February 10, 2026
Nick Mariano's NFBC fantasy baseball rankings, tiers for 2026. Use his top 600 rankings (hitters and pitchers) for fantasy baseball best ball drafts on NFBC.
Baseball offseason is heating up, and with spring training around the corner, we have updated our MLB rankings and will continue to do so until Opening Day. Today, we are focused on best ball leagues, and below you'll find our MLB team's 2026 NFBC Fantasy Baseball Rankings for NFBC Best Ball leagues. These NFBC best ball rankings include hitters and pitchers for the top 600 players (across all positions).
These fantasy baseball rankings are geared specifically towards NFBC's best ball leagues and scoring rules, but can also be used as a guide for all fantasy baseball best ball platforms and leagues. In addition to these NFBC best ball rankings, we also have many other tools and resources to help you win in 2026 -- including fantasy baseball best ball rankings for other platforms like Underdog best ball rankings .
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NFBC Fantasy Baseball Rankings Overview Every fantasy baseball platform is a bit different -- they may have different scoring rules, roster spots, position eligibility, and more. It's key to understand the format and prepare accordingly, with rankings and analysis tailored to the specific platform. NFBC is no different, and NFBC best ball leagues carry their own set of rules.
One of the biggest things to keep in mind with NFBC best ball formats is that they are two-catcher leagues. That means every team must start two catchers. That changes the landscape significantly for catchers and increases their value. As such, you'll see catchers higher up in these best ball rankings than "normal" fantasy rankings. You don't want to be left with junky catchers, let alone two of them. You won't survive.
Another key factor is position eligibility—each platform has a different calculation, and NFBC has its own position eligibility rules that may differ from platforms like Yahoo or ESPN. For example, Maikel Garcia is only 3B eligible on NFBC, but is 2B/3B/SS/OF eligible on Yahoo.
Lastly, if you're not familiar with fantasy baseball best ball leagues, they are basically draft-only leagues with no other moves or transactions made by managers throughout the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens from a team-management perspective -- there is no setting daily or weekly lineups, there are no trades, and there are no waiver wire moves. Every week of the season, the best combination of fantasy players on your team is automatically calculated and used to determine the highest possible scoring outcome -- even if they are the last guy you drafted and would normally be on your bench.
2026 NFBC Fantasy Baseball Best Ball Rankings Rankings are geared towards NFBC best ball formats and scoring rules.
