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Nick's top 300 DraftKings fantasy baseball rankings for 2026 DraftKings best ball drafts and contests. Nick Mariano is a top-accuracy industry rankings expert.
Best ball fantasy baseball leagues are becoming increasingly popular, and there are more than a couple of platforms managers can play on. Today, we focus on the DraftKings platform with our MLB team's 2026 DraftKings fantasy baseball rankings for 2026 Best Ball leagues on the DraftKings platform.
These MLB best ball rankings for DraftKings are put together by RotoBaller's lead analyst Nick Mariano -- one of the industry's most accurate fantasy baseball rankers -- and cover both hitters and pitchers and include tiers for the top 300 players.
In case you aren't familiar with fantasy baseball best ball leagues, they are essentially draft-only leagues with no moves made during the season. Once a best ball draft is completed, nothing else happens throughout the year -- 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.
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DraftKings Best Ball Rankings Overview
DraftKings is a fantasy sports platform where you can play all sorts of leagues and contests, and MLB Best Ball leagues are one of their popular offerings. As with any league or platform, it's key to understand the format and scoring rules.
On the DraftKings platform, MLB best ball leagues only have three possible positions - Infield (IF), Outfield (OF), and Pitcher (P). You will see these three positions in the rankings below, next to each player's name under the "DK Position" column. The fantasy baseball rankings are geared towards DraftKings best ball leagues and scoring rules, but can be used as a guide for all fantasy baseball best ball platforms and leagues.
2026 DraftKings Fantasy Baseball Rankings
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| Rank | Tier | Name | Pos. | DK Pos. |
| 1 | 1 | Shohei Ohtani | DH | OF |
| 2 | 1 | Aaron Judge | OF | OF |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Soto | OF | OF |
| 4 | 1 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | OF |
| 5 | 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | IF |
| 6 | 2 | Kyle Tucker | OF | OF |
| 7 | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | OF |
| 8 | 2 | Julio Rodriguez | OF | OF |
| 9 | 2 | Tarik Skubal | SP | P |
| 10 | 2 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | OF | OF |
| 11 | 2 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | IF |
| 12 | 2 | Paul Skenes | SP | P |
| 13 | 2 | Corbin Carroll | OF | OF |
| 14 | 3 | Elly De La Cruz | SS | IF |
| 15 | 3 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | IF |
| 16 | 3 | Gunnar Henderson | SS | IF |
| 17 | 3 | Jackson Chourio | OF | OF |
| 18 | 3 | Nick Kurtz | 1B | IF |
| 19 | 3 | Garrett Crochet | SP | P |
| 20 | 3 | Pete Alonso | 1B | IF |
