Updated 2021 Fantasy Football Best Ball Rankings: Post-NFL Draft

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Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our staff's updated 2021 fantasy football rankings (top 350) for best ball formats. For those of you who are not familiar with fantasy football best ball leagues, they are draft-only leagues. Once the drafts are complete, there are no moves for the rest of the season -- no setting lineups, no trades, no waivers, no add/drops. Each week, the best combination of players on your roster 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!

These rankings are being released after the conclusion of the 2021 NFL Draft - meaning the ranks are now factoring in the trades and rookie landing spots, but things will of course change as we get closer to the NFL season. Adjustments will be made to all of our staff rankings all offseason long, so check back regularly for any player movements. You can also see our staff's ongoing rankings analysis articles discussing draft values, sleepers, players to target/avoid, the NFL rookies, and analyzing the NFL Draft results.

And of course, be sure to also check out our 2021 fantasy football rankings dashboard and bookmark it! That RotoBaller rankings homepage is loaded up with lots of other great staff rankings - all updated after the NFL Draft - including our early PPR Rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard league rankings, Dynasty League rankings and 2021 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark those pages, and prepare for all of your drafts.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2024 fantasy football drafts:

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For those who are not familiar, four of our lead fantasy football analysts - Pierre Camus, Phil Clark, Mike Riggall and Scott Engel - have come together to offer their individual rankings, which we aggregated into a consensus. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know how much you love or hate their ranks.

Rankings table below last updated on August 14th, 2021.

