ClutchPoints
It is finally time to be building out your fantasy football draft strategies for the 2025 NFL season. With the start of the season just weeks away, starting to determine your draft plans now will help set you apart from your leaguemates.
To kick off ClutchPoints’ positional rankings, let’s take a deep dive into the quarterback position. After Lamar Jackson took home top honors as QB1 last year, the offense around him mostly looks the same – so is he in a position to lead all QBs again, or will someone else take the crown?
Any data regarding player stats from the 2024 fantasy season were pulled from Sleeper and all rankings factor in a point-per-reception (PPR), single-QB league format. As always, utilize our rankings but make sure to build out your pre-draft rankings to match the specific format of your fantasy football league.
1. Josh Allen
2024 Finish: QB2
Over the course of the past five seasons, Josh Allen has either finished as the QB1 or QB2, and he is in line to reclaim the top spot for fantasy football in 2025. While he took a step back in both passing and rushing yards, Allen still managed to finish as the QB2 last year, behind Lamar Jackson.
The weapons at Allen’s disposal aren’t top-tier, but the group of Khalil Shakir, free-agent signee Josh Palmer, Keon Coleman, and Dalton Kincaid can more than hold their own in the passing game. As for Allen’s legs, last season was his second double-digit rushing TD campaign (12), and if James Cook decides he wants to hold out for a new contract into the regular season, we could be seeing more of Allen on the ground, helping boost his case for the overall QB1 spot.
2. Lamar Jackson
2024 Finish: QB1
It isn’t a slight to knock Jackson down a slot after coming in as the best QB for fantasy football last season, it’s more so pointing out how tough it would be for him to repeat his strong season. Having set career marks in passing yards (4,172) and touchdowns (41), Jackson was a true dual-threat option once again last year.
With Derrick Henry still looking like a safe bet to go for 100 yards and two scores every game, Jackson will continue to have a major threat to his rushing work alongside him in the backfield. While those two co-existed very well last season, Jackson only rushing for four TDs does limit his fantasy football upside. If he can up that number into the six-plus range his chances at repeating as QB1 improve; but for now, he settles in as QB2.
3. Joe Burrow
2024 Finish: QB3
As the architect of one of the league’s most prolific passing attacks, Joe Burrow finds himself on our list at the same spot he finished last season at, QB3. With Burrow still having the best two-headed WR monster in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, combined with a defense that still...
