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It’s impossible to overstate the importance of quarterbacks in Superflex Dynasty leagues. There are so many factors that make quarterbacks the most valuable players. It’s the most scarce position because there are only 32 NFL starters in any given week. Quarterback also just so happens to be the fantasy football position with the highest weekly scoring and the most longevity.
Meanwhile, having at least one stud quarterback is usually key to being a true contender. But rebuilding Dynasty managers want QBs, too, because young quarterbacks hold value incredibly well. With all this in mind, it’s no surprise that the top five players in Lifetime Value in our Dynasty Deluxe Rankings are quarterbacks. The guys under center also make up 11 of the top 24 players, more than any other position. However, it’s sometimes trickier than you might think to identify which signal-callers can be true cornerstones of a Dynasty roster. With that in mind, today I will be breaking down my top 10 Dynasty quarterback rankings. Let’s get started.
Top 10 Dynasty Quarterback Rankings
1. Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders (Age: 24.3)
I’m kicking this list off with a hot take, as Josh Allen is the clear consensus Dynasty QB1. But this honestly shouldn’t be a hot take. Allen is incredible. But so is Daniels. If we exclude Week 7, which he exited early with an injury, the 2024 Rookie of the Year averaged 23.7 fantasy points per game. That’s just 0.4 points per contest less than Allen, who is over four and a half years older.
Daniels doesn’t have a huge track record of success. We’ve seen rookie quarterbacks have standout debuts before falling back to Earth. At this time last year, consensus rankings were crowning C.J. Stroud as the next great Dynasty quarterback. But, as someone who was highly skeptical of Stroud’s fantasy stock coming into this season, I see Daniels as a completely different player.
The most obvious difference is that Daniels, thanks to his rushing ability, has already proven that he can be an elite fantasy quarterback. He led the NFL with 72 scrambles last season; no other quarterback was above even 50. As long as that continues, he is a near lock to be among the elite scorers at the position every year. And Daniels isn’t just a one-trick pony. He was also one of the best passers in the league last season, ranking 10th in completion percentage over expected, sixth in EPA per play, and fifth in PFF Passing Grade (Stroud wasn’t anywhere near these marks in his rookie campaign). Given that the other elite producers at the position are all multiple years older, I’m willing to put my faith in what Daniels showed last year and make him my Dynasty QB1.
2. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills (Age: 28.9)
Since I felt the need to justify having Allen anywhere but QB1 overall, this doesn’t have to be a particularly long blurb. The reigning NFL MVP has ranked among the top three quarterbacks in fantasy scoring for five straight years. In three of those years, he was the overall QB1 in points per game. He combines dominant rushing ability (especially near the goal line) with excellent passing production. Allen will be 29 years old by the time the 2025 season kicks off, which keeps him from the top spot on this list. But there’s no reason to think he won’t be a top-tier fantasy quarterback, if not the absolute top fantasy quarterback, for at least the next few years, so he comfortably lands at No. 2.
Josh Allen‘s fantasy production speaks for itself.
3. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (Age: 28.2)
I may be lying by saying that Allen is comfortable at QB2 in these ranks, as I heavily debated having Jackson above him. In terms of fantasy scoring, Jackson has a very similar resume to Allen: Seven straight top-eight finishes in fantasy points per game, including two QB1 overall finishes, one of which was last season. Just like Allen, Jackson is also undeniably special both as a rusher and a passer. And the Ravens franchise quarterback is roughly eight months younger than his Buffalo counterpart.
With all that said, I couldn’t quite justify having Lamar above Allen for one key reason. I normally fade narratives about players being “injury-prone,” but the difference in health between these two superstars is stark. Over the last four seasons, Jackson has missed 10 games entirely and left two very early due to injury. Allen hasn’t missed a single contest. I’m splitting hairs here, but this is what we have to do with the cream of the crop. At the end of the day, Jackson is a top-tier Dynasty quarterback, and I wouldn’t fault anyone for having him at the top of their list.
4. Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles (Age: 26.6)
The previous three names are the consensus top tier of Dynasty quarterbacks, but Hurts also belongs in that conversation. He was the QB1 in my first draft of this list. After all, he is younger than Allen and Jackson and has a longer track record of success than Daniels. If we remove his injury-shortened Week 16 outing, Hurts averaged 22.5 points per game last season. That’s not quite as much as the three names above him, but it’s still a difference-making number. Hurts’ scoring only gets more impressive when we consider that the Eagles had by far the run-heaviest offense in the league last season; Saquon Barkley and an elite defense meant he didn’t have to do much. Even still, he put up his fourth-straight finish as a top-six quarterback in points per game. The 26-year-old also has QB1 (2022) and QB2 (2023) overall finishes on his resume.
