Set a winning lineup for DraftKing's NFL Sunday main slate by combining value picks in each roster slot and exploiting the best matchups, all within the confines of the salary cap. Every week, we evaluate all of your DraftKings options to identify the best values among the lower-priced options, as well as the matchups to play or avoid, so you can select the players who are worth their high price tags.
Value is determined by the number of DraftKings points you can expect for every dollar invested in putting that player in your lineup. A player may be an "Average" or even a "Good" value while also projected to outscore a player identified as a "great value," but when you consider the cap hit and the salary you can put towards other players, you may decide that the "Great" value outweighs that projection.
Players considered to be a "Great" value are those in the 90th percentile of projected value picks for the week. "Good" plays are in the 75th percentile or better. "Average" plays span the 25th to 74th percentiles, while "Shaky" plays are in the 10th-24th percentiles. "Poor" picks encompass single-digit percentiles. Only players projected to score four points or more are displayed.
Player salaries are drawn from DraftKings' main slate and are based on the ESPN player projections at the time of publication.
Best Plays for DraftKings DFS contests Player Team Opp Pos Proj. $ Christian McCaffrey SF TEN RB 28.1 $9,000 Jaxson Dart NYG WAS QB 23.5 $5,600 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET @LAR WR 22.2 $7,900 Woody Marks HOU ARI RB 15.6 $5,600 Marcus Mariota WAS @NYG QB 20.1 $5,000 Puka Nacua LAR DET WR 23.7 $8,700 Chris Rodriguez Jr. WAS @NYG RB 13.3 $4,900 Jahmyr Gibbs DET @LAR RB 22.6 $8,800 Drake Maye NE BUF QB 23.5 $6,700 George Kittle SF TEN TE 15.4 $5,400 Derrick Henry BAL @CIN RB 18.8 $7,300 Ashton Jeanty LV @PHI RB 15.1 $5,800 Ja'Marr Chase CIN BAL WR 21.6 $8,100 Colby Parkinson LAR DET TE 9.5 $3,200 Harold Fannin Jr. CLE @CHI TE 11.4 $4,000 Adonai Mitchell NYJ @JAC WR 12.3 $4,400 Deebo Samuel Sr. WAS @NYG WR 14.5 $5,300 Theo Johnson NYG WAS TE 10.0 $3,500 Jaxon Smith-Njigba SEA IND WR 22.2 $8,600 Brock Purdy SF TEN QB 21.4 $6,200 A.J. Brown PHI LV WR 17.8 $6,800 John Metchie III NYJ @JAC WR 11.7 $4,300 Jauan Jennings SF TEN WR 13.7 $5,200 Eagles D/ST PHI LV DST 9.8 $3,800 Jets D/ST NYJ @JAC DST 5.4 $2,100 Colts D/ST IND @SEA DST 5.5 $2,200 Raiders D/ST LV @PHI DST 5.0 $2,000
Quarterbacks for DraftKings DFS contests Player Rating Team Opp Pos Proj. $ Josh Allen Average
BUF @NE QB 21.6 $7,500 Matthew Stafford Average
LAR DET QB 22.0 $7,000 Jalen Hurts Good
PHI LV QB 21.5 $6,800 Drake Maye Great
NE BUF QB 23.5 $6,700 Joe Burrow Average
CIN BAL QB 20.4 $6,600 Patrick Mahomes Average
