NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Chris Gimino (ChrisGimino) Data Updated: 2024-07-30 17:55:59

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These rankings are for the Best Ball fantasy football format available on Underdog Fantasy and DraftKings.

Best Ball is a wildly popular form of fantasy football that requires no roster management. Simply join one of the available tournaments on DraftKings or Underdog Fantasy, and draft your favorite 18 to 20 players from the available options. Each week the software will automatically construct your best possible lineup each on your behalf with no additional action required. The regular season champions of each 12 player league will advance in the tournament to compete for huge cash prizes in the final rounds.

We use our decades of combined fantasy football and data science experience to create a statistical fantasy football model for projecting future performance.

We accomplish this by using millions of data points that include but are not limited to:

Historical player usage: targets, touches, and opportunity
Play calling tendency including situational run vs. pass ratios
Route participation
Pass rate over expectation data
Coaching changes and tendency
Offensive line performance metrics
Defensive line performance metrics
Turnover and penalty data
Pace and play volume data
Scoring and drive efficiency data
Passing depth and efficiency
Receiving depth and efficiency
QB designed vs. scrambling yards
Age and Injury history
Positional rushing, target, and touchdown distributions
Alignment and personnel usage data
Opponent schedule and strength of competition

This information is the backbone of our projections, but because of the speculative nature associated with the National Football League each season, we must apply our own expertise in finalizing the inputs that formulate the rankings. We have a team of data science and fantasy football experts that consider all factors when ranking players. Player projections are the spine of the rankings, but important elements like upside potential and position scarcity are also included in the analysis. We test our rankings to ensure the results match the intentions.

You can click here to find our favorite picks from the NFL Best Ball Rankings for fantasy football 2024 , which is available here. Expect this data to be updated daily as new information is ingested throughout the offseason.

