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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 73.25 67.26 Mid 12-41 DET 18 NEP 19 NYJ 27 53-D.J. Moore
8-Amon-Ra St. Brown
28-A.J. Brown
38-Garrett Wilson
127-Khalil Shakir
48-Jameson Williams
112-Romeo Doubs
139-Omar Cooper
232-Keon Coleman
168-Isaac TeSlaa
196-Kayshon Boutte
214-Adonai Mitchell
131-Dalton Kincaid
98-Sam LaPorta
150-Hunter Henry
148-Kenyon Sadiq
11-James Cook
2-Jahmyr Gibbs
45-TreVeyon Henderson
30-Breece Hall
CIN Joe Burrow 71.93 72.89 High 51-75 TEN 31 CLE 3 DEN 4 3-Ja'Marr Chase
60-Carnell Tate
115-KC Concepcion
50-Jaylen Waddle
36-Tee Higgins
118-Wan'Dale Robinson
160-Denzel Boston
80-Courtland Sutton
241-Andrei Iosivas
174-Calvin Ridley
176-Jerry Jeudy
211-Troy Franklin
209-Mike Gesicki
182-Gunnar Helm
92-Harold Fannin
234-Evan Engram
18-Chase Brown
77-Tony Pollard
56-Quinshon Judkins
102-J.K. Dobbins
BAL Lamar Jackson 69.52 67.23 Mid 43-67 NYG 25 PIT 13 HOU 1 39-Zay Flowers
21-Malik Nabers
76-D.K. Metcalf
26-Nico Collins
229-Rashod Bateman
215-Malachi Fields
109-Michael Pittman
123-Jayden Higgins
229-Ja'Kobi Lane
200-Darnell Mooney
183-Germie Bernard
195-Tank Dell
128-Mark Andrews
133-Isaiah Likely
194-Pat Freiermuth
171-Dalton Schultz
17-Derrick Henry
47-Cam Skattebo
91-Rico Dowdle
49-David Montgomery
CHI Caleb Williams 64.97 68.69 High 58-82 MIN 9 DET 18 SEA 2 42-Luther Burden
10-Justin Jefferson
8-Amon-Ra St. Brown
5-Jaxon Smith-Njigba
57-Rome Odunze
85-Jordan Addison
48-Jameson Williams
136-Rashid Shaheed
246-Zavion Thomas
146-Jauan Jennings
168-Isaac TeSlaa
210-Cooper Kupp
46-Colston Loveland
163-T.J. Hockenson
98-Sam LaPorta
169-AJ Barner
54-D'Andre Swift
120-Aaron Jones
2-Jahmyr Gibbs
58-Jadarian Price
LAR Matthew Stafford 61.77 58.38 High 92-116 SFO 24 NYJ 27 ARI 30 4-Puka Nacua
44-Mike Evans
38-Garrett Wilson
67-Marvin Harrison
52-Davante Adams
101-Ricky Pearsall
139-Omar Cooper
87-Michael Wilson
297-Jordan Whittington
164-De'Zhaun Stribling
214-Adonai Mitchell
274-Kendrick Bourne
204-Terrance Ferguson
117-George Kittle
148-Kenyon Sadiq
24-Trey McBride
34-Kyren Williams
7-Christian McCaffrey
30-Breece Hall
23-Jeremiyah Love
DAL Dak Prescott 59.69 61.13 High 66-90 CAR 21 TBB 15 PHI 12 9-CeeDee Lamb
35-Tetairoa McMillan
40-Emeka Egbuka
32-DeVonta Smith
25-George Pickens
130-Jalen Coker
143-Jalen McMillan
73-Makai Lemon
184-Ryan Flournoy
220-Chris Brazzell
88-Chris Godwin
206-Dontayvion Wicks
124-Jake Ferguson
297-Tommy Tremble
186-Cade Otton
135-Dallas Goedert
37-Javonte Williams
68-Chuba Hubbard
43-Bucky Irving
14-Saquon Barkley

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