KC LAC QB 19.1 $6,500 Lamar Jackson Good
BAL @CIN QB 21.3 $6,400 Justin Herbert Poor
LAC @KC QB 17.5 $6,300 Brock Purdy Great
SF TEN QB 21.4 $6,200 Jared Goff Shaky
DET @LAR QB 17.8 $6,100 Bo Nix Average
DEN GB QB 18.5 $5,900 Sam Darnold Average
SEA IND QB 17.3 $5,800 Trevor Lawrence Good
JAC NYJ QB 18.9 $5,700 Jaxson Dart Great
NYG WAS QB 23.5 $5,600 Jacoby Brissett Poor
ARI @HOU QB 15.6 $5,500 Jordan Love Shaky
GB @DEN QB 16.2 $5,400 Caleb Williams Average
CHI CLE QB 17.2 $5,300 C.J. Stroud Good
HOU ARI QB 18.7 $5,200 Bryce Young Poor
CAR @NO QB 14.4 $5,100 Marcus Mariota Great
WAS @NYG QB 20.1 $5,000 Tyler Shough Average
NO CAR QB 16.8 $4,900 Tyrod Taylor Shaky
NYJ @JAC QB 14.3 $4,800 Shedeur Sanders Average
CLE @CHI QB 14.8 $4,700 Cameron Ward Average
TEN @SF QB 15.6 $4,600 Kenny Pickett Shaky
LV @PHI QB 13.6 $4,500 Riley Leonard Poor
IND @SEA QB 12.0 $4,400
Running Backs for DraftKings DFS contests Player Rating Team Opp Pos Proj. $ Christian McCaffrey Great
SF TEN RB 28.1 $9,000 Jahmyr Gibbs Great
DET @LAR RB 22.6 $8,800 Jonathan Taylor Average
IND @SEA RB 18.0 $8,500 James Cook Average
BUF @NE RB 17.5 $8,000 Derrick Henry Great
BAL @CIN RB 18.8 $7,300 Saquon Barkley Good
PHI LV RB 17.4 $7,100 Josh Jacobs Good
GB @DEN RB 17.3 $6,900 Kyren Williams Average
LAR DET RB 14.4 $6,800 Chase Brown Good
CIN BAL RB 15.9 $6,700 Rico Dowdle Average
CAR @NO RB 13.6 $6,600 Travis Etienne Jr. Good
JAC NYJ RB 15.9 $6,500 Quinshon Judkins Good
CLE @CHI RB 16.2 $6,300 Breece Hall Average
NYJ @JAC RB 13.6 $6,200 TreVeyon Henderson Average
NE BUF RB 12.7 $6,100 RJ Harvey Good
DEN GB RB 15.0 $6,000 Omarion Hampton Average
LAC @KC RB 12.2 $5,900 Ashton Jeanty Great
LV @PHI RB 15.1 $5,800 Kimani Vidal Poor
LAC @KC RB 6.8 $5,700 D'Andre Swift Average
CHI CLE RB 12.6 $5,700 Woody Marks Great
HOU ARI RB 15.6 $5,600 Kenneth Walker III Average
SEA IND RB 13.2 $5,600 Alvin Kamara Average
NO CAR RB 12.9 $5,500 Tyrone Tracy Jr. Good
NYG WAS RB 14.3 $5,500 Kareem Hunt Average
KC LAC RB 10.4 $5,400 Devin Neal Poor
NO CAR RB 7.0 $5,300 Tony Pollard Good
TEN @SF RB 12.8 $5,200 Kyle Monangai Average
CHI CLE RB 11.4 $5,200 Rhamondre Stevenson Average
NE BUF RB 11.6 $5,100 Zach Charbonnet Shaky
SEA IND RB 9.1 $5,100 Devin Singletary Average
NYG WAS RB 11.3 $5,000 David Montgomery Shaky
DET @LAR RB 8.1 $5,000 Chris Rodriguez Jr. Great
WAS @NYG RB 13.3 $4,900 Bam Knight Average
ARI @HOU RB 9.9 $4,900 Blake Corum Shaky
LAR DET RB 8.1 $4,800 Tyjae Spears Average
TEN @SF RB 10.2 $4,700 Isiah Pacheco Shaky
KC LAC RB 7.5 $4,700 Chuba Hubbard Average
CAR @NO RB 10.7 $4,600 Tank Bigsby Poor
PHI LV RB 0.8 $4,600 Nick Chubb Shaky
HOU ARI RB 6.7 $4,600 Bhayshul Tuten Shaky
JAC NYJ RB 6.7 $4,500 Brian Robinson Jr. Poor
SF TEN RB 6.4 $4,500 Ty Johnson Poor
