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2025 Fantasy Football Best Ball FLEX Rankings: Jameson Williams, Chuba Hubbard, Jaylen Waddle, George Pickens, Aaron Jones, RJ Harvey, more

Jameson Williams - Fantasy Football Rankings, Waiver Wire Pickups, Draft Sleepers

RotoBaller's 2025 fantasy football best ball flex rankings and tiers. These post-NFL Draft FLEX best ball rankings are for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, and more.

The 2025 NFL season is still a few months away, but it's already "best ball draft season." If you're set to draft a team this offseason, we have you covered. To get started on best ball prep, check out our 2025 fantasy football best ball flex rankings. 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 offseason. Let's see where key best ball flex options such as Jameson Williams, Chuba Hubbard, Jaylen Waddle, George Pickens, Aaron Jones, RJ Harvey, and more stand among others.

Editor's Note: Stay on top of your draft prep with RotoBaller’s fantasy football rankings, featuring expert analysis, ADPs, and draft insights for both PPR and non-PPR leagues.

 

2025 Best Ball FLEX 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 Dynasty League rankings, and 2025 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.

Tier FLEX Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Ja'Marr Chase WR
1 2 Justin Jefferson WR
1 3 Saquon Barkley RB
1 4 Bijan Robinson RB
1 5 CeeDee Lamb WR
1 6 Jahmyr Gibbs RB
1 7 Puka Nacua WR
1 8 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR
1 9 Brian Thomas Jr. WR
2 10 Nico Collins WR
2 11 Malik Nabers WR
2 12 Derrick Henry RB
2 13 Brock Bowers TE
2 14 Ashton Jeanty RB
2 15 Christian McCaffrey RB
2 16 De'Von Achane RB
2 17 Jonathan Taylor RB
2 18 A.J. Brown WR
2 19 Drake London WR
3 20 Bucky Irving RB
3 21 Trey McBride TE
3 22 Josh Jacobs RB
3 23 Tee Higgins WR
3 24 Kyren Williams RB
3 25 Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR
3 26 Ladd McConkey WR
3 27 Terry McLaurin WR
4 28 Chase Brown RB
4 29 Mike Evans WR
4 30 Garrett Wilson WR
4 31 Breece Hall RB
4 32 James Cook RB
4 33 Davante Adams WR
4 34 Tyreek Hill WR
4 35 DJ Moore WR
4 36 Kenneth Walker III RB
4 37 Joe Mixon RB
4 38 George Kittle TE
4 39 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
4 40 Zay Flowers WR
4 41 Chuba Hubbard RB
4 42 Jameson Williams WR
4 43 Courtland Sutton WR
4 44 DK Metcalf WR
5 45 Travis Hunter WR
5 46 DeVonta Smith WR
5 47 Alvin Kamara RB
5 48 Rashee Rice WR
5 49 Omarion Hampton RB
5 50 Jaylen Waddle WR
5 51 James Conner RB
5 52 Jordan Addison WR
6 53 Xavier Worthy WR
6 54 David Montgomery RB
6 55 Jauan Jennings WR
6 56 George Pickens WR
6 57 Chris Olave WR
6 58 Sam LaPorta TE
6 59 Calvin Ridley WR
6 60 Deebo Samuel Sr. WR
6 61 Jerry Jeudy WR
6 62 TreVeyon Henderson RB
6 63 Chris Godwin WR
6 64 Tetairoa McMillan WR
6 65 Rome Odunze WR
6 66 Aaron Jones RB
6 67 T.J. Hockenson TE
7 68 Tony Pollard RB
7 69 D'Andre Swift RB
7 70 Quinshon Judkins RB
7 71 Isiah Pacheco RB
7 72 Khalil Shakir WR
7 73 Brandon Aiyuk WR
7 74 Jaylen Warren RB
7 75 Ricky Pearsall WR
7 76 RJ Harvey RB
7 77 Brian Robinson Jr. RB
8 78 Jayden Reed WR
