NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Kyle Murray (kmurray03) Data Updated: 2025-08-27 23:38:26

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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	247.51	1	1	321.03
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	2	2	RB1	260.76	5	2	301.79
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	3	5	RB2	251.8	2	3	291.57
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	4	3	WR2	235.76	3	4	311.15
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	5	6	WR3	223.08	4	6	289.11
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	6	4	RB3	240.81	8	5	279.89
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	7	7	RB4	239.38	7	7	281.09
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	8	10	WR4	221.35	6	13	288.61
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	9	9	WR5	219.92	9	9	292.49
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	10	8	WR6	211.62	10	8	279.44
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	11	12	WR7	211.43	13	14	269.72
Ashton Jeanty	LVR	RB	12	13	RB5	233.53	11	12	273.35
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	13	11	WR8	207.57	12	10	274.05
Drake London	ATL	WR	14	15	WR9	201.51	17	15	265.41
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	15	14	RB6	230.26	15	11	262.02
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	16	16	RB7	226.48	14	19	270.62
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	17	20	WR10	200.13	18	22	261.77
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	18	17	WR11	193.2	19	20	246.69
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	19	19	RB8	219.41	20	16	255.21
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	20	18	TE1	167.85	16	17	228.45
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	21	25	TE2	160.1	27	24	216.74
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	22	24	WR12	192.9	21	26	248.07
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	23	29	QB1	361.41	28	27	378.26
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	24	28	QB2	352.3	31	25	368.12
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	25	23	RB9	218.06	23	23	248.65
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	26	22	RB10	210.65	25	18	242.7
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	27	26	WR13	183.43	22	33	240.28
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	28	21	RB11	208.61	24	21	242.4
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	29	32	RB12	208.05	29	28	238.58
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	30	37	QB3	332.06	33	36	346.47
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	31	30	WR14	182.77	26	37	234.06
Omarion Hampton	LAC	RB	32	27	RB13	202.02	30	29	227.78
Davante Adams	LAR	WR	33	36	WR15	178.77	32	39	229.85
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	34	40	WR16	178.68	36	41	224.42
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	35	33	WR17	175.3	35	31	226.66
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	36	34	WR18	174.48	34	38	225.71
George Kittle	SFO	TE	37	35	TE3	133.65	38	35	173.02
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	38	43	QB4	330.78	39	43	340.36
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	39	46	WR19	172.38	42	48	215.25
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	40	31	WR20	170.67	37	30	221.16
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	41	41	WR21	169.44	40	46	218.11
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	42	49	WR22	171.82	41	51	223.15
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	43	52	WR23	162.7	46	55	211.82
George Pickens	DAL	WR	44	42	WR24	161.91	47	49	210.59
James Cook	BUF	RB	45	39	RB14	189.95	44	32	218.88
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	46	45	RB15	186.56	43	50	219.88
D.K. Metcalf	PIT	WR	47	50	WR25	157.57	48	53	203.48
Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	WR	48	38	WR26	155.27	49	42	202.41
Travis Hunter	JAC	WR	49	56	WR27	154.63	50	67	195.07
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	50	51	WR28	153.79	51	56	194.55
Deebo Samuel	WAS	WR	51	65	WR29	153.17	59	65	188.3
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	52	58	WR30	151.27	55	60	191.79
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	53	47	WR31	149.85	56	45	193.24
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	54	53	WR32	149.29	53	61	192.7
Emeka Egbuka	TBB	WR	55	61	WR33	144.67	61	52	186.95
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	56	60	WR34	142.81	62	57	184.6
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	57	63	QB5	312.25	45	44	332.28
James Conner	ARI	RB	58	62	RB16	181.39	57	58	209.38
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	59	48	RB17	181.11	52	40	211.02