BUF @NE RB 5.6 $4,500 Emari Demercado Shaky
ARI @HOU RB 6.5 $4,400 Dylan Sampson Shaky
CLE @CHI RB 7.5 $4,300 Samaje Perine Poor
CIN BAL RB 5.6 $4,200
Wide Receivers for DraftKings DFS contests Player Rating Team Opp Pos Proj. $ Puka Nacua Great
LAR DET WR 23.7 $8,700 Jaxon Smith-Njigba Great
SEA IND WR 22.2 $8,600 Ja'Marr Chase Great
CIN BAL WR 21.6 $8,100 Amon-Ra St. Brown Great
DET @LAR WR 22.2 $7,900 Rashee Rice Average
KC LAC WR 18.1 $7,700 Davante Adams Average
LAR DET WR 17.2 $7,200 A.J. Brown Great
PHI LV WR 17.8 $6,800 Nico Collins Good
HOU ARI WR 17.2 $6,700 Michael Wilson Poor
ARI @HOU WR 11.4 $6,600 Ladd McConkey Average
LAC @KC WR 13.5 $6,400 Zay Flowers Average
BAL @CIN WR 13.5 $6,300 Chris Olave Average
NO CAR WR 14.2 $6,200 Jameson Williams Good
DET @LAR WR 14.7 $6,100 Stefon Diggs Average
NE BUF WR 13.8 $6,000 Tetairoa McMillan Average
CAR @NO WR 13.7 $6,000 Wan'Dale Robinson Good
NYG WAS WR 15.3 $5,900 DeVonta Smith Average
PHI LV WR 13.3 $5,800 Rome Odunze Shaky
CHI CLE WR 11.9 $5,800 Brian Thomas Jr. Poor
JAC NYJ WR 10.0 $5,700 Marvin Harrison Jr. Good
ARI @HOU WR 13.4 $5,600 Jakobi Meyers Average
JAC NYJ WR 12.2 $5,600 Christian Watson Average
GB @DEN WR 11.7 $5,500 Courtland Sutton Good
DEN GB WR 13.7 $5,500 Terry McLaurin Good
WAS @NYG WR 14.0 $5,400 Deebo Samuel Sr. Great
WAS @NYG WR 14.5 $5,300 Khalil Shakir Shaky
BUF @NE WR 10.8 $5,300 Troy Franklin Poor
DEN GB WR 8.0 $5,200 Jauan Jennings Great
SF TEN WR 13.7 $5,200 Michael Pittman Jr. Average
IND @SEA WR 10.7 $5,100 Ricky Pearsall Poor
SF TEN WR 8.6 $5,100 Kayshon Boutte Shaky
NE BUF WR 9.2 $5,000 DJ Moore Poor
CHI CLE WR 7.5 $5,000 Alec Pierce Poor
IND @SEA WR 8.1 $4,900 Quentin Johnston Shaky
LAC @KC WR 8.6 $4,900 Luther Burden III Poor
CHI CLE WR 8.2 $4,800 Keenan Allen Average
LAC @KC WR 10.8 $4,800 Romeo Doubs Average
GB @DEN WR 9.8 $4,700 Parker Washington Poor
JAC NYJ WR 6.9 $4,700 Rashid Shaheed Shaky
SEA IND WR 8.9 $4,600 Jayden Reed Average
GB @DEN WR 10.3 $4,500 Xavier Worthy Average
KC LAC WR 9.1 $4,500 Darius Slayton Average
NYG WAS WR 10.1 $4,400 Adonai Mitchell Great
NYJ @JAC WR 12.3 $4,400 Jerry Jeudy Average
CLE @CHI WR 9.5 $4,400 John Metchie III Great
NYJ @JAC WR 11.7 $4,300 Chimere Dike Good
TEN @SF WR 11.4 $4,300 Devaughn Vele Average
NO CAR WR 9.9 $4,200 Tre Tucker Average
LV @PHI WR 9.1 $4,200 Jayden Higgins Good
HOU ARI WR 10.1 $4,200 Josh Downs Poor
IND @SEA WR 6.4 $4,100 Andrei Iosivas Average
CIN BAL WR 9.2 $4,100 Cooper Kupp Average
SEA IND WR 8.6 $4,100 Mack Hollins Shaky
NE BUF WR 7.6 $4,000 Jalen Coker Average
CAR @NO WR 7.8 $3,900 Pat Bryant Average
DEN GB WR 8.5 $3,900 Xavier Legette Shaky
CAR @NO WR 5.6 $3,700 Joshua Palmer Shaky
BUF @NE WR 6.0 $3,500 Elic Ayomanor Good
TEN @SF WR 8.8 $3,500 DeMario Douglas Shaky
