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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 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 |
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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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