NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-06-30 18:50:10

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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 each 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.

We use our decades of combined fantasy football and data science experience to create a statistical fantasy football model for projecting future performance.

We accomplish this 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 associated with the National Football League each season, we must apply our own expertise in finalizing the inputs that formulate the rankings. We have a team of data science and fantasy football experts that consider all factors when ranking players. 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 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, which is available here. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

Many players gravitate toward Best Ball since the lack of in-season management makes it a super easy way to get in on the action. Another format you might enjoy includes pick’em contests—check out our Underdog Fantasy Picks and DraftKings Pick6 Picks for tools to help you get started.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	1	1	WR1	240.64	1	1	315.13
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	2	3	RB1	252.27	2	2	292.2
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	3	2	WR2	222.26	3	3	288.96
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	5	WR3	220.46	4	6	292.71
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	5	4	RB2	250.04	5	4	289.04
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	6	9	WR4	220.41	6	9	294.31
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	7	7	WR5	219.32	7	7	286.83
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	8	6	RB3	245.01	8	5	285.38
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	9	10	RB4	234.18	10	10	274.65
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	10	8	RB5	232.72	9	8	272.65
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	11	13	WR6	211.8	11	14	271.78
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	12	11	WR7	209.04	12	11	272.25
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	13	17	RB6	227.61	13	17	271.59
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	14	14	RB7	222.14	14	13	251.09
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	15	12	WR8	200.49	16	12	263.49
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	16	16	WR9	206.01	17	19	263.6
Drake London	ATL	WR	17	15	WR10	194.85	18	15	256.76
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	18	18	WR11	191.92	19	18	248.93
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	19	19	TE1	170.55	15	16	232
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	20	27	WR12	186.75	20	26	243.34
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	21	24	RB8	218.83	22	23	250.51
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	22	21	RB9	209.41	24	22	242.88
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	23	23	WR13	184.74	23	25	239.91
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	24	29	WR14	194.7	25	34	256.49
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	25	26	WR15	178.44	28	29	229.16
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	26	30	WR16	178.16	32	33	230
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	27	32	WR17	175.18	33	32	228.84
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	28	25	TE2	164.35	21	24	222.8
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	29	22	WR18	174.56	26	21	232.78
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	30	28	RB10	204.38	27	27	233.96
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	31	31	WR19	175.01	35	31	225.74
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	32	20	RB11	198.02	29	20	227.72
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	33	43	WR20	163.23	38	42	210.46
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	34	33	RB12	197.77	34	35	225.65
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	35	39	WR21	172.79	36	41	225.42
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	36	37	QB1	360.29	30	30	376.67
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	37	36	WR22	170.88	40	37	220.4
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	38	34	QB2	355.81	31	28	371.63
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	39	39	QB3	339.33	37	38	354.58
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	40	44	WR23	165.46	42	43	206.35
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	41	42	WR24	150.03	48	44	185.83
James Cook	BUF	RB	42	41	RB13	195.95	39	39	225.42
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	43	35	RB14	182.72	41	36	212.84
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	44	50	QB4	331.7	44	46	340.77
George Kittle	SFO	TE	45	45	TE3	131.84	43	40	169.98
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	46	46	WR25	146.18	55	50	183.38
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	47	38	WR26	146.05	45	48	188.72
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	48	52	WR27	145.1	54	53	183.51
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	49	55	WR28	153.06	52	59	198.11
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	50	54	WR29	143.56	46	58	186.17
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	51	49	WR30	142.92	63	56	180
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	52	61	WR31	143.21	56	66	180.93
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	53	63	WR32	142.93	53	74	184.02
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	54	48	WR33	142.32	50	49	184.2
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	55	67	WR34	137.28	65	72	177.73
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	56	53	RB15	172.83	49	52	201.87
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	57	56	RB16	172.82	51	55	200.87
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	58	57	RB17	172.12	57	57	197.22
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	59	60	RB18	171.5	58	63	198.65
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	60	47	RB19	169.82	61	47	189.6
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	61	58	RB20	166.99	60	51	196.71
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	62	62	QB5	302.47	47	45	322.35
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	63	77	WR35	136.66	68	88	173.71
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	64	69	WR36	136.16	69	65	170.13
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	65	59	WR37	136.12	67	68	174.73
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	66	68	WR38	135.99	64	67	177.87
George Pickens	DAL	WR	67	51	WR39	135.92	66	54	176.26
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	68	75	TE4	128.19	59	61	163.6
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	69	74	RB21	155.38	73	80	174.18
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	70	64	RB22	156.29	62	62	178.96
James Conner	ARI	RB	71	65	RB23	155.12	71	60	177.34
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	72	71	WR40	128.56	72	73	165.92
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	73	76	RB24	154.34	70	70	177.58
David Montgomery	DET	RB	74	70	RB25	152.46	74	69	173.29
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	75	86	QB6	288.99	79	71	304.99
