2025 Fantasy Football Rankings (Seriously Way Too Early)

Jan 16th 2025Hayden Winks

There's only one thing lamer than reading a fantasy football rankings column in January. It's writing it. This is an absurd thing to do before the franchise tag deadline, NFL free agency, and the NFL Draft, but we at Underdog Fantasy will have best ball contests well before that. For that, we love UD. And for that, we must get some intros done for the upcoming season.

To be completely open, I haven't watched or done any research on the incoming rookies other than looking at these consensus rankings and following some accounts on Twitter that are draft obsessed. In February, March, and April I'll have more takes on prospects than you can imagine. Follow along here:

2025 Fantasy Football Rankings

  1. WR1 Ja'Marr Chase - 25yo coming off a Triple Crown (7.5-100-1).

  2. WR2 Puka Nacua - 98 YPG in 11 healthy ones. Kupp trade candidate.

  3. RB1 Saquon Barkley - 146 total YPG and only RB above 20.0 half PPR.

  4. RB2 Jahmyr Gibbs - Last 4: with Monty (20.75 opps), without (23.25).

  5. RB3 Bijan Robinson - 21.1 HPPR (RB3) from Week 10 on. Enters prime.

  6. WR3 Nico Collins - 91 YPG in 12 healthy ones. Diggs and Tank kneeless.

  7. WR4 CeeDee Lamb - YPG drop from 103 to 80. DAL OL is developing.

  8. WR5 Justin Jefferson - 90 YPG in aerial offense. Sam > "rookie" JJ.

  9. RB4 Devon Achane - 19.5 HPPR (6.1 grabs) in 11 w/ Tua. OL incoming.

  10. RB5 Christian McCaffrey - 29yo off 3.5 games, but SF running it back.

  11. WR6 Brian Thomas - 19.1 HPPR (WR3) post Week 13. Modern A.J. Green?

  12. WR7 Ladd McConkey - 98 YPG over last 11. Comps: Diggs, Lockett, GW.

  13. TE1 Brock Bowers - 13.4 HPPR from Week 5 on. New HC-OC-QB-WR?

  14. WR8 Amon-Ra St. Brown - TD rate: '24 (8.5%). '20-22 (4.8%). New OC.

  15. WR9 Malik Nabers - 7.3 catches only trailed Chase. QB moves ceiling.

  16. WR10 Drake London - Career-high 18 targets in finale. Penix Prayers.

  17. RB6 Chase Brown - RB5 from Week 9 on w/o cut candidate Moss.

  18. RB7 Derrick Henry - RB3 as 30yo. BAL replacing LT and maybe OC.

  19. RB8 Josh Jacobs - RB4 from Week 7 on. OL upgrades vs. Lloyd return.

  20. RB9 Joe Mixon - 4th overall in 2024 based on volume. OL needs work.

  21. RB10 Jonathan Taylor - Distant RB5 capped by 18 receptions + AR15.

  22. RB11 Ashton Jeanty - 195 total YPG. CHI (10th), DAL (12th), DEN (20th)?

  23. RB12 Bucky Irving - 24, 24, 19 opps in last 3 must-win games. Coen back.

  24. QB1 Lamar Jackson - 25.6 FPPG. Next closest QB? Josh Allen at 22.7.

  25. QB2 Jayden Daniels - Lamar before the OL+WR investments. No huddle.

  26. TE2 Trey McBride - 13.0 HPPR from Week 5 on. Better YAC than Marv.

  27. QB3 Josh Allen - QB2, QB1, QB3, QB1, QB3 finishes. 12th overall in 2024.

  28. RB13 James Cook - 17th overall despite rotation. Ty Johnson is a FA.

  29. WR11 Tee Higgins - Tag or extension candidate. WR6 from Week 11 on.

  30. WR12 A.J. Brown - WR11 in Weeks 1-15 with Hurts. Worse in postseason.

  31. RB14 Chuba Hubbard - RB10 from Week 8 on. Brooks likely out all year.

  32. RB15 Breece Hall - RB6 in '23 to RB18 in '24. New HC-OC-QB. Trade?

  33. RB16 Kyren Williams - Fumbles & explosives vs. elite volume. 8th in '24.

  34. TE3 George Kittle - CMC, Aiyuk returns. Pearsall emerges. Elite tape.

  35. WR13 Garrett Wilson - Expect Rodgers + Adams releases. WR23 in '24.

