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Top 300 Early Fantasy Football Best Ball Rankings for 2024 (Pre-NFL Draft)

Puka Nacua - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

RotoBaller's top fantasy football best ball rankings for 2024, pre NFL Draft. These early staff rankings are before the NFL Draft and include QB, RB, WR, and TE.

Click here to see our 2025 fantasy football best ball rankings.

Hey, RotoBallers! While it feels like the NFL season just ended, it's never too early to start preparing for your upcoming fantasy football drafts. Fantasy managers are already preparing for 2024 by drafting in best ball leagues. Today, we will review our NFL team's early 2024 fantasy football best ball rankings for the top 300 fantasy football players before the 2024 NFL Draft. Use these early best ball rankings to draft winning best ball teams.

Two of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark and Jackson Sparks -- have put together their consensus staff rankings, which will be updated regularly through the start of the 2024 fantasy football season. Let's see where Kyren Williams, Puka Nacua, Marvin Harrison Jr., Josh Jacobs, George Kittle, George Pickens, and Rome Odunze rank early on.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

Make sure also to follow our 24x7 news feed of fantasy football news and injuries. And more importantly, download our free fantasy sports mobile app to receive real-time alerts and push notifications on the latest NFL news. The app has just been updated and has all of our articles, too.

 

Best Ball Rankings for Fantasy Football (Pre-Draft)

For anyone who isn't very familiar with fantasy football best ball leagues, they are essentially draft-only leagues with no moves during the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens -- no setting weekly lineups, no trading, no waiver wire moves.

Every week of the season, the best combo of fantasy players on your team is automatically calculated and used to determine the highest possible scoring outcome. Best ball drafts always start earlier than regular drafts, and they are already in high gear!

