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2025 Fantasy Football Best Ball Rankings: Top 325 Players (Pre-NFL Draft)

Chase Brown - Fantasy Football Rankings, Waiver Wire Pickups, Draft Sleepers

RotoBaller's early 2025 fantasy football best ball rankings. These pre-NFL Draft best ball rankings (QB, RB, WR, TE) are for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, and more.

The NFL regular season may be over, but it's never too early to start preparing for 2025 fantasy football drafts. Fantasy managers are gearing up for next season and are already drafting best ball teams for 2025. At RotoBaller HQ, we are here to help you get a jump start on best ball with our NFL team's early 2025 fantasy football best ball rankings for the top 325 fantasy football players (before the 2025 NFL Draft). Use these early best ball rankings for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, FanDuel and more.

Be sure to check out all of our fantasy football best ball articles. And if you're looking for even more of an edge, check out our Best Ball Draft Kit and Tools including the best ball live draft assistant, best ball mock draft simulator, and best ball draft cheat sheets -- all part of the Best Ball Team Sync platform.

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 Chase Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Marvin Harrison Jr., Tyrone Tracy Jr., Tony Pollard, and Rico Dowdle rank early on.

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

 

2025 Best Ball Rankings for Fantasy Football

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 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 (coming soon). Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Saquon Barkley RB
1 2 Ja'Marr Chase WR
1 3 Justin Jefferson WR
1 4 Bijan Robinson RB
1 5 Puka Nacua WR
1 6 Nico Collins WR
1 7 Jahmyr Gibbs RB
1 8 CeeDee Lamb WR
1 9 Malik Nabers WR
2 10 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR
2 11 De'Von Achane RB
2 12 Brian Thomas Jr. WR
2 13 Brock Bowers TE
2 14 Breece Hall RB
2 15 Chase Brown RB
2 16 Christian McCaffrey RB
2 17 Josh Jacobs RB
2 18 Bucky Irving RB
2 19 Ashton Jeanty RB
3 20 A.J. Brown WR
3 21 Kyren Williams RB
3 22 Tee Higgins WR
3 23 Ladd McConkey WR
3 24 Derrick Henry RB
3 25 Jonathan Taylor RB
3 26 Trey McBride TE
3 27 Josh Allen QB
3 28 Lamar Jackson QB
4 29 Mike Evans WR
4 30 Joe Mixon RB
4 31 James Cook RB
4 32 Drake London WR
4 33 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR
4 34 Tyreek Hill WR
4 35 Chuba Hubbard RB
4 36 Jalen Hurts QB
4 37 Jayden Daniels QB
4 38 George Kittle TE
4 39 Garrett Wilson WR
4 40 George Pickens WR
4 41 James Conner RB
4 42 Alvin Kamara RB
4 43 David Montgomery RB
4 44 Davante Adams WR
4 45 Kenneth Walker III RB
4 46 DJ Moore WR
4 47 Jaylen Warren RB
4 48 Brian Robinson Jr. RB
4 49 Chris Godwin WR
5 50 Chris Olave WR
5 51 Terry McLaurin WR
5 52 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
5 53 Xavier Worthy WR
5 54 Cooper Kupp WR
5 55 DeVonta Smith WR
5 56 Joe Burrow QB
5 57 Jordan Addison WR
6 58 Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB
6 59 Zay Flowers WR
6 60 Baker Mayfield QB
6 61 Isiah Pacheco RB
6 62 DK Metcalf WR