Tier	Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	1	Christian McCaffrey	RB
1	2	Dalvin Cook	RB
1	3	Alvin Kamara	RB
1	4	Derrick Henry	RB
1	5	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
1	6	Davante Adams	WR
1	7	Tyreek Hill	WR
1	8	Travis Kelce	TE
1	9	Aaron Jones	RB
2	10	Jonathan Taylor	RB
2	11	Saquon Barkley	RB
2	12	Stefon Diggs	WR
2	13	Nick Chubb	RB
2	14	Austin Ekeler	RB
2	15	Calvin Ridley	WR
2	16	D.K. Metcalf	WR
2	17	DeAndre Hopkins	WR
2	18	Justin Jefferson	WR
2	19	Antonio Gibson	RB
3	20	Najee Harris	RB
3	21	A.J. Brown	WR
3	22	Joe Mixon	RB
3	23	J.K. Dobbins	RB
3	24	Darren Waller	TE
3	25	Allen Robinson II	WR
3	26	Terry McLaurin	WR
3	27	Keenan Allen	WR
3	28	George Kittle	TE
4	29	David Montgomery	RB
4	30	CeeDee Lamb	WR
4	31	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB
4	32	Mike Evans	WR
4	33	Chris Godwin	WR
4	34	D'Andre Swift	RB
4	35	Miles Sanders	RB
4	36	Patrick Mahomes II	QB
4	37	Robert Woods	WR
4	38	Amari Cooper	WR
4	39	Chris Carson	RB
4	40	Josh Allen	QB
4	41	Darrell Henderson	RB
4	42	Julio Jones	WR
4	43	Cooper Kupp	WR
4	44	D.J. Moore	WR
4	45	Tyler Lockett	WR
4	46	Josh Jacobs	RB
4	47	Kyler Murray	QB
4	48	Diontae Johnson	WR
4	49	Adam Thielen	WR
5	50	Lamar Jackson	QB
5	51	Mark Andrews	TE
5	52	Dak Prescott	QB
5	53	T.J. Hockenson	TE
5	54	Travis Etienne	RB
5	55	Javonte Williams	RB
5	56	Kenny Golladay	WR
5	57	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
6	58	Ja'Marr Chase	WR
6	59	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR
6	60	Tee Higgins	WR
6	61	Kareem Hunt	RB
6	62	Kyle Pitts	TE
6	63	Myles Gaskin	RB
6	64	Aaron Rodgers	QB
6	65	Justin Herbert	QB
6	66	James Robinson	RB
6	67	Robby Anderson	WR
6	68	Jerry Jeudy	WR
6	69	Courtland Sutton	WR
6	70	Tyler Boyd	WR
6	71	Deebo Samuel	WR
6	72	Mike Davis	RB
6	73	D.J. Chark Jr.	WR
7	74	Will Fuller V	WR
7	75	Chase Claypool	WR
7	76	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR
7	77	Dallas Goedert	TE
7	78	Michael Carter	RB
7	79	Chase Edmonds	RB
7	80	Russell Wilson	QB
7	81	Trey Sermon	RB
7	82	Curtis Samuel	WR
7	83	Matthew Stafford	QB
7	84	Noah Fant	TE
7	85	DeVonta Smith	WR
7	86	Brandin Cooks	WR
8	87	Damien Harris	RB
8	88	Robert Tonyan	TE
8	89	Jalen Hurts	QB
8	90	Tom Brady	QB
8	91	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR
8	92	Raheem Mostert	RB
8	93	Michael Gallup	WR
8	94	Melvin Gordon III	RB
8	95	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
8	96	Jarvis Landry	WR
8	97	Joe Burrow	QB
8	98	Marquise Brown	WR
8	99	Ryan Tannehill	QB
9	100	Leonard Fournette	RB
9	101	Ronald Jones II	RB
9	102	Trevor Lawrence	QB
9	103	Tyler Higbee	TE
9	104	Logan Thomas	TE
9	105	Mike Williams	WR
9	106	AJ Dillon	RB
9	107	James Conner	RB
9	108	Antonio Brown	WR
9	109	Corey Davis	WR
9	110	DeVante Parker	WR
9	111	Kenyan Drake	RB
10	112	Michael Thomas	WR
10	113	Mike Gesicki	TE
10	114	Darnell Mooney	WR
10	115	Jamaal Williams	RB
10	116	David Johnson	RB
10	117	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
10	118	Jaylen Waddle	WR
10	119	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR
10	120	Matt Ryan	QB
10	121	Hunter Henry	TE
10	122	Zack Moss	RB
10	123	Gus Edwards	RB
10	124	Jonnu Smith	TE
10	125	Henry Ruggs III	WR
10	126	Elijah Moore	WR
10	127	Nyheim Hines	RB
10	128	Kenneth Gainwell	RB
10	129	Baker Mayfield	QB
10	130	Devin Singletary	RB
10	131	Rob Gronkowski	TE
10	132	T.Y. Hilton	WR
10	133	Kirk Cousins	QB
10	134	Tony Pollard	RB
11	135	Mecole Hardman	WR
11	136	Latavius Murray	RB
11	137	Jalen Reagor	WR
11	138	Nelson Agholor	WR
11	139	Rashaad Penny	RB
11	140	Rashod Bateman	WR
11	141	Evan Engram	TE
11	142	James White	RB
11	143	Russell Gage	WR
11	144	Sterling Shepard	WR
11	145	Austin Hooper	TE
11	146	Derek Carr	QB
11	147	Tua Tagovailoa	QB
12	148	Carson Wentz	QB
12	149	Trey Lance	QB
12	150	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR
12	151	Anthony Firkser	TE
12	152	Adam Trautman	TE
12	153	Gerald Everett	TE
12	154	Daniel Jones	QB
12	155	Zach Ertz	TE
12	156	Qadree Ollison	RB
12	157	Rondale Moore	WR
13	158	Phillip Lindsay	RB
13	159	Parris Campbell	WR
13	160	Jamison Crowder	WR
13	161	Justin Fields	QB
13	162	John Brown	WR
13	163	Cole Kmet	TE
13	164	Eric Ebron	TE
13	165	Cole Beasley	WR
13	166	Jared Cook	TE
13	167	Demarcus Robinson	WR
13	168	Alexander Mattison	RB
13	169	Zach Wilson	QB
13	170	Christian Kirk	WR
13	171	Van Jefferson	WR
13	172	J.D. McKissic	RB
13	173	Jameis Winston	QB
13	174	Sam Darnold	QB
13	175	Emmanuel Sanders	WR
13	176	Bryan Edwards	WR
13	177	Jared Goff	QB
14	178	Ben Roethlisberger	QB
14	179	Ryan Fitzpatrick	QB
14	180	A.J. Green	WR
14	181	Elijah Mitchell	RB
14	182	Blake Jarwin	TE
