Fabs' Way-Too-Early Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings for 2025

Michael Fabiano | 21 Hours Ago

Lamar Jackson (left), Josh Allen (center) and Jayden Daniels (right) are among the top-ranked fantasy quarterbacks in 2025. / Josh Allen: Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORKLamar Jackson: Matt Kartozian-Imagn ImagesJayden Daniels: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

The 2024 fantasy football season is now in the rearview mirror, so … what’s next? Well, if you’ve been playing this great hobby as long as I have, you know there’s never an offseason! In fact, I’ve already started to construct my fantasy player rankings for the 2025 campaign!

At the quarterback position, we saw serious positive movement from several players who weren’t expected to become fantasy assets. Jayden Daniels became an elite player in his rookie season, and Baker Mayfield re-emerged into a highly productive weekly fantasy starter with the Buccaneers. Bo Nix produced a top-10 finish almost out of nowhere, and we saw Sam Darnold go from a fantasy afterthought into a top-10 signal-caller.

On the flip side, fans were disappointed by a number of field generals, none more than C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson. Both were drafted as top-six quarterbacks based on ADP data, and neither finished in the top 15. Others, like Patrick Mahomes, Caleb Williams, Tua Tagovailoa, Kirk Cousins, Trevor Lawrence and Dak Prescott, didn’t meet expectations.

The upcoming offseason promises plenty of roster changes, including Darnold, Russell Wilson, and Justin Fields potentially changing teams as free agents. Also, we could see Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins change teams, or in Rodgers' case retire, which could impact fantasy values. But for now, here’s my way-too-early look at the fantasy quarterback position for next season.

RK	Player	Team
1	Josh Allen	BUF
2	Lamar Jackson	BAL
3	Jalen Hurts	PHI
4	Jayden Daniels	WAS
5	Joe Burrow	CIN
6	Baker Mayfield	TB
7	Bo Nix	DEN
8	Kyler Murray	ARI
9	Jared Goff	DET
10	Patrick Mahomes	KC
11	Brock Purdy	SF
12	Jordan Love	GB
13	Sam Darnold	MIN
14	Caleb Williams	CHI
15	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA
16	Dak Prescott	DAL
17	Justin Herbert	LAC
18	Drake Maye	NE
19	Anthony Richardson	IND
20	C.J. Stroud	HOU
21	Bryce Young	CAR
22	Michael Penix Jr.	ATL
23	Geno Smith	SEA
24	Trevor Lawrence	JAC
25	J.J. McCarthy	MIN
26	Russell Wilson	PIT
27	Derek Carr	NO
28	Matthew Stafford	LAR
29	Aaron Rodgers	NYJ
30	Kirk Cousins	ATL
31	Will Levis	TEN
32	Aidan O'Connell	LV
33	Deshaun Watson	CLE
34	Justin Fields	PIT
35	Mac Jones	JAC
36	Gardner Minshew	LV
37	Joe Flacco	IND
38	Daniel Jones	MIN
39	Sam Howell	SEA
40	Drew Lock	NYG