6 63 Jameson Williams WR
6 64 Courtland Sutton WR
6 65 Rashee Rice WR
6 66 Deebo Samuel Sr. WR
6 67 Aaron Jones RB
6 68 Sam LaPorta TE
6 69 Jauan Jennings WR
6 70 Brock Purdy QB
6 71 Jonnu Smith TE
6 72 Jerry Jeudy WR
6 73 Mark Andrews TE
7 74 Tony Pollard RB
7 75 Tetairoa McMillan WR
7 76 J.K. Dobbins RB
7 77 Patrick Mahomes QB
7 78 Jordan Love QB
7 79 Travis Kelce TE
7 80 Jayden Reed WR
7 81 Bo Nix QB
7 82 Jaylen Waddle WR
7 83 Kyler Murray QB
7 84 D'Andre Swift RB
7 85 Rome Odunze WR
7 86 Brandon Aiyuk WR
8 87 Rico Dowdle RB
8 88 Rashid Shaheed WR
8 89 Calvin Ridley WR
8 90 Khalil Shakir WR
8 91 Jared Goff QB
8 92 T.J. Hockenson TE
8 93 David Njoku TE
8 94 Dalton Kincaid TE
8 95 Michael Pittman Jr. WR
8 96 Jakobi Meyers WR
8 97 Josh Downs WR
8 98 Caleb Williams QB
8 99 Keenan Allen WR
9 100 Nick Chubb RB
9 101 Dak Prescott QB
9 102 Sam Darnold QB
9 103 Evan Engram TE
9 104 Travis Hunter WR
9 105 Jalen McMillan WR
9 106 Rhamondre Stevenson RB
9 107 Najee Harris RB
9 108 Tucker Kraft TE
9 109 Jake Ferguson TE
9 110 Darnell Mooney WR
9 111 Travis Etienne Jr. RB
10 112 Tank Bigsby RB
10 113 Zach Charbonnet RB
10 114 DeAndre Hopkins WR
10 115 Jaleel McLaughlin RB
10 116 Tua Tagovailoa QB
10 117 Drake Maye QB
10 118 Amari Cooper WR
10 119 Rachaad White RB
10 120 Marquise Brown WR
10 121 Tyjae Spears RB
10 122 Blake Corum RB
10 123 Dallas Goedert TE
10 124 Austin Ekeler RB
10 125 Trevor Lawrence QB
10 126 Jerome Ford RB
10 127 Kyle Pitts TE
10 128 Justin Herbert QB
10 129 Javonte Williams RB
10 130 Romeo Doubs WR
10 131 Ricky Pearsall WR
10 132 Keon Coleman WR
10 133 Anthony Richardson QB
10 134 Shedeur Sanders QB
11 135 Rashod Bateman WR
11 136 Jordan Mason RB
11 137 Cade Otton TE
11 138 Quentin Johnston WR
11 139 Adam Thielen WR
11 140 Trey Benson RB
11 141 Christian Kirk WR
11 142 Diontae Johnson WR
11 143 Bryce Young QB
11 144 Wan'Dale Robinson WR
11 145 Kareem Hunt RB
11 146 Pat Freiermuth TE
11 147 Omarion Hampton RB
12 148 Luther Burden III WR
12 149 Cedric Tillman WR
12 150 Audric Estime RB
12 151 Zach Ertz TE
12 152 Geno Smith QB
12 153 Marvin Mims Jr. WR
12 154 Hunter Henry TE
12 155 Xavier Legette WR
12 156 Tyler Allgeier RB
12 157 Antonio Gibson RB
13 158 Tyler Warren TE
13 159 Ray Davis RB
13 160 Michael Penix Jr. QB
13 161 Andrei Iosivas WR
13 162 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR
13 163 Michael Wilson WR
13 164 Dontayvion Wicks WR
13 165 Olamide Zaccheaus WR
13 166 Alec Pierce WR
13 167 Emeka Egbuka WR
13 168 Raheem Mostert RB
13 169 DeMario Douglas WR
13 170 Devaughn Vele WR
13 171 Devin Singletary RB
13 172 Jordan Whittington WR
13 173 C.J. Stroud QB
13 174 Braelon Allen RB
13 175 J.J. McCarthy QB
13 176 Stefon Diggs WR
13 177 Chig Okonkwo TE
14 178 Jalen Coker WR
14 179 Malik Washington WR
14 180 Khalil Herbert RB
14 181 Gabe Davis WR
14 182 Roschon Johnson RB
14 183 MarShawn Lloyd RB
14 184 Sincere McCormick RB
14 185 Demarcus Robinson WR
14 186 Quinshon Judkins RB
14 187 Russell Wilson QB
14 188 Jaylen Wright RB
14 189 Kendre Miller RB
14 190 Derek Carr QB
14 191 Jermaine Burton WR
14 192 Mike Williams WR
14 193 Brandin Cooks WR
14 194 Dalton Schultz TE
14 195 Cole Kmet TE
14 196 Isaac Guerendo RB
14 197 Tyler Lockett WR
