Every year, dedicated fantasy football owners prepare rankings, sleeper lists, draft strategies, and everything else required for a thorough cheat sheet and successful draft. We like to think we can help with your preseason research, but we understand if you'd rather just draft with you gut. However, you don't want to go it alone when trying to come up with a funny or creative team name -- and we know we can help there. In many ways, finding the best fantasy football team name is the most important thing you can do ahead of the 2022 season.
Fantasy football is hard. Winning a fantasy championship is even harder. For many, just naming their team is a major challenge -- but it's one thing you can control. Moreover, it’s an important step to establishing fantasy team identity. You can’t very well expect to go the distance with the monotone blandness of “Mike T’s Grand Team.”
No, that just won’t do. You want your fantasy team to tell a story from the preseason to the fantasy championship (or Toilet Bowl, depending on your fate). All great stories begin with a great name. Can you imagine if Dickens entitled “Great Expectations” something like “Broke Pip Gets Rich”? Not exactly a title that screams “instant classic.”
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Part of the reason you should consider putting some effort into finding a good team name — either before or after your draft — is because it’s important to commit yourself to your squad. You need to make each squad your ride-or-die for five-plus months: build it, name it, nurture it, guide it, do away with parts of it while improving it in other ways. And maybe, in half a year, you’ll be a little richer or a little prouder because that little team you brought up turned into a fantasy cash crop.
2022 STANDARD RANKINGS:
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We’ve heard all the classics that have long since been raised to the team name rafters. “Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe,” “99 Problems But a Fitz Ain’t One,” and “Le’Veon a Prayer” cleverly combined references to music and football. “2 Gurleys, 1 Kupp,” “Pimpin’ Ain’t Breesy,” and “Make America Gronk Again” mix cultural and political references with NFL players. But most of those players are retired, and the outdated names associated with them deserve to be retired, as well.
2022 PPR RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex
Every year, new rookies come into the league and give us a fresh batch of name ideas. Sometimes, players move on from one squad to another and inadvertently unite two player names that perfectly merge into a legendary team handle. You never know until you sit down and think about it.
2022 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | One from each team
Just spitballing here after a brief look at the 2022 rookie class: “Better Call Hall,” “Drake’s One Dance (with a TD in My Hands),” “Garrett Wilson’s WAR,” “Jameson Pickleback Shots,” and “Pickett and Flick it” combine first-round draft picks with a hit TV show, a song, a film (and advanced PFF stat), alcohol, and booger-picking. That’s quick, efficient work, if you ask me. (And that’s not even getting into the goldmine that is Skyy Moore.)
2022 AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
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Some players provided us with instant-classics the moment they joined the NFL community years ago — names that won’t soon get old. "Cobra Kyler" and “Kyler, the Creator” should both be alive and well as long as Karate Kid, Tyler, the Creator, and Kyler Murray stay awesome. “Yippie-ki-yay, Justin Tucker,” an homage to “Die Hard” and the best kicker ever, is about the only cool thing related to having kickers in a fantasy league in 2022.
2022 RANKINGS TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
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We could go on forever because our dad jokes and pun supply are basically unlimited. Our personal rules: be creative, keep it PG-13, and pick it and stick to it. It’s bad juju to change team names 12 times in a 14-week fantasy regular season. (Hey, there's one: Bad JuJu!). If you want to get R-rated or make your name an inside joke only you and your friends will get, then more power to you. We couldn’t possibly list all those options below. Hopefully our list can inspire you to think of something truly creative and/or offensive.
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Without further ado, here are our favorite fantasy team names for the 2022 NFL season. You probably won’t get all these references, but as we say when talking about boom-or-bust WRs for your flex spot every week -- it only takes one.