Be sure also to check out our 2024 fantasy football rankings dashboard. It's already loaded up with tons of other great rankings. In case you missed it, you can also see our early PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankingsDynasty League rankings, and 2024 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Justin Jefferson WR
1 2 CeeDee Lamb WR
1 3 Christian McCaffrey RB
1 4 Tyreek Hill WR
1 5 Ja'Marr Chase WR
1 6 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR
1 7 Breece Hall RB
1 8 A.J. Brown WR
1 9 Bijan Robinson RB
2 10 Jahmyr Gibbs RB
2 11 Kyren Williams RB
2 12 Puka Nacua WR
2 13 Jonathan Taylor RB
2 14 Garrett Wilson WR
2 15 DJ Moore WR
2 16 De'Von Achane RB
2 17 Davante Adams WR
2 18 Travis Etienne Jr. RB
2 19 Chris Olave WR
3 20 Sam LaPorta TE
3 21 Brandon Aiyuk WR
3 22 Josh Allen QB
3 23 Jaylen Waddle WR
3 24 Saquon Barkley RB
3 25 Jalen Hurts QB
3 26 Kenneth Walker III RB
3 27 Deebo Samuel WR
3 28 Travis Kelce TE
4 29 Nico Collins WR
4 30 Patrick Mahomes II QB
4 31 Rachaad White RB
4 32 Lamar Jackson QB
4 33 DK Metcalf WR
4 34 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
4 35 Michael Pittman Jr. WR
4 36 Mark Andrews TE
4 37 Mike Evans WR
4 38 James Cook RB
4 39 Amari Cooper WR
4 40 Rashee Rice WR
4 41 Tank Dell WR
4 42 DeVonta Smith WR
4 43 Keenan Allen WR
4 44 Isiah Pacheco RB
4 45 Stefon Diggs WR
4 46 Cooper Kupp WR
4 47 C.J. Stroud QB
4 48 Tee Higgins WR
4 49 Anthony Richardson QB
5 50 Rhamondre Stevenson RB
5 51 Josh Jacobs RB
5 52 Drake London WR
5 53 Jordan Addison WR
5 54 Alvin Kamara RB
5 55 Joe Mixon RB
5 56 Justin Fields QB
5 57 Joe Burrow QB
6 58 David Montgomery RB
6 59 DeAndre Hopkins WR
6 60 Tyjae Spears RB
6 61 Terry McLaurin WR
6 62 George Kittle TE
6 63 Dak Prescott QB
6 64 Zay Flowers WR
6 65 Nick Chubb RB
6 66 Tony Pollard RB
6 67 Calvin Ridley WR
6 68 Aaron Jones RB
6 69 Christian Kirk WR
6 70 D'Andre Swift RB
6 71 Derrick Henry RB
6 72 Javonte Williams RB
6 73 Jayden Reed WR
7 74 James Conner RB
7 75 Justin Herbert QB
7 76 Trey McBride TE
7 77 Jaylen Warren RB
7 78 Brock Purdy QB
7 79 Najee Harris RB
7 80 George Pickens WR
7 81 David Njoku TE
7 82 Courtland Sutton WR
7 83 Evan Engram TE
7 84 Jerome Ford RB
7 85 Chris Godwin WR
7 86 Raheem Mostert RB
8 87 Jordan Love QB
8 88 Tyler Lockett WR
8 89 Diontae Johnson WR
8 90 Austin Ekeler RB
8 91 Brian Robinson Jr. RB
8 92 Malik Nabers WR
8 93 Christian Watson WR
8 94 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR
8 95 Kyler Murray QB
8 96 Dalton Kincaid TE
8 97 Chase Brown RB
8 98 Khalil Herbert RB
8 99 Chuba Hubbard RB
9 100 Rome Odunze WR
9 101 Romeo Doubs WR
9 102 Mike Williams WR
9 103 Devin Singletary RB
9 104 Marquise Brown WR
9 105 T.J. Hockenson TE
9 106 Jake Ferguson TE
9 107 Zach Charbonnet RB
9 108 Jameson Williams WR
9 109 Ty Chandler RB
9 110 BrIan Thomas Jr. WR
9 111 Jakobi Meyers WR
10 112 Dallas Goedert TE
10 113 Kyle Pitts TE
10 114 Josh Downs WR
10 115 Roschon Johnson RB
10 116 Tua Tagovailoa QB
10 117 Jerry Jeudy WR
10 118 Braelon Allen RB
10 119 Adam Thielen WR
10 120 Cole Kmet TE
10 121 Rashid Shaheed WR
10 122 Kirk Cousins QB
10 123 Gabe Davis WR
10 124 Khalil Shakir WR
10 125 Tyler Allgeier RB
10 126 Trevor Lawrence QB
10 127 Kendre Miller RB
10 128 Brandin Cooks WR
10 129 Zack Moss RB
10 130 Matthew Stafford QB
10 131 Darren Waller TE
10 132 Jonathon Brooks RB
10 133 Jayden Daniels QB
10 134 Jared Goff QB
11 135 Brock Bowers TE
11 136 Aaron Rodgers QB
11 137 Deshaun Watson QB
11 138 Blake Corum RB
11 139 Darnell Mooney WR
11 140 Caleb Williams QB
11 141 Ezekiel Elliott RB
11 142 J.K. Dobbins RB
11 143 Alexander Mattison RB
11 144 Jahan Dotson WR
11 145 Quentin Johnston WR
11 146 Dalton Schultz TE
11 147 Antonio Gibson RB
12 148 Zamir White RB
12 149 DeMario Douglas WR
12 150 Elijah Moore WR
12 151 Marvin Mims Jr. WR
12 152 Baker Mayfield QB
12 153 Michael Mayer TE
12 154 Miles Sanders RB
12 155 Pat Freiermuth TE
12 156 AJ Dillon RB
12 157 Gus Edwards RB
13 158 Michael Wilson WR
13 159 Keon Coleman WR
13 160 Luke Musgrave TE