| 21 | 3 | Yordan Alvarez | OF | OF |
| 22 | 3 | Cal Raleigh | C | IF |
| 23 | 3 | James Wood | OF | OF |
| 24 | 3 | Junior Caminero | 3B | IF |
| 25 | 3 | Brent Rooker | OF | OF |
| 26 | 3 | Roman Anthony | OF | OF |
| 27 | 3 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | OF |
| 28 | 3 | Wyatt Langford | OF | OF |
| 29 | 3 | Byron Buxton | OF | OF |
| 30 | 3 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP | P |
| 31 | 3 | Cody Bellinger | OF | OF |
| 32 | 3 | George Springer | OF | OF |
| 33 | 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | SP | P |
| 34 | 3 | Ketel Marte | 2B | IF |
| 35 | 4 | Matt Olson | 1B | IF |
| 36 | 4 | Riley Greene | OF | OF |
| 37 | 4 | Randy Arozarena | OF | OF |
| 38 | 4 | Trea Turner | SS | IF |
| 39 | 4 | Francisco Lindor | SS | IF |
| 40 | 4 | Jackson Merrill | OF | OF |
| 41 | 4 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | OF |
| 42 | 4 | Jarren Duran | OF | OF |
| 43 | 4 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 2B/3B | IF |
| 44 | 4 | Rafael Devers | 1B | IF |
| 45 | 4 | Bryce Harper | 1B | IF |
| 46 | 4 | Taylor Ward | OF | OF |
| 47 | 4 | Mookie Betts | SS | IF |
| 48 | 4 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | IF |
| 49 | 4 | Bryan Woo | SP | P |
| 50 | 4 | Hunter Brown | SP | P |
| 51 | 4 | Chris Sale | SP | P |
| 52 | 4 | Manny Machado | 3B | IF |
| 53 | 4 | Logan Webb | SP | P |
| 54 | 4 | Cole Ragans | SP | P |
| 55 | 4 | Freddy Peralta | SP | P |
| 56 | 5 | Bo Bichette | SS | IF |
| 57 | 5 | Christian Yelich | OF | OF |
| 58 | 5 | Teoscar Hernandez | OF | OF |
| 59 | 5 | Max Fried | SP | P |
| 60 | 5 | Zach Neto | SS | IF |
| 61 | 5 | Logan Gilbert | SP | P |
| 62 | 5 | Geraldo Perdomo | SS | IF |
| 63 | 5 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | IF |
| 64 | 5 | Ian Happ | OF | OF |
| 65 | 5 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | IF |
| 66 | 5 | Oneil Cruz | OF | OF |
| 67 | 5 | Kyle Stowers | OF | OF |
| 68 | 5 | Luis Robert Jr. | OF | OF |
| 69 | 5 | Josh Naylor | 1B | IF |
| 70 | 5 | Austin Riley | 3B | IF |
| 71 | 5 | Tyler Soderstrom | 1B/OF | IF |
| 72 | 5 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | OF |
| 73 | 6 | Jacob deGrom | SP | P |
| 74 | 6 | Mike Trout | OF | OF |
| 75 | 6 | Nolan McLean | SP | P |
| 76 | 6 | Corey Seager | SS | IF |
| 77 | 6 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | P |
| 78 | 6 | Dylan Cease | SP | P |
| 79 | 6 | Alex Bregman | 3B | IF |
| 80 | 6 | Jo Adell | OF | OF |
| 81 | 6 | Framber Valdez | SP | P |
| 82 | 6 | Michael Harris II | OF | OF |
| 83 | 6 | Jakob Marsee | OF | OF |
| 84 | 6 | Jac Caglianone | 1B/OF | OF |
| 85 | 6 | Kyle Bradish | SP | P |
| 86 | 6 | Michael Busch | 1B | IF |
| 87 | 6 | CJ Abrams | SS | IF |
| 88 | 6 | George Kirby | SP | P |
| 89 | 6 | Ben Rice | C/1B | IF |
| 90 | 6 | Nick Pivetta | SP | P |
| 91 | 6 | Brice Turang | 2B | IF |