With all that said, Hurts eventually slid down to fourth in my final rankings for one simple reason: I’m not convinced he is quite as good as the three previous quarterbacks. In five seasons in the league, Hurts has never posted a PFF Offense Grade above 88.2 or a PFF Passing Grade above 83.9. Those are solid marks, but they’re not elite. Jackson and Allen both have multiple seasons above 90.0 in Offense Grade and above 85.0 in Passing Grade. Daniels beat Hurts’ career highs in his rookie season.
Indeed, Hurts would probably be better off if the Eagles as a team were slightly worse, necessitating a more aggressive offensive approach. But he is also the beneficiary of playing behind an elite O-line with two excellent receivers. He could easily be a QB1 in a different situation, but is he talented enough to push for the top overall spot in a subpar situation? I’m not so sure. And I haven’t even mentioned the potential Tush Push ban that is reportedly gaining steam. One-yard rushing TDs accounted for an absurd 21 percent of Hurts’s fantasy production last season. A solid chunk of those TDs would turn into normal QB sneaks if the Bum Scrum was banned, but not all. Putting it all together, Hurts lands at the bottom, but still inside, my first tier of Dynasty quarterbacks.
5. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals (Age: 28.3)
This is a bearish ranking of Joe Burrow, who is ahead of Hurts on most rankings. But, between you and me, I wanted to have him even lower. Yes, Burrow is incredible. He was the QB3 in PPG last year and trailed only Lamar with a monstrous 93.9 PFF Offense Grade. He ranked second in completion percentage over expected and fourth in EPA per play. But that’s just the problem. Despite putting up a dominant season, easily the best of his career, Burrow ranked as just QB3 with 23.0 points per game. The season before, he averaged a miserable 16.1 points in his nine full games. He was better in 2022 as the QB4, but QB10 and QB18 finishes in 2021 and 2020 aren’t hugely exciting. Because he adds minimal value on the ground, Burrow needs everything to go right to put up an elite season.
Luckily for Burrow, he is in an ideal situation. The Bengals just re-signed both Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase to massive contracts. Not only does this give Burrow two superb weapons, but it also means Cincinnati will be hard-pressed to improve on their terrible 2024 defense. However, this once again points to the issue. With players like Jackson, Allen, Daniels, and (to a lesser extent) Hurts, I didn’t feel the need to talk much about the team situation. Burrow is reliant on Cincinnati’s defense being awful to put up top-tier fantasy stats.
Last season, thanks mostly to the Bengals’ defensive ineptitude, Burrow led the NFL with an absurd 652 pass attempts. That’s over 10 percent more than the next closest player, Aaron Rodgers, at 584. If we assume fantasy points and pass attempts are roughly correlated and scale Burrow’s fantasy production down to match Rodgers’ number of attempts, he falls all the way to the QB9 with 19.0 points per game, just behind Sam Darnold. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to pay Dynasty QB5 prices for a 28-year-old who becomes Sam Darnold if he does anything less than lead the league in pass attempts by a huge margin.
Joe Burrow‘s 2024 fantasy success was mostly driven by league-leading volume.
With all that in mind, I came into this article intending to have Burrow even further below consensus. But there simply aren’t any other quarterbacks I can justify having above him. For one, while this isn’t a trade value list, Burrow’s trade value is far higher than any quarterback yet to come. More importantly, all of those players have their significant warts. It may be by default, and I don’t expect it to last, but Burrow has earned his spot as the QB5 on this list.
6. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (Age: 29.5)
If you’re still angry at me for being so pessimistic about Burrow, allow me to introduce you to Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes is a perfect example of what can go wrong with pocket passers for fantasy. He may be the most talented quarterback to ever walk the face of the Earth, but he has been a completely mediocre fantasy option in both of the last two years. With a solid defense and no elite weapons, a lack of rushing production to fall back upon has resulted in Mahomes finishing as the QB11 and QB10 in points per game over the last two seasons. In a Superflex league, that production is still very valuable, but it’s certainly not game-changing.
With that said, this is still Patrick Mahomes. He ranked as a top-six fantasy quarterback every year between 2018 and 2022, including three top-two finishes. It shouldn’t surprise anyone if he comes out next year and throws for 40 touchdowns and 5,000 yards. He’s the first (and only) player on this list who will be 30 for the majority of the 2025 season. But he’s also the player whose game should age the best. Even if he never provides another top-three fantasy finish, Mahomes could easily still be providing QB1 numbers at age 40. His ceiling, both in terms of scoring and Dynasty value, is lower than plenty of players yet to be named on this list. But his floor is impeccable, and sometimes we have to take the sure thing.
7. Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals (Age: 27.6)
This is probably my hottest take so far. Kyler isn’t just outside the top-seven QBs in the Dynasty Deluxe Rankings, he’s outside the top 10 altogether at QB12. But here is my one-sentence case for Murray as the Dynasty QB7: He’s 27 years old and sixth all-time in career fantasy points per game. That track record of elite production is really what this ranking comes down to. Even after his ACL injury, Murray is one of the most productive rushing quarterbacks in the NFL. The only quarterbacks who rushed for more than his 572 yards in 2024 are the top four names on this list. And we all know how important rushing production is in four-point-passing-TD fantasy leagues.
Those of you who rostered Murray last season are probably currently shouting at the screen that all that rushing production didn’t amount to much. And you’re right, hypothetical reader: Kyler was just the QB12 in points per game in 2024. However, there is reason to be optimistic that that will be the low point in an otherwise excellent fantasy career. Murray was the QB9 in PPG in 2023 despite returning halfway through the season from his 2022 ACL tear. He was the QB7 in 2022, the QB4 in 2021, and the QB3 in 2020. Those last two marks are particularly impressive because they came during the peak of the QB scoring era — his 24.4 points per game in 2020 would have bested everyone but Lamar last season.
Going forward, with continuity under Jonathan Gannon and two ascending young weapons in Trey McBride and Marvin Harrison Jr., I like Kyler’s chances to return to the upper echelon of fantasy quarterbacks. With that said, I should note at this point that these are not trade value rankings. Kyler’s consensus value is nowhere near this high, and I don’t recommend paying a Dynasty QB7 package to acquire him. If you’re looking to make Dynasty deals, I recommend using our state-of-the-art Dynasty Trade Analyzer. On the other hand, I had Murray as my QB5 before I chickened out and hedged him down below Burrow and Mahomes. If you can get him for his current consensus price, pull the trigger.
8. Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ers (Age: 25.3)
Let me follow up one spicy take with another. The last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft has done enough to merit a spot as a top-10 Dynasty quarterback. You could easily argue that this is my bias as a 49ers fan coming through (you might even be right). But Purdy’s results are very impressive. He was the QB6 in points per game in his breakout 2023 campaign. He followed that up with a solid QB10 finish in 2024, despite the 49ers’ long list of offensive injuries. While he’s certainly not a true dual-threat, he ran the ball very effectively last season, finishing with 323 yards and five touchdowns on the ground.
The big argument against Purdy is an obvious one: He’s just a product of Kyle Shanahan’s QB-friendly system, a younger Jimmy Garoppolo. But I wouldn’t be too quick to write off Purdy’s success. He was the QB4 in PFF Offense Grade in 2023 and the QB11 in 2024. Even if you believe that Purdy is just another Shanahan merchant, the young quarterback and the offensive guru aren’t likely to be separated anytime soon. It’s almost unheard of for a team to let go of a 25-year-old QB playing at this level. Purdy should remain the beneficiary of Shanahan’s offensive genius for the foreseeable future, which means he should continue to provide QB1 seasons. At this point in the list, that’s enough for me.
9. Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers (Age: 27.1)
In some ways, Herbert is very comparable to Mahomes. At the height of the NFL’s passing boom, he was an elite fantasy quarterback, ranking as the QB2 in 2021. But Herbert has not been a top fantasy option in recent years. His points-per-game finishes over the last three seasons are QB14, QB8 (in just 13 games), and QB15. He provides some rushing production, but not enough to move the needle. All of these factors also apply to Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s quarterback. However, Herbert has arguably been better than Mahomes over recent years. His 91.7 PFF Offense Grade was fourth in the league last season, while Mahomes was down at seventh.
If all that is true, why is Herbert three spots lower than Mahomes despite being over two years younger? From a fantasy perspective, Herbert’s peak wasn’t as impressive, and his lows have been lower. He only has one truly elite fantasy season on his resume, and he has spent two of the last three seasons firmly outside of the QB1 range. And before you go blaming Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman, the Chargers ranked above the NFL average in pass rate vs. expected in 2024 — this isn’t a case of a superior fantasy talent being held back by conservative coaching.
A return to top-five form isn’t out of Herbert’s range of outcomes. It’s especially possible if the Chargers add a weapon or two in this year’s draft. But he’s more likely to continue producing as a high-end QB2 or low-end QB1 for the foreseeable future. Of course, that still makes him a hugely valuable Dynasty asset, but he’s far closer to being my QB16 than my QB4.
10. Bo Nix, Denver Broncos (Age: 25.1)
When I mentioned earlier that the players yet to come all had undeniable red flags, this is what I was talking about. I don’t consider myself to be particularly high on Bo Nix. I’m not even convinced Bo Nix is good at football. But I find myself ranking him as the Dynasty QB10, meaning he is probably one of the 20 most valuable assets in any Superflex league. On the downside, Nix is old for a second-year player. He’s nearly a full year older than Daniels, who was an old prospect himself after five years in college. Given that Nix has only had one year in the league, we also need to give plenty of stock to his prospect profile, which wasn’t anything special — his being picked at No. 12 overall was a surprise, and five other quarterbacks were selected before him.
