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 | 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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