2025 Fantasy Football Startup Dynasty League Quarterback Rankings: Jayden Daniels In The Top 3

Michael Fabiano | Jul 7, 2025

Commanders QB Jayden Daniels is coming off one of the best fantasy seasons of all time among rookie quarterbacks. / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

With the month of July (time flies huh?) comes an influx of dynasty startup draft chatter. After all, the start of the summer months means we now have a very clear idea of how rosters look, who could end up where on team depth charts and in turn, what a player’s value projects to be in 2025.

For those who are unaware, dynasty leagues are most like running a real NFL team … you build a roster with a one-time “all-players” draft, followed by yearly “rookies-only” for as long as the league exists. If this seems like something you’d like to do in addition to your seasonal leagues, well, these dynasty startup league rank lists are perfect for you.  

The difference between these rankings and redraft rankings are primarily in examining the age of the players. For example, Baker Mayfield, who’ll be 30 next season, will be ranked ahead of younger guys such as Caleb Williams, C.J. Stroud and Drake Maye in traditional leagues. However, that trio has more value than Mayfield in dynasty leagues due in large part to the fact that each of them is in the earlier 20s and haven’t hit their career primes.

With that said, here’s a look at my 2025 dynasty start-up league quarterback rankings.

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2025 Fantasy Football Quarterback Dynasty League Rankings

Note: Ages listed are how old the player will be by the end of September.

Rk	Player	Team	Bye	Age
1	Josh Allen	BUF	7	29
2	Lamar Jackson	BAL	7	28
3	Jayden Daniels	WAS	12	24
4	Jalen Hurts	PHI	9	27
5	Joe Burrow	CIN	10	28
6	Patrick Mahomes	KC	10	30
7	Kyler Murray	ARI	8	28
8	Caleb Williams	CHI	5	23
9	Bo Nix	DEN	12	25
10	Drake Maye	NE	14	23
11	Justin Herbert	LAC	12	27
12	C.J. Stroud	HOU	6	23
13	Jordan Love	GB	5	26
14	Brock Purdy	SF	14	25
15	Baker Mayfield	TB	9	30
16	Jared Goff	DET	8	30
17	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	8	25
18	Cam Ward	TEN	10	23
19	Dak Prescott	DAL	10	32
20	J.J. McCarthy	MIN	6	22
21	Michael Penix Jr.	ATL	5	25
22	Justin Fields	NYJ	9	26
23	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	12	27
24	Bryce Young	CAR	14	24
25	Jaxson Dart	NYG	14	22
26	Anthony Richardson	IND	11	23
27	Sam Darnold	SEA	8	28
28	Tyler Shough	NO	11	26
29	Geno Smith	LV	8	34
30	Jalen Milroe	SEA	8	23
31	Matthew Stafford	LAR	8	37
32	Shedeur Sanders	CLE	9	23
33	Russell Wilson	NYG	14	36
34	Aaron Rodgers	PIT	5	41
35	Dillon Gabriel	CLE	9	24
36	Daniel Jones	IND	11	28
37	Kirk Cousins	ATL	5	37
38	Will Howard	PIT	5	24
39	Will Levis	TEN	10	26
40	Spencer Rattler	NO	11	25