Tier Rank Player Name NFBC Position
1
1
Shohei Ohtani UT, P
1
2
Aaron Judge OF
1
3
Bobby Witt Jr. SS
1
4
Juan Soto OF
1
5
Jose Ramirez 3B
2
6
Ronald Acuna Jr. OF
2
7
Corbin Carroll OF
2
8
Julio Rodriguez OF
2
9
Kyle Tucker OF
2
10
Tarik Skubal P
2
11
Elly De La Cruz SS
2
12
Cal Raleigh C
2
13
Gunnar Henderson SS
2
14
Junior Caminero 3B
3
15
Garrett Crochet P
3
16
Fernando Tatis Jr. OF
3
17
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
3
18
Nick Kurtz 1B
3
19
Paul Skenes P
3
20
Francisco Lindor SS
3
21
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B, 3B
3
22
Jackson Chourio OF
3
23
Kyle Schwarber UT
3
24
Trea Turner SS
3
25
Pete Alonso 1B
3
26
Zach Neto SS
3
27
Pete Crow-Armstrong OF
3
28
Ketel Marte 2B
3
29
Yoshinobu Yamamoto P
3
30
Ben Rice C, 1B
3
31
Manny Machado 3B
3
32
James Wood OF
3
33
Yordan Alvarez UT
4
34
Bryce Harper 1B
4
35
Brent Rooker OF
4
36
Matt Olson 1B
4
37
William Contreras C
4
38
Cristopher Sanchez P
4
39
Wyatt Langford OF
4
40
Bryan Woo P
4
41
Roman Anthony OF
4
42
Shea Langeliers C
4
43
Hunter Goodman C
4
44
Freddie Freeman 1B
4
45
Rafael Devers 1B
4
46
Brice Turang 2B
4
47
Hunter Brown P
4
48
Austin Riley 3B
4
49
Agustin Ramirez C
4
50
Mookie Betts SS
4
51
CJ Abrams SS
4
52
Josh Naylor 1B
4
53
Jackson Merrill OF
4
54
Byron Buxton OF
4
55
Maikel Garcia
3B
4
56
Logan Gilbert P
4
57
Drake Baldwin C
4
58
Mason Miller P
4
59
Chris Sale P
4
60
Riley Greene OF
5
61
Jarren Duran OF
5
62
Cody Bellinger OF
5
63
Tyler Soderstrom OF, 1B
5
64
Salvador Perez C, 1B
5
65
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
5
66
George Springer OF
5
67
Hunter Greene P
5
68
Edwin Diaz P
5
69
Geraldo Perdomo SS
5
70
Jeremy Pena SS
5
71
Logan Webb P
5
72
Max Fried P
5
73
Corey Seager SS
5
74
Will Smith C
5
75
Seiya Suzuki OF
5
76
Randy Arozarena OF
5
77
Bo Bichette SS
5
78
Nico Hoerner 2B
5
79
Freddy Peralta P
5
80
Alex Bregman 3B
5
81
Jacob deGrom P
5
82
Eugenio Suarez 3B
5
83
Cole Ragans P
5
84
Jose Altuve OF, 2B
5
85
Yainer Diaz C
5
86
Trevor Story SS
5
87
Jordan Westburg 3B
5
88
Yandy Diaz 1B
5
89
Michael Harris II OF
6
90
Ivan Herrera UT
6
91
Oneil Cruz OF
6
92
Ceddanne Rafaela 2B, OF
6
93
Kyle Stowers OF
6
94
Andres Munoz P
6
95
Jo Adell OF
6
96
Michael Busch 1B
6
97
Andy Pages OF
6
98
Dylan Cease P
6
99
Teoscar Hernandez OF
6
100
Joe Ryan P
6
101
Noelvi Marte OF, 3B
6
102
Christian Yelich UT
6
103
Cade Smith P
6
104
Jhoan Duran P
6
105
Jackson Holliday 2B
6
106
Jesus Luzardo P
6
107
Luis Robert Jr. OF
6
108
Brandon Nimmo OF
6
109
Luke Keaschall 2B
6
110
George Kirby P
6
111
Alejandro Kirk C
6
112
Kyle Bradish P
6
113
Adley Rutschman C
6
114
Willy Adames SS
6
115
Blake Snell P
6
116
Nick Pivetta P
6
117
Taylor Ward OF
6
118
Dansby Swanson SS
6
119
Spencer Schwellenbach P
6
120
Framber Valdez P
7
121
Lawrence Butler OF
7
122
Chandler Simpson OF
7
123
Francisco Alvarez C
