The NFL playoffs have officially arrived, and there is no better way to sweat the games than by playing NFL Best Ball on DraftKings. You can enter DraftKings’ NFL Best Ball contests here.
For those who are new to playoff best ball, the rules are as follows:
Participants will draft a lineup via a live snake draft and contests will last from Wild Card Weekend all the way through to the Super Bowl. Just like in regular-season best ball, your highest-scoring players will hit your roster each week. The scoring format will be the same as standard DraftKings NFL DFS contests.
Here are the lineup requirements:
Strategy
This is where things get fun. Playoff best ball is far different from regular-season best ball, as no NFL team is guaranteed more than one playoff game, whereas in the regular season, you know you’re getting 17 games from all your players (barring injury). The only objective of playoff best ball is to have live players in the Super Bowl round, because that is when all the money is won.
This means that teams with the highest implied probability of winning their respective conference are the teams you want to target players from most often. This season, there are six teams with odds of 11/1 or better to win the Super Bowl: the Seahawks, Rams, Broncos, Patriots, Eagles and Bills. The majority of your picks should come from those six teams to give you the best chance of succeeding.
There is another layer to this, however, because while you obviously want to be targeting players on the teams most likely to reach the big game, you don’t want to cannibalize yourself and draft a team full of players from the same conference. The idea is to try to get the exact Super Bowl matchup correct so that players from both teams can be live during the final round of contests. The next thing you want to pay attention to is the first-round bye.
While the Seahawks and Broncos may have the easiest road to the Super Bowl in their conference, they do not play a game in the first round of the playoffs. So, if you stack up players from both of those teams, you may not even advance to Divisional Weekend. You want to be conscious the entire way through your draft so that you are drafting for the Super Bowl, but also to advance out of the first round. A good mixture of the best players from the best teams, solid players that should perform in the Wild Card Round and players further down the rankings from Super Bowl-caliber teams is typically the best way to construct a postseason best ball roster.
Below, I have ranked my top 100 players for DraftKings NFL Playoff Best Ball contests. Good luck with your drafts!
RANK
PLAYER
POSITION
TEAM
1
Josh Allen
QB
BUF
2
Puka Nacua
WR
LAR
3
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
WR
SEA
4
Christian McCaffrey
RB
SF
5
James Cook III
RB
BUF
6
Matthew Stafford
QB
LAR
7
Davante Adams
WR
LAR
8
Saquon Barkley
RB
PHI
9
Drake Maye
QB
NE
10
Kyren Williams
RB
LAR
11
George Kittle
TE
SF
12
Jalen Hurts
QB
PHI
13
A.J. Brown
WR
PHI
14
Nico Collins
WR
HOU
15
TreVeyon Henderson
RB
NE
16
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
JAX
17
DeVonta Smith
WR
PHI
18
Stefon Diggs
WR
NE
19
Courtland Sutton
WR
DEN
20
Brock Purdy
QB
SF
21
Trevor Lawrence
QB
JAX
22
Khalil Shakir
WR
BUF
23
RJ Harvey
RB
DEN
24
Jauan Jennings
WR
SF
25
Dallas Goedert
TE
PHI
26
Dalton Kincaid
TE
BUF
27
Hunter Henry
TE
NE
28
Jakobi Meyers
WR
JAX
29
Josh Jacobs
RB
GB
30
Bo Nix
QB
DEN
31
Christian Watson
WR
GB
32
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
NE
33
D’Andre Swift
RB
CHI
34
Kenneth Walker III
RB
SEA
35
Sam Darnold
QB
SEA
36
Colby Parkinson
TE
LAR
37
Parker Washington
WR
JAX
38
Ricky Pearsall
WR
SF
39
Ladd McConkey
WR
LAC
40
Omarion Hampton
RB
LAC
41
Luther Burden III
WR
CHI
42
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR
JAX
43
Colston Loveland
TE
CHI
44
Brenton Strange
TE
JAX
45
Zach Charbonnet
RB
SEA
46
Caleb Williams
QB
CHI
47
Blake Corum
RB
LAR
48
Woody Marks
RB
HOU
49
Dalton Schultz
TE
HOU
50
DJ Moore
WR
CHI
51
Troy Franklin
WR
DEN
52
C.J. Stroud
QB
HOU
53
AJ Barner
TE
SEA
54
Justin Herbert
QB
LAC
55
DK Metcalf
WR
PIT
56
Tyler Higbee
TE
LAR
57
Jordan Love
QB
GB
58
Tetairoa McMillan
WR
CAR
59
Quentin Johnston
WR
LAC
60
Kayshon Boutte
WR
NE
61
Kenneth Gainwell
RB
PIT
62
Kyle Monangai
RB
CHI
63
Jayden Reed
WR
GB
64
Rome Odunze
WR
CHI
65
Jayden Higgins
WR
HOU
66
Oronde Gadsden II
TE
LAC
67
Evan Engram
TE
DEN
68
Aaron Rodgers
QB
PIT
69
Jaylen Warren
RB
PIT
70
Dawson Knox
TE
BUF
71
Bryce Young
QB
CAR
72
Rico Dowdle
RB
CAR
73
Rashid Shaheed
WR
SEA
74
Cooper Kupp
WR
SEA
75
Romeo Doubs
WR
GB
76
Ty Johnson
RB
BUF
77
Bhayshul Tuten
RB
JAX
78
Keon Coleman
WR
BUF
79
Jordan Whittington
WR
LAR
80
Kyle Williams
WR
NE
81
Brian Robinson Jr.
RB
SF
82
Jonnu Smith
TE
PIT
83
Pat Freiermuth
TE
PIT
84
Terrance Ferguson
TE
LAR
85
Kimani Vidal
RB
LAC
86
Ray Davis
RB
BUF
87
Kyle Juszczyk
RB
SF
88
Chuba Hubbard
RB
CAR
89
Joshua Palmer
WR
BUF
90
Brandin Cooks
WR
BUF
91
Luke Musgrave
TE
GB
92
Xavier Legette
WR
CAR
93
Keenan Allen
WR
LAC
94
Calvin Austin III
WR
PIT
95
Xavier Hutchinson
WR
HOU
96
Matthew Golden
WR
GB
97
Jaylin Noel
WR
HOU
98
Jalen Coker
WR
CAR
99
Pat Bryant
WR
DEN
100
Tutu Atwell
WR
LAR