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Best fantasy football team names 2022
Running backs
Austin Ekeler
Ek’s Gon’ Give it to Ya’
Austin 3:16
Austin Powers
Professor Ek
AJ Dillon
Dillon ‘Em Softly
Breece Hall
Better Call Hall
Breece's Pieces
Breece Mode
Feed the Breece
Came in Like a Wrecking Hall
Hall So Hard
Hall Til We Fall
Keep it Breecey
Nick Chubb
Hot Chubb Time Machine
Chubbthumping
We Be Chubbin’
Chubby Chasers
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
Helaire Highwater
Fresh Prince of Helaire
Clyde and Go Seek
Leonard Fournette
Fournettecation
Fournette Flix and Chill
JK Dobbins
Rockin’ Dobbins
Batman And Dobbins (or Bateman & Dobbins if you get Rashod Bateman)
Dobbins And Stealin’
Baskin Dobbins (or Gaskin Dobbins if you get Myles Gaskin, too)
Ezekiel Elliott
Zeke Squad
Hide And Go Zeke/Zeke And You Shall Find
Get Your Zeke On
The Zeke Shall Inherit The Earth
Last Night I Took An El(liott)
2022 STANDARD RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex
Saquon Barkley
Another ‘Quon Bites The Dust
Saquonda Forever
Saquonda Lives
Watch What You Saquon
Saquaratine Barkley
All Barkley, No Bite/My Barkley Is Louder Than My Bite
Cordarrelle Patterson
Cut the Cordarrelle
Alvin Kamara
Instant Kamara
Lights, Kamara, Action
Kamara Shy
The Kamara Loves You
Christian McCaffrey
Run CMC
Mister Christian, Oh, The Time Has Come
Christian Missionaries
Onward Christian Soldier
Travis Etienne
All You Can Etienne/You Are What You Etienne
Joe Mixon
Catalina Wine Mixon
Prestige Worldwide Live at the Wine Mixon
Mixon Business with Pleasure
Mixon Match
Mixon It Up
Miles Sanders
I Would Walk 500 Miles
I Can See for Miles and Miles
Head In The Sanders/Belt Sanders/Quick Sanders/Sanders Castles
Jonathan Taylor
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy
Taylor to the Moon
Taylor Made
2022 PPR RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex
Najee Harris
Najee Unit
Naj’s Illmatic
Naj-Bombs
Naj Mahal
Najee Willickers
Harris Wheels
Damien Harris
Harris Wheels
Notre Damien
Josh Jacobs
Jacobs’ Ladder
Rhamondre Stevenson
Forgot About Rhamondre/Rhamondre Day
Friendly Rhamondre/Night To Rhamondre
Even Stevenson
Devin Singletary
Young, Free, and Singletary
Seventh Devin/Devin Can Wait/Stairway To Devin/Devin Sent
Kenneth Walker III
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
DogWalker
Kareem Hunt
In The Hunt/Big-Game Hunting
Krispy Kareems
James Cook
Big Game James
(See below)
Dalvin Cook
MasterClass Cook
Jesse, Let’s Cook
Too Many Cooks
Dalvin and the Chipmunks
2022 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | One from each team
Myles Gaskin
Cookin’ with Gaskin
Gaskin Robbins
D’Andre Swift
Swift Kick In Your Ass
Swifty Hussle
Cuttin’ Like Swiftblades
50 Shades of ‘Dre
James Conner
Ex-Conners
Conner Air
Derrick Henry
King Henry’s Court
Oh, Henry
D-Block
Aaron Jones
Keepin’ up with the Joneses
Mr. Jones and Me
Game of Jones
To Aaron Is Human/Aaron On The Side Of Caution
Mark Ingram
Ingram Toenails
Tony Pollard
Arroz Con Pollard/El Pollard Loco
Marlon Mack
Mackcine Mandate/Anti-Mackser
Born To Mack/Return Of The Mack
2022 AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Overall
Sony Michel
Sony With a Chance of Dropped Balls
Always Sony in Philadelphia
Sony Side Up
Say It Ain't Sony
My Little Sony
Gus Edwards
Every Day I'm Gustlin'
Gus Station/Back Up The Gus/Gus StopGet On The Gus
Jamaal Williams
Jamaal About That Bass
Rashaad Penny
Runnin' Rashaad Over You
Penny For Your Thoughts/Penny Candy
The Penny Is Mightier
J.D. McKissic
Sealed With A McKissic/McKissic My Ass
2022 RANKINGS TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs
Quarterbacks
Kyler Murray
Kyler, the Creator
Cobra Kyler
Murray-Up Offense
Dak Prescott
Dak to the Future
Big Dak Energy
Dak and Yellow
Baby Got Dak
Dak in the Saddle Again
Prescott Your Luck/Full-Court Prescott
Patrick Mahomes
Country Road, Take Mahomes
Rollin’ with Mahomes
Mahomes Don’t Play That
Home Sweet Mahomes/Stay At Mahomes/Mahomes Is Where The Heart Is/Mahomes Cookin'/Mahomes Field Advantage
Tua Tagovailoa
It Takes Tua to Make a Thing Go Right
It Takes Tua to Tango
Laser Tagovailoa/Freeze Tagovailoa
Joe Burrow
Burrowito Bowl
Beg, Burrow, And Steal
Joe Burrow, Tiger King
Kenny Pickett
Pickett Lines
Kenny Pickett and Flick it
Oh No! They Drilled Kenny!
