NFL Best Ball Rankings for Underdog Fantasy & DraftKings

by Chris Gimino (ChrisGimino) Data Updated: 2024-08-08 20:14:20

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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	322.18	1	1	380.88
CeeDee Lamb	DAL	WR	2	2	WR1	286.57	2	2	371.59
Tyreek Hill	MIA	WR	3	3	WR2	262.88	3	3	340.99
Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	WR	4	4	WR3	262.41	5	4	345.79
Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	WR	5	6	WR4	254.05	4	5	335.12
Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	6	7	RB2	302.73	7	7	366.03
Justin Jefferson	MIN	WR	7	5	WR5	214.94	6	6	283.56
Garrett Wilson	NYJ	WR	8	10	WR6	227.24	8	10	298.47
Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	9	8	RB3	290.44	9	8	343.91
A.J. Brown	PHI	WR	10	9	WR7	199.17	10	9	259.11
Puka Nacua	LAR	WR	11	11	WR8	195.94	11	12	261.59
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	12	12	RB4	255.75	12	11	302.16
Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	13	15	RB5	250.22	15	15	288.62
Marvin Harrison	ARI	WR	14	13	WR9	198.39	16	13	259.46
Drake London	ATL	WR	15	14	WR10	218.86	14	16	288.59
Cooper Kupp	LAR	WR	16	25	WR11	196.27	18	24	257.83
Davante Adams	LVR	WR	17	21	WR12	189.89	17	19	251.19
Deebo Samuel	SFO	WR	18	16	WR13	187.13	24	21	232.15
Brandon Aiyuk	SFO	WR	19	23	WR14	193.98	23	30	255.75
Chris Olave	NOS	WR	20	18	WR15	194.68	22	23	257.31
Jaylen Waddle	MIA	WR	21	20	WR16	198.57	19	25	259.17
Devon Achane	MIA	RB	22	22	RB6	215.55	20	18	251.47
Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	23	19	RB7	246.77	13	14	291.29
Malik Nabers	NYG	WR	24	27	WR17	177.45	30	28	234.85
D.K. Metcalf	SEA	WR	25	29	WR18	170.3	27	33	222.24
Nico Collins	HOU	WR	26	17	WR19	175.54	21	17	227.53
Mike Evans	TBB	WR	27	24	WR20	179.08	25	26	232.3
DeVonta Smith	PHI	WR	28	26	WR21	178.19	26	27	231
D.J. Moore	CHI	WR	29	31	WR22	181.49	28	34	235.31
Josh Allen	BUF	QB	30	37	QB1	359.87	37	36	378.64
Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	31	30	RB8	204.22	29	22	229.34
Michael Pittman	IND	WR	32	33	WR23	174.02	31	38	232.21
Isiah Pacheco	KCC	RB	33	38	RB9	195.38	33	32	225.96
Stefon Diggs	HOU	WR	34	32	WR24	169.24	35	37	222.01
Tee Higgins	CIN	WR	35	43	WR25	186.44	41	51	246.03
Zay Flowers	BAL	WR	36	36	WR26	166.81	34	41	220.8
Sam LaPorta	DET	TE	37	35	TE1	179.67	32	35	237.26
Patrick Mahomes	KCC	QB	38	45	QB2	347.86	38	40	369.75
Amari Cooper	CLE	WR	39	41	WR27	183.11	45	45	243.48
Christian Kirk	JAC	WR	40	47	WR28	167.54	42	50	220.31
Travis Kelce	KCC	TE	41	39	TE2	174.02	36	29	229.77
Jalen Hurts	PHI	QB	42	42	QB3	348.7	39	39	365.27
Tank Dell	HOU	WR	43	34	WR29	168.69	44	44	219.68
Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	44	28	RB10	208.93	43	20	246.36
Lamar Jackson	BAL	QB	45	48	QB4	325.97	40	43	340.54
Mark Andrews	BAL	TE	46	49	TE3	153.72	49	53	198.44
George Pickens	PIT	WR	47	40	WR30	168.7	46	47	218.18
Trey McBride	ARI	TE	48	46	TE4	159.42	47	46	215.94
Terry McLaurin	WAS	WR	49	50	WR31	152.6	50	55	200.46