| 92 | 6 | Spencer Strider | SP | P |
| 93 | 6 | Shea Langeliers | C | IF |
| 94 | 6 | Daylen Lile | OF | OF |
| 95 | 6 | Hunter Goodman | C | IF |
| 96 | 6 | Zack Wheeler | SP | P |
| 97 | 6 | Gavin Williams | SP | P |
| 98 | 6 | Maikel Garcia | 2B/3B/SS/OF | IF |
| 99 | 6 | Jacob Misiorowski | SP | P |
| 100 | 6 | Willy Adames | SS | IF |
| 101 | 7 | Steven Kwan | OF | OF |
| 102 | 7 | Joe Ryan | SP | P |
| 103 | 7 | Daulton Varsho | OF | OF |
| 104 | 7 | Lawrence Butler | OF | OF |
| 105 | 7 | Eury Perez | SP | P |
| 106 | 7 | Sonny Gray | SP | P |
| 107 | 7 | Trevor Rogers | SP | P |
| 108 | 7 | Konnor Griffin | SS/OF | IF |
| 109 | 7 | Bryan Reynolds | OF | OF |
| 110 | 7 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | OF |
| 111 | 7 | Trevor Story | SS | IF |
| 112 | 7 | Kevin Gausman | SP | P |
| 113 | 7 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | P |
| 114 | 7 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | P |
| 115 | 7 | Chase Burns | SP/RP | P |
| 116 | 7 | Trey Yesavage | SP | P |
| 117 | 7 | Andy Pages | OF | OF |
| 118 | 7 | Yandy Diaz | 1B | IF |
| 119 | 8 | Trent Grisham | OF | OF |
| 120 | 8 | Adolis Garcia | OF | OF |
| 121 | 8 | Jose Altuve | 2B/OF | IF |
| 122 | 8 | Cam Schlittler | SP | P |
| 123 | 8 | Jacob Wilson | SS | IF |
| 124 | 8 | Dylan Crews | OF | OF |
| 125 | 8 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | IF |
| 126 | 8 | Tyler Glasnow | SP | P |
| 127 | 8 | Kerry Carpenter | OF | OF |
| 128 | 9 | Heliot Ramos | OF | OF |
| 129 | 9 | William Contreras | C | IF |
| 130 | 9 | Michael King | SP | P |
| 131 | 9 | Bubba Chandler | SP | P |
| 132 | 9 | Marcell Ozuna | DH | OF |
| 133 | 9 | Sandy Alcantara | SP | P |
| 134 | 9 | Robbie Ray | SP | P |
| 135 | 9 | Ramon Laureano | OF | OF |
| 136 | 9 | Nick Lodolo | SP | P |
| 137 | 9 | Colson Montgomery | 3B/SS | IF |
| 138 | 10 | Jeremy Pena | SS | IF |
| 139 | 10 | Ranger Suarez | SP | P |
| 140 | 10 | Kazuma Okamoto | 1B/3B | IF |
| 141 | 10 | Brandon Woodruff | SP | P |
| 142 | 10 | Ryan Pepiot | SP | P |
| 143 | 10 | Munetaka Murakami | 1B/3B | IF |
| 144 | 10 | Alec Burleson | 1B/OF | OF |
| 145 | 10 | Blake Snell | SP | P |
| 146 | 10 | Tatsuya Imai | SP | P |
| 147 | 10 | Noelvi Marte | 3B/OF | OF |
| 148 | 10 | Luis Castillo | SP | P |
| 149 | 10 | Ceddanne Rafaela | 2B/OF | OF |
| 150 | 10 | Matt Chapman | 3B | IF |
| 151 | 10 | Willson Contreras | 1B | IF |
| 152 | 10 | Will Smith | C | IF |
| 153 | 10 | Edward Cabrera | SP | P |
| 154 | 10 | Tanner Bibee | SP | P |
| 155 | 10 | Nico Hoerner | 2B | IF |
| 156 | 10 | Emmet Sheehan | SP | P |
| 157 | 10 | Luke Keaschall | 2B | IF |
| 158 | 10 | Mickey Moniak | OF | OF |
| 159 | 10 | Wilyer Abreu | OF | OF |
| 160 | 10 | Brenton Doyle | OF | OF |
| 161 | 10 | Christian Walker | 1B | IF |
| 162 | 11 | Cade Horton | SP | P |
| 163 | 11 | Sal Frelick | OF | OF |
| 164 | 11 | TJ Friedl | OF | OF |