PLAYER	TEAM	POS	UD RANK	UD ADP	POSRANK	UNDERDOG	DK RANK	DK ADP	DRAFTKINGS
Christian McCaffrey	SFO	RB	1	1	RB1	323.28	1	1	382.76
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	2	2	WR1	280.56	2	2	365.57
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	3	3	WR2	257.8	3	3	337.14
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	4	4	WR3	262.08	5	4	345.12
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	5	6	WR4	257.03	4	5	339.75
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	6	7	RB2	308.2	7	7	372.66
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	7	5	WR5	218.21	6	6	289.62
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	8	11	WR6	223.19	8	11	292.23
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	9	8	RB3	300.37	9	8	353.83
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	9	WR7	210.33	10	10	275.3
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	11	12	RB4	250.18	12	12	296.59
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	12	10	WR8	196.85	11	9	263.11
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	13	15	RB5	239.46	16	15	277.23
Drake London	ATL	WR	14	14	WR9	206.49	14	16	272.2
Davante Adams	LVR	WR	15	20	WR10	199.19	19	18	264.6
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	16	13	WR11	189.96	18	13	251.03
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	17	16	WR12	191.14	15	21	254.95
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	18	22	WR13	197.75	17	28	260.99
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	19	23	RB6	210.21	23	19	246.46
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	20	21	WR14	196.44	20	23	258.18
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	21	19	RB7	231.49	13	14	275.41
Deebo Samuel	SFO	WR	22	18	WR15	188.95	27	24	235.02
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	23	28	WR16	191.54	21	26	251.56
D.K. Metcalf	SEA	WR	24	26	WR17	173.05	28	33	228.34
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	25	17	WR18	175.54	22	17	227.53
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	26	24	WR19	184.6	24	25	240.05
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	27	30	RB8	213.25	26	20	239.45
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	28	27	WR20	179.47	32	30	239.05
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	29	25	WR21	183.7	25	29	240.02
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	30	31	WR22	179.74	29	35	233.24
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	31	33	WR23	180.89	31	38	243.08
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	32	32	WR24	169.24	37	37	222.01
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	33	43	WR25	186.12	33	50	245.72
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	34	36	WR26	170.98	30	41	227.55
Christian Kirk	JAC	WR	35	46	WR27	171.1	34	49	225.73
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	36	37	QB1	348.2	41	36	366.98
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	37	40	WR28	180.8	45	45	240.71
Tank Dell	HOU	WR	38	34	WR29	168.69	35	43	219.68
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	39	35	TE1	176.68	38	31	233.94
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	40	38	TE2	174.02	40	27	229.91
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	41	45	QB2	344.58	42	40	366.62
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	42	42	QB3	338.93	43	39	357.45
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	43	29	RB9	210.19	36	22	248.57
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	44	48	QB4	333.72	44	44	350.92
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	45	40	RB10	188.03	39	34	216.12
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	46	49	TE3	162.06	49	53	210.27
George Pickens	PIT	WR	47	39	WR30	160.94	46	46	207.21
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	48	47	TE4	156.55	47	47	214.25
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	49	50	WR31	152.6	50	56	200.3
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	50	53	WR32	138.05	51	53	178.5
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	51	55	QB5	323.52	56	60	337.87
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	52	51	TE5	163.91	48	51	218.67
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	53	61	TE6	153.34	52	62	204.03
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	54	54	WR33	147.64	53	59	196.82
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	55	63	RB11	205.74	55	52	245.59
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	56	59	WR34	167.36	54	64	223.08
James Cook	BUF	RB	57	56	RB12	196.56	57	48	228.23
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	58	44	RB13	194.48	58	32	226.94
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	59	57	WR35	164.33	63	67	212.18
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	60	68	WR36	152.51	65	75	195.06
Diontae Johnson	CAR	WR	61	71	WR37	154.61	75	78	203.82
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	62	60	WR38	156.88	62	61	208.15
Evan Engram	JAC	TE	63	76	TE7	141.41	70	70	197.38
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	64	58	WR39	135.31	67	65	179.51
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	65	62	RB14	178.32	61	55	206.08
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	66	52	RB15	170.93	59	42	197.38
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	67	70	QB6	317.03	60	54	336.96
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	68	72	WR40	144.5	66	81	191.11
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	69	74	RB16	177.96	64	58	213.19
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	70	82	RB17	178.99	71	80	212.44
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	71	77	WR41	132.74	74	91	175.01
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	72	67	WR42	129.79	69	74	171.07
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	73	68	RB18	175.16	72	63	204.82
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	74	80	RB19	169.3	73	68	198.98
Zamir White	LVR	RB	75	87	RB20	159.01	86	77	181.78
David Montgomery	DET	RB	76	73	RB21	173.23	83	69	196.99
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	77	84	TE8	143.77	77	82	189.74
George Kittle	SFO	TE	78	65	TE9	132.34	78	66	169.24
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	79	86	WR43	142.68	88	89	184.95
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	80	91	QB7	307.09	79	83	328.93
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	81	95	QB8	292.84	81	76	314.22