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	76	80	WR41	123.87	77	81	158.08
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	77	79	WR42	122.28	78	76	155.03
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	78	66	WR43	118.9	82	64	151.13
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	79	112	RB26	148.5	85	107	164.7
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	80	84	RB27	146.94	75	77	170.39
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	81	82	RB28	146.48	76	85	169.17
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	82	94	RB29	145.65	95	101	160.29
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	83	88	TE5	118.79	80	87	157.37
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	84	72	RB30	145.26	86	75	163.75
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	85	85	WR44	118.06	88	94	149.34
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	86	78	WR45	117.64	92	90	146.73
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	87	73	WR46	117.3	89	83	148.77
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	88	92	WR47	114.32	93	84	146.27
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	89	99	QB7	286.07	83	91	299.44
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	90	93	QB8	281.39	84	82	297.45
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	91	96	WR48	110.98	102	110	141.77
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	92	98	TE6	115.4	81	79	149.81
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	93	110	QB9	272.9	90	106	287.34
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	94	95	QB10	271.09	99	92	282.76
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	95	103	QB11	270.07	98	103	285.18
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	96	117	QB12	269.65	100	119	282.11
Josh Downs	IND	WR	97	83	WR49	113.8	91	89	147.23
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	98	97	RB31	142.42	87	96	163.75
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	99	104	RB32	140.13	94	98	161.61
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	100	100	QB13	268.96	101	97	276.89
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	101	111	WR50	110.83	103	112	136.25
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	102	89	RB33	139.82	97	86	156.75
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	103	81	RB34	138.56	96	78	159.12
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	104	91	WR51	101.39	104	105	131.84
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	105	113	RB35	126.96	105	115	145.14
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	106	121	TE7	113.13	106	114	142.66
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	107	124	QB14	266.68	107	117	279.62
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	108	126	QB15	265.62	114	124	279.35
Jared Goff	DET	QB	109	118	QB16	254.06	108	100	269.56
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	110	139	RB36	124.67	116	150	139.53
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	111	132	TE8	111.38	109	129	143.08
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	112	128	RB37	121.27	118	121	137.03
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	113	141	RB38	118.65	117	136	137.4
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	114	128	QB17	254.49	111	118	269.11
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	115	119	RB39	114.05	121	125	125.68
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	116	131	RB40	112.75	119	127	131.8
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	117	109	RB41	112.72	120	113	128.52
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	118	136	RB42	110.34	122	145	123.91
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	119	146	RB43	105.4	126	149	115.57
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	120	127	RB44	105.26	123	137	121.15
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	121	101	RB45	98.19	129	104	112.29
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	122	137	QB18	265.59	113	126	279.67
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	123	130	WR52	101.19	124	128	124.82
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	124	107	WR53	100.25	125	123	124.18
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	125	135	QB19	251.17	130	131	264.8
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	126	114	QB20	248.06	115	109	265.45
David Njoku	CLE	TE	127	125	TE9	109.24	110	116	146.62
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	128	106	TE10	106.73	112	102	129.54
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	129	133	TE11	105.94	127	132	135.27
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	130	107	TE12	91.17	134	93	119.37
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	131	138	TE13	98.92	131	133	129.13
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	132	143	TE14	98.53	132	147	130.82
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	133	120	RB46	92.45	135	120	103.22
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	134	140	TE15	98.15	133	138	127.24
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	135	142	TE16	98.06	128	134	120.51
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	136	165	TE17	91.92	136	167	120.11
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	137	116	TE18	78.35	137	108	98.72
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	138	153	WR54	95.55	148	178	117.51
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	139	166	QB21	236.39	141	154	250.02
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	140	144	QB22	235.11	138	135	246.78
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	141	115	WR55	88.78	142	140	110.9
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	142	148	WR56	89.01	149	165	113.79
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	143	122	WR57	88.29	144	130	110.11
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	144	90	WR58	87.69	145	95	109.27
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	145	105	WR59	86.45	146	122	106.98
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	146	172	WR60	92	147	182	118.82
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	147	152	RB47	87.22	156	163	95.37
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	148	154	RB48	85.47	152	152	99.15
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	149	177	WR61	85.78	151	175	106.75
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	150	102	WR62	85.33	158	111	101.86
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	151	150	WR63	83.93	163	159	103.79
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	152	162	QB23	211.28	150	153	223.53
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	153	156	QB24	230.42	139	148	240.94
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	154	157	QB25	208.51	143	142	220.96
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	155	151	QB26	205.19	140	139	218.7
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	156	167	RB49	86.25	170	169	96.33
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	157	173	RB50	83.64	164	170	93.38
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	158	184	QB27	233.1	155	168	247.7
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	159	174	TE19	90.51	153	171	117.3
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	160	160	TE20	67.09	154	161	84.02
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	161	158	TE21	81.13	159	158	102.02
