Fantasy Football 2024: Top Player Rankings, Ideas for Team Names, League Names

It's almost time to put all of your fantasy football research to good use.

The 2024 NFL season is off and running—well, the preseason portion of it at least—meaning it's only a matter of time until fantasy leagues are won and lost.

Let's make sure your league isn't lost before it starts by clueing you in on our pre-draft rankings at the marquee position. Then, we'll make sure your league is as fun as possible by laying out league and team names worth considering.

Positional Rankings

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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - JUNE 13: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills participates during Buffalo Bills mandatory mini camp on June 13, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)

Quarterback

1. Josh Allen, BUF

2. Jalen Hurts, PHI

3. Lamar Jackson, BAL

4. Patrick Mahomes, KC

5. Anthony Richardson, IND

6. C.J. Stroud, HOU

7. Joe Burrow, CIN

8. Kyler Murray, ARI

9. Dak Prescott, DAL

10. Tua Tagovailoa, MIA

While you'll often be advised to not pay top-dollar at the quarterback position, it's still worth nothing that those players cost a premium for a reason.

Allen led all scorers with 410.6 standard fantasy points last season, per FantasyPros. Only four other players—all of them quarterbacks—topped 325 points.

Taking an early quarterback requires some deft navigation through the middle of the draft, but it can be highly rewarding if you pick the right star signal-caller and find some values at the other positions.

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Running back

1. Christian McCaffrey, SF

2. Breece Hall, NYJ

3. Bijan Robinson, ATL

4. Jonathan Taylor, IND

5. Saquon Barkley, PHI

6. Jahmyr Gibbs, DET

7. Kyren Williams, LAR

8. Travis Etienne Jr., JAX

9. Isiah Pacheco, KC

10. De'Von Achane, MIA

As elite as Josh Allen was, McCaffrey was perhaps the biggest difference-maker in fantasy last season.

There were 14 players who scored 270-plus standard fantasy points. McCaffrey was the only non-quarterback of the bunch. Even more impressively, he was sixth on that list with 342.3 points. The next non-quarterback was CeeDee Lamb with 268.2. The closest running back was Raheem Mostert with 242.7.

McCaffrey doesn't have the cleanest injury history, but that's the full extent of his fantasy concerns. If he stays healthy, there's a non-zero chance he could be even better this season should the 49ers trade Brandon Aiyuk and need to replace his playmaking.

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Wide receiver

1. CeeDee Lamb, DAL

2. Ja'Marr Chase, CIN

3. Tyreek Hill, MIA

4. Amon-Ra St. Brown, DET

5. Justin Jefferson, MIN

6. Garrett Wilson, NYJ

7. A.J. Brown, PHI

8. Puka Nacua, LAR

9. Davante Adams, LV

10. Chris Olave, NO

Lamb had been a fantasy star before, but last season he elevated to juggernaut status.

He essentially shouldered Dallas' offense and delivered the best production at the position. His career-high 181 targets allowed him to hold top-three rankings across the league in receptions (135, first), receiving yards (1,749, second) and touchdown catches (12, third).

Who is bumping Lamb down the pecking order for the Cowboys? No one. If Ezekiel Elliott can't turn back the clock, Dallas could be as dependent on Lamb as ever.

Team Names

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FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA - JULY 28: Bijan Robinson #7 of the Atlanta Falcons looks on during training camp on July 28, 2024 in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

Bijan Mustard

Breeced Lightning

Hit Me With Your Prescott

Two's Company, Three's a Stroud

Jahmyr I Go Again

Beg, Burrow and Steal

One Tyreek Hill

Natural Born Kylers

Kamara Shy

Just the Tua Us

Run CMC

Game of Mahomes

Judge Jeudy

Pop, Drop and Lockett

League Names

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ST. JOSEPH, MO - AUGUST 02: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15)] walks to the field during training camp on August 2, 2024 at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Just Me and Mahomies

Armchair Quarterbacks

Tecmo Super Bowl

League of Ordinary Ladies and Gentlemen

Flint Michigan Mega Bowl

Blood, Sweat and Beers

Cheap Seats

Game of Throws

Studs and Duds

Greatest Show on Paper

Mutant League Football

The Unusual Suspects

One League To Rule Them All

Fight Club