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 | "NM BJZA | LXZC." | W16 | 16RK | W17 | 17RK | ADP-WR1 | ADP-WR2 | ADP-WR3 | ADP-TE1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | Josh Allen | 78.37 | 74.69 | Mid | 25-49 | CHI | 24 | DEN | 1 | MIA | 29 | 53-D.J. Moore 46-Luther Burden 38-Jaylen Waddle 172-Malik Washington | 131-Khalil Shakir 60-Rome Odunze 82-Courtland Sutton 180-Caleb Douglas | 262-Josh Palmer 289-Kalif Raymond 171-Pat Bryant 211-Chris Bell | 122-Dalton Kincaid 43-Colston Loveland 221-Evan Engram 186-Greg Dulcich | 10-James Cook 44-D'Andre Swift 89-RJ Harvey 17-Devon Achane |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 72.29 | 66.3 | Mid | 44-68 | PIT | 5 | CLE | 14 | CIN | 31 | 31-Zay Flowers 73-D.K. Metcalf 113-KC Concepcion 3-Ja'Marr Chase | 157-Ja'Kobi Lane 99-Michael Pittman 138-Denzel Boston 35-Tee Higgins | 206-Rashod Bateman 204-Germie Bernard 198-Jerry Jeudy 262-Colbie Young | 132-Mark Andrews 196-Pat Freiermuth 105-Harold Fannin 220-Mike Gesicki | 18-Derrick Henry 69-Jaylen Warren 54-Quinshon Judkins 15-Chase Brown |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 70.93 | 74.04 | High | 55-79 | CAR | 20 | IND | 19 | BAL | 18 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 41-Tetairoa McMillan 94-Alec Pierce 31-Zay Flowers | 35-Tee Higgins 129-Jalen Coker 81-Josh Downs 157-Ja'Kobi Lane | 262-Colbie Young 249-Xavier Legette 165-Keenan Allen 206-Rashod Bateman | 220-Mike Gesicki 207-Darren Waller 63-Tyler Warren 132-Mark Andrews | 15-Chase Brown 75-Jonathon Brooks 8-Jonathan Taylor 18-Derrick Henry |
| DET | Jared Goff | 64.55 | 65.51 | High | 99-123 | MIN | 6 | NYG | 16 | CHI | 24 | 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown 11-Justin Jefferson 23-Malik Nabers 46-Luther Burden | 51-Jameson Williams 88-Jordan Addison 197-Malachi Fields 60-Rome Odunze | 189-Isaac TeSlaa 166-Jauan Jennings 262-Odell Beckham 289-Kalif Raymond | 91-Sam LaPorta 169-T.J. Hockenson 128-Isaiah Likely 43-Colston Loveland | 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 98-Jordan Mason 45-Cam Skattebo 44-D'Andre Swift |
| SFO | Brock Purdy | 63.29 | 60.07 | High | 89-113 | LAC | 23 | KCC | 9 | PHI | 4 | 49-Mike Evans 33-Ladd McConkey 26-Rashee Rice 27-DeVonta Smith | 127-Deebo Samuel 73-Quentin Johnston 106-Xavier Worthy 80-Makai Lemon | 116-De'Zhaun Stribling 158-Tre Harris 167-Cyrus Allen 159-Dontayvion Wicks | 114-George Kittle 178-Oronde Gadsden 123-Travis Kelce 135-Dallas Goedert | 6-Christian McCaffrey 16-Omarion Hampton 14-Kenneth Walker III 13-Saquon Barkley |
| JAC | Trevor Lawrence | 60.38 | 54.41 | Mid | 74-98 | HOU | 3 | DAL | 32 | WAS | 27 | 58-Parker Washington 22-Nico Collins 10-CeeDee Lamb 48-Terry McLaurin | 64-Brian Thomas 176-Tank Dell 24-George Pickens 93-Stefon Diggs | 117-Jakobi Meyers 227-Xavier Hutchinson 168-Ryan Flournoy 224-Antonio Williams | 148-Brenton Strange 160-Dalton Schultz 136-Jake Ferguson 145-Chigoziem Okonkwo | 49-Bhayshul Tuten 47-David Montgomery 34-Javonte Williams 117-Rachaad White |
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