NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-07-19 23:40:06

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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.

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 more helpful tools.

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	4	RB1	252.27	2	2	292.2
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	3	2	WR2	219.78	3	3	285.82
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	5	WR3	222.36	4	6	294.76
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	5	3	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	8	WR5	218.82	7	7	286.01
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	8	6	RB3	237.58	8	5	276.18
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	9	7	RB4	232.72	10	8	272.65
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	10	12	RB5	230.61	11	12	269.78
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	11	13	WR6	211.8	12	14	271.61
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	12	15	RB6	234.18	9	15	280.73
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	13	11	WR7	208.88	13	10	272.09
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	14	10	WR8	204.7	16	11	269.26
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	15	14	RB7	222.14	14	13	251.09
Drake London	ATL	WR	16	16	WR9	194.52	18	16	256.26
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	17	17	WR10	206.01	17	19	263.6
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	18	18	WR11	199.75	19	18	259.76
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	19	19	TE1	170.22	15	17	231.66
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	20	29	WR12	185.42	20	28	241.34
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	21	25	RB8	218.83	22	22	250.36
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	22	21	RB9	211.32	23	21	245.09
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	23	22	WR13	184.82	24	23	242.44
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	24	24	WR14	184.74	25	25	239.91
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	25	30	WR15	177.85	30	32	229.54
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	26	26	TE2	161.57	21	24	218.7
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	27	27	RB10	204.38	26	27	233.96
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	28	20	RB11	198.02	27	20	227.72
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	29	34	QB1	360.29	28	30	376.67
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	30	31	QB2	355.81	29	29	371.63
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	31	38	QB3	335.86	34	38	350.78
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	32	33	WR16	176.93	35	35	228.31
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	33	28	WR17	175.75	32	31	224.95
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	34	32	WR18	175.18	33	34	228.84
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	35	36	RB12	198.39	31	33	226.43
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	36	42	WR19	169.22	36	42	220.71
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	37	47	WR20	165.13	41	47	206.18
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	38	37	WR21	166.45	38	37	214.14
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	39	44	WR22	163.4	40	43	209.97
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	40	35	RB13	183.68	39	36	213.96
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	41	46	QB4	331.7	43	44	340.77
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	42	23	WR23	159.8	44	26	212.17
George Kittle	SFO	TE	43	39	TE3	131.84	42	39	169.98
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	44	40	RB14	178.45	50	41	200.06
James Cook	BUF	RB	45	43	RB15	195.79	37	40	225.42
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	46	53	WR24	149.29	45	56	192.7
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	47	44	WR25	149.21	52	46	184.51
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	48	48	WR26	146.18	55	51	183.38
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	49	41	WR27	146.05	47	50	188.72
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	50	52	RB16	172.82	48	54	200.87
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	51	56	WR28	143.27	51	58	185.87
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	52	55	WR29	153.98	53	55	195.78
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	53	54	WR30	142.76	56	60	180
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	54	49	WR31	142.32	54	49	184.35
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	55	51	RB17	171.66	49	52	200.36
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	56	58	RB18	170.09	57	57	194.9
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	57	57	RB19	169.69	60	48	199.41
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	58	60	QB5	302.47	46	45	322.35
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	59	62	RB20	164.34	61	63	189.16
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	60	65	WR32	142.42	58	73	179.93
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	61	63	WR33	137.28	64	72	177.73
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	62	70	WR34	137.87	65	64	170.91
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	63	59	WR35	140.94	66	65	182.05
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	64	68	WR36	136.95	63	70	179.47
George Pickens	DAL	WR	65	50	WR37	137.81	67	53	178.31
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	66	69	RB21	156.7	71	77	175.51
James Conner	ARI	RB	67	61	RB22	155.84	62	59	178.21
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	68	64	RB23	150.72	68	62	172.4
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	69	75	TE4	128.19	59	61	163.6
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	70	74	WR38	128.72	70	71	166.23
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	71	73	RB24	149.2	69	66	171.19
David Montgomery	DET	RB	72	71	RB25	147.86	74	69	167.34
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	73	82	QB6	288.53	77	67	304.69
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	74	84	RB26	147.56	72	74	171.16
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	75	81	RB27	146.33	73	86	169.17
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	76	78	WR39	124.95	79	89	156.72
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	77	92	RB28	146.32	92	96	160.96
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	78	77	WR40	123.53	78	88	155.53
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	79	88	TE5	118.25	81	85	156.64
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	80	80	WR41	122.61	75	78	155.85
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	81	79	WR42	121.7	76	80	155.34
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	82	85	WR43	121.2	85	93	154.06
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	83	66	WR44	119.45	80	76	152.82
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	84	72	WR45	117.3	86	81	148.77