7
124
Xavier Edwards 2B, SS
7
125
Brenton Doyle OF
7
126
Brandon Lowe 2B
7
127
Nolan McLean P
7
128
Matt Chapman 3B
7
129
Steven Kwan OF
7
130
Alec Burleson 1B, OF
7
131
Jakob Marsee OF
7
132
Josh Hader P
7
133
Eury Perez P
7
134
Sonny Gray P
7
135
Ozzie Albies 2B
7
136
Ian Happ OF
7
137
Jurickson Profar OF
7
138
Ezequiel Tovar SS
7
139
Bryson Stott 2B
7
140
Aroldis Chapman P
8
141
Willson Contreras 1B
8
142
Jacob Wilson SS
8
143
David Bednar P
8
144
Dylan Crews OF
8
145
Gabriel Moreno C
8
146
Kevin Gausman P
8
147
Samuel Basallo C
8
148
Devin Williams P
8
149
Spencer Strider P
8
150
Jonathan Aranda 1B
8
151
Otto Lopez SS, 2B
8
152
Mike Trout OF
8
153
Munetaka Murakami 3B
8
154
Addison Barger 3B, OF
8
155
Bryan Reynolds OF
9
156
Pablo Lopez P
9
157
Nick Lodolo P
9
158
Spencer Torkelson 1B
9
159
Christian Walker 1B
9
160
Sal Frelick OF
9
161
Carter Jensen C
9
162
Tyler Glasnow P
9
163
Kyle Teel C
9
164
Jorge Polanco 2B
9
165
Royce Lewis 3B
9
166
Sandy Alcantara P
9
167
Ryan Pepiot P
9
168
Heliot Ramos OF
9
169
Ramon Laureano OF
9
170
Daulton Varsho OF
9
171
Jacob Misiorowski P
9
172
J.T. Realmuto C
9
173
Brandon Woodruff P
9
174
Gleyber Torres 2B
9
175
Michael King P
9
176
Isaac Paredes 3B
9
177
Nathan Eovaldi P
9
178
Kerry Carpenter OF
10
179
Zack Wheeler P
10
180
Matt McLain 2B
10
181
Dillon Dingler C
10
182
Konnor Griffin SS
10
183
Luis Garcia (2B)2B
10
184
Xander Bogaerts SS
10
185
Wilyer Abreu OF
10
186
Sal Stewart 1B
10
187
Colson Montgomery SS
10
188
Jose Caballero OF, 2B, 3B, SS
10
189
Luis Castillo P
10
190
Emmet Sheehan P
10
191
Jasson Dominguez OF
10
192
Adolis Garcia OF
10
193
Tatsuya Imai P
10
194
Chase Burns P
10
195
Daylen Lile OF
10
196
Ernie Clement 2B, 3B, SS
10
197
Robbie Ray P
11
198
Tyler Stephenson C
11
199
Jac Caglianone OF
11
200
Carlos Estevez P
11
201
Austin Wells C
11
202
Anthony Santander OF
11
203
Cam Schlittler P
11
204
Luis Arraez 1B
11
205
Marcus Semien 2B
11
206
Gavin Williams P
11
207
Mickey Moniak OF
11
208
Ryan Jeffers C
11
209
MacKenzie Gore P
11
210
Shota Imanaga P
11
211
Trent Grisham OF
11
212
Tanner Bibee P
11
213
Alec Bohm 3B
11
214
Jordan Beck OF
11
215
Ranger Suarez P
11
216
Caleb Durbin 3B
11
217
Bubba Chandler P
11
218
Aaron Nola P
11
219
Kazuma Okamoto 3B
11
220
Brendan Donovan 2B
11
221
Ryan Helsley P
11
222
Giancarlo Stanton OF
12
223
Jake Burger 1B
12
224
Drew Rasmussen P
12
225
Trey Yesavage P
12
226
Raisel Iglesias P
12
227
Colton Cowser OF
12
228
Shane Bieber P
12
229
Kyle Manzardo 1B
12
230
Miguel Vargas 1B, 3B
12
231
Trevor Rogers P
12
232
Max Muncy 3B
12
233
Zac Gallen P
12
234
Logan O'Hoppe C
12
235
Shane Baz P
12
236
Jung Hoo Lee OF
12
237
Jack Flaherty P
12
238
Carlos Correa 3B, SS
12
239
Ryan O'Hearn 1B, OF
12
240
Edward Cabrera P
12
241
Masyn Winn SS
12
242
Carlos Rodon P
12
243
Brett Baty 2B, 3B
12
244
Cade Horton P
12
245
Merrill Kelly P