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	60	55	RB18	179.38	54	54	209.93
RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	61	59	RB19	172.66	58	59	199.32
TreVeyon Henderson	NEP	RB	62	44	RB20	168.26	60	34	194.22
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	63	64	WR35	139.94	65	70	179.89
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	64	57	RB21	158.98	63	47	187.34
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	65	71	WR36	135.51	64	74	177.07
Matthew Golden	GBP	WR	66	66	WR37	128.75	72	69	163.44
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	67	67	WR38	131.43	68	78	170.97
Stefon Diggs	NEP	WR	68	69	WR39	131.08	71	75	168.32
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	69	68	RB22	155.28	66	63	178.2
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	70	72	RB23	152.59	69	66	176.47
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	71	70	RB24	149.52	73	64	173.27
Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	72	83	RB25	148.5	75	88	165.31
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	73	74	WR40	129.72	77	85	163.15
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	74	88	WR41	119.18	88	95	146.78
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	75	80	QB6	294.77	67	72	310.92
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	76	82	WR42	113.61	89	91	143.9
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	77	75	WR43	111.21	82	86	140.42
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	78	73	WR44	121.8	70	73	156.7
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	79	87	RB26	145.43	84	92	167.81
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	80	53	WR45	87.39	80	62	112.1
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	81	86	RB27	143.24	86	81	164.72
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	82	79	RB28	143.07	79	77	166.04
David Montgomery	DET	RB	83	76	RB29	138.79	87	71	154.27
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	84	77	TE4	115.95	78	68	144.75
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	85	93	TE5	113.87	81	79	147.86
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	86	94	QB7	287.07	83	84	299.77
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	87	85	TE6	112.49	76	83	146.78
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	88	92	QB8	281.69	85	80	297.77
Tyler Warren	IND	TE	89	91	TE7	111.62	74	76	140.8
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	90	101	QB9	274.2	90	100	289.91
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	91	111	QB10	273.34	102	111	285.81
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	92	97	RB30	127.97	97	94	146.16
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	93	113	QB11	269.44	101	109	283.21
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	94	95	TE8	106.87	95	97	130.1
Evan Engram	DEN	TE	95	106	TE9	108.74	94	93	142.91
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	96	81	WR46	110.24	93	105	137.78
J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	97	99	RB31	123.52	96	102	142.87
Kaleb Johnson	PIT	RB	98	78	RB32	120.2	98	82	131.1
Cooper Kupp	SEA	WR	99	100	WR47	109.74	92	87	139.18
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	100	130	QB12	268.37	100	133	283.39
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	101	95	QB13	267.8	105	98	278.38
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	102	127	QB14	272.28	104	122	286.15
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	103	104	QB15	268.39	103	90	285.42
Justin Fields	NYJ	QB	104	108	QB16	258.77	116	108	265.71
Jared Goff	DET	QB	105	121	QB17	250.43	108	104	266.56
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	106	114	TE10	108.01	99	113	139.37
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	107	115	WR48	108.5	106	119	132.68
Colston Loveland	CHI	TE	108	109	TE11	103.73	113	106	133.75
Josh Downs	IND	WR	109	84	WR49	108.3	91	103	139.95
Christian Kirk	HOU	WR	110	118	WR50	98.85	107	120	124.64
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	111	120	WR51	97.58	117	116	119.74
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	112	105	WR52	94.48	112	134	117.9
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	113	90	WR53	93.99	109	96	121.6
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	114	107	WR54	90.87	133	115	112.68
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	115	125	QB18	261.54	114	124	275.68
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	116	134	QB19	261.11	111	126	274.88
Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	117	110	RB33	110.19	115	89	120.4
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	118	139	RB34	105.98	123	141	118.17
David Njoku	CLE	TE	119	119	TE12	100.66	110	101	134.99
