Can you feel it? That soft, warm breeze whistling through your hair when you step outside? No, that's not Summer on the way—it's the 2025 fantasy football season getting closer and closer.

Less than 17 weeks stand between us and kickoff, and with rankings dropping left and right, I thought it'd be a good exercise to run through 2025 quarterback rankings for fantasy football.

See below for my top-12 QBs for 2025 as things stand, and how that compares to Fantasy Life's consensus rankings.

For full 2025 fantasy football rankings, visit our rankings hub.

QB Rankings for 2025 Fantasy Football

Lamar Jackson, Ravens

  • My Ranking: QB1
  • Consensus: QB2

It's reigning MVP versus reigning QB1 in fantasy football. Lamar Jackson was ELECTRIC last season, locking down the most rushing yards by a quarterback (915) while averaging 53.8 rushing yards per game. That said, the more impressive part of last season was the strides he made as a passer.

Jackson not only had career highs in pass attempts (474), completions (316), yards (4,172), and touchdowns (41), but he also had a career-low four interceptions and a league-high 8.8 YPA.

Just go ahead and read that whole paragraph again. We saw an elite Jackson last year.

I'm not going to sit here and try to guess when regression happens, because we've never seen a quarterback like Lamar Jackson.

And I'm not going to argue with anyone who puts Josh Allen in their QB1 spot.

But until the reigning QB1 shows us a weakness, I'm going to continue looking at Jackson as THE guy to go and get in fantasy.

Josh Allen, Bills

  • My Ranking: QB2
  • Consensus: QB1

There are three quarterbacks that are in a tier of their own, and Josh Allen sits atop that list. In each of the last five seasons, Allen has finished as a top-three quarterback in fantasy points per game. We saw a different Allen last season, where big-time mistakes and turnovers almost weren't an option for him anymore—he had a career-low five interceptions in 2024. 

Allen finished with 3,731 passing yards and 28 touchdowns with the Bills' wide receivers and tight ends ranking just 27th in average Open Score. Plus, we always want a dual-threat quarterback, and that's exactly what Allen is—he had 531 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns in 2024.

I have Allen as QB2 heading into this season, but I think Lamar Jackson and Allen are interchangeable at the top

Jayden Daniels, Commanders

  • My Ranking: QB3
  • Consensus: QB3

I wrote about which second-year quarterback could have a C.J. Stroud-like season, and while Jayden Daniels' name was on the list, it was merely to remind everyone that his 2024 season was not a fluke. 

Not only did Daniels finish as the QB4, he also set the rookie record for most quarterback rushing yards with 891 yards on the season, and in doing so, surpassed RGIII.

Oh, you want more? Daniels scored 20+ points 10 times and averaged 29.9 points during the fantasy playoffs. He finished with 3,568 passing yards on 7.4 yards per attempt and had 25 touchdowns with only nine interceptions. 

The team is doing everything to continue pushing for a Super Bowl while Daniels is on his rookie contract, as they got another receiving threat in Deebo Samuel and made sure to spend on tackles this offseason.

Gone are the days we can get Daniels for cheap, but I'll pay any price to get this second-year signal caller on my fantasy squads.

Jalen Hurts, Eagles

  • My Ranking: QB4
  • Consensus: QB4

Tush push drama aside, Jalen Hurts is the quarterback that finishes off these Tier 1 players. Now with the addition of Saquon Barkley, Hurts did not need to do much through the air. The Eagles ranked dead last in pass attempts per game (25.7) last season, but Hurts gave us that fantasy flare with his legs where he led all quarterbacks in the NFL in rushing attempts (150) and rushing touchdowns (14).

The Eagles kept everyone intact after their Super Bowl win, and for that, Hurts can't be ranked lower than QB4. 

Joe Burrow, Bengals

  • My Ranking: QB5
  • Consensus: QB5

Joe Burrow campaigned to bring his WR2 back, and the Bengals more than listened. So now we're running it back with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, which means Burrow is a happy man.

Last season was the first time that Burrow was able to complete 17 games in his career, and he’s averaged over 21.5 fantasy points per game in two of the last three seasons. 

The Bengals' defense was atrocious, too. Not great for Bengals fans, but for fantasy, that meant that we continually saw scoring opportunities all the way down to the final minutes. The Bengals lost four separate games even though they scored 33+ points—the most in a single season in NFL history. This defense also ranked just 25th in EPA allowed per dropback (-0.1) last season.

He's the first name on this list that doesn't have the same rushing prowess as the other four quarterbacks listed above, and that lack of rushing upside is what keeps Burrow out of the top four quarterbacks.

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs

  • My Ranking: QB6
  • Consensus: QB6

Fantasy managers have had to adapt when it comes to Patrick Mahomes. After five straight seasons as a top-six fantasy quarterback in points per game, he has finished 13th and 11th the past two seasons.

We can tell ourselves that this group of pass catchers is a winning bunch if Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, and Hollywood Brown stay healthy, but Mahomes might have to work his magic again. This Chiefs passing game has dropped to 12th and 10th in EPA per dropback over the past two seasons, and Mahomes saw a career-low 6.4 aDOT and 6.8 YPA in 2024.