14 198 Darius Slayton WR
14 199 Joshua Palmer WR
14 200 Gus Edwards RB
15 201 TreVeyon Henderson RB
15 202 Calvin Austin III WR
15 203 Tre Tucker WR
15 204 Adonai Mitchell WR
15 205 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR
15 206 Jalen Tolbert WR
15 207 Jalen Nailor WR
15 208 Roman Wilson WR
15 209 Kaleb Johnson RB
15 210 Isaiah Likely TE
15 211 Kimani Vidal RB
15 212 Ben Sinnott TE
15 213 Mike Gesicki TE
15 214 Elijah Moore WR
15 215 Allen Lazard WR
15 216 Luke McCaffrey WR
15 217 Samaje Perine RB
15 218 Tyler Boyd WR
15 219 Justice Hill RB
16 220 Trevor Etienne RB
16 221 Harold Fannin Jr. TE
16 222 Kenneth Gainwell RB
16 223 Tre Harris WR
16 224 Dylan Sampson RB
16 225 Tez Johnson WR
16 226 Matthew Stafford QB
16 227 Keaton Mitchell RB
16 228 Tyler Conklin TE
16 229 Jahan Dotson WR
16 230 Theo Johnson TE
16 231 Will Shipley RB
16 232 Aaron Rodgers QB
16 233 Dylan Laube RB
16 234 Devontez Walker WR
16 235 Noah Brown WR
16 236 Colston Loveland TE
16 237 Curtis Samuel WR
16 238 Dameon Pierce RB
16 239 Alexander Mattison RB
16 240 Aidan O'Connell QB
16 241 Jalen Royals WR
16 242 Miles Sanders RB
16 243 Noah Fant TE
16 244 Savion Williams WR
16 245 Ameer Abdullah RB
17 246 Ollie Gordon II RB
17 247 Noah Gray TE
17 248 Jalin Hyatt WR
17 249 Trey Sermon RB
17 250 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE
17 251 Mason Taylor TE
17 252 D'Onta Foreman RB
17 253 Malachi Corley WR
17 254 DJ Chark Jr. WR
17 255 RJ Harvey RB
17 256 Gunnar Helm TE
17 257 Greg Dortch WR
17 258 Cam Ward QB
17 259 Taysom Hill TE
18 260 Tahj Brooks RB
18 261 Juwan Johnson TE
18 262 Isaiah Bond WR
18 263 Damien Martinez RB
18 264 Michael Mayer TE
18 265 Jalen Milroe QB
18 266 Ty Chandler RB
18 267 Parker Washington WR
18 268 Cam Akers RB
18 269 Zack Moss RB
18 270 Kalif Raymond WR
18 271 Jaxson Dart QB
18 272 KaVontae Turpin WR
18 273 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB
18 274 Kendrick Bourne WR
18 275 Cordarrelle Patterson RB
18 276 Elic Ayomanor WR
18 277 Rasheen Ali RB
18 278 Evan Stewart WR
18 279 Luke Musgrave TE
18 280 Pierre Strong Jr. RB
18 281 Josh Reynolds WR
18 282 Dawson Knox TE
18 283 Kirk Cousins QB
18 284 Jaydn Ott RB
18 285 Will Levis QB
18 286 Jamaal Williams RB
18 287 Tutu Atwell WR
18 288 Kalel Mullings RB
18 289 Terrance Ferguson TE
18 290 Donovan Edwards RB
18 291 Carson Steele RB
18 292 Jarquez Hunter RB
18 293 Mack Hollins WR
18 294 Raheim Sanders RB
18 295 Sean Tucker RB
18 296 Zamir White RB
18 297 Emanuel Wilson RB
18 298 Justin Fields QB
19 299 Mitchell Evans TE
19 300 D'Ernest Johnson RB
19 301 Daniel Jones QB
19 302 Troy Franklin WR
19 303 Jeremy McNichols RB
19 304 Quinn Ewers QB
19 305 Isaiah Davis RB
19 306 Jacob Cowing WR
19 307 Carson Beck QB
19 308 Jayden Higgins WR
19 309 Kyren Lacy WR
19 310 Jaylin Noel WR
19 311 Gardner Minshew II QB
19 312 Ja'Lynn Polk WR
19 313 Xavier Restrepo WR
19 314 Michael Carter RB
19 315 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB
19 316 Kyle McCord QB
19 317 Javon Baker WR
19 318 Ty Johnson RB
20 319 Jonathan Mingo WR
20 320 Craig Reynolds RB
20 321 Treylon Burks WR
20 322 Zay Jones WR
20 323 Trey Palmer WR
20 324 Frank Gore Jr. RB
20 325 Brenden Rice WR