| 165 | 11 | Drew Rasmussen | SP | P |
| 166 | 11 | Kris Bubic | SP | P |
| 167 | 11 | Jack Flaherty | SP | P |
| 168 | 11 | Shane Baz | SP | P |
| 169 | 11 | Jack Leiter | SP | P |
| 170 | 11 | Sal Stewart | 1B | IF |
| 171 | 11 | Carlos Rodon | SP | P |
| 172 | 11 | Zac Gallen | SP | P |
| 173 | 11 | Dansby Swanson | SS | IF |
| 174 | 11 | Addison Barger | 3B/OF | IF |
| 175 | 11 | Shota Imanaga | SP | P |
| 176 | 11 | Chandler Simpson | OF | OF |
| 177 | 13 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | IF |
| 178 | 11 | Drake Baldwin | C | IF |
| 179 | 11 | Jorge Polanco | 2B/3B | IF |
| 180 | 11 | Colton Cowser | OF | OF |
| 181 | 11 | Max Muncy | 3B | IF |
| 182 | 11 | Matt McLain | 2B | IF |
| 183 | 12 | Aaron Nola | SP | P |
| 184 | 12 | Brandon Lowe | 2B | IF |
| 185 | 12 | Marcus Semien | 2B | IF |
| 186 | 12 | Salvador Perez | C/1B | IF |
| 187 | 12 | Gerrit Cole | SP | P |
| 188 | 12 | Justin Crawford | OF | OF |
| 189 | 12 | Jonathan Aranda | 1B | IF |
| 190 | 12 | Jordan Beck | OF | OF |
| 191 | 12 | Ivan Herrera | C | IF |
| 192 | 12 | Jackson Holliday | 2B/SS | IF |
| 193 | 12 | JJ Wetherholt | 2B/3B/SS | IF |
| 194 | 12 | Shane McClanahan | SP | P |
| 195 | 12 | Jung Hoo Lee | OF | OF |
| 196 | 12 | Gleyber Torres | 2B | IF |
| 197 | 12 | Chase DeLauter | OF | OF |
| 198 | 12 | Matt Wallner | OF | OF |
| 199 | 12 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | OF |
| 200 | 12 | Ezequiel Tovar | SS | IF |
| 201 | 12 | Brendan Donovan | 2B/SS/OF | IF |
| 202 | 12 | Andrew Abbott | SP | P |
| 203 | 12 | Matthew Boyd | SP | P |
| 204 | 12 | Jasson Dominguez | OF | OF |
| 205 | 12 | Joe Musgrove | SP | P |
| 206 | 12 | Agustin Ramirez | C | IF |
| 207 | 12 | Ryan Weathers | SP | P |
| 208 | 12 | Evan Carter | OF | OF |
| 209 | 12 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | OF |
| 210 | 12 | Nick Castellanos | OF | OF |
| 211 | 12 | Carson Benge | OF | OF |
| 212 | 13 | Willi Castro | 2B/3B/OF | OF |
| 213 | 13 | Roki Sasaki | SP | P |
| 214 | 13 | Jordan Walker | OF | OF |
| 215 | 13 | Shane Smith | SP | P |
| 216 | 13 | Kevin McGonigle | SS | IF |
| 217 | 13 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | IF |
| 218 | 13 | Xavier Edwards | 2B/SS | IF |
| 219 | 13 | Casey Mize | SP | P |
| 220 | 13 | Carter Jensen | C | IF |
| 221 | 13 | Cam Smith | OF | OF |
| 222 | 13 | Isaac Paredes | 3B | IF |
| 223 | 13 | Merrill Kelly | SP | P |
| 224 | 12 | Kyle Manzardo | 1B | IF |
| 225 | 13 | Bryson Stott | 2B/SS | IF |
| 226 | 13 | Austin Hays | OF | OF |
| 227 | 13 | Francisco Alvarez | C | IF |
| 228 | 13 | Adley Rutschman | C | IF |
| 229 | 13 | Kodai Senga | SP | P |
| 230 | 13 | Josh Lowe | OF | OF |
| 231 | 13 | Royce Lewis | 3B | IF |
| 232 | 13 | Caleb Durbin | 2B/3B | IF |
| 233 | 13 | Jake Burger | 1B | IF |
| 234 | 13 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B | IF |