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	85	67	WR46	115.49	89	68	146.65
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	86	94	WR47	114.32	91	84	146.27
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	87	100	TE6	115.81	82	79	150.37
Josh Downs	IND	WR	88	82	WR48	113.8	88	87	147.23
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	89	76	RB29	145.22	93	75	167.16
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	90	96	WR49	110.98	100	108	141.77
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	91	104	RB30	140.78	90	103	162.43
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	92	99	QB7	285.57	83	90	298.94
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	93	98	RB31	138.82	94	99	159.33
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	94	93	QB8	281.39	84	82	297.45
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	95	109	QB9	273.06	87	107	287.5
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	96	103	QB10	270.07	95	104	285.18
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	97	115	QB11	269.48	97	118	281.94
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	98	95	QB12	269.51	98	91	280.39
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	99	112	WR50	107.88	101	115	132.53
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	100	108	WR51	103.06	102	123	129.19
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	101	101	QB13	265.51	99	95	273.11
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	102	91	WR52	101.39	103	105	131.84
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	103	86	RB32	138.78	96	83	155.57
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	104	119	TE7	113.13	109	109	142.66
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	105	126	QB14	266.84	106	117	279.62
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	106	118	RB33	139.22	104	126	153.17
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	107	114	RB34	126.96	105	116	145.14
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	108	139	RB35	125.51	114	151	140.86
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	109	123	TE8	111.21	107	124	142.74
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	110	113	RB36	121.42	116	110	137.33
David Njoku	CLE	TE	111	120	TE9	108.99	108	112	146.48
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	112	105	TE10	106.73	110	102	129.4
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	113	106	TE11	98.25	112	92	129.38
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	114	127	QB15	265.62	111	122	279.35
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	115	133	QB16	265.59	115	125	279.67
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	116	110	QB17	255.04	113	101	272.54
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	117	121	QB18	254.64	117	114	269.27
Jared Goff	DET	QB	118	117	QB19	253.59	118	100	269.08
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	119	102	WR53	101.05	124	111	122.4
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	120	131	QB20	251.17	129	131	264.8
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	121	97	RB37	110.48	119	98	126.51
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	122	106	WR54	100.25	126	120	124.18
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	123	121	RB38	121.09	123	128	133.89
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	124	140	RB39	115.22	120	133	133.5
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	125	125	RB40	112.61	121	121	131.66
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	126	135	RB41	110.34	125	144	123.91
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	127	111	RB42	110.01	122	113	125.13
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	128	143	RB43	105.4	128	145	115.57
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	129	128	WR55	97.91	127	127	120.72
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	130	129	TE12	103.73	130	132	132.05
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	131	144	TE13	99.62	131	147	131.91
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	132	138	TE14	98.15	133	136	127.24
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	133	141	TE15	98.06	134	135	120.51
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	134	137	TE16	98.76	132	129	128.81
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	135	89	RB44	92.7	136	97	100.9
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	136	132	RB45	89.23	137	143	101.2
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	137	159	QB21	236.39	140	154	250.02
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	138	142	QB22	235.11	138	134	246.78
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	139	169	RB46	86.09	155	175	95.84
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	140	156	WR56	99.21	142	180	122.39
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	141	151	QB23	229.94	139	148	240.46
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	142	153	QB24	208.51	148	141	220.96
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	143	149	QB25	205.33	151	138	218.7
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	144	87	WR57	95.49	141	94	119.62
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	145	146	WR58	89.63	144	156	114.56
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	146	116	WR59	91.96	143	140	115.59
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	147	168	WR60	91.11	145	182	117.33
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	148	178	WR61	85.78	159	174	106.75
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	149	158	TE17	91.92	135	162	120.11
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	150	150	RB47	87.22	156	163	95.37
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	151	130	RB48	89.17	149	119	99.16
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	152	147	RB49	87.33	152	139	97.27
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	153	124	WR62	84.73	147	130	105.31
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	154	148	WR63	83.77	166	165	103.63
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	155	152	RB50	85.06	157	153	98.75
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	156	145	WR64	78.6	161	149	96.5
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	157	136	WR65	77.23	162	146	98.44
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	158	172	RB51	85.51	171	179	93.62
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	159	166	RB52	84.35	160	159	92.3
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	160	171	TE18	90.51	150	169	117.3
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	161	165	TE19	84.3	153	137	104.96
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	162	155	TE20	79.15	165	157	99.28
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	163	163	TE21	80.59	163	171	103.91
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	164	181	QB26	228.45	154	170	242.9