13 161 Keaton Mitchell RB
13 162 Jerick McKinnon RB
13 163 Joshua Palmer WR
13 164 Dontayvion Wicks WR
13 165 Dameon Pierce RB
13 166 Curtis Samuel WR
13 167 Jaleel McLaughlin RB
13 168 Daniel Jones QB
13 169 Odell Beckham Jr. WR
13 170 Tucker Kraft TE
13 171 Troy Franklin WR
13 172 Hunter Henry TE
13 173 Kenneth Gainwell RB
13 174 Xavier Worthy WR
13 175 Jalin Hyatt WR
13 176 Drake Maye QB
13 177 Wan'Dale Robinson WR
14 178 Michael Thomas WR
14 179 Darius Slayton WR
14 180 Devontez Walker WR
14 181 Kareem Hunt RB
14 182 Xavier Legette WR
14 183 Russell Wilson QB
14 184 Alec Pierce WR
14 185 Tyler Boyd WR
14 186 Rashod Bateman WR
14 187 Elijah Mitchell RB
14 188 Bryce Young QB
14 189 Geno Smith QB
14 190 K.J. Osborn WR
14 191 Treylon Burks WR
14 192 D'Onta Foreman RB
14 193 Juwan Johnson TE
14 194 A.T. Perry WR
14 195 Isaiah Likely TE
14 196 DJ Chark Jr. WR
14 197 Chigoziem Okonkwo TE
14 198 Gerald Everett TE
14 199 Dawson Knox TE
14 200 Jonathan Mingo WR
14 201 Audric Estime RB
15 202 Michael Gallup WR
15 203 Adonai Mitchell WR
15 204 Samaje Perine RB
15 205 Ricky Pearsall WR
15 206 Ladd McConkey WR
15 207 Taysom Hill TE
15 208 Justice Hill RB
15 209 Zay Jones WR
15 210 Israel Abanikanda RB
15 211 Jamaal Williams RB
15 212 Ja'Lynn Polk WR
15 213 Tyler Higbee TE
15 214 Rico Dowdle RB
15 215 Andrei Iosivas WR
15 216 Derek Carr QB
15 217 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB
15 218 Noah Fant TE
15 219 Tyler Conklin TE
15 220 Damien Harris RB
16 221 Sam Howell QB
16 222 Trey Benson RB
16 223 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR
16 224 D'Ernest Johnson RB
16 225 Rondale Moore WR
16 226 Skyy Moore WR
16 227 Cade Otton TE
16 228 Kendrick Bourne WR
16 229 Will Levis QB
16 230 Darnell Washington TE
16 231 Michael Penix Jr. QB
16 232 Josh Reynolds WR
16 233 Jalen Tolbert WR
16 234 Demarcus Robinson WR
16 235 Michael Pratt QB
16 236 Kadarius Toney WR
16 237 Roman Wilson WR
16 238 Johnny Wilson WR
16 239 Trey Palmer WR
16 240 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB
16 241 Spencer Rattler QB
16 242 Greg Dulcich TE
16 243 Kenny Pickett QB
16 244 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE
16 245 Michael Carter RB
16 246 Tutu Atwell WR
16 247 Brevin Jordan TE
17 248 Tre Tucker WR
17 249 Dalvin Cook RB
17 250 Emari Demercado RB
17 251 Cedric Tillman WR
17 252 Hunter Renfrow WR
17 253 Ray Davis RB
17 254 Jarrett Stidham QB
17 255 DeVante Parker WR
17 256 Justin Watson WR
17 257 Zach Ertz TE
17 258 Tank Bigsby RB
17 259 Bucky Irving RB
17 260 Cordarrelle Patterson RB
17 261 Isaiah Hodgins WR
18 262 Chase Edmonds RB
18 263 Mack Hollins WR
18 264 Nelson Agholor WR
18 265 Jonnu Smith TE
18 266 Malachi Corley WR
18 267 Jordan Mason RB
18 268 Ronnie Rivers RB
18 269 Jelani Woods TE
18 270 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR
18 271 J.J. McCarthy QB
18 272 Allen Lazard WR
18 273 Noah Brown WR
18 274 Noah Gray TE
18 275 Robert Woods WR
18 276 Austin Hooper TE
18 277 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB
18 278 Mac Jones QB
18 279 Evan Hull RB
18 280 Xavier Hutchinson WR
18 281 MarShawn Lloyd RB
18 282 Latavius Murray RB
18 283 John Metchie III WR
18 284 Van Jefferson WR
18 285 Pierre Strong Jr. RB
18 286 Parker Washington WR
18 287 Greg Dortch WR
18 288 Tyler Scott WR
18 289 Aidan O'Connell QB
18 290 Brenden Rice WR
18 291 Kalif Raymond WR
18 292 Donovan Peoples-Jones WR
18 293 Gardner Minshew QB
18 294 Bo Nix QB
18 295 Boston Scott RB
18 296 Joshua Dobbs QB
18 297 Craig Reynolds RB
18 298 Royce Freeman RB
18 299 Richie James Jr. WR
18 300 Logan Thomas TE
19 301 Mike Gesicki TE
19 302 Jacoby Brissett QB
19 303 Ameer Abdullah RB
19 304 Sean Tucker RB
19 305 Jermaine Burton WR
19 306 Kyle Philips WR
19 307 Kenny McIntosh RB
19 308 Joshua Kelley RB
19 309 David Bell WR
19 310 Hendon Hooker QB
19 311 Zach Evans RB
19 312 Jalen McMillan WR
19 313 Justyn Ross WR
19 314 Will Shipley RB
19 315 Jaylen Wright RB
19 316 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR
19 317 Laviska Shenault Jr. WR


