Scott Pianowski examines the 10 players most commonly found on title-winning fantasy football squads on Yahoo in 2025.
It’s always interesting and fun to look at the common-thread players on fantasy’s championship teams. Here are the 10 players most commonly found on title-winning squads in Yahoo Fantasy Public Leagues in 2025 (kickers and defenses were left off this list).
1. Bijan Robinson on 27.35% of championship rosters
Robinson saved his best game of the year for the fantasy finals (37.4 points), and he was the leading scorer among non-quarterbacks in the fantasy playoffs. He’s still a month shy of his 24th birthday; this plane is just taking off.
2. Christian McCaffrey (25.67%)
He was the RB4 for the fantasy playoffs and the RB1 for the full season, the constant piece in a San Francisco offense that no one can stop right now.
3. Puka Nacua (24.01%)
He dropped down a WR18 finish this past week, on the heels of WR1, WR4 and WR1 charts. Nacua probably drove you into the finals, then hopefully one of your teammates picked up the baton.
4. Harold Fannin Jr. (23.35%)
Despite very little help around him, Fannin was a standout for the Browns all season. He scored touchdowns in four of his final five games and was the TE5 for the fantasy playoffs.
5. Michael Wilson (23.07%)
The Cardinals haven’t been able to fully unlock Marvin Harrison Jr., but Wilson has been a surprise star the past two months. He was fantasy’s WR4 over the past four weeks, averaging 14.5 a catch and scoring five times.
6. Chase Brown (22.99%)
His season stabilized when Joe Flacco came to town, and then Brown went off during the final Joe Burrow segment of the year. Brown saved the best for last, RB2 and RB3 finishes the last two weeks.
7. Chris Olave (22.73%)
It finally all came together for Olave in his fourth season — good health, decent coaching, quality QB play (eventually) and a delightfully-narrow target tree. Since Tyler Shough took over at quarterback, Olave is fantasy’s WR4.
He plowed for 100-plus rushing yards in all three playoff matches, offsetting a zero in the passing game. And Henry’s 36-216-4 masterpiece at Green Bay in Week 17 was suitable for framing.
9. Brock Purdy (20.47%)
The 49ers turned into the Carnival team of 2025, the unstoppable offense that’s also pushed by a leaky defense on the other side. Purdy accounted for 13 touchdowns over the past three weeks, and the Niners punted just twice all December.
10. Trevor Lawrence (20.21%)
A buddy of mine is buying Trevor Lawrence socks because TLaw drove him to a championship. It’s a validated purchase. Lawrence had at least one rushing touchdown in each of the past three weeks, and he’s been fantasy’s QB2 for the past three months. Sock it to 'em.
Bonus: A look at the rest of the top-25!
11. Joe Burrow, 20.11%
12 Brenton Strange, 20.04%
13 Jonathan Taylor, 19.28%
14 George Pickens, 19.11%
15 Drake Maye, 18.42%
16 Jacoby Brissett, 18.28%
17 Matthew Stafford, 18.25%
18 Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 18.14%
19 Juwan Johnson, 17.92%
20 De'Von Achane, 17.71%
21 Trey McBride, 16.62%
22 Kenneth Gainwell, 16.62%
23 Rico Dowdle, 16.55%
24 Mike Evans, 16.54%
25 Kyle Pitts Sr., 16.52%
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