14	183	Darius Slayton	WR
14	184	Jakobi Meyers	WR
14	185	Darrynton Evans	RB
14	186	Chuba Hubbard	RB
14	187	Hayden Hurst	TE
14	188	Marlon Mack	RB
14	189	Dyami Brown	WR
14	190	Deshaun Watson	QB
14	191	Xavier Jones	RB
14	192	Damien Williams	RB
14	193	Denzel Mims	WR
14	194	Giovani Bernard	RB
14	195	Marquez Callaway	WR
14	196	Cam Newton	QB
14	197	Tarik Cohen	RB
14	198	Gabriel Davis	WR
14	199	Sony Michel	RB
14	200	Taysom Hill	QB
14	201	Tre'Quan Smith	WR
15	202	Allen Lazard	WR
15	203	Breshad Perriman	WR
15	204	C.J. Uzomah	TE
15	205	Dan Arnold	TE
15	206	Darrel Williams	RB
15	207	Tevin Coleman	RB
15	208	Salvon Ahmed	RB
15	209	Kadarius Toney	WR
15	210	Samaje Perine	RB
15	211	Malcolm Brown	RB
15	212	Mac Jones	QB
15	213	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB
15	214	Javian Hawkins	RB
15	215	Anthony Miller	WR
15	216	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB
15	217	Sammy Watkins	WR
15	218	Kylin Hill	RB
15	219	Josh Reynolds	WR
15	220	Kyle Rudolph	TE
16	221	Wayne Gallman	RB
16	222	Khalil Herbert	RB
16	223	Chris Evans	RB
16	224	Dawson Knox	TE
16	225	Preston Williams	WR
16	226	Brian Hill	RB
16	227	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB
16	228	La'Mical Perine	RB
16	229	James Washington	WR
16	230	Jaret Patterson	RB
16	231	Joshua Kelley	RB
16	232	Teddy Bridgewater	QB
16	233	Boston Scott	RB
16	234	KJ Hamler	WR
16	235	Jack Doyle	TE
16	236	Ito Smith	RB
16	237	Devontae Booker	RB
16	238	Travis Fulgham	WR
16	239	O.J. Howard	TE
16	240	Jermar Jefferson	RB
16	241	Jordan Love	QB
16	242	Tyrod Taylor	QB
16	243	Ty Johnson	RB
16	244	Terrace Marshall Jr.	WR
16	245	Drew Lock	QB
16	246	Raymond Calais	RB
16	247	Andy Dalton	QB
17	248	Jacob Hollister	TE
17	249	Peyton Barber	RB
17	250	Donovan Peoples-Jones	WR
17	251	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR
17	252	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB
17	253	Larry Rountree III	RB
17	254	Quintez Cephus	WR
17	255	Justin Jackson	RB
17	256	Mo Alie-Cox	TE
17	257	Cam Sims	WR
17	258	Pat Freiermuth	TE
17	259	Jimmy Graham	TE
17	260	Mitchell Trubisky	QB
17	261	Amari Rodgers	WR
18	262	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB
18	263	Le'Veon Bell	RB
18	264	Carlos Hyde	RB
18	265	Rashard Higgins	WR
18	266	Tim Patrick	WR
18	267	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB
18	268	Tyron Johnson	WR
18	269	Adam Humphries	WR
18	270	Dalton Schultz	TE
18	271	Antonio Gandy-Golden	WR
18	272	Benny Snell Jr.	RB
18	273	Randall Cobb	WR
18	274	Chris Herndon IV	TE
18	275	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB
18	276	Tyler Kroft	TE
18	277	Nico Collins	WR
18	278	Matt Breida	RB
18	279	Keke Coutee	WR
18	280	Eno Benjamin	RB
18	281	DeSean Jackson	WR
18	282	Scotty Miller	WR
18	283	Tutu Atwell	WR
18	284	Jerick McKinnon	RB
18	285	Marcus Mariota	QB
18	286	Tyler Eifert	TE
18	287	Zach Pascal	WR
18	288	Kerryon Johnson	RB
18	289	Brevin Jordan	TE
18	290	David Njoku	TE
18	291	Kalen Ballage	RB
18	292	Greg Ward	WR
18	293	Collin Johnson	WR
18	294	Deonte Harris	WR
18	295	Jake Funk	RB
18	296	JaMycal Hasty	RB
18	297	Adrian Peterson	RB
18	298	Andy Isabella	WR
18	299	Cornell Powell	WR
18	300	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR
19	301	Dare Ogunbowale	RB
19	302	Mark Ingram II	RB
19	303	Hunter Renfrow	WR
19	304	Justice Hill	RB
19	305	Jordan Akins	TE
19	306	Albert Okwuegbunam	TE
19	307	Golden Tate	WR
19	308	Todd Gurley II	RB
19	309	Jaelon Darden	WR
19	310	Bryce Love	RB
19	311	Jordan Reed	TE
19	312	Devin Duvernay	WR
19	313	Jordan Wilkins	RB
19	314	Ian Thomas	TE
20	315	Danny Amendola	WR
20	316	Tyrell Williams	WR
20	317	DeeJay Dallas	RB
20	318	Jordan Howard	RB
20	319	Davis Mills	QB
20	320	N'Keal Harry	WR
20	321	Devonta Freeman	RB
20	322	Larry Fitzgerald	WR
20	323	Julian Edelman	WR
20	324	Alshon Jeffery	WR
20	325	Taylor Heinicke	QB
20	326	Devine Ozigbo	RB
20	327	Miles Boykin	WR
20	328	Tylan Wallace	WR
20	329	Seth Williams	WR
20	330	Jalen Richard	RB
20	331	Kendrick Bourne	WR
20	332	Anthony Schwartz	WR
20	333	Ryquell Armstead	RB
20	334	Josh Palmer	WR
20	335	Dede Westbrook	WR
20	336	Pooka Williams Jr.	RB
20	337	Gerrid Doaks	RB
20	338	Tyler Johnson	WR
20	339	Steven Sims Jr.	WR
20	340	Royce Freeman	RB
20	341	Harrison Bryant	TE
20	342	Jaylen Samuels	RB
20	343	David Moore	WR
20	344	Devin Funchess	WR
20	345	Nick Foles	QB
20	346	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR
20	347	Mike Boone	RB
20	348	Rex Burkhead	RB
20	349	Will Dissly	TE
20	350	Richard Rodgers	TE
20	351	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR
20	352	Jacob Harris	TE

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