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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
PHI Jalen Hurts 72.89 69.97 High 38-62 LVR 25 WAS 21 BUF 18 17-A.J. Brown
73-Jakobi Meyers
28-Terry McLaurin
80-Khalil Shakir
45-DeVonta Smith
126-Jack Bech
67-Deebo Samuel
151-Josh Palmer
274-Jahan Dotson
237-Tre Tucker
238-Noah Brown
109-Keon Coleman
141-Dallas Goedert
15-Brock Bowers
166-Zach Ertz
136-Dalton Kincaid
2-Saquon Barkley
8-Ashton Jeanty
88-Brian Robinson
42-James Cook
BAL Lamar Jackson 70.83 66.46 Mid 24-48 CIN 27 NEP 13 GBP 7 49-Zay Flowers
1-Ja'Marr Chase
77-Stefon Diggs
79-Jayden Reed
117-Rashod Bateman
23-Tee Higgins
181-Demario Douglas
75-Matthew Golden
178-DeAndre Hopkins
188-Andrei Iosivas
121-Kyle Williams
159-Romeo Doubs
107-Mark Andrews
173-Mike Gesicki
171-Hunter Henry
135-Tucker Kraft
14-Derrick Henry
31-Chase Brown
62-TreVeyon Henderson
24-Josh Jacobs
CIN Joe Burrow 70.63 72.76 High 41-65 BAL 6 MIA 8 ARI 22 1-Ja'Marr Chase
49-Zay Flowers
27-Tyreek Hill
26-Marvin Harrison
23-Tee Higgins
117-Rashod Bateman
58-Jaylen Waddle
175-Michael Wilson
188-Andrei Iosivas
178-DeAndre Hopkins
274-Malik Washington
282-Greg Dortch
173-Mike Gesicki
107-Mark Andrews
95-Jonnu Smith
22-Trey McBride
31-Chase Brown
14-Derrick Henry
18-Devon Achane
69-James Conner
NYJ Justin Fields 62.26 55.47 Mid 92-116 JAC 24 NOS 31 NEP 13 25-Garrett Wilson
13-Brian Thomas
64-Chris Olave
77-Stefon Diggs
265-Allen Lazard
41-Travis Hunter
113-Rashid Shaheed
181-Demario Douglas
282-Arian Smith
213-Dyami Brown
265-Brandin Cooks
121-Kyle Williams
177-Mason Taylor
156-Brenton Strange
214-Juwan Johnson
171-Hunter Henry
37-Breece Hall
152-Tank Bigsby
61-Alvin Kamara
62-TreVeyon Henderson
TBB Baker Mayfield 60.94 57.9 High 77-101 ATL 28 CAR 32 MIA 8 35-Mike Evans
16-Drake London
39-Tetairoa McMillan
27-Tyreek Hill
65-Chris Godwin
87-Darnell Mooney
158-Xavier Legette
58-Jaylen Waddle
92-Emeka Egbuka
220-Ray-Ray McCloud
192-Jalen Coker
274-Malik Washington
180-Cade Otton
144-Kyle Pitts
204-Ja'Tavion Sanders
95-Jonnu Smith
21-Bucky Irving
4-Bijan Robinson
57-Chuba Hubbard
18-Devon Achane
DEN Bo Nix 59.7 58.26 Low 87-111 GBP 7 JAC 24 KCC 9 46-Courtland Sutton
79-Jayden Reed
13-Brian Thomas
30-Rashee Rice
118-Marvin Mims
75-Matthew Golden
41-Travis Hunter
38-Xavier Worthy
274-Devaughn Vele
159-Romeo Doubs
213-Dyami Brown
130-Marquise Brown
111-Evan Engram
135-Tucker Kraft
156-Brenton Strange
100-Travis Kelce
55-RJ Harvey
24-Josh Jacobs
152-Tank Bigsby
90-Isiah Pacheco

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