  36. WR14 Jaxon Smith-Njigba - Not enough balance w/ Grubb. Geno? DK?

  37. WR15 D.J. Moore - Flawed WR1 but Ben Johnson will have a good plan.

  38. WR16 Terry McLaurin

  39. WR17 Mike Evans

  40. QB4 Joe Burrow

  41. QB5 Jalen Hurts

  42. WR18 DeVonta Smith

  43. WR19 Marvin Harrison

  44. WR20 Jordan Addison

  45. RB17 Omarion Hampton

  46. WR21 George Pickens

  47. WR22 Jameson Williams

  48. WR23 Xavier Worthy

  49. RB18 Isiah Pacheco

  50. WR24 Jerry Jeudy

  51. WR25 Zay Flowers

  52. WR26 Tetairoa McMillan

  53. TE4 Sam LaPorta

  54. WR27 DK Metcalf

  55. WR28 Deebo Samuel

  56. WR29 Tyreek Hill

  57. WR30 Jaylen Waddle

  58. RB19 Alvin Kamara

  59. QB6 Patrick Mahomes

  60. WR31 Chris Godwin

  61. WR32 Rashee Rice

  62. WR33 Courtland Sutton

  63. RB20 David Montgomery

  64. RB21 Kaleb Johnson

  65. WR34 Chris Olave

  66. WR35 Rome Odunze

  67. RB22 Quinshon Judkins

  68. RB23 TreVeyon Henderson

  69. WR36 Luther Burden

  70. WR37 Khalil Shakir

  71. WR38 Jauan Jennings

  72. WR39 Davante Adams

  73. WR40 Darnell Mooney

  74. WR41 Emeka Egbuka

  75. WR42 Jakobi Meyers

  76. WR43 Calvin Ridley

  77. RB24 Jaylen Warren

  78. RB25 Kenneth Walker

  79. TE5 T.J. Hockenson

  80. TE6 Travis Kelce

  81. WR44 Jayden Reed

  82. WR45 Tre Harris

  83. WR46 Brandon Aiyuk

  84. WR47 Keon Coleman

  85. WR48 Josh Downs

  86. RB26 Tony Pollard

  87. RB27 Aaron Jones

  88. RB28 James Conner

  89. RB29 J.K. Dobbins

  90. RB30 Tyrone Tracy

  91. QB7 Jared Goff

  92. QB8 Bo Nix

  93. TE7 David Njoku

  94. TE8 Mark Andrews

  95. TE9 Jonnu Smith

  96. TE10 Tyler Warren

  97. QB9 Brock Purdy

  98. QB10 Justin Herbert

  99. QB11 Baker Mayfield

  100. WR49 Jalen McMillan

  101. WR50 Michael Pittman

  102. WR51 Isaiah Bond

  103. WR52 Matthew Golden

  104. WR53 Xavier Restrepo

  105. RB31 Rhamondre Stevenson

  106. RB32 Zach Charbonnet

  107. RB33 Tyjae Spears

  108. RB34 Rico Dowdle

  109. QB12 Kyler Murray

  110. WR54 Xavier Legette

  111. WR55 Marvin Mims

  112. WR56 Ricky Pearsall

  113. TE11 Tucker Kraft

  114. WR57 Romeo Doubs

  115. WR58 Keenan Allen

  116. WR59 Stefon Diggs

  117. WR60 Rashid Shaheed

  118. WR61 Elic Ayomanor

  119. QB13 Jordan Love

  120. RB35 Brian Robinson

  121. RB36 Blake Corum

  122. WR62 Cooper Kupp

  123. QB14 Sam Darnold

  124. QB15 Caleb Williams

  125. QB16 Drake Maye

  126. QB17 Bryce Young

  127. QB18 Cam Ward

  128. TE12 Dallas Goedert

  129. TE13 Dalton Kincaid

  130. RB37 Jerome Ford

  131. RB38 D'Andre Swift

  132. WR63 Cedric Tillman

  133. WR64 Rashod Bateman

  134. WR65 Christian Kirk

  135. WR66 DeAndre Hopkins

  136. QB19 Trevor Lawrence

  137. QB20 C.J. Stroud

  138. QB21 Tua Tagovailoa

  139. WR67 Jalen Royals

  140. WR68 Savion Williams

  141. RB39 Cam Skattebo

  142. RB40 Woody Marks

  143. TE14 Colston Loveland

  144. TE15 Jake Ferguson

  145. RB41 Tank Bigsby

  146. RB42 Trey Benson

  147. RB43 Najee Harris

  148. RB44 Travis Etienne

  149. QB22 Anthony Richardson

  150. QB23 Matthew Stafford

  151. QB24 Dak Prescott

  152. TE16 Pat Freiermuth

  153. TE17 Isaiah Likely

  154. WR69 Amari Cooper

  155. WR70 Jalen Coker

  156. WR71 Quentin Johnston

  157. QB25 Geno Smith

  158. QB26 Michael Penix

  159. QB27 Shedeur Sanders

  160. WR72 Jayden Higgins

  161. WR73 Kaden Prather

  162. TE18 Evan Engram