Marquise Brown	KCC	WR	50	53	WR32	148.51	51	53	192.45
Anthony Richardson	IND	QB	51	57	QB5	326.29	56	61	339.01
Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE	52	51	TE5	167.88	48	52	222.31
Kyle Pitts	ATL	TE	53	60	TE6	166.66	52	63	223.76
Keenan Allen	CHI	WR	54	53	WR33	149.26	53	58	198.88
Rachaad White	TBB	RB	55	63	RB11	208.99	55	49	249.49
Chris Godwin	TBB	WR	56	61	WR34	167.83	54	65	223.23
James Cook	BUF	RB	57	55	RB12	200.18	57	48	232.01
Travis Etienne	JAC	RB	58	44	RB13	197.03	58	31	230.29
Jayden Reed	GBP	WR	59	59	WR35	159.61	63	67	204.86
Christian Watson	GBP	WR	60	68	WR36	147.59	65	76	187.76
Diontae Johnson	CAR	WR	61	69	WR37	163.17	75	75	213.79
Rashee Rice	KCC	WR	62	56	WR38	155.97	62	57	206.34
Evan Engram	JAC	TE	63	74	TE7	138.46	70	74	192.87
Calvin Ridley	TEN	WR	64	58	WR39	130.46	67	62	171.53
Josh Jacobs	GBP	RB	65	52	RB14	167.62	59	42	193.18
C.J. Stroud	HOU	QB	66	70	QB6	317.03	60	56	336.96
Alvin Kamara	NOS	RB	67	73	RB15	185.03	64	54	220.4
Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	WR	68	76	WR40	131.03	74	90	170.34
Rhamondre Stevenson	NEP	RB	69	82	RB16	188.19	71	79	223.42
Joe Mixon	HOU	RB	70	62	RB17	168.45	61	59	194.17
Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	71	67	RB18	180.95	72	64	211.27
Aaron Jones	MIN	RB	72	80	RB19	176.33	73	69	206.31
Ladd McConkey	LAC	WR	73	71	WR41	141.1	66	86	185.5
David Montgomery	DET	RB	74	72	RB20	178.26	83	68	202.02
Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE	75	85	TE8	147.52	77	83	193.65
George Kittle	SFO	TE	76	65	TE9	129.65	78	66	165.66
Jameson Williams	DET	WR	77	83	WR42	146.9	88	84	190.15
Joe Burrow	CIN	QB	78	90	QB7	307.09	79	82	328.93
Dak Prescott	DAL	QB	79	94	QB8	305.55	81	77	327.08
Kyler Murray	ARI	QB	80	78	QB9	294.71	80	73	308.51
Rome Odunze	CHI	WR	81	66	WR43	126.37	84	81	164.58
Xavier Worthy	KCC	WR	82	64	WR44	121.89	98	72	148.78
Jordan Addison	MIN	WR	83	86	WR45	131.08	76	102	169.07
Curtis Samuel	BUF	WR	84	88	WR46	130.72	96	92	165.82
Zamir White	LVR	RB	85	89	RB21	165.46	86	78	190.43
Najee Harris	PIT	RB	86	84	RB22	153.09	91	89	173.87
Jayden Daniels	WAS	QB	87	101	QB10	281.19	100	101	290.53
Jordan Love	GBP	QB	88	97	QB11	291.24	82	87	308.37
James Conner	ARI	RB	89	81	RB23	155.63	93	70	181.78
Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	90	87	RB24	156.99	85	88	180.89
DeAndre Hopkins	TEN	WR	91	79	WR47	112.77	69	95	145.55
Courtland Sutton	DEN	WR	92	95	WR48	126.79	95	106	164.66
David Njoku	CLE	TE	93	100	TE10	139.92	94	91	186.84
Tyjae Spears	TEN	RB	94	108	RB25	176.26	103	111	207.24
Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	95	102	RB26	155.03	97	97	178.07
Zack Moss	CIN	RB	96	98	RB27	156.84	92	96	177.27
Brian Thomas	JAC	WR	97	75	WR49	125.29	87	93	161.18
Jonathon Brooks	CAR	RB	98	91	RB28	142.12	90	107	160.49
Brock Bowers	LVR	TE	99	96	TE11	97.05	99	99	126.23
D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	100	91	RB29	128.22	89	85	144.71
Rashid Shaheed	NOS	WR	101	105	WR50	118.3	104	122	154.11