| 235 | 13 | Cedric Mullins II | OF | OF |
| 236 | 13 | Cody Ponce | SP | P |
| 237 | 13 | Jake McCarthy | OF | OF |
| 238 | 13 | Andrew Painter | SP | P |
| 239 | 14 | Jose Soriano | SP | P |
| 240 | 14 | Jorge Soler | OF | OF |
| 241 | 14 | Masyn Winn | SS | IF |
| 242 | 14 | Chris Bassitt | SP | P |
| 243 | 14 | Yusei Kikuchi | SP | P |
| 244 | 14 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | OF |
| 245 | 14 | Brady Singer | SP | P |
| 246 | 14 | Harrison Bader | OF | OF |
| 247 | 14 | Mike Burrows | SP/RP | P |
| 248 | 14 | Luis Arraez | 1B/2B | IF |
| 249 | 14 | Gavin Sheets | 1B/OF | OF |
| 250 | 14 | Bailey Ober | SP | P |
| 251 | 14 | Braxton Ashcraft | SP/RP | P |
| 252 | 14 | Brandon Marsh | OF | OF |
| 253 | 14 | Dominic Canzone | OF | OF |
| 254 | 14 | Sean Manaea | SP/RP | P |
| 255 | 14 | Miguel Vargas | 1B/3B | IF |
| 256 | 14 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B | IF |
| 257 | 14 | Jordan Lawlar | 3B | IF |
| 258 | 14 | Logan Henderson | SP | P |
| 259 | 15 | Jordan Westburg | 2B/3B | IF |
| 260 | 15 | Owen Caissie | OF | OF |
| 261 | 15 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | P |
| 262 | 15 | Logan O'Hoppe | C | IF |
| 263 | 15 | Connelly Early | SP | P |
| 264 | 15 | Jose Caballero | 2B/3B/SS/OF | IF |
| 265 | 15 | Spencer Steer | 1B/OF | IF |
| 266 | 15 | Bryce Miller | SP | P |
| 267 | 15 | Zac Veen | OF | OF |
| 268 | 15 | Garrett Mitchell | OF | OF |
| 269 | 15 | Samuel Basallo | C | IF |
| 270 | 15 | Lane Thomas | OF | OF |
| 271 | 15 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | IF |
| 272 | 15 | Zebby Matthews | SP | P |
| 273 | 15 | Carlos Correa | 3B/SS | IF |
| 274 | 15 | Mitch Keller | SP | P |
| 275 | 15 | David Peterson | SP | P |
| 276 | 15 | Dylan Beavers | OF | OF |
| 277 | 15 | Alejandro Kirk | C | IF |
| 278 | 15 | Anthony Volpe | SS | IF |
| 279 | 15 | Jacob Lopez | SP | P |
| 280 | 15 | Will Warren | SP | P |
| 281 | 15 | Ryne Nelson | SP/RP | P |
| 282 | 15 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | OF |
| 283 | 15 | Noah Cameron | SP | P |
| 284 | 15 | Clay Holmes | SP | P |
| 285 | 15 | Ernie Clement | 1B/2B/3B/SS | IF |
| 286 | 15 | Otto Lopez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 287 | 15 | Mark Vientos | 3B | IF |
| 288 | 15 | Isaac Collins | OF | OF |
| 289 | 15 | Grant Holmes | SP | P |
| 290 | 15 | Robby Snelling | SP | P |
| 291 | 15 | Justin Verlander | SP | P |
| 292 | 15 | Hunter Greene | SP | P |
| 293 | 15 | Jake Mangum | OF | OF |
| 294 | 15 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | OF |
| 295 | 15 | J.P. Crawford | SS | IF |
| 296 | 15 | Josh Bell | 1B | IF |
| 297 | 15 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | OF |
| 298 | 15 | Nolan Schanuel | 1B | IF |
| 299 | 15 | Andres Gimenez | 2B/SS | IF |
| 300 | 15 | Joey Cantillo | SP/RP | P |
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