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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
CIN Joe Burrow 73.56 71.93 High 51-75 BAL 6 MIA 14 ARI 22 1-Ja'Marr Chase
58-Zay Flowers
26-Tyreek Hill
30-Marvin Harrison
24-Tee Higgins
115-Rashod Bateman
53-Jaylen Waddle
192-Michael Wilson
208-Andrei Iosivas
202-DeAndre Hopkins
261-Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
277-Zay Jones
192-Mike Gesicki
95-Mark Andrews
215-Darren Waller
25-Trey McBride
19-Chase Brown
14-Derrick Henry
16-Devon Achane
62-James Conner
PHI Jalen Hurts 69.35 68.71 High 31-55 LVR 25 WAS 21 BUF 18 17-A.J. Brown
73-Jakobi Meyers
41-Terry McLaurin
88-Keon Coleman
51-DeVonta Smith
158-Dont'e Thornton
65-Deebo Samuel
82-Khalil Shakir
261-Jahan Dotson
217-Tre Tucker
261-Noah Brown
137-Josh Palmer
141-Dallas Goedert
18-Brock Bowers
163-Zach Ertz
132-Dalton Kincaid
5-Saquon Barkley
13-Ashton Jeanty
110-Jacory Croskey-Merritt
39-James Cook
BAL Lamar Jackson 67.26 61.3 Mid 12-41 CIN 27 NEP 12 GBP 7 58-Zay Flowers
1-Ja'Marr Chase
69-Stefon Diggs
66-Matthew Golden
115-Rashod Bateman
24-Tee Higgins
147-Demario Douglas
81-Jayden Reed
202-DeAndre Hopkins
208-Andrei Iosivas
149-Kyle Williams
150-Romeo Doubs
95-Mark Andrews
192-Mike Gesicki
159-Hunter Henry
114-Tucker Kraft
14-Derrick Henry
19-Chase Brown
44-TreVeyon Henderson
23-Josh Jacobs
LAC Justin Herbert 66.1 67.44 Mid 115-139 KCC 8 DAL 30 HOU 3 20-Ladd McConkey
40-Xavier Worthy
3-CeeDee Lamb
8-Nico Collins
148-Tre Harris
53-Rashee Rice
42-George Pickens
118-Christian Kirk
187-Quentin Johnston
145-Marquise Brown
122-Keenan Allen
89-Jayden Higgins
277-Tyler Conklin
93-Travis Kelce
136-Jake Ferguson
219-Dalton Schultz
27-Omarion Hampton
70-Isiah Pacheco
133-Javonte Williams
102-Joe Mixon
SFO Brock Purdy 59.89 57.84 High 89-113 TEN 29 IND 20 CHI 17 60-Ricky Pearsall
52-Calvin Ridley
84-Josh Downs
49-D.J. Moore
74-Jauan Jennings
184-Elic Ayomanor
90-Michael Pittman
64-Rome Odunze
124-Brandon Aiyuk
234-Tyler Lockett
199-Alec Pierce
239-Olamide Zaccheaus
35-George Kittle
167-Chigoziem Okonkwo
91-Tyler Warren
109-Colston Loveland
7-Christian McCaffrey
72-Tony Pollard
22-Jonathan Taylor
68-D'Andre Swift
DAL Dak Prescott 59.03 61.27 High 92-116 MIN 5 LAC 10 WAS 21 3-CeeDee Lamb
6-Justin Jefferson
20-Ladd McConkey
41-Terry McLaurin
42-George Pickens
75-Jordan Addison
148-Tre Harris
65-Deebo Samuel
122-Keenan Allen
244-Jalen Nailor
187-Quentin Johnston
261-Noah Brown
136-Jake Ferguson
85-T.J. Hockenson
277-Tyler Conklin
163-Zach Ertz
133-Javonte Williams
83-Jordan Mason
27-Omarion Hampton
110-Jacory Croskey-Merritt

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