However, it’s also possible to argue that Nix should be even higher on this list. After all, he was the QB8 in points per game last season. He’s not a true dual-threat, as he does most of his rushing damage on scrambles. But he still ranked eighth among quarterbacks in rushing yards and 10th in rushing TDs. His 76.4 PFF Grade was nothing special, but it was easily the best of any non-Daniels rookie quarterback.
As mentioned, I’m a little skeptical of some of these impressive marks. Nix benefitted from arguably the best pass-blocking O-line in the league last season, and his numbers in advanced metrics like completion percentage vs. expected and EPA per play, were mediocre. But Nix’s main competition for this spot were other members of the 2024 rookie class, all of whom had objectively worse rookie seasons for both fantasy and real-life football. As someone who believes in trusting NFL results over prospect profiles, I have to put my money where my mouth is and finish this list with Nix.
Players Who Just Missed Out
In writing this list, I considered far more than 10 names. After the top six Dynasty quarterbacks are gone, there is a very large tier of players who, in my mind, can realistically be ranked in just about any order. Here is a summary of quarterbacks outside the top 10 whom I considered, why I like them, and why they were ultimately left out.
Drake Maye, New England Patriots (Age: 22.6)
Why He Could Have Made It
Last year’s third-overall pick has potential dual-threat upside and showed flashes in a terrible situation in 2024. Josh McDaniels should bring competency back to New England’s offensive play-calling, and their weapons can’t possibly get any worse.
Why He Didn’t
Maye averaged just 16.7 fantasy points per game in his 10 complete games, even while rushing for over 30 yards per game. The flashes of potential were also surrounded by plenty of unimpressive play, as Maye’s 70.1 PFF Grade ranked 27th out of 32 QBs with at least 300 dropbacks.
Caleb Williams, Chicago Bears (Age: 23.4)
Why He Could Have Made It
A truly elite prospect, Williams still carries far more trade value than plenty of names that did make the list. If Ben Johnson and a revamped O-line can change things in Chicago, he could easily be near the top of this list at this time next year.
Why He Didn’t
It’s very hard to overstate how rough Caleb’s rookie year was. He was the QB21 in fantasy points per game and the QB29 in PFF Grade. He also ranked second-worst among qualified QBs in both pressure-to-sack rate (ahead of Will Levis) and catchable throw rate (ahead of Anthony Richardson).
C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans (Age: 23.5)
Why He Could Have Made It
As I mentioned roughly 3,000 words ago in Daniels’ blurb, I’m a card-carrying hater of Stroud as a fantasy option. But even I can’t deny that he is a talented player. The 23-year-old has been a top-14 QB in PFF Grade in each of his two years in the league and has nowhere to go but up after a brutal 2024 season.
Why He Didn’t
Pocket passing quarterbacks don’t normally have elite fantasy ceilings, so they mostly bring value in terms of floor. A QB28 finish last year calls into question whether Stroud even has that.
Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (Age: 26.4)
Why He Could Have Made It
In two years as the Packers’ starter, Love has finished as the QB5 and QB16 in points per game. That’s easily the most impressive fantasy resume among the near misses, comparable to someone like Purdy.
Why He Didn’t
Love’s 2023 finish was always a little suspect, propped up by some lucky touchdown distribution. He brings essentially zero value with his legs (just 83 rushing yards in 2024) and isn’t an elite enough passer to make up for it.
Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jagurs (Age: 25.5)
Why He Could Have Made It
Despite having played four seasons in the NFL, T-Law is still just 25. If Liam Coen can unlock some fantasy upside, the Dynasty community will quickly remember Lawrence’s generational status as a prospect.
Why He Didn’t
In those four years in the league, Lawrence has never finished as a top 10 fantasy QB or scored more than 17.9 points per game. If he doesn’t have a career year with Coen at the helm, hope for him to ever be more than a fringe QB1 will be essentially dead.
Cam Ward, Rookie (Age: 22.8)
Why He Could Have Made It
Ward is essentially a lock to be the first overall pick in this year’s draft, and nobody maintains value better than rookie quarterbacks with high draft capital. He’s also a capable rusher, especially near the goal line, which is huge for his fantasy potential.
Why He Didn’t
Caleb didn’t make the cut, and Ward isn’t as good of a prospect as his 2024 counterpart. I love prospects as much as the next Dynasty die-hard, but I’ve got to see something in the NFL before declaring Ward a top-10 option.
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