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RotoBaller's early 2025 fantasy football best ball quarterback rankings. These pre-NFL Draft QB best ball rankings are for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, and more.
Early best ball drafts are already taking place for the 2025 fantasy football season, and it's always difficult to know when to take a quarterback in these setups. If you need assistance at the QB spot, we're here to assist with our NFL team's early 2025 fantasy football best ball quarterback rankings. Use these early best ball rankings for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, FanDuel, and more.
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Two of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark and Nick Mariano -- have put together their consensus staff rankings, which will be updated regularly through the start of the 2025 fantasy football season. Let's see where Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow, Bo Nix, Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, and Drake Maye rank, among all other signal callers.
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2025 Best Ball Quarterback Rankings for Fantasy Football
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Be sure also to check out our 2025 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 Dynasty League rankings, and 2025 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.
| QB Tier |
QB Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. |
| 1 | 1 | Josh Allen | QB |
| 1 | 2 | Lamar Jackson | QB |
| 1 | 3 | Jalen Hurts | QB |
| 2 | 4 | Jayden Daniels | QB |
| 2 | 5 | Joe Burrow | QB |
| 2 | 6 | Baker Mayfield | QB |
| 2 | 7 | Brock Purdy | QB |
| 3 | 8 | Patrick Mahomes | QB |
| 3 | 9 | Jordan Love | QB |
| 3 | 10 | Bo Nix | QB |
| 3 | 11 | Kyler Murray | QB |
| 3 | 12 | Jared Goff | QB |
| 4 | 13 | Caleb Williams | QB |
| 4 | 14 | Dak Prescott | QB |
| 4 | 15 | Sam Darnold | QB |
| 4 | 16 | Tua Tagovailoa | QB |
| 4 | 17 | Drake Maye | QB |
| 5 | 18 | Trevor Lawrence | QB |
| 5 | 19 | Justin Herbert | QB |
| 5 | 20 | Anthony Richardson | QB |
| 5 | 21 | Shedeur Sanders | QB |
| 5 | 22 | Bryce Young | QB |
| 5 | 23 | Geno Smith | QB |
| 5 | 24 | Michael Penix Jr. | QB |
| 6 | 25 | C.J. Stroud | QB |
| 6 | 26 | J.J. McCarthy | QB |
| 6 | 27 | Russell Wilson | QB |
| 6 | 28 | Derek Carr | QB |
| 6 | 29 | Matthew Stafford | QB |
| 6 | 30 | Aaron Rodgers | QB |
| 6 | 31 | Aidan O'Connell | QB |
| 6 | 32 | Cam Ward | QB |
| 6 | 33 | Jalen Milroe | QB |
| 6 | 34 | Jaxson Dart | QB |
| 6 | 35 | Kirk Cousins | QB |
| 7 | 36 | Will Levis | QB |
| 7 | 37 | Justin Fields | QB |
| 7 | 38 | Daniel Jones | QB |
| 7 | 39 | Quinn Ewers | QB |
| 7 | 40 | Carson Beck | QB |
| 7 | 41 | Gardner Minshew II | QB |
| 7 | 42 | Kyle McCord | QB |
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