8 79 Mark Andrews TE
8 80 Jakobi Meyers WR
8 81 Travis Kelce TE
8 82 Jonnu Smith TE
8 83 Matthew Golden WR
8 84 David Njoku TE
8 85 Cooper Kupp WR
9 86 Najee Harris RB
9 87 Josh Downs WR
9 88 Michael Pittman Jr. WR
9 89 Darnell Mooney WR
9 90 Evan Engram TE
9 91 Stefon Diggs WR
9 92 Kaleb Johnson RB
9 93 Zach Charbonnet RB
9 94 Tyler Warren TE
9 95 Cam Skattebo RB
9 96 Rhamondre Stevenson RB
10 97 Luther Burden III WR
10 98 Travis Etienne Jr. RB
10 99 Tucker Kraft TE
10 100 Jayden Higgins WR
10 101 Christian Kirk WR
10 102 Rachaad White RB
10 103 Javonte Williams RB
10 104 Rashid Shaheed WR
10 105 Keon Coleman WR
10 106 Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB
10 107 Colston Loveland TE
10 108 Emeka Egbuka WR
10 109 Tre Harris WR
10 110 Jordan Mason RB
10 111 Tyjae Spears RB
10 112 Jake Ferguson TE
10 113 Marvin Mims Jr. WR
10 114 Dallas Goedert TE
11 115 Bhayshul Tuten RB
11 116 Jack Bech WR
11 117 Austin Ekeler RB
11 118 Tank Bigsby RB
11 119 Marquise Brown WR
11 120 Cedric Tillman WR
11 121 Kyle Williams WR
11 122 Romeo Doubs WR
11 123 Tyler Allgeier RB
11 124 Trey Benson RB
11 125 Keenan Allen WR
12 126 Rashod Bateman WR
12 127 Dalton Kincaid TE
12 128 Jaydon Blue RB
12 129 Jaylin Noel WR
12 130 Isaac Guerendo RB
13 131 Isaiah Likely TE
13 132 Quentin Johnston WR
13 133 Ray Davis RB
13 134 Kyle Pitts TE
13 135 Jalen McMillan WR
13 136 Hunter Henry TE
13 137 Adam Thielen WR
13 138 DeAndre Hopkins WR
13 139 Rico Dowdle RB
13 140 Pat Freiermuth TE
13 141 Zach Ertz TE
13 142 Amari Cooper WR
13 143 Jaylen Wright RB
13 144 Blake Corum RB
13 145 Cade Otton TE
13 146 Pat Bryant WR
13 147 Braelon Allen RB
13 148 Mason Taylor TE
13 149 Brenton Strange TE
13 150 Joshua Palmer WR
14 151 Tyler Lockett WR
14 152 Terrance Ferguson TE
14 153 Jerome Ford RB
14 154 Cole Kmet TE
14 155 J.K. Dobbins RB
14 156 Xavier Legette WR
14 157 MarShawn Lloyd RB
14 158 DJ Giddens RB
14 159 Mike Gesicki TE
14 160 Dalton Schultz TE
14 161 Wan'Dale Robinson WR
14 162 Elijah Arroyo TE
14 163 Nick Chubb RB
14 164 Jalen Royals WR
14 165 Roschon Johnson RB
14 166 Chig Okonkwo TE
14 167 Dontayvion Wicks WR
14 168 Raheem Mostert RB
14 169 Dylan Sampson RB
14 170 DeMario Douglas WR
14 171 Justice Hill RB
15 172 Alec Pierce WR
15 173 Woody Marks RB
15 174 Andrei Iosivas WR
15 175 Jaleel McLaughlin RB
15 176 Kareem Hunt RB
15 177 Audric Estime RB
15 178 Darius Slayton WR
15 179 Theo Johnson TE
15 180 Mike Williams WR
15 181 Brashard Smith RB
15 182 Michael Wilson WR
15 183 Jordan James RB
15 184 Ollie Gordon II RB
15 185 Tim Patrick WR
15 186 Cam Akers RB
15 187 Calvin Austin III WR
15 188 Ja'Tavion Sanders TE
15 189 Dyami Brown WR
16 190 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine WR
16 191 Trevor Etienne RB
16 192 Devin Neal RB
16 193 Elijah Moore WR
16 194 Jalen Coker WR
16 195 Jordan Whittington WR
16 196 Devin Singletary RB
16 197 Jalen Tolbert WR
16 198 Jonathan Mingo WR
16 199 Juwan Johnson TE
16 200 Noah Gray TE
16 201 Brandin Cooks WR
16 202 Will Shipley RB
16 203 Samaje Perine RB
16 204 Gus Edwards RB
16 205 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR
16 206 Tutu Atwell WR
16 207 Christian Watson WR
16 208 Tyler Higbee TE
