Post-Free Agency 2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Updated: Tuesday, April 1st
With NFL free agency now behind us, I've made an update to my early 2025 fantasy football rankings.
The 2025 NFL Draft will impact these rankings, but this early look is the order in which I'd personally select players given what we currently know.
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2025 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
Putting aside the debate over who should have won the NFL MVP award this season, it's clear that both Allen and Lamar Jackson had MVP-caliber seasons, especially as voters split their votes for MVP and 2024 AP NFL All-Pro first team. Going into fantasy drafts this summer, Allen vs. Jackson will be the difficult (or easy) choice facing fantasy managers — and to be clear, the "easy" part is that you can't go wrong with either.
Allen posted five-year lows in several passing categories — attempts (483), yards (3,731) and touchdowns (28) — but his dual-threat skill set is what makes him so dangerous. Allen now has (at least) 12 rushing touchdowns in back-to-back seasons and 500-plus rushing yards in four consecutive seasons. He has now finished as a top-two fantasy quarterback for five consecutive seasons.
2. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
What a year it was Jackson, who posted career highs in passing yards (4,172) and touchdowns (41) while leading the NFL in TD% (8.6%), yards per attempt (8.8) and passer rating (119.6). 2024 was the second time in his career that he has finished as fantasy's QB1. He posted a 9% TD% in his other overall QB1 (2019) season, and then followed that up with a 6.9% rate in 2020. His career average is 6.4%. Long story short, he was absolutely phenomenal in 2024, but last year's ratios would be unsustainable for any quarterback. Although he has a max of five rushing touchdowns over the past four seasons, Jackson is the NFL's all-time leader in quarterback rushing yards, averaging a whopping 1,019 yards per 17 games over his career.
MORE: Baltimore Ravens Mock Draft Roundup
3. Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
For good reason, Daniels was a favorite of many as a late-round target in fantasy drafts, and the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year delivered for those who rostered him. Daniels' ADP was QB12 (or a little later, depending on the site), and the dual-threat quarterback finished his rookie season as a top-five fantasy quarterback last season. Along with Lamar Jackson (2023 and 2024) and Kyler Murray (2020), Daniels became only the third quarterback in NFL history to throw and run for at least 3,500 and 800 yards, respectively, in the same season. The front office's offseason moves support his continued development as he enters year two.
> Continue reading our 2025 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
2025 Fantasy Football RB Rankings
1. Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia Eagles
Joining the exclusive club of 2,000-yard rushers, Barkley racked up an additional 499 rushing yards in four playoff games. Yes, he set a career low in receptions (2.1) per game and Jalen Hurts had more rushing touchdowns (14) than Barkley (career-high 13). That said, he has an elite combination of speed and power, runs behind an elite offensive line and plays with talented wideouts, who keep opposing defenses honest.
More: Saquon Barkley 2025 Fantasy Football Outlook
2. Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons
You could argue that Robinson (not Barkley) should be the RB1 in 2025 fantasy football drafts. The 23-year-old running back racked up 1,887 scrimmage yards and scored 15 total touchdowns on 365 touches including 61 receptions. From Week 6 on, Robinson averaged more fantasy points per game (21.1) than all other running backs. During that 12-game span, he averaged 19.8/97.6 rushing, 3.6/23.3 receiving and scored 14 total touchdowns.
MORE: 2025 Atlanta Falcons Mock Draft Roundup
3. Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit Lions
Gibbs set or tied career highs across the board in rushing (250/1,412/16, 5.6 YPC) and receiving (52/517/4, 9.9 Y/R) in his second season. Gibbs was also top five among running backs with a minimum of 17 targets in yards per route run (1.67) and YAC per reception (11.5), per PFF. Gibbs was especially good when David Montgomery missed the final three regular-season games (RB1 overall), but he was also the RB3 (RB4 on a PPG basis) from Weeks 1 to 15 when Montgomery was also active.
> Continue reading our 2025 Fantasy Football RB Rankings
2025 Fantasy Football WR Rankings
1. Ja'Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals
Chase led the NFL in receptions (127), yards (1,708) and touchdowns (17) in 2024 to become the fifth triple crown winner since the league merger. There were nine 35-point wide receiver performances league-wide in 2024, and Chase had three (one-third) of them. From Week 5 on, Chase had a 31.46% target share with a weekly minimum of 24.32%.
2. Justin Jefferson, Minnesota Vikings
Sam Darnold created some modest concerns entering last season, but it was business as usual for Jefferson, who finished with 103 catches for 1,533 yards and a career-high 10 touchdowns on 154 targets. Jefferson was consistent throughout the season with 80-plus yards and/or a touchdown in 14 of 17 games. While Darnold will be playing his 2025 home games in the Pacific Northwest, Jefferson is essentially QB-proof in Minnesota's QB-friendly offense.
3. CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys
Lamb played several weeks through a shoulder injury before shutting it down with a couple of games to go. While his (and Dak Prescott's) injuries factor in, his numbers were down considerably from 2023. Lamb set career lows in yards per reception (11.8) and target (7.9) and his per game averages dropped from 7.9/102.9/0.7 (2023) to 6.7/79.6/0.4 (2024). When everything's clicking, however, Lamb is as productive as any receiver in the league.
MORE: 2025 Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft Roundup
> Continue reading our 2025 Fantasy Football WR Rankings
2025 Fantasy Football TE Rankings
1. Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders
Bowers led all tight ends in receptions (112), targets (153) and receiving yards (1,194) despite being a rookie with sub-par quarterback play. Only George Kittle scored more fantasy points on a per-game basis, and Bowers led the position in overall points. While it may be difficult to outproduce his rookie numbers, few, if any, tight ends are the focal point of their offense the way Bowers is. And Geno Smith significantly increases the level of competency that the Raiders get from their quarterback play.
2. Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals
The good news is that McBride smashed previous career highs in targets (147), receptions (111) and receiving yards (1,146). Among all players (wide receivers included), he finished eighth, fourth, and 11th, respectively, in those categories. The bad news is that he had only two touchdowns and has a total of six through three NFL seasons. If there's a glimmer of hope, McBride finished top three in TE targets from inside the 20 (21, T-2nd), 15 (16, T-2nd), 10 (12, 1st) and 5 (seven, T-1st).
MORE: 2025 Arizona Cardinals Mock Draft Roundup
3. George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers
Kittle finished 2024 with 78 receptions for 1,106 yards and eight touchdowns, all of which rank either second or third in his career. Injuries to Brandon Aiyuk and Christian McCaffrey led to greater consistency from Kittle — 40-plus receiving yards in 13 of 15 games played. Only Bowers had more (14 of 17 games). While Kittle always finishes the year with excellent overall numbers, previous seasons featured more boom-or-bust weeks. For example, his number of 40-yard games were considerably lower in previous seasons — 10 in 2023, six in 2022, and eight in 2021. Among tight ends, Kittle has either led or shared in the lead in PFF's yards per route run metric in all but one season (2022) from 2018 to 2024.
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Top 150 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet
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