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	165	175	QB27	214.1	158	161	223.99
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	166	176	RB53	83.16	173	173	92.73
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	167	182	RB54	81.31	174	176	93.91
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	168	162	QB28	211.28	146	155	223.53
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	169	188	RB55	79.22	175	196	89.45
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	170	184	WR66	77.27	169	200	96.29
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	171	160	RB56	78.39	176	168	87.06
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	172	170	WR67	76.45	172	158	93.28
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	173	163	WR68	74.97	170	183	95.62
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	174	134	WR69	75.75	168	150	97.13
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	175	177	RB57	52.43	178	188	56.11
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	176	154	WR70	81.01	167	167	99.84
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	177	173	WR71	79.85	164	166	106.04
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	178	179	TE22	77.6	177	178	98.6
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	179	186	RB58	75.94	179	172	82.38
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	180	194	RB59	60.8	180	206	68.04
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	181	201	TE23	75.26	187	219	98.09
Darren Waller	MIA	TE	182	190	TE24	72.04	181	190	91.55
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	183	207	WR72	74.39	182	208	96.08
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	184	180	WR73	73.67	183	191	91.18
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	185	187	TE25	69.07	188	181	88.13
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	186	208	RB60	52.93	206	214	57.92
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	187	90	WR74	73.14	186	106	90.56
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	188	204	WR75	73.5	184	201	90.54
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	189	192	WR76	67.65	189	192	85.38
Jack Bech	LVR	WR	190	157	WR77	65.94	185	164	82.75
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	191	196	RB61	75.22	190	187	90.73
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	192	209	WR78	64.73	191	220	82.33
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	193	211	RB62	62.29	195	184	67.48
Elijah Moore	BUF	WR	194	229	WR79	62.35	192	269	77.61
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	195	197	RB63	68.67	194	197	77.2
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	196	202	RB64	61.9	197	209	72.48
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	197	161	RB65	71.95	193	160	79.84
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	198	247	WR80	49.95	196	336	63.54
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	199	203	QB29	139.06	204	189	139.89
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	200	174	TE26	66.24	198	152	86.74
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	201	229	TE27	77.74	199	337	101.13
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	202	209	QB30	141.3	200	203	142.56
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	203	198	TE28	71.82	201	202	91.24
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	204	215	QB31	133.73	205	198	135.73
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	205	238	RB66	59.54	212	232	64.38
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	206	185	TE29	62.24	202	186	79.41
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	207	205	WR81	59.26	216	234	73.2
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	208	206	TE30	60.98	207	207	79.3
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	209	256	WR82	68.81	209	285	84.97
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	210	213	TE31	54.09	210	213	70.17
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	211	266	WR83	56.61	219	281	68.93
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	212	223	TE32	53.37	208	225	66.91
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	213	224	RB67	56.01	213	217	59.96
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	214	212	TE33	68.72	214	199	86.39
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	215	195	QB32	86.62	211	193	87.2
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	216	200	RB68	49.64	215	205	52.34
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	217	191	WR84	61.42	217	204	77.22
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	218	193	WR85	54.95	221	185	65.51
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	219	232	TE34	55.56	222	313	70.52
Devaughn Vele	DEN	WR	220	249	WR86	56.57	218	277	71.51
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	221	167	WR87	52.1	220	142	67.39
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	222	218	WR88	48.99	225	212	61.53
Brandin Cooks	NOS	WR	223	279	WR89	45.27	227	301	57.79
Marquez Valdes-Scantling	SEA	WR	224	234	WR90	44.99	228	296	54.79
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	225	238	WR91	50.9	224	275	62.26
Tre Tucker	LVR	WR	226	242	WR92	51.37	247	300	63.18
Jaylin Noel	HOU	WR	227	183	WR93	41.59	229	195	50
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	228	249	TE35	47.33	226	331	61.12
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	229	217	WR94	36.6	230	278	45.58
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	230	242	TE36	53.35	223	226	68.81
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	231	189	WR95	35.4	231	177	43.95
Cam Akers	NOS	RB	232	297	RB69	49.26	235	271	55.38
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	233	297	RB70	48.66	242	261	53.24
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	234	222	WR96	42.83	234	218	54.11
Savion Williams	GBP	WR	235	279	WR97	43.36	236	326	52.18
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	236	213	WR98	42.04	239	222	51.33
Diontae Johnson	CLE	WR	237	238	WR99	41.93	237	235	53.77
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	238	279	RB71	51.32	240	369	55.84
Demarcus Robinson	SFO	WR	239	266	WR100	39.32	241	291	49.04
Samaje Perine	CIN	RB	240	297	RB72	49.62	238	240	56.74
Tahj Brooks	CIN	RB	241	221	RB73	42.1	245	224	48.4
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	242	279	RB74	44.65	246	366	50.84
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	243	297	TE37	37.29	275	335	48.51
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	244	242	TE38	35.7	280	251	45.38
Terrance Ferguson	LAR	TE	245	219	TE39	34.4	281	223	44.18
Oronde Gadsden	LAC	TE	246	256	TE40	32.11	283	274	41.15
Sean Tucker	TBB	RB	247	242	RB75	39.54	255	333	41.23
Josh Reynolds	NYJ	WR	248	249	WR101	37.89	252	355	47.4
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	249	266	WR102	35.67	243	246	45.3
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	250	279	TE41	54.04	261	367	68.73

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