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This data is intended to help draft exceptional fantasy football teams for Best Ball on sites like Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.

Best Ball is a popular form of fantasy football with no roster management. Simply join a league or tournament on Underdog Fantasy and 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.

If you don’t already have an Underdog account, check out our Underdog Fantasy promo code to help kickstart your best ball summer.

Stacking in Best Ball is the act of influencing variance by selecting players who can perform well in tandem. As 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 best ball 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 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
CIN Joe Burrow 72.12 71.93 High 49-73 BAL 6 MIA 8 ARI 22 1-Ja'Marr Chase
54-Zay Flowers
21-Tyreek Hill
27-Marvin Harrison
23-Tee Higgins
113-Rashod Bateman
53-Jaylen Waddle
181-Michael Wilson
204-Andrei Iosivas
190-DeAndre Hopkins
259-Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
280-Greg Dortch
171-Mike Gesicki
106-Mark Andrews
200-Darren Waller
26-Trey McBride
25-Chase Brown
15-Derrick Henry
14-Devon Achane
60-James Conner
PHI Jalen Hurts 70.79 70.79 High 33-57 LVR 25 WAS 21 BUF 18 17-A.J. Brown
71-Jakobi Meyers
36-Terry McLaurin
80-Khalil Shakir
50-DeVonta Smith
189-Dont'e Thornton
69-Deebo Samuel
101-Keon Coleman
267-Jahan Dotson
161-Jack Bech
267-Luke McCaffrey
157-Josh Palmer
138-Dallas Goedert
19-Brock Bowers
174-Zach Ertz
137-Dalton Kincaid
4-Saquon Barkley
12-Ashton Jeanty
86-Brian Robinson
44-James Cook
BAL Lamar Jackson 70.03 58.42 High 19-43 CIN 27 NEP 13 GBP 7 54-Zay Flowers
1-Ja'Marr Chase
77-Stefon Diggs
78-Jayden Reed
113-Rashod Bateman
23-Tee Higgins
167-Demario Douglas
79-Matthew Golden
190-DeAndre Hopkins
204-Andrei Iosivas
135-Kyle Williams
151-Romeo Doubs
106-Mark Andrews
171-Mike Gesicki
160-Hunter Henry
121-Tucker Kraft
15-Derrick Henry
25-Chase Brown
64-TreVeyon Henderson
24-Josh Jacobs
BUF Josh Allen 62.13 59.2 Low 12-42 NEP 13 CLE 15 PHI 1 80-Khalil Shakir
77-Stefon Diggs
68-Jerry Jeudy
17-A.J. Brown
101-Keon Coleman
167-Demario Douglas
147-Cedric Tillman
50-DeVonta Smith
157-Josh Palmer
135-Kyle Williams
241-Diontae Johnson
267-Jahan Dotson
137-Dalton Kincaid
160-Hunter Henry
119-David Njoku
138-Dallas Goedert
44-James Cook
64-TreVeyon Henderson
170-Jerome Ford
4-Saquon Barkley
ARI Kyler Murray 60.45 57.11 Mid 83-107 HOU 3 ATL 28 CIN 27 27-Marvin Harrison
10-Nico Collins
16-Drake London
1-Ja'Marr Chase
181-Michael Wilson
91-Jayden Higgins
87-Darnell Mooney
23-Tee Higgins
280-Greg Dortch
124-Christian Kirk
224-Ray-Ray McCloud
204-Andrei Iosivas
26-Trey McBride
202-Dalton Schultz
150-Kyle Pitts
171-Mike Gesicki
60-James Conner
58-Joe Mixon
2-Bijan Robinson
25-Chase Brown
LAC Justin Herbert 59.68 62.74 Mid 113-137 KCC 9 DAL 30 HOU 3 18-Ladd McConkey
35-Rashee Rice
5-CeeDee Lamb
10-Nico Collins
139-Quentin Johnston
41-Xavier Worthy
48-George Pickens
91-Jayden Higgins
105-Tre Harris
132-Marquise Brown
241-KaVontae Turpin
124-Christian Kirk
238-Tyler Conklin
98-Travis Kelce
143-Jake Ferguson
202-Dalton Schultz
37-Omarion Hampton
76-Isiah Pacheco
130-Javonte Williams
58-Joe Mixon

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