NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Chris Gimino (ChrisGimino) Data Updated: 2024-07-02 17:27:41

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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 2024 , which is available here. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	1	1	RB1	313.58	1	1	371.81
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	2	2	WR1	280.73	2	2	365.91
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	3	3	WR2	257.8	3	3	337.14
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	4	4	WR3	251.6	5	4	331.48
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	5	6	WR4	254.39	4	5	336.28
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	6	7	RB2	305.55	7	7	369.84
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	7	5	WR5	218.21	6	6	289.63
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	8	11	WR6	223.7	8	11	292.73
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	9	8	RB3	302.02	9	8	356.15
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	9	WR7	210.81	10	10	276.08
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	11	10	WR8	206.92	11	9	276.68
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	12	15	RB4	239.15	16	16	276.76
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	13	12	RB5	240.4	12	12	283.44
Drake London	ATL	WR	14	14	WR9	201.14	14	15	264.84
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	15	15	WR10	197.21	15	19	263.55
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	16	17	WR11	197.75	17	24	260.99
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	17	13	WR12	189.62	18	13	250.35
Davante Adams	LVR	WR	18	18	WR13	188.06	19	18	250.27
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	19	20	WR14	196.44	20	21	258.02
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	20	19	WR15	182.62	22	17	237.19
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	21	21	RB6	239.81	13	14	286
Deebo Samuel	SFO	WR	22	22	WR16	189.1	27	28	235.17
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	23	30	WR17	187.78	21	26	246.55
D.K. Metcalf	SEA	WR	24	27	WR18	186.56	28	33	246.21
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	25	23	WR19	185.51	24	25	241.11
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	26	25	WR20	185.04	25	29	241.69
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	27	28	WR21	180.69	29	34	234.83
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	28	24	RB7	210.21	23	20	246.46
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	29	33	WR22	180.41	31	37	241.96
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	30	36	WR23	173.56	30	39	230.93
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	31	39	WR24	181.1	32	49	239.29
Christian Kirk	JAC	WR	32	43	WR25	182.08	33	47	240.42
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	33	26	WR26	170.39	37	31	226.44
Tank Dell	HOU	WR	34	34	WR27	172.79	35	41	225.04
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	35	31	WR28	163.83	38	32	214.74
George Pickens	PIT	WR	36	41	WR29	167.52	34	43	216.49
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	37	37	QB1	348.2	42	35	366.98
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	38	32	RB8	209.12	26	22	234.7
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	39	29	RB9	208.93	36	23	247.3
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	40	35	TE1	176.52	39	30	233.61
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	41	38	TE2	178.36	41	27	235.51
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	42	42	WR30	165.86	46	46	219.77
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	43	47	RB10	210.39	40	38	243.06
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	44	50	QB2	344.26	43	45	366.32
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	45	40	QB3	335.92	44	40	354.45
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	46	45	QB4	333.56	45	42	350.77
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	47	49	TE3	161.91	49	53	210.12
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	48	46	TE4	165.83	47	48	227.91
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	49	48	WR31	156.52	50	57	206.51
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	50	51	WR32	137.58	51	52	177.71
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	51	52	TE5	165.23	48	50	220.98
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	52	60	TE6	153.18	52	61	203.87
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	53	53	WR33	148.52	53	58	198.29
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	54	56	QB5	323.52	56	59	337.71
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	55	59	WR34	168.3	54	65	224.17
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	56	63	RB11	206.39	55	54	246.4
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	57	62	RB12	179.08	61	56	207.13
James Cook	BUF	RB	58	58	RB13	194.04	57	51	225.55
