There are many NFL seasons where the top player at each position is an overwhelming consensus between experts and Fantasy football players. Heading into 2025 Fantasy football drafts, however, multiple positions can garner a legitimate argument over who should be taken first. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who put a wide receiver over Ja’Marr Chase as WR1 after being the top-scorer last year and the Bengals returning basically their entire offense. But with quarterbacks like Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, running backs like Saquon Barkley, Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs, and Travis Kelce’s reign as the TE1 seemingly over, who should be at the top of your 2025 Fantasy football rankings at other positions?
Making the wrong picks in the first few rounds of your 2025 Fantasy football drafts can result in falling out of contention even before October begins. Before crafting your 2025 Fantasy football draft strategy, be sure to check out the 2025 Fantasy football positional rankings and cheat sheets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
Last year, the model accurately predicted that Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert’s disappointing follow-up to a breakout 2023 season. It also called C.J. Stroud’s down year, predicted Jayden Daniels’ breakout campaign and projected James Cook to become one of Fantasy football’s elite running backs in 2024.
The same model has a proven track record providing Fantasy football tips, identifying A.J. Brown as a sleeper in 2020, nailing Jonathan Taylor’s monstrous season in 2021 and correctly predicting C.J. Stroud would take a step back in 2024. Additionally, it’s called past Fantasy football sleepers like Derrick Henry in 2019, Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara in 2018 and Davante Adams in 2017. Anybody who banked on players like those made a run at their league title.
The model is powered by the same people who generated projections for all three major Fantasy Football sites, and it beat human experts last season when there was a big difference in ranking. The 2025 Fantasy football PPR rankings and 2025 Fantasy football standard rankings update multiple times daily, so you’re always getting the best Fantasy football advice.
Now, SportsLine has simulated the entire NFL season 10,000 times and released its latest Fantasy football positional rankings 2025, along with plenty of sleepers, breakouts and busts at every position. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top 2025 Fantasy football QB rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top 2025 Fantasy football QB picks:
1. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens: Jackson threw for 4,172 yards and 41 touchdowns while averaging 8.8 yards per pass attempt and posting a 119.3 QB rating (all career-highs). He also rushed for 915 yards and four touchdowns, outscoring every other QB in CBS Sports PPR leagues by at least 50 points. His continuing evolution as a passer makes him the clear-cut No. 1 option for 2025.
2. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills: Jackson put up better numbers, but Allen was the NFL MVP in 2024 after accounting for 40 total touchdowns and well over 4,000 yards of total offense. He’s been a top-two Fantasy football QB in each of the last five seasons and is arguably the safest bet of any QB available.
3. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals: Burrow led the NFL in completions (450), attempts (652), passing yards (4,918) and passing touchdowns (43) last season and the prolific nature of the Cincinnati offense puts him into the upper echelon here. Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Chase Brown and Mike Gesicki are all back and it should be another big year for Burrow, who the model ranks ahead of other top options like Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels and Patrick Mahomes. See more top QBs here.
Top 2025 Fantasy football RB rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top 2025 Fantasy football RB picks:
1. Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit Lions: Gibbs has been locked in a timeshare with David Montgomery in each of his first two seasons, but that didn’t stop him from racking up 302 touches and producing 1,929 scrimmage yards while scoring 20 times in 2024. Shockingly, he only played 56% of Detroit’s offensive snaps last season and it’s not hard to imagine his role being even further expanded in 2025.
2. Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons: Unlike Gibbs, Robinson faces almost no serious competition for touches in the Atlanta backfield and the decision to complete the transition from Kirk Cousins to Michael Penix at quarterback could make the Falcons even more dependent on him this season. Robinson rushed 304 times for 1,456 yards and 14 touchdowns while catching 61 passes for 431 yards and another score last year.
3. Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles: With the NFC East wrapped up, Barkley and the Eagles decided to rest their 2,000-yard back in Week 17 last season, keeping him from breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL rushing record. The decision ultimately paid off, with Philadelphia winning the Super Bowl, but Barkley’s value to the Eagles is now slightly devaluing from a Fantasy perspective, as the team is likely to go out of its way to make sure he’s healthy for another postseason push. See more top RBs here.
Top 2025 Fantasy football WR rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top 2025 Fantasy football WR picks:
1. Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals: Chase accomplished the Receiving Triple Crown last year, becoming just the fifth player in the Super Bowl era to do so. He’s upped his receptions in each of the last three years, saw his 17 receiving touchdowns from 2024 ranking as the sixth-most in a single season in NFL history, and he’s a big-play threat as his 13.4 yards per touch led the league.