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	120	128	QB20	249.71	119	131	262.69
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	121	132	TE13	100.03	118	130	130.89
Josh Palmer	BUF	WR	122	137	WR55	92.96	131	149	114.61
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	123	136	TE14	98.84	120	136	129.25
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	124	97	WR56	89.16	136	117	111.82
Javonte Williams	DAL	RB	125	133	RB35	105.7	121	114	118.03
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	126	123	RB36	104.94	138	129	112.66
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	127	138	RB37	103.9	124	152	116.46
Brenton Strange	JAC	TE	128	155	TE15	100.57	143	153	131.13
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	129	124	WR57	63.91	142	145	78.53
Najee Harris	LAC	RB	130	160	RB38	108.17	139	168	117.05
Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	131	142	RB39	103.21	137	150	113.97
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	132	135	RB40	102.31	126	127	112.6
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	133	141	TE16	89.92	127	140	115.27
Jayden Higgins	HOU	WR	134	89	WR58	90.47	144	112	113.48
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	135	126	RB41	98.52	125	138	107.5
Dont'e Thornton	LVR	WR	136	158	WR59	90.09	129	160	117.37
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	137	166	RB42	101.93	134	162	118.62
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	138	140	TE17	88.6	128	125	111.33
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	139	102	RB43	97.75	122	99	113.46
Bhayshul Tuten	JAC	RB	140	131	RB44	82.01	148	144	93.02
Cam Ward	TEN	QB	141	152	QB21	244.91	141	151	260.01
Michael Penix	ATL	QB	142	143	QB22	235.11	130	137	246.61
Cedric Tillman	CLE	WR	143	153	WR60	88.39	152	158	113.01
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	144	150	WR61	87.82	154	154	108.87
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	145	150	QB23	232.04	132	148	242.56
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	146	159	TE18	81.19	150	159	104.52
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	147	147	WR62	85.57	149	147	109.55
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	148	157	QB24	206.89	147	146	220.26
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	149	156	RB45	95.22	156	167	104.57
Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	150	146	RB46	91.8	145	139	101.73
Geno Smith	LVR	QB	151	162	QB25	211.73	151	155	223.53
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	152	163	TE19	72.93	146	143	95.86
Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	153	177	RB47	90.33	153	175	102.13
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	154	102	RB48	90.13	140	110	102.11
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	155	153	RB49	87.65	135	161	104.23
Nick Chubb	HOU	RB	156	161	RB50	87.11	157	123	93.84
Sam Darnold	SEA	QB	157	178	QB26	214.26	155	163	223.83
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	158	199	WR63	82.5	158	185	102.66
Ollie Gordon	MIA	RB	159	165	RB51	84.21	173	156	93.35
Jalen Coker	CAR	WR	160	190	WR64	79.22	159	219	102.23
Isaac TeSlaa	DET	WR	161	179	WR65	78.55	160	177	101.51
Tre Harris	LAC	WR	162	148	WR66	78.28	161	157	97.52
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	163	171	TE20	72.62	172	176	88.35
Keenan Allen	DAL	WR	164	122	WR67	74.68	164	107	94.75
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	165	167	TE21	72.19	170	170	91.88
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	166	191	WR68	74.43	165	203	94.13
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	167	164	WR69	86.85	174	173	107.24
Elic Ayomanor	TEN	WR	168	184	WR70	74.15	167	192	93.51
Kyle Williams	NEP	WR	169	149	WR71	73.27	168	171	93.33
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	170	174	QB27	212.41	162	166	224.57
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	171	145	WR72	64.71	169	169	81.44
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	172	168	WR73	79	163	165	104.66
Cam Skattebo	NYG	RB	173	117	RB52	84.07	171	121	94.45
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	174	116	RB53	82.32	181	118	90.47
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	175	197	RB54	81.53	182	210	89.73
Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE	176	182	TE22	65.8	179	184	84.33
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	177	218	RB55	81.38	186	216	88.02
Dyami Brown	JAC	WR	178	188	WR74	63.02	184	221	77.61
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	179	144	RB56	78.72	180	128	90.91
Kareem Hunt	KCC	RB	180	213	RB57	73.12	183	189	81.22
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	181	170	RB58	71.53	178	164	80.58
Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	182	206	RB59	66.45	187	222	70.86
Daniel Jones	IND	QB	183	200	QB28	165.88	191	186	167.78
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	184	192	TE23	77.36	177	190	100.08
Jonnu Smith	PIT	TE	185	181	TE24	76.68	166	174	95.53
Chris Rodriguez	WAS	RB	186	186	RB60	62.54	190	183	68.72
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	187	195	TE25	75.75	175	201	98.75
Aaron Rodgers	PIT	QB	188	196	QB29	202.3	176	178	212.98
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	189	208	WR75	76.61	188	197	93.65
Russell Wilson	NYG	QB	190	228	QB30	134.78	196	206	136.78
Miles Sanders	DAL	RB	191	236	RB61	57.42	192	285	66.85
Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	192	129	RB62	55.16	193	132	59.49
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	193	183	RB63	40.54	185	188	46.23
Harold Fannin	CLE	TE	194	198	TE26	57.55	194	217	74.58
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	195	172	RB64	35.4	195	181	38.91
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	196	176	TE27	73.34	189	172	93.03
Darren Waller	MIA	TE	197	215	TE28	67.36	199	200	85.15
Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE	198	210	TE29	62.64	198	199	79.24
Tyler Lockett	TEN	WR	199	234	WR76	62.79	200	194	80.6
Pat Bryant	DEN	WR	200	173	WR77	60.21	201	180	75.28
Spencer Rattler	NOS	QB	201	277	QB31	113.97	210	247	114.78
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	202	189	WR78	59.09	203	211	74.01
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	203	169	WR79	52.66	206	142	66.45
Devin Neal	NOS	RB	204	277	RB65	58.88	212	320	65.7
DeAndre Hopkins	BAL	WR	205	202	WR80	52.64	209	191	65.33
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	206	187	WR81	50.82	211	182	62.87
Jo'quavioius Marks	HOU	RB	207	180	RB66	48.51	213	179	56.09
Luther Burden	CHI	WR	208	112	WR82	46.06	214	135	55.96
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	209	204	RB67	45.56	221	218	50.44
DJ Giddens	IND	RB	210	194	RB68	44.77	215	205	51.23
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	211	206	WR83	39.9	236	252	49.66
Joe Flacco	CLE	QB	212	233	QB32	83.19	218	214	83.46
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	213	232	RB69	62.39	219	256	68.96
Tory Horton	SEA	WR	214	175	WR84	39.7	202	196	48.84
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	215	209	TE30	71.62	208	220	93.16
Tyler Conklin	LAC	TE	216	277	TE31	69.45	197	381	89.8
AJ Barner	SEA	TE	217	261	TE32	67.17	239	399	86.97
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	218	248	TE33	59.55	220	326	76.56
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	219	219	TE34	64.63	204	213	82.07
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	220	230	TE35	64.28	205	208	81.5
Noah Gray	KCC	TE	221	242	TE36	60.13	231	363	75.7
Arian Smith	NYJ	WR	222	298	WR85	34.24	216	254	42.42
Jaxson Dart	NYG	QB	223	203	QB33	69.79	226	187	70.17
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	224	226	RB70	69.02	207	198	82.98
Brashard Smith	KCC	RB	225	220	RB71	45.83	222	227	53.11
Sean Tucker	TBB	RB	226	216	RB72	44.82	223	225	46.69
Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	227	277	RB73	66.43	229	318	75.19
Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE	228	244	TE37	54.22	227	230	69.68
Isaac Guerendo	SFO	RB	229	184	RB74	33.87	224	193	34.84
Tutu Atwell	LAR	WR	230	244	WR86	55.82	217	350	68.78
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	231	228	TE38	50.53	228	229	65.93
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	MIA	WR	232	261	WR87	56.83	225	332	69.61
Isaiah Davis	NYJ	RB	233	277	RB75	26.23	234	404	29.92
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	234	298	RB76	58.05	240	258	66.16
Raheem Mostert	LVR	RB	235	248	RB77	55.43	242	231	59.09
Calvin Austin	PIT	WR	236	241	WR88	52.82	237	223	63.51
Olamide Zaccheaus	CHI	WR	237	239	WR89	49.46	252	248	62.71
Tahj Brooks	CIN	RB	238	201	RB78	47.76	235	202	50.75
Noah Brown	WAS	WR	239	261	WR90	49.33	255	346	60.85
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	240	230	WR91	47.06	230	212	59.46
Parker Washington	JAC	WR	241	257	WR92	46.19	268	390	57.99
Emanuel Wilson	GBP	RB	242	254	RB79	59.56	233	352	64.4
Van Jefferson	TEN	WR	243	277	WR93	54.86	243	286	68.1
KaVontae Turpin	DAL	WR	244	242	WR94	53.06	246	329	61.89
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	245	192	WR95	47.03	267	204	58.71
Jarquez Hunter	LAR	RB	246	237	RB80	27.34	248	297	29.72
Tez Johnson	TBB	WR	247	261	WR96	39.59	269	263	47.65
Tyler Shough	NOS	QB	248	244	QB34	83.05	232	228	83.54
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	249	213	QB35	48.18	238	215	48.49
Jordan Whittington	LAR	WR	250	254	WR97	40.36	265	423	51.47

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