Devin Singletary	NYG	RB	102	109	RB30	149.89	113	110	174.7
Keon Coleman	BUF	WR	103	77	WR51	110.5	68	71	137.88
Brian Robinson	WAS	RB	104	104	RB31	134.71	118	114	151.9
Chase Brown	CIN	RB	105	106	RB32	139.43	121	100	157.31
Khalil Shakir	BUF	WR	106	111	WR52	133.28	110	115	172.73
Josh Palmer	LAC	WR	107	99	WR53	113.39	115	105	148.77
Caleb Williams	CHI	QB	108	113	QB12	283.3	101	108	298.71
Raheem Mostert	MIA	RB	109	93	RB33	120.14	114	80	132.78
Trevor Lawrence	JAC	QB	110	118	QB13	288.9	107	118	305.09
Javonte Williams	DEN	RB	111	110	RB34	129.39	106	112	149.8
Brock Purdy	SFO	QB	112	112	QB14	287.18	108	94	304.82
Tyler Lockett	SEA	WR	113	106	WR54	106.43	117	120	138.82
Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE	114	115	TE12	101.3	105	113	134.01
Brandin Cooks	DAL	WR	115	114	WR55	105.96	122	117	135.43
Romeo Doubs	GBP	WR	116	103	WR56	100.92	120	98	126.33
Dontayvion Wicks	GBP	WR	117	116	WR57	104	119	130	131.64
Blake Corum	LAR	RB	118	121	RB35	118.32	112	126	132.29
Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	QB	119	124	QB15	285.98	111	109	306.23
Jared Goff	DET	QB	120	125	QB16	280.83	109	103	301.55
Jerry Jeudy	CLE	WR	121	123	WR58	116.35	116	131	153.91
Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	122	131	RB36	125.83	102	104	148.84
Gus Edwards	LAC	RB	123	119	RB37	130.71	129	127	144.08
Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE	124	129	TE13	98.61	137	128	131.85
Ja'Lynn Polk	NEP	WR	125	130	WR59	104.21	146	144	132.47
Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	126	134	RB38	113.87	127	138	133.09
Rico Dowdle	DAL	RB	127	136	RB39	128.61	125	133	147.27
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	RB	128	122	RB40	119.65	124	125	132.88
Gabriel Davis	JAC	WR	129	135	WR60	100.97	134	134	124.2
Jakobi Meyers	LVR	WR	130	120	WR61	97.93	128	123	128.16
Kirk Cousins	ATL	QB	131	145	QB17	245.62	136	129	263.25
Ty Chandler	MIN	RB	132	140	RB41	119.24	133	149	132.14
Trey Benson	ARI	RB	133	117	RB42	83.47	131	124	91.12
Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE	134	133	TE14	92.24	135	121	116.81
Nick Chubb	CLE	RB	135	127	RB43	103.61	157	116	114.15
Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	136	126	RB44	121.03	126	119	137.19
MarShawn Lloyd	GBP	RB	137	141	RB45	101.83	138	153	115.45
Matthew Stafford	LAR	QB	138	149	QB18	235.9	139	132	253.89
Justin Herbert	LAC	QB	139	139	QB19	239.17	123	137	253.52
Darnell Mooney	ATL	WR	140	146	WR62	110.7	144	155	142.16
Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	RB	141	151	RB46	110.16	142	159	133.5
Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	142	148	RB47	118.04	160	154	129.8
Jahan Dotson	WAS	WR	143	138	WR63	81.88	132	140	103.78
Demario Douglas	NEP	WR	144	156	WR64	98.69	152	182	125.33
Rashod Bateman	BAL	WR	145	159	WR65	98.28	173	171	126.32
Mike Williams	NYJ	WR	146	137	WR66	79.41	145	145	102.43
Hunter Henry	NEP	TE	147	157	TE15	83.04	167	165	107.97
J.K. Dobbins	LAC	RB	148	152	RB48	125.95	175	143	140.95