16 209 Elic Ayomanor WR
16 210 Kendre Miller RB
16 211 Harold Fannin Jr. TE
16 212 Devaughn Vele WR
17 213 Noah Fant TE
17 214 Jarquez Hunter RB
17 215 Roman Wilson WR
17 216 Savion Williams WR
17 217 Khalil Herbert RB
17 218 Donovan Edwards RB
17 219 Malik Washington WR
17 220 Zack Moss RB
17 221 Tyler Boyd WR
17 222 Miles Sanders RB
17 223 Will Dissly TE
17 224 Kenneth Gainwell RB
17 225 Jacob Cowing WR
17 226 Diontae Johnson WR
18 227 Alexander Mattison RB
18 228 Tyler Scott WR
18 229 Adonai Mitchell WR
18 230 Tre Tucker WR
18 231 Tai Felton WR
18 232 Taysom Hill TE
18 233 Kyle Monangai RB
18 234 Parker Washington WR
18 235 Ray-Ray McCloud III WR
18 236 Jalen Nailor WR
18 237 Ty Johnson RB
18 238 Ben Sinnott TE
18 239 Isaiah Davis RB
18 240 Noah Brown WR
18 241 Darnell Washington TE
18 242 Demarcus Robinson WR
18 243 Kalel Mullings RB
18 244 Tory Horton WR
18 245 Tyler Conklin TE
18 246 Gabe Davis WR
18 247 Curtis Samuel WR
18 248 Michael Mayer TE
18 249 Elijah Mitchell RB
18 250 Troy Franklin WR
18 251 Emari Demercado RB
18 252 Olamide Zaccheaus WR
18 253 Antonio Gibson RB
18 254 Jalin Hyatt WR
18 255 Kayshon Boutte WR
18 256 Mack Hollins WR
18 257 Isaac TeSlaa WR
18 258 Dont'e Thornton Jr. WR
18 259 Ameer Abdullah RB
19 260 Treylon Burks WR
19 261 Luke McCaffrey WR
19 262 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB
19 263 Luke Musgrave TE
19 264 Jermaine Burton WR
19 265 D'Ernest Johnson RB
19 266 Damien Martinez RB
19 267 Jahan Dotson WR
19 268 Dawson Knox TE
19 269 Sean Tucker RB
19 270 Tahj Brooks RB
19 271 Josh Reynolds WR
19 272 Keaton Mitchell RB
19 273 Greg Dortch WR
19 274 KaVontae Turpin WR
19 275 Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB
19 276 Ja'Lynn Polk WR
19 277 Jimmy Horn Jr. WR
19 278 Dameon Pierce RB
19 279 Tank Dell WR
20 280 Jaylin Lane WR
20 281 K.J. Osborn WR
20 282 Xavier Hutchinson WR
20 283 Raheim Sanders RB
20 284 Allen Lazard WR
20 285 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR
20 286 John Metchie III WR
20 287 Arian Smith WR
20 288 AJ Dillon RB
20 289 Greg Dulcich TE
20 290 Phil Mafah RB
20 291 Frank Gore Jr. RB
20 292 Nick Nash WR
20 293 Zamir White RB
20 294 Luke Schoonmaker TE
20 295 Sterling Shepard WR
20 296 Malachi Corley WR
21 297 Oronde Gadsden II TE
21 298 Emanuel Wilson RB
21 299 Craig Reynolds RB
21 300 LeQuint Allen RB
21 301 Evan Stewart WR
21 302 Cordarrelle Patterson RB
21 303 Israel Abanikanda RB
21 304 Justin Watson WR
21 305 Kimani Vidal RB
21 306 Michael Carter RB
21 307 Trey Sermon RB
21 308 Devontez Walker WR
21 309 Pierre Strong Jr. RB
21 310 Kendrick Bourne WR
21 311 DJ Chark Jr. WR
21 312 Bo Melton WR
21 313 Sincere McCormick RB
21 314 Gerald Everett TE
22 315 Odell Beckham Jr. WR
22 316 Kalif Raymond WR
22 317 Johnny Wilson WR
22 318 Rasheen Ali RB
22 319 Ronnie Rivers RB
22 320 Jeremy McNichols RB
22 321 Jamaal Williams RB
22 322 D'Onta Foreman RB
22 323 Tez Johnson WR
22 324 Javon Baker WR
22 325 Xavier Restrepo WR
22 326 Colby Parkinson TE
22 327 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB
22 328 Dalvin Cook RB
22 329 Ty Chandler RB
22 330 Kyle Philips WR

 



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