  163. TE19 Dalton Schultz

  164. TE20 Cade Otton

  165. TE21 Harold Fannin

  166. RB45 Devin Neal

  167. RB46 Dylan Sampson

  168. RB47 Rachaad White

  169. RB48 Tyler Allgeier

  170. RB49 Jaylen Wright

  171. RB50 Isaac Guerendo

  172. WR74 Dontayvion Wicks

  173. WR75 Adam Thielen

  174. WR76 Alec Pierce

  175. TE22 Hunter Henry

  176. TE23 Cole Kmet

  177. RB51 Roschon Johnson

  178. RB52 Ray Davis

  179. WR77 Andrei Iosivas

  180. WR78 Adonai Mitchell

  181. WR79 Demario Douglas

  182. QB28 Kirk Cousins

  183. QB29 Derek Carr

  184. TE24 Noah Gray

  185. TE25 Chigoziem Okonkwo

  186. TE26 Juwan Johnson

  187. TE27 Kyle Pitts

  188. TE28 Luke Lachey

  189. RB53 Antonio Gibson

  190. RB54 Jaleel McLaughlin

  191. RB55 Braelon Allen

  192. RB56 Javonte Williams

  193. RB57 D.J. Giddens

  194. RB58 Ollie Gordon

  195. WR80 Michael Wilson

  196. WR81 Jordan Whittington

  197. WR82 Wan'Dale Robinson

  198. WR83 Malik Washington

  199. RB59 Ty Johnson

  200. RB60 Khalil Herbert

  201. RB61 Kenneth Gainwell

  202. QB30 Russell Wilson

  203. QB31 Aaron Rodgers

  204. QB32 Justin Fields

  205. QB33 JJ McCarthy

  206. TE29 Mike Gesicki

  207. TE30 Ja'Tavion Sanders

  208. TE31 Ben Sinnott

  209. TE32 Zach Ertz

  210. TE33 Theo Johnson

  211. TE34 Tyler Higbee

  212. WR84 Noah Brown

  213. WR85 Jalen Nailor

  214. WR86 Josh Palmer

  215. WR87 Troy Franklin

  216. WR88 Gabe Davis

  217. RB62 Jordan Mason

  218. RB63 Audric Estime

  219. RB64 Austin Ekeler

  220. RB65 Justice Hill

  221. RB66 Will Shipley

  222. RB67 Bhayshul Tuten

  223. RB68 MarShawn Lloyd

  224. RB69 Cam Akers

  225. RB70 Devin Singletary

  226. WR89 Demarcus Robinson

  227. WR90 Christian Watson

  228. WR91 Mike Williams

  229. WR92 Jalen Tolbert

  230. WR93 Devaughn Vele

  231. WR94 Elijah Moore

  232. WR95 Calvin Austin

  233. TE35 Will Dissly

  234. TE36 Luke Musgrave

  235. TE37 Tyler Conklin

  236. TE38 Noah Fant

  237. TE39 Taysom Hill

  238. TE40 Brenton Strange

  239. QB34 Jaxon Dart

  240. WR96 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine

  241. WR97 Tyler Lockett

  242. WR98 Curtis Samuel

  243. WR99 Ja'Lynn Polk

  244. WR100 Ray-Ray McCloud

  245. WR101 Luke McCaffrey

  246. WR102 Darius Slayton

  247. WR103 Malachi Corley

  248. WR104 Diontae Johnson

  249. WR105 Brandin Cooks

  250. TE41 Dawson Knox

  251. TE42 Tommy Tremble

  252. TE43 Erick All

  253. QB35 Will Levis

  254. QB36 Jameis Winston

  255. QB37 Mason Rudolph

  256. RB71 Zack Moss

  257. RB72 Isaiah Davis

  258. RB73 Alexander Mattison

  259. RB74 Kimani Vidal

  260. RB75 Kendre Miller

  261. WR106 Johnny Wilson

  262. WR107 Jahan Dotson

  263. WR108 Tre Tucker

  264. WR109 Jalin Hyatt

  265. WR110 Mack Hollins

  266. WR111 John Metchie

  267. WR112 Kavontae Turpin

  268. WR113 Tutu Atwell

  269. WR114 Tank Dell

  270. WR115 Marquez Valdes-Scantling

  271. RB76 Kareem Hunt

  272. RB77 Dameon Pierce

  273. RB78 Emanuel Wilson

  274. RB79 Zamir White

  275. RB80 Raheem Mostert

  276. RB81 Nick Chubb

  277. RB82 Ameer Abdullah

  278. RB83 Gus Edwards

  279. RB84 Jonathon Brooks

  280. RB85 Miles Sanders

  281. RB86 Tyler Badie

  282. WR116 Treylon Burks

  283. WR117 Jake Bobo

  284. WR118 Greg Dortch

  285. WR119 Jermaine Burton

  286. TE44 Adam Trautman

  287. TE45 Stone Smartt