12
246
Andrew Abbott P
12
247
Lenyn Sosa 1B, 2B
12
248
TJ Friedl OF
12
249
Spencer Steer 1B
12
250
Colt Keith 2B, 3B
13
251
Kris Bubic P
13
252
Matt Shaw 3B
13
253
JJ Wetherholt SS
13
254
Emilio Pagan P
13
255
Roki Sasaki P
13
256
Josh Lowe OF
13
257
Matthew Boyd P
13
258
Andrew Vaughn 1B
13
259
Mark Vientos 3B
13
260
Carlos Narvaez C
13
261
Brooks Lee 2B, 3B, SS
13
262
Jeff Hoffman P
13
263
Zach McKinstry 3B, SS, OF
13
264
Daniel Palencia P
13
265
Shane McClanahan P
13
266
Tommy Edman 2B, OF
13
267
Nolan Schanuel 1B
13
268
Casey Mize P
13
269
Pete Fairbanks P
13
270
Andres Gimenez 2B
13
271
Josh Smith 1B, 3B, SS
13
272
Bo Naylor C
13
273
Hurston Waldrep P
13
274
Carson Kelly C
13
275
Jack Leiter P
13
276
Willi Castro 2B, 3B, OF
13
277
Josh Jung 3B
13
278
Ryne Nelson P
13
279
Evan Carter OF
13
280
Joe Musgrove P
13
281
Quinn Priester P
13
282
Jeff McNeil 2B, OF
13
283
Kenley Jansen P
13
284
Cedric Mullins IIOF
13
285
Jonathan India OF, 3B, 2B
14
286
Nick Castellanos OF
14
287
Josh Bell 1B
14
288
Bryce Miller P
14
289
Trevor Megill P
14
290
Justin Crawford OF
14
291
Abner Uribe P
14
292
Chase DeLauter OF
14
293
Jose Soriano P
14
294
Shane Smith P
14
295
Jesus Sanchez OF
14
296
Matt Wallner OF
14
297
Yusei Kikuchi P
14
298
Connor Norby 3B
14
299
Cody Ponce P
14
300
Logan Henderson P
15
301
Noah Cameron P
15
302
Brady Singer P
15
303
Bailey Ober P
15
304
Kevin McGonigle SS
15
305
Jameson Taillon P
15
306
Chase Meidroth 2B, SS
15
307
Brandon Marsh OF
15
308
Gerrit Cole P
15
309
Jake Cronenworth 2B
15
310
Edgar Quero C
15
311
Isaac Collins OF
15
312
Reese Olson P
15
313
Nolan Arenado 3B
15
314
Sean Manaea P
15
315
Spencer Horwitz 1B
15
316
Kodai Senga P
15
317
Anthony Volpe SS
15
318
Ryan Walker P
15
319
Troy Melton P
15
320
Dennis Santana P
15
321
Harrison Bader OF
15
322
Ryan Weathers P
15
323
Mitch Keller P
15
324
Brandon Pfaadt P
15
325
Danny Jansen C
15
326
Grayson Rodriguez P
16
327
Jordan Walker OF
16
328
J.P. Crawford SS
16
329
Romy Gonzalez 1B, 2B
16
330
Marcelo Mayer 3B
16
331
Connelly Early P
16
332
Joey Cantillo P
16
333
Dominic Canzone OF
16
334
Brayan Bello P
16
335
Victor Robles OF
16
336
Victor Scott II OF
16
337
Marcell Ozuna UT
16
338
Lars Nootbaar OF
16
339
Clay Holmes P
16
340
Dylan Beavers OF
16
341
Keibert Ruiz C
16
342
David Peterson P
16
343
Jordan Lawlar 3B
16
344
Joey Ortiz SS
16
345
Gavin Sheets OF
16
346
Braxton Ashcraft P
16
347
Andrew Benintendi OF
16
348
Mike Burrows P
16
349
Parker Messick P
16
350
Reid Detmers P
16
351
Robert Suarez P
16
352
Victor Caratini C
16
353
Zebby Matthews P
16
354
Sean Murphy C
16
355
Michael Wacha P
16
356
Jared Triolo 1B, 3B, SS
16
357
Cam Smith OF
16
358
Seth Lugo P
16
359
Nolan Gorman 3B, 2B
16
360
Jorge Soler OF
16
361
Will Warren P
16
362
Parker Meadows OF
16
363
Freddy Fermin C
16
364
Jake Mangum OF
16
365
Owen Caissie OF
16
366
Tyler O'Neill OF