NE BUF WR 6.5 $3,500 Isaiah Hodgins Good
NYG WAS WR 8.1 $3,400 Rashod Bateman Shaky
BAL @CIN WR 6.3 $3,400 Cedric Tillman Average
CLE @CHI WR 6.1 $3,200 Noah Brown Shaky
WAS @NYG WR 5.6 $3,200 Mitchell Tinsley Average
CIN BAL WR 6.8 $3,100 Van Jefferson Good
TEN @SF WR 8.1 $3,000
Tight Ends for DraftKings DFS contests Player Rating Team Opp Pos Proj. $ Trey McBride Poor
ARI @HOU TE 14.4 $7,400 Brock Bowers Average
LV @PHI TE 13.5 $5,900 George Kittle Great
SF TEN TE 15.4 $5,400 Travis Kelce Shaky
KC LAC TE 10.2 $4,900 Tyler Warren Average
IND @SEA TE 10.0 $4,700 Dalton Kincaid Average
BUF @NE TE 10.2 $4,500 Hunter Henry Average
NE BUF TE 10.6 $4,400 Oronde Gadsden II Shaky
LAC @KC TE 8.8 $4,300 Brenton Strange Shaky
JAC NYJ TE 8.5 $4,200 Dalton Schultz Average
HOU ARI TE 9.0 $4,100 Harold Fannin Jr. Great
CLE @CHI TE 11.4 $4,000 Mark Andrews Good
BAL @CIN TE 10.5 $3,900 Dallas Goedert Good
PHI LV TE 10.5 $3,800 Juwan Johnson Good
NO CAR TE 9.9 $3,700 Colston Loveland Average
CHI CLE TE 8.2 $3,600 Theo Johnson Great
NYG WAS TE 10.0 $3,500 Isaiah Likely Good
BAL @CIN TE 9.7 $3,400 Chigoziem Okonkwo Poor
TEN @SF TE 6.3 $3,300 Mike Gesicki Average
CIN BAL TE 7.8 $3,300 Colby Parkinson Great
LAR DET TE 9.5 $3,200 AJ Barner Average
SEA IND TE 8.7 $3,200 Evan Engram Average
DEN GB TE 7.6 $3,100 Mason Taylor Average
NYJ @JAC TE 7.5 $3,100 David Njoku Poor
CLE @CHI TE 4.2 $3,000 John Bates Poor
WAS @NYG TE 4.1 $2,900 Michael Mayer Average
LV @PHI TE 5.8 $2,900 Gunnar Helm Good
TEN @SF TE 7.8 $2,800 Anthony Firkser Shaky
DET @LAR TE 4.5 $2,500 Luke Musgrave Shaky
GB @DEN TE 4.7 $2,500
DSTs for DraftKings DFS contests Player Rating Team Opp Pos Proj. $ 49ers D/ST Poor
SF TEN DST 6.5 $4,000 Jaguars D/ST Average
JAC NYJ DST 7.9 $3,900 Eagles D/ST Great
PHI LV DST 9.8 $3,800 Seahawks D/ST Average
SEA IND DST 7.8 $3,700 Texans D/ST Average
HOU ARI DST 7.6 $3,600 Bears D/ST Average
CHI CLE DST 7.6 $3,500 Broncos D/ST Poor
DEN GB DST 5.1 $3,400 Chiefs D/ST Average
KC LAC DST 7.5 $3,300 Ravens D/ST Poor
BAL @CIN DST 5.7 $3,200 Panthers D/ST Average
CAR @NO DST 6.4 $3,100 Rams D/ST Shaky
LAR DET DST 5.7 $3,000 Bills D/ST Average
BUF @NE DST 6.2 $2,900 Patriots D/ST Average
NE BUF DST 5.7 $2,800 Packers D/ST Shaky
GB @DEN DST 4.9 $2,800 Browns D/ST Shaky
CLE @CHI DST 4.9 $2,700 Giants D/ST Good
NYG WAS DST 6.2 $2,700 Commanders D/ST Shaky
WAS @NYG DST 4.4 $2,600 Lions D/ST Poor
DET @LAR DST 4.3 $2,600 Chargers D/ST Average
LAC @KC DST 5.7 $2,500 Saints D/ST Good
NO CAR DST 6.1 $2,500 Bengals D/ST Good
CIN BAL DST 5.8 $2,400 Cardinals D/ST Good
ARI @HOU DST 5.7 $2,400 Titans D/ST Average
TEN @SF DST 4.6 $2,300 Colts D/ST Great
IND @SEA DST 5.5 $2,200 Jets D/ST Great
NYJ @JAC DST 5.4 $2,100 Raiders D/ST Great
LV @PHI DST 5.0 $2,000