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	59	44	RB14	194.48	58	36	226.94
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	60	54	RB15	177.24	59	44	205.19
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	61	56	WR35	132.65	67	63	176.07
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	62	71	WR36	156.28	62	66	207.09
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	63	74	WR37	151.56	65	76	193.63
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	64	55	WR38	152.45	63	62	195.75
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	65	65	QB6	317.03	60	55	336.96
Evan Engram	JAC	TE	66	79	TE7	141.41	70	71	197.38
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	67	77	WR39	143.4	74	94	188.83
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	68	70	WR40	146.71	66	73	193.32
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	69	69	RB16	175.16	72	64	204.82
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	70	68	WR41	127.92	69	72	168.48
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	71	78	WR42	137.7	68	68	175.96
Diontae Johnson	CAR	WR	72	73	WR43	134.21	75	82	174.31
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	73	82	RB17	178.99	71	77	212.44
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	74	66	WR44	134.62	76	81	175.83
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	75	72	WR45	128.86	87	89	165.77
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	76	83	WR46	126.59	88	92	162.68
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	77	64	WR47	116.44	84	79	151.02
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	78	85	TE8	140.67	77	84	185.67
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	79	76	RB18	171.53	64	60	204.87
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	80	81	RB19	169.91	73	67	199.74
Zamir White	LVR	RB	81	87	RB20	158.84	86	75	180.93
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	82	89	RB21	159.49	85	95	184.32
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	83	88	QB7	307.09	79	86	328.93
David Montgomery	DET	RB	84	75	RB22	168.36	83	69	190.55
Najee Harris	PIT	RB	85	84	RB23	155.74	91	91	177.46
Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	86	86	RB24	154.53	90	96	177.83
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	87	90	RB25	146.51	89	80	166.78
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	88	92	RB26	156.84	92	90	177.11
George Kittle	SFO	TE	89	67	TE9	132.35	78	70	169.24
James Conner	ARI	RB	90	94	RB27	148.73	93	83	174.6
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	91	91	WR48	127.11	95	105	165.92
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	92	93	WR49	123.54	96	101	156.36
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	93	61	WR50	114.58	98	78	139.94
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	94	95	QB8	295.89	80	74	317.49
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	95	98	QB9	294.06	81	88	312.45
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	96	80	QB10	277.32	82	85	291.27
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	97	100	QB11	277.5	100	102	287.33
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	98	108	QB12	277.58	101	107	293
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	99	112	RB28	166.53	103	110	195.76
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	100	100	RB29	135.26	104	97	153.37
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	101	103	WR51	120.2	97	119	158.25
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	102	111	RB30	143.98	113	113	167.99
David Njoku	CLE	TE	103	102	TE10	137.95	94	93	184.16
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	104	117	RB31	116.79	112	118	131.1
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	105	105	WR52	114.02	115	114	150.17
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	106	99	WR53	116.14	117	116	154.29
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	107	118	QB13	293.69	107	117	311.02
Raheem Mostert	MIA	RB	108	97	RB32	115.12	114	87	127.49
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	109	122	RB33	127.69	120	127	142.25
Javonte Williams	DEN	RB	110	110	RB34	131.41	106	108	152.29
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	111	114	TE11	103.79	105	106	138.52
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	112	96	TE12	104.21	99	99	135.18
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	113	113	QB14	292.46	108	98	310.9
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	114	125	QB15	273.5	111	111	294.38
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	115	104	WR54	108.47	119	103	136.45
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	116	120	WR55	103.41	122	121	132.88
Josh Downs	IND	WR	117	131	WR56	107.68	131	143	142.93
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	118	115	WR57	97.75	132	131	122.58