16
367
Chris Bassitt P
16
368
Jacob Lopez P
16
369
Ian Seymour P
16
370
Mike Yastrzemski OF
16
371
Cade Cavalli P
16
372
Andrew Painter P
16
373
Robby Snelling P
16
374
Trevor Larnach OF
16
375
Ryan McMahon 3B
16
376
Austin Hays OF
16
377
Jeffrey Springs P
16
378
Miguel Amaya C
17
379
Simeon Woods Richardson P
17
380
Kody Clemens OF, 2B, 1B
17
381
Carson Benge OF
17
382
Chad Patrick P
17
383
Luis Severino P
17
384
Zack Littell P
17
385
Wenceel Perez OF
17
386
Tyler Mahle P
17
387
Cristian Javier P
17
388
Patrick Bailey C
17
389
Lucas Giolito P
17
390
Dean Kremer P
17
391
Moises Ballesteros UT
17
392
Luis Gil P
17
393
Brayan Rocchio 2B, SS
17
394
Bryce Eldridge UT
17
395
Mauricio Dubon 2B, 3B, SS, OF
17
396
Lane Thomas OF
17
397
Nasim Nunez SS
17
398
Javier Baez 3B, SS, OF
17
399
Slade Cecconi P
17
400
Matthew Liberatore P
17
401
Justin Steele P
17
402
Luis Morales P
17
403
Michael Soroka P
17
404
Dustin May P
18
405
Christian Moore 2B
18
406
Joey Bart C
18
407
Griffin Jax P
18
408
Zach Eflin P
18
409
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
18
410
Robert Garcia P
18
411
Sung-Mun Song 3B
18
412
Reynaldo Lopez P
18
413
Edwin Uceta P
18
414
Michael McGreevy P
18
415
Spencer Arrighetti P
18
416
Tyler Freeman OF
18
417
Luis Rengifo 2B, 3B
18
418
Rhys Hoskins 1B
18
419
Max Meyer P
18
420
Jake Meyers OF
18
421
Jake McCarthy OF
18
422
Bryan Abreu P
19
423
Triston Casas 1B
19
424
Adrian Houser P
19
425
Johan Oviedo P
19
426
Gavin Lux OF
19
427
Jared Jones P
19
428
Landen Roupp P
19
429
Brooks Baldwin OF
19
430
Dalton Rushing C
19
431
Sean Burke P
19
432
Zach Cole OF
19
433
Joe Mack C
19
434
Harry Ford C
19
435
Jake Bauers OF, 1B
19
436
Miguel Andujar 3B, OF
19
437
Brady House 3B
19
438
Jose Berrios P
19
439
Payton Tolle P
19
440
Justin Verlander P
19
441
Carson Williams SS
19
442
Gabriel Arias 2B, SS
19
443
Ha-Seong Kim SS
19
444
Kirby Yates P
19
445
C.J. Kayfus OF
19
446
Liam Hicks 1B, C
19
447
Thomas White P
19
448
Eduardo Rodriguez P
19
449
Kristian Campbell 2B
19
450
Riley O'Brien P
19
451
Hyeseong Kim 2B
19
452
Pavin Smith 1B
19
453
Brandon Sproat P
19
454
Christopher Morel OF
19
455
Joe Boyle P
19
456
Paul Goldschmidt 1B
19
457
Tyler Wells P
19
458
Steven Matz P
19
459
Jonah Tong P
19
460
Foster Griffin P
19
461
Denzel Clarke OF
19
462
Taj Bradley P
19
463
Braxton Garrett P
19
464
Kyle Higashioka C
19
465
Brad Lord P
19
466
JP Sears P
19
467
Colt Emerson SS
19
468
Pedro Pages C
20
469
Kumar Rocker P
20
470
Casey Schmitt 2B, 3B
20
471
JJ Bleday OF
20
472
Will Vest P
20
473
Corbin Burnes P
20
474
Nick Martinez P
20
475
Jacob Latz P
20
476
Nathaniel Lowe 1B
20
477
Kyle Finnegan P
20
478
Anthony Kay P
20
479
Adrian Morejon P
20
480
Yoan Moncada 3B
20
481
Kyle Freeland P
20
482
Grant Taylor P
20
483
Griffin Conine OF
20
484
Alek Thomas OF
20
485
Jhostynxon Garcia OF
20
486
Travis Bazzana 2B
20
487