At the end of the day, it's Mahomes, and we can never count him out.

Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers

  • My Ranking: QB7
  • Consensus: QB7

A beast for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yet again, Baker Mayfield didn't let a new offensive coordinator or regression talks get to him last season. He not only averaged 22.6 points per game, but we also saw the rushing upside with Mayfield, who managed 22.2 rushing yards per game.

The crazier part was that Mayfield completed 71% of his passes despite missing Chris Godwin and Mike Evans throughout the season. Now, regression is the name of the game — Mayfield threw for 4,500 yards and 41 touchdowns (tied for second-most TDs among quarterbacks) and, like Dwain McFarland pointed out, I don't want to bet that Mayfield will throw a touchdown on 7.2% of his pass attempts again. The passing touchdowns are going to come down, but that still puts Mayfield in a respectable spot in the rankings. 

Kyler Murray, Cardinals

  • My Ranking: QB8
  • Consensus: QB9

Shut up, I KNOW! No, I don't really want to talk about it! I'm back on the Kyler Murray hype train. Maybe it's because we like pain and sadness? Here's what I do know—Murray was not 100% last season, and he's been very vocal about being used more in the run game. 

He finished as the QB12 in points per game in 2024, and I'm hoping that we get some positive regression with one of his top targets in Marvin Harrison. Maybe they need a book club or a breakfast club—Call of Duty club?

Even though Murray wasn't at the top of his game, he still finished with a career-high 7.3 yards per carry despite the career low in rushes per game. The rushing floor is the biggest appeal—Murray had 93 and 133 carries in his first two seasons and was a top-6 quarterback both years.

We know he probably won't throw 30+ touchdown passes, but if he does run more, it gives him a good chance to be among the top quarterbacks.

Bo Nix, Broncos

  • My Ranking: QB9
  • Consensus: QB8

I've been going back and forth on Bo Nix a lot this offseason and probably will continue doing that up until the start of the season. For now, I do think that Nix can continue improving on his QB10 finish from last season. He recorded the fifth-most fantasy points for a rookie quarterback and completed 66.3% of his passes, finishing with 3,775 yards and a QBR of 56.9 (18th in the NFL).

He showed a dual-threat ability after compiling 430 rushing yards (third-leading rusher for the Broncos) and four touchdowns on the ground.

I'm not as high on Nix as other rankers, but I like the addition of Evan Engram, and drafting RJ Harvey will no doubt improve their run game. With both those moves, it will help improve Nix's production.

Brock Purdy, 49ers

  • My Ranking: QB10
  • Consensus: QB10

Even though the San Francisco 49ers were disappointing in 2024, Brock Purdy still played at a high level, which keeps us coming back. According to ESPN, Purdy finished fifth in QBR and third in YPA after leading the league in both in 2023.

He did this with Christian McCaffrey only in the lineup for four games, and with Brandon Aiyuk only able to get seven weeks into the season before going down with an ACL and MCL injury. Deebo Samuel also saw a decline in play, and with all that, Purdy's touchdowns went down from 30 in 2023 to 20 last season.

We've seen the success from Purdy and he has been pretty consistent in giving his fantasy managers solid seasons year in and year out. Over the past three seasons he has finished as the QB9, QB7, and QB10 most recently in fantasy points per game.

If you want stability through the ups and downs, then Purdy is your guy. 

Caleb Williams, Bears

  • My Ranking: QB11
  • Consensus: QB11

This is a clean start for Willians heading into the 2025 season, and if we thought that he couldn't be better set up for success last season, this year's offense blows that totally out of the water. As the team is currently constructed, it feels like there is no excuse for Williams to not succeed.

Williams took a league-leading 68 sacks last season, the third-most in NFL history. And in those 68 sacks, he lost 466 yards, which was the fourth-most ever. But before the draft, Chicago added three offensive linemen in Joe Thuney, Jonah Jackson, and Drew Dalman. Ben Johnson is also in town, and that Lions offense was one we all wanted a piece of when he was the playcaller.

He also brought in more weapons for Williams in Colston Loveland and Luther Burden. If that offensive line holds up, Williams is going to have a plethora of options to throw to and really no excuse to not live up to those "generational talent" descriptions from last year.

Justin Fields, Jets

  • My Ranking: QB12
  • Consensus: QB13

Oh baby, we are so back! Justin Fields not only gets new life on the Jets, but he doesn't have to look over his shoulder like he did with the Steelers in 2024.

His passing numbers aren't great, but you already knew that. What we are focusing on here is the rushing upside. Like Ian Hartitz pointed out, Fields joins Lamar Jackson and Jayden Daniels as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to average at least 50 rush yards per game. And we saw some good things from Fields with the Steelers last season. Even if it was only six games, he still averaged 18.9 fantasy points per game during those six starts.

He's got the legs, and he also has the weapons—this is a quarterback that you can wait on if you miss out on the top elite rushers at the top of this list. As long as Fields is the starter, he has fantasy upside.