2. Malik Nabers, New York Giants: No rookie in NFL history caught more passes than the 109 Nabers had a year ago, despite playing on a team that ranked 28th in passing offense. It’s easy to forget that Nabers missed two full games, so with better health and improved quarterback play for New York, he’s a worthy challenger to topping the Fantasy football WR rankings.
3. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys: Lamb has ranked among the top 10 in positional Fantasy points each of the last three seasons. That’s despite not having a legitimate No. 2 wideout in Dallas to take pressure off him. George Pickens’ arrival should change that, and Lamb is averaging over 100 receiving yards per game over his last 17 full games with Dak Prescott under center. See more top WRs here.
Top 2025 Fantasy football TE rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top 2025 Fantasy football TE picks:
1. Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders: For the second straight year, a rookie tight end finished as TE1, as the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft had a record-breaking rookie season. Bowers broke Puka Nacua’s rookie record for receptions (112). He also led all tight ends with 1,194 yards. The Raiders didn’t make any significant additions at wide receiver or tight end, but they did acquire Geno Smith at quarterback, which should be an upgrade, as Bowers has a strong chance to repeat at TE1 again this year.
2. George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers: Kittle had the second-most yards (1,106) and touchdowns (eight) of his eight-year NFL career last season as the veteran tight end remains one of the most consistent pass-catchers in the league. He’s coming off his second straight 1,000-yard season and has more than 900 yards in five of his last seven years. The 49ers traded Deebo Samuel, which could signal even more targets Kittle’s way from Brock Purdy in one of the top offenses in the NFL.
3. Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals: McBride had the second-most receiving yards (1,146) among tight ends last year and finished as the TE2 despite only two receiving touchdowns. The 25-year-old tight end was fourth in the NFL with 111 receptions, so only having two touchdowns with that heavy of a usage is an anomaly. McBride will still generate a massive target share in Arizona, which is running back a similar offensive playmaking group from last season, and he’s almost guaranteed to have a better touchdown total given his importance to the offense. See more top TEs here.
Top 2025 Fantasy football defense rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top three 2025 Fantasy football D/ST picks:
1. Philadelphia Eagles D/ST: Howie Roseman is one of the NFL’s best executives but his turnaround of the Philadelphia pass defense from 2023 to 2024 was masterful. They went from ranking 30th in points allowed and 26th in yards allowed to ranking second in scoring defense and first in total defense in just one offseason. Now most of the key pieces from that unit return.
2. Baltimore Ravens D/ST: Baltimore had the best run defense in football last season and should have an improved secondary after drafting Malaki Starks in the first round and signing Jaire Alexander. They’ve got high-level playmakers at every level in Kyle Van Noy, Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton.
3. Minnesota Vikings D/ST: They were the No. 5 scoring defense in the NFL last season and they led the NFL with 33 takeaways. Minnesota also scored three defensive touchdowns, and even if the takeaway numbers can’t be relied on, the boom potential here is too high to ignore. See more top D/ST here.
Top 2025 Fantasy football kicker rankings
Here’s a look at SportsLine’s top 2025 Fantasy football K picks:
1. Brandon Aubrey, Dallas Cowboys: Aubrey has the biggest leg in the league and he tied for second in the NFL in points (150) last season. He’s 76-of-85 on field goals the last two seasons and he’s a staggering 24-of-27 from 50 yards or more.
2. Matt Gay, Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels is the rising tide that lifts all boats and this offense looks primed to be even better in 2025 after the offseason additions of Laremy Tunsil and Deebo Samuel. Gay was perfect from inside of 50 yards last season and closed the year strong, with 24 points in the final two games of the regular season.
3. Tyler Bass, Buffalo Bills: Despite only making 82.8% of his field goal attempts, Bass finished tied for ninth in scoring (131 points). He was perfect on field goals of more than 50 yards and also locked in during the 2025 NFL playoffs, going 6-for-6 overall.
How to find proven 2025 Fantasy football rankings
SportsLine has ranked almost every Fantasy-relevant player at every position and you can see their entire 2025 Fantasy football positional rankings now. You can only see their top sleepers, breakouts and busts at every position at SportsLine.
So who are the top players at every position and who is being underrated? Visit SportsLine now to get 2025 Fantasy Football cheat sheets for every single position, all from the model that regularly outperforms human rankings.
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