NFL Top Best Ball Stacks for Underdog & DraftKings
| 2026 Best Ball Rankings | 2026 Stat Projections | 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 | 72.57 | 62.9 | Mid | 12-42 | DET | 10 | NEP | 12 | NYJ | 31 | 54-D.J. Moore 8-Amon-Ra St. Brown 26-A.J. Brown 39-Garrett Wilson | 128-Khalil Shakir 47-Jameson Williams 113-Romeo Doubs 140-Omar Cooper | 223-Keon Coleman 169-Isaac TeSlaa 205-Kayshon Boutte 213-Adonai Mitchell | 130-Dalton Kincaid 96-Sam LaPorta 151-Hunter Henry 150-Kenyon Sadiq | 11-James Cook 2-Jahmyr Gibbs 48-TreVeyon Henderson 28-Breece Hall |
| CIN | Joe Burrow | 71.45 | 71.45 | High | 51-75 | TEN | 25 | CLE | 13 | DEN | 1 | 3-Ja'Marr Chase 60-Carnell Tate 116-KC Concepcion 50-Jaylen Waddle | 35-Tee Higgins 118-Wan'Dale Robinson 184-Jerry Jeudy 80-Courtland Sutton | 244-Andrei Iosivas 180-Calvin Ridley 160-Denzel Boston 216-Troy Franklin | 206-Mike Gesicki 178-Gunnar Helm 93-Harold Fannin 237-Evan Engram | 18-Chase Brown 77-Tony Pollard 55-Quinshon Judkins 102-J.K. Dobbins |
| BAL | Lamar Jackson | 66.91 | 66.27 | Mid | 44-68 | NYG | 14 | PIT | 6 | HOU | 3 | 37-Zay Flowers 24-Malik Nabers 76-D.K. Metcalf 23-Nico Collins | 228-Rashod Bateman 203-Malachi Fields 107-Michael Pittman 125-Jayden Higgins | 234-Ja'Kobi Lane 189-Darnell Mooney 179-Germie Bernard 196-Tank Dell | 127-Mark Andrews 132-Isaiah Likely 185-Pat Freiermuth 172-Dalton Schultz | 17-Derrick Henry 42-Cam Skattebo 79-Jaylen Warren 49-David Montgomery |
| CHI | Caleb Williams | 62.09 | 69.52 | High | 58-82 | MIN | 5 | DET | 10 | SEA | 2 | 43-Luther Burden 10-Justin Jefferson 8-Amon-Ra St. Brown 5-Jaxon Smith-Njigba | 57-Rome Odunze 85-Jordan Addison 47-Jameson Williams 138-Rashid Shaheed | 271-Kalif Raymond 147-Jauan Jennings 169-Isaac TeSlaa 207-Cooper Kupp | 46-Colston Loveland 163-T.J. Hockenson 96-Sam LaPorta 171-AJ Barner | 53-D'Andre Swift 121-Aaron Jones 2-Jahmyr Gibbs 58-Jadarian Price |
| DAL | Dak Prescott | 61.13 | 61.13 | High | 66-90 | CAR | 18 | TBB | 17 | PHI | 4 | 9-CeeDee Lamb 37-Tetairoa McMillan 40-Emeka Egbuka 32-DeVonta Smith | 22-George Pickens 133-Jalen Coker 147-Jalen McMillan 73-Makai Lemon | 175-Ryan Flournoy 221-Chris Brazzell 89-Chris Godwin 210-Dontayvion Wicks | 126-Jake Ferguson 300-Tommy Tremble 183-Cade Otton 135-Dallas Goedert | 36-Javonte Williams 68-Chuba Hubbard 45-Bucky Irving 14-Saquon Barkley |
| LAC | Justin Herbert | 60.31 | 58.25 | Mid | 71-95 | TBB | 17 | DEN | 1 | NEP | 12 | 41-Ladd McConkey 40-Emeka Egbuka 50-Jaylen Waddle 26-A.J. Brown | 94-Quentin Johnston 147-Jalen McMillan 80-Courtland Sutton 113-Romeo Doubs | 187-Tre Harris 89-Chris Godwin 216-Troy Franklin 205-Kayshon Boutte | 142-Oronde Gadsden 183-Cade Otton 237-Evan Engram 151-Hunter Henry | 15-Omarion Hampton 45-Bucky Irving 102-J.K. Dobbins 48-TreVeyon Henderson |
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