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	119	130	TE13	105.04	121	122	134.65
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	120	107	WR58	122.91	110	112	158.79
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	121	124	WR59	121.73	116	132	161.45
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	122	123	WR60	116.81	118	136	149.78
Gus Edwards	LAC	RB	123	121	RB35	135.01	130	128	148.67
Jared Goff	DET	QB	124	127	QB16	275.18	109	104	295.9
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	125	133	QB17	244.15	123	123	259.56
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	126	129	RB36	122.87	102	100	145.88
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	127	135	TE14	96.07	138	137	127.73
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	RB	128	126	RB37	118.41	124	126	131.98
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	129	109	RB38	111.95	127	115	124.15
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	130	128	RB39	121.03	126	120	137.04
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	131	106	RB40	112.71	133	109	127.67
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	132	134	RB41	110.98	128	138	130.89
Rico Dowdle	DAL	RB	133	140	RB42	121.66	125	140	138.89
Gabriel Davis	JAC	WR	134	132	WR61	88.4	136	141	108.14
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	135	150	WR62	93.51	146	163	115.98
Jahan Dotson	WAS	WR	136	136	WR63	84.42	134	139	107.18
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	137	119	WR64	108.05	129	124	142.73
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	138	143	RB43	109.31	140	149	124.46
Ty Chandler	MIN	RB	139	144	RB44	113.6	135	144	126.33
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	140	137	RB45	90.97	144	142	102.61
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	141	149	WR65	83.44	145	152	104.56
Mike Williams	NYJ	WR	142	116	WR66	79.27	147	129	102
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	143	138	WR67	79.39	148	154	99.58
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	144	148	WR68	71.95	149	148	91.17
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	145	154	RB46	111.15	143	169	136.14
Kirk Cousins	ATL	QB	146	146	QB18	251.26	137	133	268.89
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	147	145	TE15	99.59	139	134	129.6
Nick Chubb	CLE	RB	148	142	RB47	86.71	158	125	94.13
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	149	156	WR69	86.16	153	145	113.63
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	150	163	WR70	98.22	154	173	126.27
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	151	166	WR71	90.01	155	165	116.36
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	152	153	QB19	243	141	135	262.15
Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	QB	153	161	QB20	242.57	142	150	260.08
Luke Musgrave	GBP	TE	154	151	TE16	89.48	152	151	117.09
Deshaun Watson	CLE	QB	155	162	QB21	234.72	151	153	247.78
Antonio Gibson	NEP	RB	156	164	RB48	94.21	156	166	110.23
Ja'Lynn Polk	NEP	WR	157	141	WR72	72.59	164	155	91.16
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	158	158	WR73	78.9	175	175	96.97
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	159	167	RB49	97.34	165	157	111.19
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	160	160	RB50	64.94	160	168	72.6
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	161	157	RB51	110.25	162	167	119.72
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	162	165	WR74	74.03	174	176	93.24
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	163	175	TE17	85.39	161	161	110.56
Kimani Vidal	LAC	RB	164	155	RB52	98.88	159	162	111.07
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	165	186	RB53	89.08	167	191	100.68
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	166	176	TE18	87.02	168	178	112.97
Demarcus Robinson	LAR	WR	167	179	WR75	65.44	180	196	82.16
Elijah Mitchell	SFO	RB	168	183	RB54	70.42	166	182	74.72
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	169	159	TE19	89.02	169	170	117.36
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	170	178	WR76	69.14	173	185	86.86
Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WR	171	201	WR77	79.95	188	216	98.81
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	172	174	WR78	69.25	181	177	87.02
Malachi Corley	NYJ	WR	173	169	WR79	65.99	177	180	82.57
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	174	185	WR80	61.37	189	187	76.14
Daniel Jones	NYG	QB	175	195	QB22	240.61	170	189	252.06
Geno Smith	SEA	QB	176	170	QB23	240.27	157	160	258.3
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	177	168	QB24	250.84	150	147	267.19
Will Levis	TEN	QB	178	177	QB25	218.55	163	164	231.77
J.K. Dobbins	LAC	RB	179	182	RB55	76.51	176	158	84.4
Khalil Herbert	CHI	RB	180	184	RB56	69.88	187	188	75.6
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	181	187	TE20	83.18	182	190	107.85
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	182	181	TE21	76.66	186	192	98.33
