NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings
| 2026 Best Ball Rankings | 2026 Stat Projections | 2026 Top Best Ball Plays | 2026 Best Bets |
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 | 68.06 | Mid | 23-47 | DET | 10 | NEP | 12 | NYJ | 31 | 55-D.J. Moore 8-Amon-Ra St. Brown 20-A.J. Brown 40-Garrett Wilson | 126-Khalil Shakir 48-Jameson Williams 117-Romeo Doubs 176-Adonai Mitchell | 215-Keon Coleman 170-Isaac TeSlaa 214-Kayshon Boutte 140-Omar Cooper | 129-Dalton Kincaid 97-Sam LaPorta 150-Hunter Henry 159-Kenyon Sadiq | 12-James Cook 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 51-TreVeyon Henderson 27-Breece Hall |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 70.78 | 66.3 | Mid | 44-68 | NYG | 13 | PIT | 6 | HOU | 3 | 31-Zay Flowers 34-Malik Nabers 76-D.K. Metcalf 22-Nico Collins | 248-Devontez Walker 230-Malachi Fields 102-Michael Pittman 123-Jayden Higgins | 223-Rashod Bateman 203-Darnell Mooney 184-Germie Bernard 190-Tank Dell | 125-Mark Andrews 131-Isaiah Likely 192-Pat Freiermuth 169-Dalton Schultz | 18-Derrick Henry 43-Cam Skattebo 74-Jaylen Warren 49-David Montgomery |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 68.54 | 68.54 | High | 53-77 | TEN | 25 | CLE | 14 | DEN | 1 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 60-Carnell Tate 118-KC Concepcion 47-Jaylen Waddle | 33-Tee Higgins 115-Wan'Dale Robinson 179-Jerry Jeudy 81-Courtland Sutton | 232-Andrei Iosivas 185-Calvin Ridley 155-Denzel Boston 210-Troy Franklin | 206-Mike Gesicki 180-Gunnar Helm 103-Harold Fannin 227-Evan Engram | 17-Chase Brown 76-Tony Pollard 54-Quinshon Judkins 99-J.K. Dobbins |
| DAL | Dak Prescott | 63.08 | 63.08 | High | 68-92 | CAR | 18 | TBB | 17 | PHI | 4 | 9-CeeDee Lamb 38-Tetairoa McMillan 38-Emeka Egbuka 25-DeVonta Smith | 23-George Pickens 130-Jalen Coker 144-Jalen McMillan 72-Makai Lemon | 162-Ryan Flournoy 219-Chris Brazzell 89-Chris Godwin 191-Dontayvion Wicks | 127-Jake Ferguson 298-Tommy Tremble 187-Cade Otton 135-Dallas Goedert | 36-Javonte Williams 73-Chuba Hubbard 53-Bucky Irving 13-Saquon Barkley |
| LAC | Justin Herbert | 62.91 | 58.39 | Mid | 70-94 | TBB | 17 | DEN | 1 | NEP | 12 | 37-Ladd McConkey 38-Emeka Egbuka 47-Jaylen Waddle 20-A.J. Brown | 78-Quentin Johnston 144-Jalen McMillan 81-Courtland Sutton 117-Romeo Doubs | 164-Tre Harris 89-Chris Godwin 210-Troy Franklin 214-Kayshon Boutte | 145-Oronde Gadsden 187-Cade Otton 227-Evan Engram 150-Hunter Henry | 14-Omarion Hampton 53-Bucky Irving 99-J.K. Dobbins 51-TreVeyon Henderson |
| DET | Jared Goff | 58.52 | 59.51 | High | 97-121 | BUF | 16 | CHI | 24 | SFO | 15 | 8-Amon-Ra St. Brown 55-D.J. Moore 42-Luther Burden 44-Mike Evans | 48-Jameson Williams 126-Khalil Shakir 59-Rome Odunze 100-Ricky Pearsall | 170-Isaac TeSlaa 215-Keon Coleman 269-Kalif Raymond 171-De'Zhaun Stribling | 97-Sam LaPorta 129-Dalton Kincaid 46-Colston Loveland 114-George Kittle | 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 12-James Cook 52-D'Andre Swift 7-Christian McCaffrey |
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