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 | 76.93 | 69.5 | Mid | 23-47 | 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 49-Jameson Williams 117-Romeo Doubs 170-Adonai Mitchell | 210-Keon Coleman 166-Isaac TeSlaa 217-Kayshon Boutte 143-Omar Cooper | 128-Dalton Kincaid 96-Sam LaPorta 152-Hunter Henry 161-Kenyon Sadiq | 12-James Cook 1-Jahmyr Gibbs 52-TreVeyon Henderson 27-Breece Hall |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 69.98 | 69.82 | Mid | 43-67 | NYG | 13 | PIT | 6 | HOU | 3 | 30-Zay Flowers 38-Malik Nabers 78-D.K. Metcalf 22-Nico Collins | 213-Rashod Bateman 225-Malachi Fields 100-Michael Pittman 124-Jayden Higgins | 240-Ja'Kobi Lane 204-Darnell Mooney 184-Germie Bernard 196-Tank Dell | 125-Mark Andrews 130-Isaiah Likely 192-Pat Freiermuth 168-Dalton Schultz | 18-Derrick Henry 43-Cam Skattebo 74-Jaylen Warren 48-David Montgomery |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 69.53 | 71.93 | High | 55-79 | TEN | 25 | CLE | 14 | DEN | 1 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 59-Carnell Tate 120-KC Concepcion 42-Jaylen Waddle | 32-Tee Higgins 115-Wan'Dale Robinson 154-Denzel Boston 83-Courtland Sutton | 235-Andrei Iosivas 187-Calvin Ridley 180-Jerry Jeudy 218-Troy Franklin | 203-Mike Gesicki 181-Gunnar Helm 103-Harold Fannin 219-Evan Engram | 16-Chase Brown 72-Tony Pollard 53-Quinshon Judkins 97-J.K. Dobbins |
| DAL | Dak Prescott | 63.08 | 63.08 | High | 68-92 | CAR | 18 | TBB | 17 | PHI | 4 | 9-CeeDee Lamb 39-Tetairoa McMillan 34-Emeka Egbuka 26-DeVonta Smith | 23-George Pickens 131-Jalen Coker 145-Jalen McMillan 73-Makai Lemon | 160-Ryan Flournoy 221-Chris Brazzell 88-Chris Godwin 189-Dontayvion Wicks | 129-Jake Ferguson 292-Tommy Tremble 186-Cade Otton 136-Dallas Goedert | 37-Javonte Williams 76-Chuba Hubbard 54-Bucky Irving 13-Saquon Barkley |
| SFO | Brock Purdy | 58.36 | 59.35 | High | 83-107 | LAR | 8 | MIA | 28 | DET | 10 | 46-Mike Evans 4-Puka Nacua 182-Malik Washington 7-Amon-Ra St. Brown | 97-Ricky Pearsall 50-Davante Adams 228-Chris Bell 49-Jameson Williams | 171-De'Zhaun Stribling 292-Jordan Whittington 253-Jalen Tolbert 166-Isaac TeSlaa | 114-George Kittle 188-Terrance Ferguson 177-Greg Dulcich 96-Sam LaPorta | 6-Christian McCaffrey 31-Kyren Williams 17-Devon Achane 1-Jahmyr Gibbs |
| LAC | Justin Herbert | 58.04 | 56.09 | High | 69-93 | TBB | 17 | DEN | 1 | NEP | 12 | 36-Ladd McConkey 34-Emeka Egbuka 42-Jaylen Waddle 19-A.J. Brown | 75-Quentin Johnston 145-Jalen McMillan 83-Courtland Sutton 117-Romeo Doubs | 165-Tre Harris 88-Chris Godwin 218-Troy Franklin 217-Kayshon Boutte | 148-Oronde Gadsden 186-Cade Otton 219-Evan Engram 152-Hunter Henry | 14-Omarion Hampton 54-Bucky Irving 97-J.K. Dobbins 52-TreVeyon Henderson |
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