NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-08-06 03:20:40

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These rankings are for the Best Ball fantasy football format available on Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.

Best Ball is a wildly popular form of fantasy football that requires no roster management. Simply join one of the available tournaments on DraftKings or Underdog Fantasy, and draft your favorite 18 to 20 players from the available options. Each week the software will automatically construct your best possible lineup on your behalf with no additional action required. The regular season champions of each 12-player league will advance in the tournament to compete for huge cash prizes in the final rounds.

Here at RotoGrinders, we use our decades of combined fantasy football and data science experience to create a statistical fantasy football model for projecting future performance.

Our team accomplishes accurate best ball rankings for fantasy football by using millions of data points that include but are not limited to:

Historical player usage: targets, touches, and opportunity
Play calling tendency including situational run vs. pass ratios
Route participation
Pass rate over expectation data
Coaching changes and tendency
Offensive line performance metrics
Defensive line performance metrics
Turnover and penalty data
Pace and play volume data
Scoring and drive efficiency data
Passing depth and efficiency
Receiving depth and efficiency
QB designed vs. scrambling yards
Age and Injury history
Positional rushing, target, and touchdown distributions
Alignment and personnel usage data
Opponent schedule and strength of competition

This information is the backbone of our projections, but because of the speculative nature of the NFL each season, we must apply our own expertise in finalizing the inputs that formulate the Underdog Best Ball rankings and DraftKings Best Ball rankings. We have a team of data science and fantasy football experts that consider all factors when ranking players. NFL player projections are the spine of the rankings, but important elements like upside potential and position scarcity are also included in the analysis. We test our NFL Best Ball rankings to ensure the results match the intentions.

You can click here to find our favorite picks from the NFL Best Ball Rankings for fantasy football 2025. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