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	149	155	RB49	121.7	162	148	139.31
Xavier Legette	CAR	WR	150	144	WR67	79.39	147	161	98.75
Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	QB	151	158	QB20	237.62	141	147	255.13
Antonio Gibson	NEP	RB	152	172	RB50	97.15	154	167	112.51
Wan'Dale Robinson	NYG	WR	153	166	WR68	89.27	153	163	113.99
Josh Downs	IND	WR	154	132	WR69	95.96	130	136	127.25
Deshaun Watson	CLE	QB	155	153	QB21	237.67	149	151	251.43
Geno Smith	SEA	QB	156	168	QB22	247.81	156	158	264.53
Baker Mayfield	TBB	QB	157	165	QB23	252.2	148	142	267.95
Cole Kmet	CHI	TE	158	142	TE16	82.8	155	135	105.15
Luke Musgrave	GBP	TE	159	147	TE17	77.68	150	152	100.19
Noah Fant	SEA	TE	160	161	TE18	83.16	187	178	106.19
Will Levis	TEN	QB	161	174	QB24	222.42	161	160	233.94
Tyler Conklin	NYJ	TE	162	170	TE19	83.38	165	174	108.13
Cade Otton	TBB	TE	163	176	TE20	81.1	159	156	103.88
Adam Thielen	CAR	WR	164	160	WR70	77.48	151	141	100.18
Jalen Tolbert	DAL	WR	165	195	WR71	81.62	189	191	100.48
Khalil Herbert	CHI	RB	166	178	RB51	82.6	188	180	90.8
Demarcus Robinson	LAR	WR	167	171	WR72	96.06	179	175	116.4
Adonai Mitchell	IND	WR	168	128	WR73	70.13	140	150	86.69
Ray Davis	BUF	RB	169	163	RB52	73.78	172	170	82.97
Marvin Mims	DEN	WR	170	178	WR74	69.14	171	189	86.52
T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE	171	143	TE21	49.67	195	139	63.78
Tyler Boyd	TEN	WR	172	197	WR75	81.15	191	187	105.43
Dameon Pierce	HOU	RB	173	193	RB53	91.28	198	192	99.33
Braelon Allen	NYJ	RB	174	188	RB54	86.36	164	195	98.64
Derek Carr	NOS	QB	175	201	QB25	210.58	170	172	222.68
Daniel Jones	NYG	QB	176	187	QB26	240.15	168	179	249.93
Quentin Johnston	LAC	WR	177	167	WR76	62.69	174	168	78.93
Andrei Iosivas	CIN	WR	178	204	WR77	70.96	183	210	90.48
Isaiah Likely	BAL	TE	179	177	TE22	65.26	182	166	80.17
Jalen McMillan	TBB	WR	180	175	WR78	63.85	192	188	78.95
Michael Wilson	ARI	WR	181	162	WR79	65.8	180	157	82.25
Jermaine Burton	CIN	WR	182	164	WR80	65.44	166	181	80.69
Roschon Johnson	CHI	RB	183	205	RB55	81.48	224	199	91.12
Dylan Laube	LVR	RB	184	218	RB56	76.51	323	223	85.81
Luke McCaffrey	WAS	WR	185	196	WR81	69.81	190	190	86.55
Bryce Young	CAR	QB	186	191	QB27	227.92	169	177	240.09
Roman Wilson	PIT	WR	187	190	WR82	68.48	184	206	84.07
DJ Chark	LAC	WR	188	186	WR83	60.48	193	184	75.03
Greg Dulcich	DEN	TE	189	217	TE23	56.54	244	233	71.68
Jonnu Smith	MIA	TE	190	181	TE24	48.43	185	186	61.87
Tank Bigsby	JAC	RB	191	214	RB57	61.75	246	211	67.39
Audric Estime	DEN	RB	192	183	RB58	64.64	200	203	70.54
Justin Fields	PIT	QB	193	182	QB28	34.16	262	169	34.5
Ricky Pearsall	SFO	WR	194	150	WR84	28.56	205	162	35.75
Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE	195	206	TE25	61.44	194	198	79.73
Greg Dortch	ARI	WR	196	199	WR85	46.91	203	205	60.02
Theo Johnson	NYG	TE	197	218	TE26	61.54	211	234	78.92
Bucky Irving	TBB	RB	198	173	RB59	61.04	204	173	69.85
Juwan Johnson	NOS	TE	199	203	TE27	79.67	197	212	98.08
Chigoziem Okonkwo	TEN	TE	200	194	TE28	57.03	181	194	72.08