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REAL-TIME FANTASY NEWS

Marvin Bagley III

to Miss Friday's Game Against Raptors
Auston Matthews

Doubtful for Saturday
Rashod Bateman

Ruled Out for Week 12
Alexandre Sarr

Ruled Out for a Second Straight Game
Roman Josi

Could Return Saturday
Samuel Honzek

Out for Six Months After Surgery
Chris Godwin

Officially Questionable for Week 12
Sion James

Expected to Play Through Groin Issue Saturday
Jalen Chatfield

Available for Friday's Matchup
Andrew Wiggins

Labeled as "Day-to-Day"
Nico Sturm

Activated From Injured Reserve
Jason Zucker

Available Friday
Brandon Miller

Returning To Charlotte's Lineup On Saturday
Connor Hellebuyck

to Miss 4-6 Weeks
Jaylen Warren

Cleared From Injury Report Ahead of Week 12
Jalen Brunson

Probable For Saturday's Matchup With The Magic
Brian Thomas Jr.

Ruled Out for Week 12
Kenneth Walker III

Listed as Questionable for Week 12
Kyle Filipowski

Good To Go Friday Night
Trey Benson

Ruled Out For Week 12
Shaedon Sharpe

Won't Suit Up Friday
Jrue Holiday

to Miss Fourth Straight Game Friday Night
Josh Jacobs

Officially Questionable to Play in Week 12
Darius Slayton

Cleared to Return From Hamstring Injury in Week 12
Daniel Jones

"Good to Go" for Week 12
Alvin Kamara

Officially Questionable to Play in Week 12
Xavier Worthy

"Trending in the Right Direction," Officially Questionable
Isiah Pacheco

Out Against Colts
Drake London

Officially Ruled Out for Week 12
CFB

Beau Pribula Expected to Start Against Oklahoma
Aaron Rodgers

Questionable to Play Against Bears
Grayson Allen

Sidelined Again on Friday
Jaden McDaniels

Could Miss Another Game on Friday
Cooper Flagg

Listed as Available on Friday
Rhamondre Stevenson

Expected to Return in Week 12
D'Angelo Russell

Questionable on Friday Vs. Pelicans
Jayden Reed

Packers Open Jayden Reed's Practice Window on Friday
Chris Godwin

Trending Toward Playing on Sunday
Joe Burrow

Officially Questionable for Week 12
Bucky Irving

Out for Week 12, Bucs Targeting a Week 13 Return
Sam LaPorta

Likely to Miss Remainder of 2025 Season
Josh Jacobs

"Feeling Pretty Good," Practicing Again on Friday
Dan Hooker

An Underdog At UFC Qatar
Arman Tsarukyan

Looks To Extend His Win Streak
Ian Machado Garry

A Favorite At UFC Qatar
Belal Muhammad

Looks To Bounce Back
Alonzo Menifield

Looks For His Third Consecutive Win
Collin Murray-Boyles

Ruled Out Friday Against Wizards
Volkan Oezdemir

Looks To Get Back In The Win Column
Jaylon Tyson

Tagged as Questionable on Friday
Sam Merrill

Won't Play on Friday Vs. Pacers
Myktybek Orolbai

Looks To Win Back-To-Back Fights
Jack Hermansson

Makes His Welterweight Debut
Kyoji Horiguchi

Returns To The UFC
Tagir Ulanbekov

Set To Open Up UFC Qatar Main Card
Marvin Bagley III

Doubtful as Wizards Frontcourt Thins
Draymond Green

Set to Rejoin Lineup vs. Blazers
Jimmy Butler III

Probable for Friday's Home Game
Aaron Gordon

Expected Back in the Lineup on Friday
Coby White

Uncertain Against Heat
Sergei Bobrovsky

Frustrates Devils With Shutout
Adam Fantilli

Leads Blue Jackets to Victory in Toronto
Ilya Sorokin

Posts Second Shutout of the Season
Alex Ovechkin

Nets 33rd Career Hat Trick
Andre Burakovsky