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	82	79	QB9	278.76	80	79	292.71
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	83	66	WR44	120.25	84	84	156.31
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	84	64	WR45	115.6	98	72	141.3
Najee Harris	PIT	RB	85	83	RB22	154.34	91	88	175.44
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	86	81	WR46	134.62	76	98	175.99
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	87	101	QB10	277.66	100	101	287.49
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	88	89	WR47	128.28	96	97	163.05
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	89	98	QB11	294.06	82	87	312.45
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	90	88	RB23	157.61	85	92	181.52
James Conner	ARI	RB	91	85	RB24	147.15	93	73	173.16
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	92	75	WR48	128.86	87	90	165.77
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	93	96	WR49	126.95	95	106	165.76
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	94	107	RB25	170.83	103	107	201.34
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	95	100	RB26	148.23	97	96	170.35
David Njoku	CLE	TE	96	101	TE10	136.86	94	94	182.65
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	97	97	TE11	97.21	99	99	126.84
Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	98	90	RB27	141.95	90	100	161.85
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	99	94	RB28	157.3	92	93	177.58
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	100	92	RB29	140.62	89	86	160.58
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	101	105	WR50	116.87	104	119	153.32
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	102	108	RB30	145.58	113	109	170.39
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	103	78	WR51	108.12	68	71	135.33
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	104	103	RB31	128.32	118	112	145.5
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	105	109	WR52	130.73	110	117	170.18
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	106	99	WR53	114.02	115	105	150.17
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	107	112	QB12	277.58	101	108	293
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	108	104	WR54	117.12	117	115	155.41
Raheem Mostert	MIA	RB	109	93	RB32	115.12	114	85	127.49
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	110	120	QB13	293.69	107	118	311.02
Javonte Williams	DEN	RB	111	111	RB33	124.87	106	114	144.67
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	112	121	RB34	122.23	112	126	137.05
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	113	117	RB35	128.19	121	122	142.75
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	114	110	QB14	292.46	108	95	310.9
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	115	115	TE12	103.79	105	110	138.52
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	116	113	WR55	103.26	122	116	132.88
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	117	116	WR56	112.49	119	129	143.96
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	118	106	WR57	99.79	120	104	125.04
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	119	125	QB15	273.5	111	111	294.38
Jared Goff	DET	QB	120	126	QB16	275.18	109	103	295.9
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	121	136	QB17	241.28	123	125	256.69
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	122	124	WR58	115.58	116	132	152.68
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	123	129	RB36	122.57	102	102	145.58
Gus Edwards	LAC	RB	124	118	RB37	116.04	129	128	126.44
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	125	134	TE13	93.85	137	131	125.18
Josh Downs	IND	WR	126	137	WR59	111.65	130	143	148.55
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	127	131	RB38	110.98	127	135	130.72
Rico Dowdle	DAL	RB	128	138	RB39	121.5	125	137	138.73
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	RB	129	122	RB40	117.82	124	127	131.33
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	130	140	RB41	107.1	138	149	122.25
Gabriel Davis	JAC	WR	131	133	WR60	103.19	134	139	127.22
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	132	119	WR61	102.91	128	124	135.64
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	133	146	WR62	106.96	144	154	137.37
Ja'Lynn Polk	NEP	WR	134	134	WR63	105.4	146	147	134.68
Kirk Cousins	ATL	QB	135	144	QB18	245.62	136	130	263.25
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	136	148	QB19	243	139	133	262.15
Ty Chandler	MIN	RB	137	143	RB42	113.12	133	148	125.71
Jahan Dotson	WAS	WR	138	139	WR64	82.22	132	142	103.95
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	139	152	WR65	97.12	152	174	124.7
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	140	114	RB43	79.73	131	120	87.38
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	141	130	TE14	92.24	135	121	116.81
Nick Chubb	CLE	RB	142	126	RB44	99.19	157	113	108.82
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	143	128	RB45	110.55	126	123	124.63
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	144	149	RB46	108.67	142	163	133
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	145	154	RB47	114.22	160	160	125.06
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	146	161	WR66	85.68	173	167	109.15
Mike Williams	NYJ	WR	147	132	WR67	78.98	145	138	101.71
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	148	157	TE15	88.88	167	165	117.36
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	149	160	RB48	107.43	162	152	122.72
Kimani Vidal	LAC	RB	150	155	RB49	107.8	158	158	121.12
J.K. Dobbins	LAC	RB	151	166	RB50	96.16	175	153	104.81
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	152	123	WR68	82.2	140	140	102.4
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	153	141	WR69	76.75	147	155	96.11
Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	QB	154	158	QB20	242.57	141	145	260.08
Antonio Gibson	NEP	RB	155	173	RB51	94.05	154	170	110.23
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	156	167	WR70	91.34	153	164	117.69
Geno Smith	SEA	QB	157	168	QB21	240.27	156	157	258.3
Deshaun Watson	CLE	QB	158	155	QB22	234.58	149	150	247.78
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	159	169	QB23	250.84	148	144	267.19
Will Levis	TEN	QB	160	174	QB24	218.39	161	161	231.77
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	161	142	TE16	85.58	155	134	109.55
Luke Musgrave	GBP	TE	162	147	TE17	83.58	150	151	108.8
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	163	163	TE18	82.56	187	180	106.65
