Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings, Tiers & Player Notes (2025)

Posted by author February 20, 2025 Football

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The easiest way to kick off 2025 fantasy football rankings is to take a look back at what happened the year before. What worked, what didn’t work – but most importantly, addressing the “WHY” behind the successes and failures and using that as a driving force to make smart draft decisions next season.

That’s how I’ll start the breakdown of the running backs for 2025 fantasy football rankings as we look ahead to the 2025 draft and best ball season. Because with best ball, it’s never too early to start drafting.

2025 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings, Tiers & Notes

Before we dive into the full 2025 quarterback rankings with player notes on the top 12 (or so), I want to dive deeper into the approach to drafting QBs. I discussed in length my “pseudo” late-round QB approach in my 2024 Quarterbacks to Avoid article from last draft season. Long story short, I always want to pay the least for my QBs in each tier.

But here are the other main takeaways after considering the results of the 2024 season.

The highest-ranked QBs have either consistently averaged north of the 20-point average threshold or achieved it at least once. The top dogs at QB also add a ton of value due to their abilities as rushers.

Among the seven QBs who rushed for at least 30 yards per game in 2022 – Justin Fields, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hurts, Daniel Jones, Josh Allen, Marcus Mariota, and Kyler Murray – only Murray failed to crack the top 10 in fantasy points per dropback. Five finished inside the top-5 fantasy scoring QBs on a per-dropback basis.

Among the eight QBs in 2023 that hit 30-plus rushing yards – Jackson, Fields, Hurts, Jones, Richardson, Joshua Dobbs, Allen, Murray – again Murray failed to crack the top 10 in fantasy points per dropback along with Jones/Dobbs. Five finished inside the top-6 fantasy scoring QBs on a per-dropback basis.

Even in 2024, the mobile QBs reign supreme.

Among the seven QBs in 2024 that hit 30-plus rushing yards – Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels, Jalen Hurts, Josh Allen, Kyler Murray, Anthony Richardson, and Drake Maye – yet again, Murray failed to crack the top 10 in fantasy points per dropback along with Maye. But five finished inside the top-6 fantasy scoring QBs on a per-dropback basis.

Conversely, the biggest mistake that fantasy gamers continue to make is over-evaluating non-elite rushing QBs. If you aggressively draft a fantasy QB, there must be an upside case regarding their rushing.

And don’t chase last year’s passing TD efficiency unless we have a large sample size of a player’s career TD rate. If last year was an outlier, it probably isn’t sustainable, and you are buying the quarterback at a peak price.

That brings me to the last point. Price sensitivity. Paying up to draft the QBs right after the elite tier does not work. Stay out of the middle.

The QB8 to QB13 range bombed for a second straight season in 2023. In 2024, the QB5-QB14 range was filled with landmines (7 out of 10 QBs were busts). Quarterbacks selected after the elite tier (six QBs for me in 2025) are closer in projection to those behind them in the rankings, not ahead of them.

And with that small breakdown of QB approach, let’s check out the early landscape with the 2025 quarterback rankings.