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PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	1	1	WR1	246.7	1	1	322.01
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	2	4	RB1	252.27	2	3	292.04
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	3	2	RB2	246.15	6	2	284.38
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	4	8	WR2	233.05	5	8	304.2
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	5	3	WR3	224.24	3	6	291.76
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	6	4	WR4	222.04	4	4	292.54
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	7	9	WR5	217.43	8	9	290.01
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	8	6	RB3	239.68	7	5	280.21
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	9	7	RB4	234.02	9	7	274.78
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	10	12	RB5	234.34	10	12	274.32
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	11	10	WR6	207.82	11	11	274.21
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	12	13	WR7	207.4	12	14	264.24
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	13	14	RB6	218.14	14	15	262.77
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	14	11	WR8	206.26	13	10	270.13
Drake London	ATL	WR	15	16	WR9	202.18	17	16	266.57
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	16	17	WR10	189.9	18	18	241.5
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	17	15	RB7	225.54	19	13	255.37
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	18	18	WR11	188.48	16	19	245.28
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	19	19	TE1	168.86	15	17	229.8
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	20	23	RB8	217.01	21	21	251.06
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	21	21	WR12	186.67	20	22	245.06
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	22	26	TE2	159.93	26	25	216.58
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	23	29	WR13	185.17	22	33	238.54
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	24	31	QB1	359.66	27	29	376.51
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	25	24	WR14	183.44	23	26	236.81
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	26	27	WR15	182.43	24	32	233.56
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	27	28	WR16	180.57	25	27	235.42
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	28	25	RB9	209.05	29	24	239.34
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	29	29	QB2	352.46	28	28	368.28
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	30	36	RB10	208.19	30	31	238.25
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	31	22	RB11	207.2	31	23	240.03
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	32	40	QB3	333.05	41	39	347.63
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	33	20	RB12	195.52	33	20	224.63
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	34	32	WR17	171.68	32	34	223.33
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	35	37	WR18	169.66	35	35	219.02
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	36	47	WR19	176.34	36	47	220.52
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	37	43	WR20	169.38	37	41	220.39
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	38	45	QB4	334.11	40	42	343.78
George Kittle	SFO	TE	39	38	TE3	131.07	39	37	169.06
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	40	33	RB13	183.76	34	30	206.2
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	41	38	WR21	166.12	42	46	213.54
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	42	34	WR22	157.75	38	49	209.1
James Cook	BUF	RB	43	44	RB14	181.75	43	38	208.92
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	44	34	RB15	181.6	44	36	213.64
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	45	46	WR23	160.48	46	44	207.21
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	46	41	WR24	152.58	48	51	197.42
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	47	54	WR25	151.42	49	55	196.7
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	48	51	WR26	151.08	51	54	190.24
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	49	52	RB16	177.2	47	53	206.74
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	50	56	WR27	150.62	54	61	189.46
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	51	53	WR28	150.77	52	58	194.83
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	52	50	RB17	177.2	50	43	206.19
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	53	55	WR29	150.32	55	57	192.27
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	54	42	WR30	149.7	63	40	185.17
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	55	65	WR31	147.9	56	64	184.85
George Pickens	DAL	WR	56	48	WR32	146.32	53	52	189.49
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	57	49	WR33	140.81	57	50	182.1
James Conner	ARI	RB	58	58	RB18	171.86	58	56	197.69
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	59	59	WR34	136.95	59	66	176.06
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	60	61	RB19	163.84	61	60	188.17
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	61	57	RB20	156.9	62	48	184.38
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	62	62	QB5	304.36	45	45	324.4
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	63	64	WR35	133.84	71	79	169.01
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	64	63	WR36	132.33	64	67	172.02
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	65	88	RB21	155.05	79	90	172.04
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	66	69	WR37	128.96	70	71	167.64
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	67	71	WR38	131.17	65	65	169.45
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	68	67	RB22	151.89	66	69	169.87
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	69	68	RB23	152.47	67	63	174.77
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	70	66	WR39	118.58	73	77	151.18
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	71	85	QB6	291.58	68	72	307.73
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	72	81	RB24	149.61	69	82	172.74
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	73	76	TE4	121.73	60	62	154.01
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	74	79	WR40	129.92	72	73	166.6
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	75	74	RB25	148.41	78	76	171.05
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	76	84	RB26	147.25	80	75	171.01
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	77	78	WR41	125.55	82	83	158.56
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	78	60	RB27	145.14	81	59	166.5
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	79	77	WR42	124.8	83	84	157.32
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	80	73	WR43	115.07	74	70	145.97
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	81	70	WR44	116.79	75	74	148.6
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	82	87	TE5	114.15	76	86	150.73
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	83	92	QB7	279.48	85	85	295.55
