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This format gives players a chance to draft a fantasy football team for a season-long competition that requires no active in-season management, but still provides a full season of drama and competition.
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Below I have ranked my top 10 wide receivers for the 2025 DraftKings NFL Best Ball season.
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1. Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals
Chase posted a historic 2024 season, recording just the 13th receiving triple crown in NFL history. He led the league in receptions (127), yards (1,708) and touchdowns (17), while of course scoring the most fantasy points at the position.
With no major changes to the Bengals’ offense this offseason, everything is in place for another monster season from Chase in 2025. The connection he has with Joe Burrow is also unrivaled by any QB-WR tandem in the league right now, making him the clear 1.01 in all formats until further notice.
2. Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
Jefferson played all 17 games for the Vikings last year, posting an impressive 103 catches for 1,533 yards (2nd in NFL) and 10 touchdowns. He ranked as the WR2 overall behind Chase, amassing 309.1 fantasy points. Despite Sam Darnold’s effectiveness in Kevin O’Connell’s offense last season, Jefferson could take it to another level this year with J.J. McCarthy set to take over as Minnesota’s signal caller.
It also really helps that Jefferson will play more than half of his games in a dome this season, as the Vikings are set to visit the Chargers, Cowboys and Lions in addition to their eight home games. Last year TE T.J. Hockenson was out until mid-season while recovering from a torn ACL, making it easier for opposing defenses to defend against the Vikings passing attack. That will not be as simple in 2025, as Hockenson is fully healthy heading into training camp. In addition, the team brought in RB Jordan Mason from the 49ers to help shore up the run game behind Aaron Jones and keep the offense flowing as a whole.
Jefferson could easily end the year as the 1.01, without question.
3. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
Things went off the rails for Dallas last year after starting QB Dak Prescott tore his hamstring in Week 9. This Cowboys’ offense clearly wasn’t close to being as effective, which really hurt Lamb’s overall production. He still finished with 101 grabs for 1,194 yards and six touchdowns in just 15 games, further cementing how elite he is.
With Prescott fully healthy heading into training camp, and the Cowboys trading for WR George Pickens to add some stability to the WR2 spot, Lamb should revert back closer to his 2023 form, where he posted 403.2 fantasy points and finished as the overall WR1.
4. Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams
Despite missing almost half of the 2024 season due to a knee injury, Nacua still finished with 79 catches and 990 yards with three touchdowns. He was absolutely elite when healthy, ranking No. 1 in the NFL in yards per route run and third in target share percentage.
The Rams replaced Cooper Kupp with Davante Adams this offseason, which might cap Nacua’s touchdown upside — Adams has arguably been the NFL’s premier red-zone threat over the past decade. That said, Adams’ presence should open up more space for Nacua in the areas where he thrives — unlike Kupp, who operated in many of the same spots.
Regardless, if Nacua stays healthy he’s a stone lock to catch 100 balls with 1,300+ yards and six-to-seven touchdowns at the minimum. His rapport with Matthew Stafford shines through on tape, and Sean McVay is one of the brightest offensive minds the NFL has ever seen. Much like I mentioned above with Jefferson, there are easy paths to Nacua being the overall WR1 this season.
5. Malik Nabers, New York Giants
Despite some of the worst QB play in the NFL last year, Nabers still set the league ablaze in his rookie campaign. He commanded a whopping 170 targets (2nd in the NFL), while hauling in 109 balls (3rd in the NFL) for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns, all while missing two games. He also led the NFL in target share percentage as a rookie, which is a pretty remarkable accomplishment.
The QB play for the Giants should be marginally improved this year, as they let go of Daniel Jones and brought in Russell Wilson in free-agency, while also drafting Ole Miss signal-caller Jaxson Dart at the end of the first round. Wilson is not what he once was, but he still led the Steelers to the playoffs last year.
New York did very little else to change its offense from last year, meaning this will be the Nabers show yet again in 2025. If the target share stays similar but the TDs rise even a little, we’re looking at a top-three fantasy wide receiver here.
6. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Detroit Lions
St. Brown had one of the quietest 115-catch, 1,263-yard, 13-touchdown seasons in the history of the NFL last year. He ranked second in the league in receptions behind only Ja’Marr Chase, and third in receiving TDs. He also has the best pair of hands in the sport, leading the league in catch percentage, where he hauled in 81.6% of his targets.
Despite having a minor knee procedure in the offseason, St. Brown remains one of the safest bets for production in the first round of drafts this year. Yes, the Lions are loaded on offense, but alphas eat first, and ARSB is an alpha personified. He sometimes slides into the second round for reasons unknown, and I cannot stress enough how silly that is.
7. Drake London, Atlanta Falcons
London is my dark horse to finish as the WR1 in fantasy this year. He put up the best season of his career during his third NFL campaign last year, catching an even 100 balls for 1,271 yards and nine touchdowns. This was all while playing with the corpse of Kirk Cousins for 15-of-18 games.
Fast forward to Week 16, which was when Michael Penix Jr. made his first start, and you immediately saw a spike in production from London. Over the final three weeks of the season, the USC product saw a whopping 39 targets. No one else on the Falcons saw more than 12 targets in that stretch. In Week 18 vs. the Panthers, London caught 10 of the 18 balls thrown his way for 187 yards and a pair of touchowns, good for 43.7 fantasy points.
Using small sample sizes can sometimes get you into trouble in fantasy football, but in this case I feel extremely good about it. Penix Jr. is going to be an absolute gun slinger, and this Atlanta offense should take off because of it. Going from Cousins to Penix Jr. for a full season should skyrocket London’s efficiency numbers as well, putting him on a path to potentially lead the NFL in touchdowns this year if things break right.
I recommend being overweight here.
8. Brian Thomas Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars
Thomas Jr. broke out at the tail end of last season and ended up being a league winner for those fortunate enough to advance teams with him. Ironically enough, BTJ did all his damage with Mac Jones at QB after Trevor Lawrence went down with a shoulder injury in Week 13. Thomas Jr. posted fantasy-point totals of 35.5, 31.2 and 23.9 across the fantasy playoffs, respectively, and was even on the DraftKings Best Ball Millionaire winning lineup.
He caught 87 balls for 1,282 yards (3rd in NFL) and 10 touchdowns, while ranking seventh in the league in yards per route run. With Liam Coen set to take over the offense, the sky is the limit for BTJ this season.
9. Nico Collins, Houston Texans
Collins had a hamstring injury which kind of put a damper on his 2024 season, but he still posted 1,006 yards and seven touchdowns in just 12 games. He also ranked third in the NFL in yards per route run, all during an extremely disappointing second season from QB C.J. Stroud.
The two concerns I have for Collins heading into 2025 are his health and the Texans’ offensive line play. By many accounts, this O-line is arguably the worst unit in the league, which could cause things to go south in a hurry for this Houston offense. Collins has also dealt with soft tissue injuries throughout his career and was a pretty late breakout in the NFL as well.
He’s a massive talent and one of the most efficient wideouts in the league, but the contextual factors could be a bit troublesome.
10. A.J. Brown, Philadelphia Eagles
Brown is a special kind of case, because he’s so insanely good at football but gets dinged because of how good his team is. The Eagles played from ahead so much last season that AJB only saw 97 targets. Granted, he did miss four games due to injury and one more due to the Eagles playoff standing in Week 18, but the point remains that Philly is a run-first team with an elite defense.
Having said that, Brown ranked second in the NFL last year in both yards per route run and target percentage. If anything breaks differently for the Eagles this year where they had to throw more, Brown would without question vault right back into the top five of fantasy wide receivers.