Mark Andrews
173-Mike Gesicki
171-Hunter Henry
135-Tucker Kraft
14-Derrick Henry
31-Chase Brown
61-TreVeyon Henderson
24-Josh Jacobs
NYJ Justin Fields 62.89 54.35 Low 92-116 JAC 24 NOS 31 NEP 13 25-Garrett Wilson
12-Brian Thomas
63-Chris Olave
77-Stefon Diggs
276-Arian Smith
40-Travis Hunter
115-Rashid Shaheed
183-Demario Douglas
260-Allen Lazard
216-Dyami Brown
269-Brandin Cooks
122-Kyle Williams
176-Mason Taylor
156-Brenton Strange
217-Juwan Johnson
171-Hunter Henry
37-Breece Hall
150-Tank Bigsby
61-Alvin Kamara
61-TreVeyon Henderson
TBB Baker Mayfield 61.62 62.26 High 77-101 ATL 28 CAR 32 MIA 8 35-Mike Evans
16-Drake London
39-Tetairoa McMillan
27-Tyreek Hill
65-Chris Godwin
87-Darnell Mooney
158-Xavier Legette
58-Jaylen Waddle
92-Emeka Egbuka
227-Ray-Ray McCloud
192-Jalen Coker
265-Malik Washington
182-Cade Otton
145-Kyle Pitts
202-Ja'Tavion Sanders
95-Jonnu Smith
22-Bucky Irving
4-Bijan Robinson
57-Chuba Hubbard
18-Devon Achane
BUF Josh Allen 60 57.92 Low 22-46 NEP 13 CLE 15 PHI 1 80-Khalil Shakir
77-Stefon Diggs
68-Jerry Jeudy
17-A.J. Brown
152-Josh Palmer
183-Demario Douglas
154-Cedric Tillman
45-DeVonta Smith
108-Keon Coleman
122-Kyle Williams
239-Diontae Johnson
276-Jahan Dotson
136-Dalton Kincaid
171-Hunter Henry
129-David Njoku
141-Dallas Goedert
42-James Cook
61-TreVeyon Henderson
72-Quinshon Judkins
2-Saquon Barkley

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