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	84	97	QB8	282.9	84	89	295.6
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	85	96	TE6	113.45	77	78	146.75
David Montgomery	DET	RB	86	72	RB28	139.54	91	68	155.9
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	87	90	WR45	109.66	95	102	140.44
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	88	93	WR46	109.15	86	88	138.74
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	89	80	WR47	108.99	92	94	138.13
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	90	82	WR48	108.37	88	81	136.86
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	91	103	QB9	273.41	98	105	288.95
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	92	113	QB10	269.65	96	116	282.11
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	93	100	WR49	107.31	90	108	130.74
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	94	89	WR50	95.73	100	111	119.16
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	95	102	TE7	109.68	101	95	132.77
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	96	116	TE8	108.44	102	104	136.78
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	97	103	RB29	140.62	89	103	161.28
Josh Downs	IND	WR	98	83	WR51	109.99	87	87	142.1
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	99	94	RB30	133.09	93	97	152.78
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	100	109	QB11	263.94	106	92	280.96
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	101	86	RB31	132.12	94	80	146.82
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	102	111	QB12	269.44	105	110	283.21
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	103	95	QB13	269.31	97	96	279.95
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	104	107	TE9	105.93	103	93	139.78
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	105	114	RB32	129.16	108	112	147.52
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	106	106	RB33	131.31	104	106	151.12
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	107	112	WR52	106.95	110	114	131.91
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	108	124	RB34	123.14	113	127	135.94
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	109	129	QB14	268.37	107	131	283.39
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	110	126	QB15	267.46	109	117	280.24
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	111	127	QB16	260.33	112	122	273.74
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	112	132	QB17	260.47	111	126	274.56
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	113	101	QB18	260.09	99	107	267.52
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	114	122	QB19	257.15	114	115	271.77
Jared Goff	DET	QB	115	117	QB20	250.43	115	100	265.92
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	116	75	RB35	120.41	121	91	136
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	117	118	TE10	104.81	120	123	133.98
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	118	138	RB36	121.66	122	150	131.98
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	119	145	RB37	114.44	116	138	132.88
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	120	97	RB38	113.74	117	98	133.46
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	121	136	RB39	112.72	118	146	127.47
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	122	121	RB40	110.29	119	118	129.19
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	123	144	RB41	109.81	127	134	118.17
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	124	110	RB42	99.16	133	101	112.59
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	125	147	WR53	100.74	136	164	124.37
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	126	91	WR54	93.14	140	99	120.46
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	127	108	WR55	95.26	138	120	118.28
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	128	128	WR56	91.68	142	124	112.85
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	129	143	RB43	102.14	129	156	113.66
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	130	149	RB44	94.94	130	132	105.04
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	131	130	RB45	92.45	137	121	101.97
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	132	137	TE11	102.81	123	136	133.91
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	133	139	TE12	102.58	124	139	135.03
David Njoku	CLE	TE	134	120	TE13	100.66	125	109	134.85
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	135	133	TE14	100.19	126	130	131.05
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	136	123	TE15	90.17	128	119	114.08
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	137	157	QB21	244.74	135	148	259.84
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	138	142	QB22	235.11	132	135	246.78
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	139	154	QB23	235.6	134	145	246.12
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	140	161	QB24	214.72	139	154	227.46
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	141	151	QB25	205.47	141	142	218.84
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	142	159	TE16	91.58	143	161	118.41
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	143	160	RB46	101.76	131	125	109.88
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	144	146	TE17	88.45	145	0	111.33
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	145	158	WR57	95.59	144	167	123.76
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	146	150	WR58	85.45	153	160	109.14
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	147	148	RB47	90.53	146	149	98.63
Keenan Allen	DAL	WR	148	193	WR59	85.37	147	190	109.45
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	149	165	RB48	88.7	160	170	96.81
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	150	125	WR60	84.73	148	129	106
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	151	156	TE18	75.16	155	162	90.89
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	152	153	WR61	87.68	165	163	108.58
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	153	178	WR62	86.76	166	177	107.9
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	154	152	WR63	87.8	163	171	108.63
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	155	162	TE19	80.59	161	172	104.07
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	156	164	QB26	211.88	158	157	223.68
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	157	154	RB49	88.13	152	169	95.82
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	158	167	RB50	86.79	156	165	98.2
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	159	119	RB51	86.06	157	137	93.48
Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	160	196	RB52	81.23	159	203	89.61
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	161	141	RB53	80.55	168	144	89.33
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	162	183	RB54	89.39	151	180	100.87
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	163	176	QB27	214.1	150	168	223.84
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	164	171	TE20	73.05	149	151	96.12