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Jaylen Waddle

Good to Go For Thursday Night Football
Tucker Kraft

Suffers "Little Knee Tweak," Checks Out OK
Jaylen Waddle

Expected to Play and be a "Big Factor" on Thursday Night
Tucker Kraft

Suffers Knee Injury During Thursday's Practice
Clayton Kershaw

Will Retire at the End of the Season
Malcolm Brogdon

Landry Shamet and Malcolm Brogdon Both Staying with the Knicks?
Detroit Pistons

Charles Bediako Agrees to a Training Camp Deal with Detroit
Anthony Davis

Recovering From Eye Surgery, Uncertain for Training Camp
Charlotte Hornets

DaQuan Jeffries Waived by the Hornets
CFB

Eric Singleton Jr. Questionable For Saturday
Braden Schneider

Limited in Training Camp
Lars Eller

Recovering From Abdominal Procedure
Nick Jensen

in Danger of Missing Start of Season
Brandon Montour

to Miss Two Weeks After Ankle Surgery
Gabriel Landeskog

a "Full Go" for the Season
Samuel Girard

Avalanche Hope to Have Samuel Girard Available for Start of Season
Mackenzie Blackwood

Out Week-to-Week
Alex Tuch

Day-to-Day With Undisclosed Injury
Jordan Greenway

to Sit Out Training Camp
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Considered Day-to-Day
Simon Edvinsson

to Miss a Couple of Weeks
Mikael Backlund

Signs Two-Year Extension
Connor Ingram

to Be Waived by Mammoth
Zach Hyman

Misses Start of Training Camp
Nick Paul

Out Until November
Kris Letang

Cleared for Training Camp
David Pastrnak

Out for Start of Training Camp
Matthew Tkachuk

Expected to Be Out Until December
NBA

Trevelin Queen Joins Chinese Team
Damian Lillard

Not Rushing His Return
Brooklyn Nets

Keon Johnson Waived by Nets
Justin Verlander

Plans to Pitch in 2026
Junior Caminero

Day-to-Day With Back Tightness
Will Smith

Won't Return When First Eligible
Tyler Soderstrom

Returns to A's Lineup
Tyler Warren

Sidelined on Wednesday with Toe Injury
Jaylen Waddle

Questionable for Week 3 Against Buffalo
Joe Burrow

Bengals Not Closing the Door on Joe Burrow Returning This Year
CFB

LaNorris Sellers to Play Against Missouri?
Kyle Tucker

Progress has "Plateaued"
Isaac Paredes

has "Outside Chance" to Return This Weekend
CFB

Kaidon Salter Expected To Start for Colorado on Saturday
Willson Contreras

Goes on 10-Day Injured List, Done for Season
Justin Fields

Ruled Out for Week 3 Due to Concussion
Jayden Reed

Out Indefinitely After Foot and Shoulder Surgery
Washington Commanders

Preston Smith Signs With Commanders
Trey Jemison III

Joins Knicks on Two-Way Contract
Kevin McCullar Jr.

Signs New Two-Way Deal With Knicks
Matt Ryan

Returns to Knicks on Exhibit 10 Contract
New York Knicks

Alex Len Signs Exhibit 9 Deal With Knicks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Expected to Take on Larger Offensive Role With Hawks
Thomas Sorber

Undergoes Surgery
Dominic Canzone

Has Five-Hit, Three-Homer Game Tuesday
Cal Raleigh

Sets Single-Season Home Run Record for a Switch-Hitter
Jayden Reed

Undergoes Clavicle and Foot Surgeries, Out for Foreseeable Future
Bo Bichette

to Miss Rest of Regular Season
Zach Neto

Placed on 10-Day Injured List With Hand Injury
Yordan Alvarez

Out on Tuesday, Dealing With "Significant" Ankle Sprain
Aaron Jones Sr.

