Stacking players is a properly correlated strategy for those fantasy football managers who enjoy playing daily fantasy sports. But combining a quarterback and wide receiver in the same lineup for season-long leagues can also pay off, too.
Besides doubling up on points whenever that passer connects with that receiver, it's fun to be attached to a pair that often goes off as its offense's best connection, from big yardage plays to touchdowns.
Some stacks are easier to draft based on rankings and average draft position (ADP) than others. Let's take a look at what could be the most fruitful stacks for 2025 redraft fantasy league play.
Fantasy football: Top season-long QB-receiver stacks
Cincinnati Bengals WR Tee Higgins & QB Joe Burrow (Round 3, Round 4)
If you're lucky enough to win the necessary top-three (OK, probably No. 1 overall) pick in your redraft league, you can eye combining Burrow with Ja'Marr Chase. But that's an option for only a select few.
On the other hand, Higgins and Burrow is available to anyone who wants to pull it off.
The smart way here is going RB-RB to open so you get two strong starters there and put together this duo. Higgins was the WR4 in average half-point PPR scoring last year, only a few notches behind Chase.
The Bengals will throw a ton — specifically to both wideouts. Higgins has no contract issue and can be locked into a healthy Burrow from wire to wire.
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San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle & QB Brock Purdy (Round 3, Round 8)
Kittle was the TE1 in average half-point PPR scoring last season and is going well behind Brock Bowers and Trey McBride.
So if you prefer to spread positions around early in the draft, you can go RB-WR in some order with the first two picks, get a TE luxury with Kittle, and then wait for his QB a bit while stacking other positions. This pair has great chemistry and will need to be the primary connection in San Francisco while wide receiver gets sorted.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Mike Evans & QB Baker Mayfield (Round 4, Round 7)
Mayfield will need to lean heavily on Evans (again) and rookie Emeka Egbuka with Chris Godwin (ankle/leg) not necessarily ready to play in Week 1.
They are locked into each other after two productive seasons working downfield and in the red zone. Surrounding these picks, you can get a pair of RBs, two more WRs, and a TE, all at good values.
PPR RANKINGS: Top 300 Cheat Sheet | QB | RB | WR | TE | DST | PK
New York Jets WR Garrett Wilson & QB Justin Fields (Round 3, Round 9)
Wilson will dominate targets as a by-far easy go-to No. 1 in a thin wide receiver corps, fresh off signing his lucrative contract extension.
Fields likes to feed one target often, so that tracks well for Wilson being peppered by his new QB. Wilson is a great potential WR1 target after the first two rounds, and Fields is a steal in leagues anytime at QB7 or afterward.
NON-PPR RANKINGS: TOP 300 Cheat Sheet | QB | RB | WR | TE
Chicago Bears WR Rome Odunze & QB Caleb Williams (Round 7, Round 9)
This one didn't pan out well at all when both were first-round rookies. But let's revisit this as the bargain stack of the season.
Ben Johnson has big plans moving around Odunze in his offense a la Amon-Ra St. Brown, in line to make Odunze the No. 1 (in terms of high-leverage usage) over DJ Moore.
You can really load up elsewhere before jumping on these sleepers, and even get a bonus pick in between their round selections.
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