Colby Thomas OF
20
488
Davis Martin P
20
489
Victor Vodnik P
20
490
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. OF
20
491
Chase Dollander P
20
492
Mick Abel P
20
493
Colin Rea P
20
494
Charlie Condon 1B
20
495
Ty France 1B
20
496
Max Scherzer P
20
497
Camilo Doval P
20
498
Nick Gonzales 2B
20
499
Robert Stephenson P
20
500
Carmen Mlodzinski P
20
501
Braxton Fulford C
20
502
Coby Mayo 1B
20
503
Michael Lorenzen P
20
504
Troy Johnston OF
20
505
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 3B, SS
20
506
Andre Pallante P
20
507
Jeremiah Estrada P
21
508
Aidan Miller SS
21
509
Blaine Crim 1B
21
510
Robert Gasser P
21
511
Jonah Heim C
21
512
Jacob Melton OF
21
513
Ryan Weiss P
21
514
Justin Sterner P
21
515
Thomas Saggese 2B, SS
21
516
Kyle Leahy P
21
517
Luke Raley 1B, OF
21
518
Blaze Alexander 3B
21
519
J.T. Ginn P
21
520
Richard Fitts P
21
521
Lance McCullers Jr. P
21
522
Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz P
21
523
Spencer Jones OF
21
524
Nick Fortes C
21
525
Clayton Beeter P
21
526
Henry Davis C
21
527
Aaron Ashby P
21
528
Logan Allen P
21
529
Ryan Mountcastle 1B
21
530
Tyler Tolbert OF
21
531
Garrett Mitchell OF
21
532
Alex Vesia P
21
533
Hunter Barco P
21
534
Garrett Whitlock P
21
535
Heriberto Hernandez OF
21
536
Drew Anderson P
21
537
Cole Young 2B
21
538
Ryan Waldschmidt OF
21
539
Jaxon Wiggins P
21
540
Phil Maton P
21
541
Max Clark OF
21
542
Josiah Gray P
21
543
Sean Newcomb P
21
544
Austin Martin OF
21
545
Javier Sanoja 2B, 3B, OF
21
546
Davis Schneider 2B, OF
21
547
Jordan Leasure P
21
548
Nathan Lukes OF
21
549
Randy Vasquez P
22
550
Janson Junk P
22
551
Tyler Austin 1B
22
552
Walker Jenkins OF
22
553
Jeferson Quero C
22
554
Tanner Scott P
22
555
Vaughn Grissom 2B
22
556
Ronny Mauricio 3B
22
557
Luke Weaver P
22
558
Jake Fraley OF
22
559
Garrett Cleavinger P
22
560
Edmundo Sosa 2B, 3B
22
561
Sawyer Gipson-Long P
22
562
Bryce Elder P
22
563
Stephen Kolek P
22
564
Kutter Crawford P
22
565
Aaron Civale P
22
566
Ryan Bergert P
22
567
Zack Gelof 2B
22
568
Lucas Erceg P
22
569
Jake Irvin P
22
570
Eric Lauer P
22
571
Alek Manoah P
22
572
Taylor Rogers P
22
573
Rhett Lowder P
22
574
Grant Holmes P
22
575
Luis Torrens C
22
576
Jose Quintana P
22
577
Matt Brash P
22
578
Michael Massey 2B
22
579
Joshua Baez OF
22
580
Adrian Del Castillo UT
22
581
Daniel Schneemann 2B, 3B, OF
22
582
Quinn Mathews P
22
583
George Valera UT
22
584
Joc Pederson UT
22
585
Jose Trevino C
22
586
Jonny DeLuca OF
22
587
Tim Tawa 1B, OF, 2B
22
588
Cade Povich P
22
589
Walker Buehler P
22
590
Andrew Alvarez P
22
591
Cody Bradford P
22
592
Masataka Yoshida UT
22
593
Hayden Birdsong P
22
594
Austin Wynns C
22
595
Miguel Rojas 3B, 2B, SS
22
596
Jordan Romano P
22
597
Jose A. Ferrer P
22
598
Trevor McDonald P
22
599
Griffin Canning P
22
600
Joey Wentz P
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