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	183	180	TE22	68.14	183	172	83.9
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KCC	RB	184	198	RB57	72.88	207	211	83.33
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	185	189	TE23	43.81	184	186	56.2
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	186	152	RB58	39.75	185	156	44.02
Dameon Pierce	HOU	RB	187	196	RB59	67.33	197	197	74.91
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	188	208	TE24	63.13	192	208	82.34
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	189	190	QB26	213.25	171	179	225.27
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	190	206	QB27	209.19	179	193	218.44
Derek Carr	NOS	QB	191	199	QB28	201.21	172	174	214.17
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	192	193	QB29	138.31	201	199	140.46
Tyler Boyd	TEN	WR	193	203	WR81	72.58	190	201	94.2
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	194	207	QB30	182.94	196	202	187.57
Jelani Woods	IND	TE	195	202	TE25	59.53	204	212	73.87
Russell Wilson	PIT	QB	196	210	QB31	188.89	198	195	195.88
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	197	172	RB60	14.23	203	181	16.42
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	198	190	RB61	50.59	200	183	62.09
Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE	199	171	TE26	34.08	193	171	44.55
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	200	209	WR82	42.43	202	233	54.78
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	201	147	TE27	48.98	195	130	63.38
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	202	188	WR83	33.26	211	209	41.4
Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE	203	219	TE28	19.56	205	278	25.15
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	204	204	WR84	40.42	206	214	50.64
DJ Chark	LAC	WR	205	212	WR85	54.94	191	198	68.29
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	206	217	RB62	58.43	199	226	63.65
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	207	231	TE29	62.9	209	224	80.96
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	208	172	WR86	62.22	208	184	78.9
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	209	139	WR87	28.91	194	159	36.09
Alexander Mattison	LVR	RB	210	225	RB63	63.92	210	219	68.93
Xavier Gipson	NYJ	WR	211	256	WR88	50.45	294	323	64.05
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	212	227	WR89	61.07	220	231	75.7
Aidan O'Connell	LVR	QB	213	243	QB32	154.26	215	230	156.62
D'Onta Foreman	CLE	RB	214	204	RB64	92.83	214	206	100.14
Odell Beckham	MIA	WR	215	215	WR90	53.85	212	205	66.53
Kendrick Bourne	NEP	WR	216	229	WR91	46.75	213	227	56.89
Devontez Walker	BAL	WR	217	200	WR92	49.32	218	223	61.36
Rondale Moore	ATL	WR	218	221	WR93	51.74	226	235	67.45
Kalif Raymond	DET	WR	219	221	WR94	54.27	217	296	67.35
Keaton Mitchell	BAL	RB	220	219	RB65	58.01	216	204	64.84
Jalin Hyatt	NYG	WR	221	218	WR95	54.42	219	221	67.19
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	222	230	WR96	31.42	227	318	38.99
Kadarius Toney	KCC	WR	223	256	WR97	47.48	221	304	56.43
Zay Jones	ARI	WR	224	197	WR98	45.65	223	194	57.95
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	225	194	RB66	53.73	222	200	60.16
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	226	223	TE30	52.65	224	228	66.02
Trey Sermon	IND	RB	227	248	RB67	23.27	225	283	26.92
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	228	213	RB68	59.83	244	210	65.3
Trey Palmer	TBB	WR	229	251	WR99	58.28	229	289	70.42
Treylon Burks	TEN	WR	230	268	WR100	51.99	249	319	63.84
Tommy Tremble	CAR	TE	231	294	TE31	63.24	230	316	81.27
Greg Dulcich	DEN	TE	232	232	TE32	48.44	242	309	61.45
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	233	214	TE33	41.31	231	213	52.88
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	234	243	WR101	64.08	228	225	80.49
Javon Baker	NEP	WR	235	192	WR102	28.45	232	215	35.77
Deuce Vaughn	DAL	RB	236	268	RB69	49.02	247	293	58.77
Chase Claypool	BUF	WR	237	228	WR103	4.63	235	217	5.72
Josh Reynolds	DEN	WR	238	239	WR104	54.83	233	252	69.04
Hayden Hurst	LAC	TE	239	237	TE34	45.52	237	292	58.71
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	240	226	TE35	42.05	234	271	53.73
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	241	256	RB70	43.5	238	282	53.79
Brenden Rice	LAC	WR	242	251	WR105	11.78	246	244	14.8
Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	RB	243	251	RB71	65.91	239	288	77.19
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	244	241	TE36	52.74	236	232	69.94
Daniel Bellinger	NYG	TE	245	256	TE37	48.04	241	322	63.67
Nelson Agholor	BAL	WR	246	268	WR106	58.64	243	251	73.75
Michael Mayer	LVR	TE	247	243	TE38	44.89	245	238	57.2
Michael Gallup	LVR	WR	248	294	WR107	51.55	248	237	64.4
Eric Gray	NYG	RB	249	268	RB72	28.39	268	326	33.72
Kylen Granson	IND	TE	250	294	TE39	47.68	240	266	60.08

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