Ruled Out for Friday
Gavin Brindley

Hurt Versus Rangers
Jake Evans

Exits With Injury Thursday
Elly De La Cruz

Played Through Partially Torn Quad to End 2025
Tarik Skubal

Tigers "Doubtful" to Trade Tarik Skubal
Simon Holmstrom

Ready for Action Thursday
Lars Eller

Available Thursday
Ridly Greig

Out Against Ducks
Jake Neighbours

Back for Blues Thursday
TB

Nicholas Paul Available Thursday
Victor Hedman

Out for "Couple of Weeks"
Tyler Bertuzzi

Set to Return Thursday
Raisel Iglesias

Returning to the Braves on One-Year Deal
Sahith Theegala

Looking to Continue Fall Run at RSM Classic
Stephan Jaeger

Looking to Bounce Back at RSM Classic
Tom Hoge

Looking to Regain Form at RSM Classic
Joe Highsmith

Searching for Turnaround at RSM Classic
Adam Hadwin

Looking to Build on T11 Finish in Bermuda
Austin Eckroat

Searching for Momentum at RSM Classic
Joel Dahmen

Trying to Find Form at the RSM Classic
CFB

Garrett Nussmeier Doubtful to Play Against Western Kentucky
Michael Thorbjornsen

Hopes to End 2025 Campaign With Another Solid Finish
Andrew Novak

Looks to End 2025 Season on High Note at RSM Classic
Harry Higgs

Teetering for PGA Tour Card in 2026
PGA

Nico Echavarria has the Potential to Contend at the RSM Classic
Sam Stevens

Finishing Out Year in Georgia
Seamus Power

Playing Better at the Right Time
Beau Hossler

Roller Coaster Comes to Saint Simons Island
Quade Cummins

The Time is Now for Quade Cummins in Georgia
Austin Cook

Needs a Win at the RSM Classic
Cameron Champ

on the PGA Tour Card Bubble
Grayson Rodriguez

Shipped to Angels
Taylor Ward

Orioles Acquire Taylor Ward From Angels
Shota Imanaga

Accepts Cubs Qualifying Offer
Brandon Woodruff

Returning to Milwaukee in 2026
Denny McCarthy

Looking For Another Solid Finish at RSM Classic
Si Woo Kim

Looking To Use Current Momentum to Flip Script at RSM Classic
Mackenzie Hughes

a Good Bounce-Back Candidate at RSM Classic
Harris English

Making 14th Start at This Week's RSM Classic
Konnor Griffin

Could Compete for Starting Shortstop Job in 2026
Gleyber Torres

Accepts Tigers Qualifying Offer
CFB

Sam Leavitt Set to Enter Transfer Portal?
Jose Altuve

Undergoes Foot Surgery
Alex Bregman

Red Sox Going for Either Alex Bregman or Pete Alonso?
CFB

James Franklin to be Virginia Tech's Next Head Coach
CFB

Fernando Mendoza the Clear Heisman Trophy Favorite?
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Beau Pribula Has Chance to Face Oklahoma on Saturday
Jack Della Maddalena

Gets Dominated
Islam Makhachev

Claims UFC Welterweight Belt
Zhang Weili

Gets Outclassed
Valentina Shevchenko

Wins Unanimous Decision At UFC 322
Sean Brady

Suffers First-Round TKO Loss
Michael Morales

Remains Unbeaten
Leon Edwards

Suffers Second-Round Knockout Loss
Leon Edwards

Carlos Prates Becomes The First Man To Knock Out Leon Edwards
Beneil Dariush

Suffers Brutal First-Round Knockout Loss
Beneil Dariush

Benoit Saint Denis Knocks Out Beneil Dariush In 16 Seconds
Josh Naylor

Mariners Finalizing Five-Year Contract
CFB

Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate Not Dealing With Long-Term Injuries
CFB

Virginia Tech Close To Naming James Franklin As Head Coach

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