Mac Jones
Return of the Mac
Daddy Mac Will Make You Jump!
Maccine Mandate/Anti-Macser
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Aaron Rodgers
Aaron it Out
To Aaron Is Human/Aaron On The Side Of Caution
Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood
Matthew Stafford
Inglourious Staffords
Stafford Infections
Lamar Jackson
Lamar’s Attacks
I’m Sorry, L-Jackson
Jackson Drive
Lamar The Merrier
Lights, Camera, Jackson!
Jalen Hurts
Hurts So Good/Love Hurts/The Hurts Locker
Jalen Thee Stallion
Trey Lance
Forgot About Trey
Still T.R.E.Y.
50 Shades of Trey
Lance Lance Revolution/Pants Off Lance Off
TreyHive
Jimmy Garoppolo
Nothin’ But a Jimmy G Thang
Jimmy G-Unit
Garoppolypse Now
El Garoppolo Loco
Los Garoppolos Hermanos
Tom Brady
Brady Gaga
The Real Slim Brady
Here’s My Number, So Call Me Brady
Brady Bunch
Once, Twice, Three Times A Brady
Lord of the Rings
Josh Allen
We're Allen In This Together
Justin Herbert
Puffin' Herbert
Kirk Cousins
Captain Kirks
Kissing Cousins
2022 CONSISTENCY RATINGS:
Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end
Derek Carr
Carroz Con Pollo
Dude, Where’s My Carr?
Matt Ryan
Song Of Matty Ice And Fire
Saving Matt Ryan
Jared Goff
Turn Your Head And Goff
Turn Goff The Lights
G'off My Lawn
Justin Fields
Fields Of Dreams/Fields Day
Jameis Winston
Almost Jameis
I'll Make You Jameis
All I Do Is Winston
Carson Wentz
North By North Wentz/Go Wentz, Young Man
Wentz Upon A Time
Just Say Wentz
Baker Mayfield
Baking Bad
Baker Of Chains
Mayfield Of Dreams/Baker Mayfields Forever
Shake-N-Bakers
Mitchell Trubisky
The Big Trubisky
Karma is a Mitch
(Now You’re) Messin’ With a Son of a Mitch
Get Mitch or Die Tryin’
99 Problems But a Mitch Ain’t One
Trubisky Business
2022 FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY:
Snake drafts | Auctions | Dynasty | Best ball | IDP
Wide Receivers
Davante Adams
D. Adams Family
Davante’s Inferno
Adams Bomb
Up And Adams
Jameson Williams
Jameson Pickleback Shots
Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson’s WAR
Garretteed Satisfaction
Drake London
Drake It ’Til You Make It
Easy Drake Oven
London Calling
Werewolves of London
Chris Olave
Olave Garden
Olave Oil
Kenny Golladay
Hotel, Motel, Golladay Inn
Golladay! Celebrate!
Going on Golladay (IR)
Skyy Moore
Skyy's the Limit
The Rise of Skyywalker
Skyyfall
Skyy High
Would You Like Some Moore?
Toast You Like S’Moore
The Moore The Merrier
D.J. Moore/Elijah Moore/Rondale Moore
(See above)
Brandin Cooks
Ain’t No Such Thing as Halfway Cooks
Cooks in the Kitchen
Short Order Cooks
Too Many Cooks
Cooper Kupp
Fill My Kupp
Kupp Runneth Over
2 Girls, One Kupp
Red Solo Kupp
Cooper Troopers
Hangin with Mr. Cooper
King Cooper
Amari Cooper
Cooper Troopers
Hangin with Mr. Cooper
King Cooper
Have Yourself Amari Little Christmas
Amari Express
Amari Teenage Riot
Justin Jefferson
Justin Credible
JJ Jazzy Jeff
DK Metcalf
Golden Metcalf
Ja’Marr Chase
The Chase Is On
High-Speed Chase
Ja'Marr The Merrier
DeAndre Hopkins
Beats By DeAndre
Nuk Suit Riot
Forgot About ‘Dre
Nuk Blue Devils
Adam Thielen
Hooked on a Thielen
More Than a Thielen
I Got a Thielen, a Thielen Deep Inside
Thielen Like a Million Bucks
Allen Robinson
Here’s to You, Allen Robinson
Robb Deep
DJ Chark
Chark Week
Charknado
Chark Season
2022 STANDARD RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex
CeeDee Lamb
Silence of the Lambs
Phi Lamb-a Jamma
Lamb Dunk
CeeDee Burner
Easy as A-B-CeeDee
Deebo Samuel
Deebo Knows Football
Deebowlin’ Over You
Deathblow Deebo
Finding Deebo
Son of Samuel
Julio Jones
Dr. Julio
Games of Jones
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Bad JuJu
Stefon Diggs
Diggs Poppa
Can You Diggs It?
