Early 2021 Fantasy Football Best Ball Rankings: Pre-NFL Draft

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our staff's early 2021 fantasy football best ball rankings (top 300). 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!

Four of our lead fantasy football analysts - Pierre Camus, Phil Clark, Mike Riggall and Scott Engel - have analyzed the NFL offseason moves and they are ready to rock. Below you will find their consensus staff best ball ranks for 2021 fantasy football, which will be updated regularly up until the season. Feel free to click those links and give these fine gentlemen a follow, or let them know how much you love or hate their rankings.

Be sure to also check out our 2021 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 PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankings, Dynasty League rankings and 2021 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark that page, and prepare for all of your drafts.

Editor's Note: Our incredible team of writers received five total writing awards and 13 award nominations by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, tops in the industry! Congrats to all the award winners and nominees including Best NFL Series, MLB Series, NBA Writer, PGA Writer and Player Notes writer of the year. Be sure to follow their analysis, rankings and advice all year long, and win big with RotoBaller! Read More!

 

Best Ball Rankings for Fantasy Football (Pre-Draft)

These best ball rankings are being released before the 2021 NFL Draft so things will of course change. Adjustments to these best ball rankings will be made all offseason long, so check back regularly for updates. You can also see our staff's ongoing best ball analysis articles, discussing players to target and avoid.

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

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