NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings
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Best Ball Stack Rankings Details & FAQ
This data is intended to help draft exceptional fantasy football teams for Best Ball on sites like Underdog and DraftKings.
Best Ball is a popular form of fantasy football with no roster management. Simply join a league or tournament on Underdog or DraftKings, and draft 18 to 20 players per team. The software will automatically construct your best possible lineup each week of the season. Regular season league champions will advance in tournament formats to compete for huge cash prizes in the playoffs.
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Stacking in Best Ball is the act of influencing variance by selecting players who can perform well in tandem. As an example, a quarterback and wide receiver have correlated performance because they both accrue stats at the same time. In Best Ball tournaments, the theory is that stacking teams will increase your volatility, and therefore, your chances of reaching the highest peaks in a given week should one of your stacks perform well. Only the top teams advance and receive the largest payouts in the final week.
We have curated the top picks from our 2026 Best Ball Rankings and created this table to help quickly identify players to target for your Best Ball stacks. Factors that we considered in making our selections:
- Overall projections, including floor and ceiling
- Average draft position (ADP) vs. performance expectations
- Best Ball format and prize award structure
- Opponent expected behaviors and tendency
- Playoff schedule and end-game strategy
We offer up the rated list of stacks to target, expected range of the draft to target each player, and an assessment of the draft capital you must invest. Use this cheat sheet to quickly identify stacks to target in this season’s Best Ball drafts by balancing the projections and average draft position.
Glossary
- UDRating: The combined grade of QB projection, weighted skill player projections, and ADP for a stack on Underdog.
- DKRating: The combined grade of QB projection, weighted skill player projections, and ADP for a stack on DraftKings.
- Price: The weighted ADP score assessment of team skill players.
- QBRangeUD: The range of ADP to expect for drafting the QB.
- Week 16 and 17: The Week 16 and 17 opponent for the stack.
- DefRank: The RG power ranking of the Week 16 and 17 opponent defense.
- ADP-(POS): The ADP and player name for skill player in a stack by position
- ADP-(POS) (2nd and 3rd line): The ADP and player name for comparable Week 16 (line 2) and 17 (line 3) opponent.
| TEAM | QUARTERBACK | UDRTG | DKRTG | PRICE | QBRANGE | W15 | 15RK | W16 | 16RK | W17 | 17RK | ADP-WR1 | ADP-WR2 | ADP-WR3 | ADP-TE1 | ADP-RB1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Josh Allen | 76.93 | 70.03 | Mid | 24-48 | DET | 10 | NEP | 12 | NYJ | 31 | 57-D.J. Moore 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 19-A.J. Brown 40-Garrett Wilson | 126-Khalil Shakir 51-Jameson Williams 117-Romeo Doubs 171-Adonai Mitchell | 209-Keon Coleman 169-Isaac TeSlaa 203-Kayshon Boutte 144-Omar Cooper | 127-Dalton Kincaid 93-Sam LaPorta 151-Hunter Henry 160-Kenyon Sadiq | 12-James Cook 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 52-TreVeyon Henderson 27-Breece Hall |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 72.9 | 76.43 | Mid | 43-67 | NYG | 13 | PIT | 6 | HOU | 3 | 30-Zay Flowers 31-Malik Nabers 76-D.K. Metcalf 22-Nico Collins | 206-Rashod Bateman 197-Darnell Mooney 100-Michael Pittman 124-Jayden Higgins | 241-Ja'Kobi Lane 226-Malachi Fields 187-Germie Bernard 190-Tank Dell | 125-Mark Andrews 129-Isaiah Likely 192-Pat Freiermuth 168-Dalton Schultz | 17-Derrick Henry 44-Cam Skattebo 73-Jaylen Warren 48-David Montgomery |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 68.54 | 72.89 | High | 56-80 | TEN | 25 | CLE | 14 | DEN | 1 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 59-Carnell Tate 118-KC Concepcion 42-Jaylen Waddle | 34-Tee Higgins 115-Wan'Dale Robinson 155-Denzel Boston 83-Courtland Sutton | 241-Andrei Iosivas 186-Calvin Ridley 177-Jerry Jeudy 219-Troy Franklin | 202-Mike Gesicki 180-Gunnar Helm 103-Harold Fannin 218-Evan Engram | 16-Chase Brown 72-Tony Pollard 54-Quinshon Judkins 86-RJ Harvey |
| SFO | Brock Purdy | 61 | 62.39 | High | 85-109 | LAR | 8 | MIA | 28 | DET | 10 | 46-Mike Evans 4-Puka Nacua 182-Malik Washington 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown | 164-Deebo Samuel 49-Davante Adams 250-Jalen Tolbert 51-Jameson Williams | 102-Ricky Pearsall 290-Jordan Whittington 250-Caleb Douglas 169-Isaac TeSlaa | 116-George Kittle 183-Terrance Ferguson 178-Greg Dulcich 93-Sam LaPorta | 6-Christian McCaffrey 32-Kyren Williams 18-Devon Achane 1-Jahmyr Gibbs |
| LAC | Justin Herbert | 60.65 | 55.02 | High | 69-93 | TBB | 17 | DEN | 1 | NEP | 12 | 35-Ladd McConkey 33-Emeka Egbuka 42-Jaylen Waddle 19-A.J. Brown | 75-Quentin Johnston 89-Chris Godwin 83-Courtland Sutton 117-Romeo Doubs | 166-Tre Harris 145-Jalen McMillan 219-Troy Franklin 203-Kayshon Boutte | 148-Oronde Gadsden 188-Cade Otton 218-Evan Engram 151-Hunter Henry | 14-Omarion Hampton 56-Bucky Irving 86-RJ Harvey 52-TreVeyon Henderson |
| DET | Jared Goff | 60.48 | 60 | High | 99-123 | BUF | 16 | CHI | 24 | SFO | 15 | 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 57-D.J. Moore 45-Luther Burden 46-Mike Evans | 51-Jameson Williams 126-Khalil Shakir 60-Rome Odunze 164-Deebo Samuel | 169-Isaac TeSlaa 209-Keon Coleman 266-Kalif Raymond 102-Ricky Pearsall | 93-Sam LaPorta 127-Dalton Kincaid 47-Colston Loveland 116-George Kittle | 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 12-James Cook 50-D'Andre Swift 6-Christian McCaffrey |
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