Vikings Place Aaron Jones Sr. on Injured Reserve With Hamstring Injury
CFB

Diego Pavia Refutes Report of Seeking Seventh Collegiate Season
Christian Kirk

Expected to Return in Week 3
CFB

Diego Pavia Seeking Another Year of Eligibility
Tarik Skubal

on Track to Start Thursday
CFB

Kevorian Barnes Questionable Against SMU
Bo Bichette

has Short-Term Knee Injury, Could Return for Postseason
Tosan Evbuomwan

Joins Knicks
NBA

Kai Jones Links Up With EuroLeague Team
Bismack Biyombo

Returns to Spurs
Bones Hyland

Rejoins Timberwolves
Kobe Bufkin

Moves to Brooklyn
Trey Yesavage

Sets Franchise Strikeout Record On Monday
Yordan Alvarez

To Receive MRI For Sprained Left Ankle On Tuesday
Willson Contreras

Exits Early Monday With Right-Biceps Tightness
Yordan Alvarez

Exits With Ankle Sprain
Brock Bowers

Officially Active on Monday Night
Jauan Jennings

Day-to-Day With Ankle Injury
Logan O'Hoppe

Activated Off Seven-Day Injured List
CBJ

Denton Mateychuk Dealing With Groin Issue
Bo Horvat

Fine for Training Camp
Kirby Dach

on Track to Be Ready for Opening Night
Jose Altuve

Returns Against Rangers
J.J. McCarthy

Expected to Miss 2-4 Weeks With High-Ankle Sprain
J.J. McCarthy

Likely Out for Week 3 With High-Ankle Sprain
Jean Silva

Gets Finished For The First Time In His Career
Aaron Jones Sr.

Unlikely to Play in Week 3 Due to Hamstring Injury
Diego Lopes

Returns To The Win Column
Jayden Daniels

' Week 3 Status in Doubt
Rob Font

Outclassed In The Noche UFC 3 Co-Main Event
David Martinez

Wins His Second UFC Fight
Jared Gordon

Suffers Brutal TKO Loss At Noche UFC 3
Rafa Garcia

Wins Back-To-Back Fights
Brian Thomas Jr.

Dealing with Wrist Injury
Dustin Stoltzfus

Drops A Decision At Noche UFC 3
Kelvin Gastelum

Gets Back In The Win Column
Diego Ferreira

Suffers Second-Round TKO
Alexander Hernandez

Extends His Win Streak With A Brutal TKO
Quang Le

Suffers First-Round Knockout
Santiago Luna

Shines In His UFC Debut
Christopher Bell

Earns his First Bristol Cup Series Victory
Alex Bowman

Falls Short of Advancing Through Cup Series Playoffs
Chase Briscoe

Collects his Third Top-10 Finish at Bristol
Ryan Blaney

Strong Top-Five Bristol Performance Advances him to the Playoffs
Corey Heim

Earns his First Career Cup Series Top-10 Finish at Bristol
Giannis Antetokounmpo

Leads Greece to Bronze Medal
Alperen Sengün

Alperen Sengun Drops 28 Points in EuroBasket Finals
CFB

Indiana's Lee Beebe Jr. Out for Season with Knee Injury
Dennis Schröder

Dennis Schroder Named EuroBasket MVP
Kenneth Walker III

Bounces Back with Big Week 2 Performance
Ty Gibbs

Has Arguably his Best Career Drive, but Only Finishes 10th
Chase Elliott

Despite Crashing Out at Bristol, Chase Elliott Advances to Round of 12
Austin Dillon

Misses Round of 12 After Extremely Mediocre Bristol Run
Shane Van Gisbergen

Shane van Gisbergen Fails to Advance to Round of 12
Josh Berry

Finishes Last in All Three Round of 16 Races to Fail to Advance
CFB

Ryan Williams Explodes In Return To Field
CFB

Drew Allar Plays Mediocre Game In Blowout Win
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LaNorris Sellers Exits Game In Blowout Loss
CFB

DJ Lagway Tosses Five Interceptions In Loss
CFB

Garrett Nussmeier Plays Game Manager in Saturday's Win
CFB

CJ Carr Remains Poised In Narrow Loss
CFB

John Mateer Leads Oklahoma In Rout
CFB

Arch Manning Struggles Against UTEP
CFB

Jeremiah Smith Impresses In Win
CFB

Sam Leavitt Shines As Arizona State Rebounds From Week 2 Loss
Chris Buescher

May have Another Solid Run at Bristol
Kyle Busch

Should DFS Managers Roster Kyle Busch at Bristol?
Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Is Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Too Risky to Consider Rostering at Bristol?
Michael McDowell

Could be A Solid Value Option For Bristol DFS Lineups
Chase Elliott

Probably Won't Factor in for Bristol Win
NASCAR

Bubba Wallace Not as Strong at Bristol as Other Short Tracks
Alex Bowman

Needs to Win to Make Round of 12
Ross Chastain

has Never Led at Bristol but Has Been Pretty Consistent
Austin Dillon

Richmond Speed Unlikely to Carry Over to Bristol
Josh Berry

Might Run Well at Bristol, but Almost Certainly Won't Win to Advance
Justin Haley

Bristol One of Justin Haley's Few Recent Bright Spots
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