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	162	168	TE22	80.59	161	173	103.91
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	163	178	QB28	214.1	157	162	223.99
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	164	182	RB51	82.14	169	195	92.95
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	165	170	RB52	81.98	171	176	89.42
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	166	146	RB53	76.25	179	141	85.03
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	167	179	RB54	74.26	172	172	80.55
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	168	175	TE23	66.24	168	156	86.74
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	169	171	WR64	79.85	162	164	106.04
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	170	155	WR65	79.53	160	166	97.77
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	171	187	WR66	77.27	165	201	96.29
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	172	123	WR67	71.45	166	143	91.18
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	173	181	TE24	77.6	167	179	98.6
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	174	161	WR68	71.03	176	180	90.27
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	175	190	WR69	64.18	177	194	80.91
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	176	183	RB55	52.43	178	187	56.11
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	177	188	RB56	75.22	175	184	90.73
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	178	159	RB57	70.07	180	160	77.64
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	179	189	RB58	60.8	203	207	68.04
Diontae Johnson	CLE	WR	180	232	WR70	59.14	204	226	76.04
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	181	163	WR71	75.27	185	157	91.75
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	182	207	WR72	76.61	173	227	95.47
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	183	179	WR73	74.81	184	188	92.65
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	184	212	RB59	70.02	182	181	75.21
Elijah Moore	BUF	WR	185	226	WR74	74.64	183	242	93.31
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	186	200	WR75	73.5	186	198	90.54
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	187	87	WR76	73.14	174	99	90.56
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	188	134	WR77	66.35	187	146	84.12
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	189	201	TE25	75.26	191	218	98.09
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	190	206	WR78	69.47	188	205	89.33
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	191	216	WR79	55.99	197	208	70.19
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	192	149	WR80	65.28	196	151	80.26
Jack Bech	LVR	WR	193	144	WR81	64.92	198	155	81.22
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	194	164	RB60	66.14	181	174	75.73
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	195	227	TE26	77.15	190	322	100.39
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	196	204	WR82	64.73	189	217	82.33
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	197	196	TE27	72.19	192	197	91.72
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	198	198	RB61	68.67	200	196	77.35
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	199	199	RB62	68.31	199	190	72.62
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	200	247	WR83	64.32	201	310	79.01
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	201	203	RB63	60.64	202	219	71.38
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	202	208	RB64	52.76	213	213	57.75
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	203	205	TE28	60.98	205	202	79.3
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	204	185	WR84	38.61	207	177	47.96
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	205	211	QB29	141.3	209	200	142.56
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	206	247	WR85	30.76	208	317	39.4
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	207	192	TE29	69.07	193	186	88.13
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	208	197	QB30	139.06	211	185	139.89
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	209	219	QB31	133.73	212	199	135.73
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	210	186	TE30	62.75	194	183	80.09
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	211	215	TE31	54.09	206	211	70.17
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	212	263	WR86	72.19	215	318	89.43
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	213	190	WR87	63.83	195	192	77.06
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	214	221	TE32	53.2	214	224	66.91
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	215	240	RB65	60.54	217	223	65.37
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	216	224	RB66	56.44	219	215	60.68
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	217	218	RB67	55.24	218	203	68.28
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	218	202	QB32	86.62	216	193	87.2
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	219	195	RB68	49.49	220	204	52.19
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	220	193	WR88	61.42	221	206	77.22
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	221	229	TE33	55.56	227	233	70.52
Devaughn Vele	DEN	WR	222	256	WR89	57.87	222	251	73.29
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	223	168	WR90	52.1	223	144	67.39
Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	224	240	WR91	50.27	224	312	61.61
Mike Williams	LAC	WR	225	247	WR92	47.93	225	254	58.35
Brandin Cooks	NOS	WR	226	278	WR93	45.27	228	326	57.79
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SEA	WR	227	242	WR94	44.99	232	327	54.79
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	228	221	WR95	42.57	230	243	52.21
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	229	278	TE34	51.31	229	342	65.02
Jaylin Noel	HOU	WR	230	176	WR96	41.59	233	189	50
Josh Reynolds	NYJ	WR	231	247	WR97	38.31	234	320	47.96
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	232	242	TE35	47.17	231	286	60.8
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	233	210	WR98	36.6	235	261	45.58
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	234	278	TE36	37.29	281	355	48.34
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	235	232	TE37	35.86	285	246	45.53
Terrance Ferguson	LAR	TE	236	214	TE38	32.05	286	212	41.19
Oronde Gadsden	LAC	TE	237	253	TE39	31.77	288	284	40.64
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	238	247	TE40	55.66	226	225	71.7
Cam Akers	NOS	RB	239	278	RB69	52.07	241	298	58.19
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	240	299	RB70	51.35	247	314	55.42
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	241	278	WR99	45.03	239	338	56.07
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	242	225	WR100	42.97	240	222	54.39
Savion Williams	GBP	WR	243	263	WR101	41.63	242	334	50.29
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	244	213	WR102	40.24	244	220	49.39
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	245	278	RB71	51.32	245	275	55.84
Demarcus Robinson	SFO	WR	246	263	WR103	39.32	246	262	49.04
Samaje Perine	CIN	RB	247	299	RB72	49.62	243	349	56.74
Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	248	231	RB73	42.26	259	239	43.53
Tahj Brooks	CIN	RB	249	220	RB74	42.1	250	231	48.4
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	250	278	RB75	43.99	251	333	50.5

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