Tyrone Tracy	NYG	RB	201	192	RB60	50.74	201	183	60.21
Kendre Miller	NOS	RB	202	185	RB61	47.39	143	193	52.9
Justice Hill	BAL	RB	203	211	RB62	92.76	239	216	103.99
Jaylen Wright	MIA	RB	204	154	RB63	44.46	186	164	48.73
Aidan O'Connell	LVR	QB	205	260	QB29	160.32	217	291	163.15
Zay Jones	ARI	WR	206	227	WR86	55.72	225	213	70.1
Malachi Corley	NYJ	WR	207	184	WR87	54.09	176	197	67.52
Bo Nix	DEN	QB	208	207	QB30	183.4	196	200	187.26
Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE	209	209	TE29	30.21	207	224	38.51
Darius Slayton	NYG	WR	210	216	WR88	38.32	208	219	47.94
Drake Maye	NEP	QB	211	202	QB31	138.03	202	201	139.61
Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE	212	232	TE30	58.14	231	226	74.13
Elijah Mitchell	SFO	RB	213	180	RB64	59.71	163	185	63.86
Kimani Vidal	LAC	RB	214	169	RB65	56.09	158	176	62.44
Trey Sermon	IND	RB	215	234	RB66	25.84	227	342	29.18
Deneric Prince	KCC	RB	216	208	RB67	44.77	241	229	49.2
Zach Ertz	WAS	TE	217	227	TE31	46.41	237	228	61.63
Russell Wilson	PIT	QB	218	222	QB32	191.16	199	209	198.94
Dawson Knox	BUF	TE	219	220	TE32	49.89	226	222	61.87
Elijah Moore	CLE	WR	220	234	WR89	65.4	222	280	81.32
Jonathan Mingo	CAR	WR	221	241	WR90	58.22	255	287	72.12
Jelani Woods	IND	TE	222	223	TE33	53.1	206	217	65.83
Josh Reynolds	DEN	WR	223	242	WR91	62.96	233	231	79.39
Treylon Burks	TEN	WR	224	221	WR92	57.03	250	340	69.82
Ray-Ray McCloud	ATL	WR	225	300	WR93	59.6	344	0	73.8
Allen Lazard	NYJ	WR	226	254	WR94	64.68	272	230	82.64
Kendrick Bourne	NEP	WR	227	249	WR95	43.8	214	316	55.18
J.J. McCarthy	MIN	QB	228	210	QB33	161.69	178	202	162.8
Malik Washington	MIA	WR	229	243	WR96	36.76	228	348	45.27
Will Shipley	PHI	RB	230	212	RB68	35.89	235	215	39.41
Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	RB	231	260	RB69	65.45	240	301	75.96
Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KCC	RB	232	227	RB70	49.37	209	227	57.69
Troy Franklin	DEN	WR	233	189	WR97	52.7	210	204	66.49
Tucker Kraft	GBP	TE	234	234	TE34	44.42	234	344	56.72
D'Onta Foreman	CLE	RB	235	254	RB71	69.43	216	241	75.4
Kalif Raymond	DET	WR	236	232	WR98	42.79	219	300	52.86
Jordan Mason	SFO	RB	237	226	RB72	40.97	313	232	43.08
Kadarius Toney	KCC	WR	238	264	WR99	46.27	223	267	54.31
Odell Beckham	MIA	WR	239	225	WR100	50.76	213	236	62.32
Devontez Walker	BAL	WR	240	215	WR101	45.6	220	245	56.95
Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE	241	198	TE35	36.89	215	196	48.19
Jauan Jennings	SFO	WR	242	231	WR102	62.53	229	214	78.33
Daniel Bellinger	NYG	TE	243	272	TE36	46.31	243	369	61.31
Gerald Everett	CHI	TE	244	296	TE37	41.66	252	299	52.86
Alec Pierce	IND	WR	245	264	WR103	55.76	281	302	68.8
Jalin Hyatt	NYG	WR	246	213	WR104	47.14	221	218	57.93
Hayden Hurst	LAC	TE	247	240	TE38	45.24	238	317	58.02
Noah Brown	HOU	WR	248	254	WR105	16.56	270	350	20.4
Sam Darnold	MIN	QB	249	239	QB34	85.47	271	220	85.78
Parris Campbell	PHI	WR	250	296	WR106	40.08	291	281	50.57

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