What is best ball in fantasy football?
Best ball is a draft-only format where you never set a lineup — each week the platform automatically starts your highest-scoring eligible players.
In best ball you only draft a team — there are no lineup decisions, trades, or waivers, because your top scorers at each position are auto-started every week.
Say you have three receivers and the format starts two: best ball automatically counts your two highest scorers that week, even if you'd have benched the right one by mistake. Because nobody gets a goose egg from a bad start/sit call, best ball rewards drafting upside and stacking spike weeks rather than safe floors.
Best ball is popular for its low time commitment and its emphasis on draft skill. Strategy revolves around roster construction, bye-week coverage, and chasing ceiling — since the format forgives any individual dud.