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	165	181	WR64	74.93	167	182	95.47
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	166	97	WR65	72.6	169	128	90.3
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	167	114	WR66	66.83	170	133	82.25
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	168	187	WR67	70.55	177	200	86.95
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	169	140	WR68	68.85	179	141	85.95
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	170	191	QB28	215.25	171	176	226.7
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	171	175	QB29	114.31	154	166	115.04
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	172	174	WR69	84.89	162	173	112.65
Jack Bech	LVR	WR	173	169	WR70	61.53	175	174	76.98
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	174	179	TE21	76.61	164	158	95.53
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	175	180	RB55	67.41	176	194	76.61
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	176	131	WR71	55.02	173	152	69.21
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	177	200	TE22	79.72	180	214	103.72
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	178	177	TE23	74.07	178	178	95.85
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	179	185	WR72	66.55	172	196	82.69
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	180	168	WR73	59.5	182	153	72.26
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	181	217	RB56	78.12	183	221	86.02
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	182	184	TE24	74.98	174	186	95.32
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	183	229	RB57	74.93	184	222	80.41
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	184	166	RB58	73.05	185	175	81.56
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	185	173	RB59	70.38	186	179	79.03
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	186	207	QB30	135.04	187	193	136.91
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	187	133	RB60	69.12	188	155	78.74
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	188	190	TE25	71.57	189	183	91.1
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	189	253	TE26	67.84	191	379	87.46
AJ Barner	SEA	TE	190	278	TE27	63.73	197	367	82.33
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	191	214	RB61	63.44	181	188	68.48
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	192	195	RB62	63.32	192	204	74.06
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	193	163	RB63	58.47	193	159	70.66
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	194	199	RB64	55.14	194	208	62.23
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	195	210	RB65	49.82	195	217	56.7
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	196	186	RB66	35.56	196	195	38.91
Jaylin Lane	WAS	WR	197	239	WR74	58.77	198	302	73.27
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	198	220	TE28	63.39	200	201	80.47
Darren Waller	MIA	TE	199	212	TE29	61.81	201	213	78.33
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	200	188	TE30	59.51	202	189	75.18
Diontae Johnson	CLE	WR	201	223	WR75	58.52	203	228	75.27
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	202	229	TE31	57.55	205	289	74.58
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	203	221	WR76	56.99	212	223	71.35
Spencer Rattler	NOS	QB	204	278	QB31	115.2	208	333	116.01
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	205	226	QB32	108.08	199	209	108.64
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	206	135	WR77	55.74	213	143	70
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	207	216	TE32	55.08	214	220	71
Isaac TeSlaa	DET	WR	208	219	WR78	52.31	204	225	65.69
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	209	105	WR79	49.56	210	113	61.03
Jalen Royals	KCC	WR	210	203	WR80	52.04	206	212	64.7
Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	211	234	RB67	50.11	235	232	52.32
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	212	192	WR81	51.97	209	181	64.93
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	213	202	RB68	63.75	190	192	77.86
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	214	215	WR82	48.33	215	210	61.29
Brandin Cooks	NOS	WR	215	298	WR83	48.32	217	311	62
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	216	197	WR84	60.84	221	205	76.2
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	217	172	WR85	48.24	219	147	62.21
Elijah Moore	BUF	WR	218	242	WR86	43.99	222	290	54.51
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	219	205	WR87	53.2	228	197	65
Jaylin Noel	HOU	WR	220	189	WR88	41.26	223	198	49.67
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	221	213	QB33	84.11	225	206	84.61
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	222	210	WR89	66.23	211	207	84.41
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	223	227	WR90	40.37	226	264	49.85
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	224	201	WR91	63.47	216	191	76.96
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	225	225	WR92	56.31	231	291	69.44
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SEA	WR	226	258	WR93	38.86	229	324	46.85
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	227	239	WR94	63.14	218	292	74.36
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	228	206	RB69	32.52	220	211	34.91
Terrance Ferguson	LAR	TE	229	231	TE33	35.35	245	242	45.43
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	230	204	TE34	59.13	233	202	75.5
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	231	253	TE35	54.65	227	227	70.11
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	232	182	TE36	54.61	234	184	69.75
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	233	237	TE37	52.36	230	231	65.56
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	234	278	TE38	36.78	240	339	47.83
Sean Tucker	TBB	RB	235	253	RB70	39.38	241	378	40.9
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	236	218	WR95	54.04	207	256	68.19
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	237	234	WR96	38.49	239	316	48.09
Tory Horton	SEA	WR	238	238	WR97	39.2	246	330	48.18
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	239	249	WR98	31.58	251	356	38.97
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	240	258	TE39	48.64	253	278	61.9
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	241	170	WR99	42.53	256	185	52.94
Devaughn Vele	DEN	WR	242	249	WR100	56.74	224	300	71.83
Kayshon Boutte	NEP	WR	243	253	WR101	49.8	247	346	62.09
Josh Reynolds	NYJ	WR	244	224	WR102	39.42	238	298	49.35
Alexander Mattison	MIA	RB	245	298	RB71	65.48	248	251	69.69
Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	TE	246	300	TE40	55.24	260	0	72.49
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	247	270	WR103	53.54	249	377	65.21
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	248	209	TE41	51	244	215	66.24
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	249	298	RB72	42.16	272	274	48.01
Demarcus Robinson	SFO	WR	250	270	WR104	41.28	236	265	51.61

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