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	164	172	TE19	84.29	165	175	109.04
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	165	177	TE20	84.92	159	159	110.08
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	166	162	WR71	75.09	151	141	97.94
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	167	165	RB52	72.76	172	172	82.12
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	168	183	WR72	68.97	171	194	86.69
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	169	171	WR73	63.66	180	168	79.95
Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WR	170	204	WR74	79.95	189	209	98.81
Khalil Herbert	CHI	RB	171	184	RB53	73.98	188	182	81.15
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	172	145	TE21	51.13	195	136	66.04
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	173	192	RB54	90.44	164	197	102.72
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	174	151	WR75	65.28	166	162	80.37
Derek Carr	NOS	QB	175	196	QB25	200.22	170	171	213.03
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	176	153	WR76	71.95	174	156	91.17
Daniel Jones	NYG	QB	177	186	QB26	237.78	168	179	249.04
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	178	228	WR77	70.79	183	303	90.32
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	179	179	TE22	68.14	182	169	83.9
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	180	185	WR78	62.86	192	205	77.95
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	181	195	QB27	213.25	169	177	225.27
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	182	187	WR79	59.88	190	190	74.15
Dameon Pierce	HOU	RB	183	199	RB55	77.14	198	193	84.87
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	184	206	QB28	182.94	196	206	187.57
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	185	164	RB56	73.41	143	173	82.72
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	186	191	QB29	138.31	202	196	140.46
DJ Chark	LAC	WR	187	193	WR80	54.94	193	187	68.29
Tyler Boyd	TEN	WR	188	196	WR81	73.76	191	199	95.68
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	189	203	TE23	66.05	194	198	86.33
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	190	202	TE24	76.89	197	211	95.61
Demarcus Robinson	LAR	WR	191	170	WR82	60.94	179	184	76.35
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	192	198	RB57	70.42	224	201	79.41
Greg Dulcich	DEN	TE	193	219	TE25	56.38	244	239	71.53
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	194	182	TE26	44.4	185	186	57.1
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	195	158	RB58	39.75	186	166	44.02
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	196	176	WR83	67.48	184	181	82.92
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	197	190	TE27	61.42	181	191	77.99
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	198	216	RB59	59.67	246	212	65.3
Aidan O'Connell	LVR	QB	199	245	QB30	164.67	217	235	168.59
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	200	188	RB60	65.98	200	202	72.22
Russell Wilson	PIT	QB	201	210	QB31	188.89	199	195	195.87
Kendrick Bourne	NEP	WR	202	240	WR84	57.29	214	313	70.17
Elijah Mitchell	SFO	RB	203	175	RB61	59.71	163	176	63.86
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KCC	RB	204	211	RB62	52.95	209	214	61.13
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	205	300	WR85	72.72	345	0	90.79
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	206	150	WR86	28.9	205	178	36.09
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	207	177	WR87	59.16	210	189	75.16
Kadarius Toney	KCC	WR	208	238	WR88	48.99	223	243	58.09
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	209	200	WR89	42.74	203	217	55.24
D'Onta Foreman	CLE	RB	210	214	RB63	87.61	216	210	93.88
Jelani Woods	IND	TE	211	212	TE28	56.32	206	208	70.01
Kalif Raymond	DET	WR	212	227	WR90	62.97	219	283	78.37
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	213	226	WR91	64.92	222	254	80.68
Malachi Corley	NYJ	WR	214	181	WR92	53.59	176	192	66.86
Devontez Walker	BAL	WR	215	208	WR93	52.55	220	233	65.43
Zay Jones	ARI	WR	216	219	WR94	53.94	225	203	68.32
Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE	217	207	TE29	19.56	207	225	24.99
Trey Palmer	TBB	WR	218	262	WR95	53.76	230	345	64.93
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	219	237	WR96	63.46	229	215	79.72
Odell Beckham	MIA	WR	220	223	WR97	53.85	213	223	66.53
Josh Reynolds	DEN	WR	221	256	WR98	54.69	233	252	68.89
Deneric Prince	KCC	RB	222	216	RB64	49.64	241	230	56.27
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	223	233	WR99	31.42	228	324	38.99
Jonathan Mingo	CAR	WR	224	274	WR100	52.1	255	295	65.18
Allen Lazard	NYJ	WR	225	245	WR101	64.26	272	229	82.08
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	226	215	TE30	48.05	226	221	60.03
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	227	212	QB32	157.24	178	204	158.65
Trey Sermon	IND	RB	228	245	RB65	25.54	227	360	29.03
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	229	200	WR102	38.77	208	207	48.84
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	230	252	TE31	63.07	211	337	81.13
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	231	194	RB66	47.29	201	188	57.85
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	232	233	TE32	47.88	234	362	61.29
Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE	233	189	TE33	32.59	215	185	42.57
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	234	223	RB67	34.07	235	228	37.59
Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	RB	235	240	RB68	63.14	240	277	74.11
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	236	236	TE34	50.63	237	227	67.12
Daniel Bellinger	NYG	TE	237	256	TE35	48.04	243	348	63.67
Gerald Everett	CHI	TE	238	274	TE36	42.51	252	289	54.42
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	239	274	WR103	49.17	281	306	60.76
Jalin Hyatt	NYG	WR	240	221	WR104	48.79	221	224	59.91
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	241	229	TE37	44.2	231	220	56.96
Hayden Hurst	LAC	TE	242	230	TE38	45.52	238	294	58.71
Noah Brown	HOU	WR	243	245	WR105	16.56	270	240	20.4
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	244	180	RB69	23.17	204	183	27.84
Sam Darnold	MIN	QB	245	230	QB33	83.46	271	219	83.63
Treylon Burks	TEN	WR	246	256	WR106	49.78	250	315	60.85
Parris Campbell	PHI	WR	247	262	WR107	52.42	291	353	66.11
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	248	262	RB70	44.9	239	280	55.66
Jamaal Williams	NOS	RB	249	252	RB71	28.44	304	259	30.66
Tommy Tremble	CAR	TE	250	295	TE39	58.14	256	378	74.81

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