NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings

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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 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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