The 2025 NFL season is just days away. How many days will depend on when you read this, but as I write this, preseason games have started in earnest and really football is coming around the corner. Below you will find my 2025 fantasy football quarterback rankings. You won’t agree with them completely. It would be weird if you did. I won’t agree with them here in a couple hours probably. When you have 35ish QBs to rank, there will be changes as we close in on kickoff. But, we likely won’t see huge swings in the rankings unless there is an injury or Andrew Luck unretires, which he won’t.
Last season we had two non-rushing quarterbacks crack the Top 5 in fantasy scoring in Joe Burrow and Baker Mayfield. They both topped 40 passing touchdowns, which is a must when you don’t add much in the way of fantasy points on the ground. Lamar Jackson did both, passing for over 40 touchdowns while adding over 900 yards rushing along with four rushing touchdowns. He ended up outdistancing second place Burrow by 45 fantasy points. We can’t expect the same numbers from Jackson this year, but it takes a rushing quarterback to give you that kind of upside. And with him, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, and Jayden Daniels, you get that extra wiggle room for a huge breakout.
With just 32 starters in the league, there’s no way you can call any QB a sleeper, but every year there’s a few signal callers who surprise us. Last year Baker Mayfield, Bo Nix and Jayden Daniels all were strong fantasy quarterbacks, finishing higher than their ADP. Who could those quarterbacks be this year?
Lawrence has been a disappointment so far in his career, but like Mayfield, he’s going to get a helping hand from new head coach Liam Coen’s offense. And like Mayfield, Lawrence has two strong receivers in Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter this year. I believe in Coen’s ability to curate a passing offense for Lawrence that will help him shine, while Lawrence also has enough rushing upside to keep him from needing to pass for record numbers to crack the top tiers of fantasy QBs.
The majority of Williams’ metrics his rookie year were plain awful. Maybe he’s not as good as we thought and hoped, but new head coach Ben Johnson will put that idea to the test this year. Johnson has truly been great at scheming the Lions’ offense to huge numbers with middling talent Jared Goff at the helm. Williams’ numbers will improve this season as long as he can stay healthy.
Fields can be a fantasy star while also losing more games than he wins. His rushing ability is on par or better than the top rushing QBs in the league, but his passing is not. He’s not Anthony Richardson bad, but he needs a good offensive line and top receivers to help him out. The good news is that he doesn’t have any real competition, so he should keep the starting job through the rough times.