Keenan Allen
Peachy Keenan
Robert Woods
Woods You Rather?/What Woods You Do?
Cabin In The Woods
Tyler Lockett
Lockett Like It’s Hot
Win? Lockett In
Pop, Lockett, Drop It
Hot Lockett
2022 PPR RANKINGS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Top 200 | Superflex
Jaylen Waddle
Blow Your Waddle
Jaylen Thee Stallion
Tee Higgins
Tee It Up
Spill The Tee/Tee Bags
Chase Claypool
Jars Of Claypool
A.J. Brown/Marquise Brown
Takin’ the Browns to the Toilet Bowl
What Can Brown Do For You?
How Now, Brown Cow
Odell Beckham Jr.
Odellta Variant
O-dell No!
Diontae Johnson
A Hill To Diontae
Brandon Aiyuk
An Eye For An Aiyuk
Courtland Sutton
King Of The Courtland/Royal Courtland/Night Courtland
Always Up To Sutton
Cute As A Sutton
Chris Godwin
There Is A Godwin!
All I Do Is Godwin
Mike Evans
Stairway To Evans/Seventh Evans/Evans Can Wait/etc.
Tyler Boyd
Avoid The Boyd
Yeaaaaaaaaah Booooooooooooyd!
Boyd Rage
Tyreek Hill
Hill Street Blues
Hill Toppers/Kings Of The Hill
‘Reek Havoc/Havoc ‘Reekers
Rashod Bateman
Master Bateman
Bateman Begins/Bateman & Robin
Runnin' Rashod Over You
2022 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | One from each team
Michael Gallup
Gallup Poll
Laviska Shenault Jr.
Livin' Laviska Loca
Hasta Livaska, Baby
Van Jefferson
Robust Vantibodies
Vancel Culture
I Live In A Van Down By The River
Allen Lazard
Lazard Focus/Lazard Pointer/Lazard Beam
Lazard King
Mecole Hardman
Get Hardman
Don’t You Forget About Mecole/Mecole, Myself And I
Darnell Mooney
Dark Side Of The Mooney/First Man On The Mooney/Etc.
I Don't Give A Darnell
Christian Kirk
Captain Kirks
Onward Christian Soldiers/Christian Missionaries
Jamison Crowder
Crowder Heads
Crowder Control/Sold Out Crowder/Three's a Crowder
Jarvis Landry
Dirty Landry/Landry Service
Gym, Tan, Landry
Jerry Jeudy
Call Of Jeudy
Judge Jeudy
Ms. New Jeudy/Jeudy Call
2022 AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR):
QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | D/STs | Kickers | Overall
Tight ends
Noah Fant
Fant of the Year (Bounce!)
MC Hammer Fants
U Fant Touch This
OnlyFants
Fant Man
Fantom Menace/Fantom Of The Opera
What's your Fant-asy?
Whatchu Noah ‘Bout It?
Cameron Brate
Make America Brate Again
George Kittle
Dream Big, Kittle Man
Kittles and Bits
Kittles: Taste the Rainbow
Kittle Big Man
Kittle Giants
Kittle One
Albert Okwuegbunam
Hey, Hey, Hey -- It's Fat Albert!
OK Go!
Zach Ertz
Ertz So Good
Love Ertz
Ertz, Wind & Fire
MegaErtz
Death Ertztificate
Irv Smith Jr.
Get Your Irv On
You've Got Some Irv!
Irvous Wreck
Mike Gesicki
Gesicki To My Stomach
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Travis Kelce
Kelce Lately
Dallas Goedert
Praise Goedert/There Is a Goedert
Dawson Knox
Knox Three Times
Fort Knox
Don't Knox It 'Til You Try It
Dawson's Creek
Robert Tonyan
I, Tonyan
Metric Tonyan/My Uzi Weighs A Tonyan
T.J. Hockenson
Hockenson A Loogie
Ad Hockenson Committee
Kyle Pitts
99 Problems But a Pitts Ain't One
Pitts And Giggles
Darren Waller
Family Waller/Waller General/Waller Store/Another Day, Another Waller/A Day Later And A Waller Short
Waller ID
Build The Waller!
Cole Kmet
When Harry Kmet Sally
Matt Lutovsky, Jovan Alford, Nick Musial, Vinnie Iyer, Jordan Heck, and Jacob Camenker all contributed to this article.
