With football just around the corner, millions of fans have been setting up their fantasy football leagues for another season. While the same players generally are picked in each league (it’s hard to imagine a fantasy league without Patrick Mahomes being picked in the first round by someone who’s drafting based on names alone), every team is defined by their name. The name could be the person’s surname, something lewd, or a punny nickname of a player they’ve drafted (my favorite!).
It’s tough to come up with puns. It really is. It takes a lot of time and a wealth of pop culture knowledge.
But if you’re lacking a fantasy football team name, and you’re interested in finding one, look no further – here is the Ultimate List Of Fantasy Football Team Names for the 2021 NFL season.
We’re going to sort these names by position first, of course, and then by The Ringer’s Fantasy Football Guide’s rankings. We’ll do 12 QBs, 14 RBs, 17 WRs, and 7 TEs. My favorite name of each player is bolded.
QUARTERBACKS
Patrick Mahomes (KC): Mahomes Is Where The Heart Is | Mahomes Depot | Pour One Out For Mahom(i)es
Josh Allen (BUF): Allen the Family | Josh Allen’s Shorts | We’re Allen This Together
Lamar Jackson (BAL): Not Bad For A Running Back | The Jackson Eight | Action Jackson
Kyler Murray (ARI): Kyler, the Creator | Kyler Ren | Will You Murray Me
Dak Prescott (DAL): Dak In Black | Dak To The Future | Dakstreet’s Dak (Or just Backstreet’s Dak)
Russell Wilson (SEA): WILSONNNNNN | The Story Of Russ | Russells Sprouts
Justin Herbert (LAC): Italian Herberts & Cheese | Herbert’s Hoovers | Herbert the.. It Rhymes
Aaron Rodgers (GB): The Jolly Rodgers | League in Jeopardy | Mr. Rodgers’s Neigborhood
Jalen Hurts (PHI): Love Hurts | Hurts So Good | The Hurts Locker
Ryan Tannehill (TEN): King of the Tannehill | The Haunting Of Tannehill House | Tannesaurus Rex
Matthew Stafford (LAR): Built Stafford Tough | Inglorious Stafferds | Stafford Infection
Tom Brady (TB): My Fair Brady | Luck Be A Brady | Ahoy, Brady!
RUNNING BACKS
Christian McCaffery (CAR): Christan Mingle | Onward, Christian McCafferys | McCaffrey Anti-Virus
Dalvin Cook (MIN): Don’t Cook Back In Anger | Cook At Me | Dalvin’s Kitchen
Ezekiel Elliott (DAL): Eyebrows On Zeke | The Zeke Shall Inherit The Earth | Schitt’s Zeke
Derrick Henry (TEN): King Henry | Oh, Henry! | Oil Derricks
Alvin Kamara (NO): Chevrolet Kamara | Lights, Kamara, Action | Kamara Shy
Aaron Jones (GB): Keeping Up With The Aaron Joneses | Aaron Jones BBQ And Foot Massage | Aaron Brockovich
Austin Ekeler (LAC): Ekeler Marks The Spot | Ek, Ekk, and Ekky | Copycat Ekeler
Nick Chubb (CLE): ChubbHub (GrubHub, not the other one, get your head out of the gutter) | Yellow Chubbmarine | Chubba Lubba Dubb Dubb
Saquon Barkley (NYG): Hit the Saquon | All Barkley, No Bite | Barkley Dreaming Saquon
Jonathan Taylor (IND): Jonathan Taylor Ham (however, the proper term for the breakfast meat is pork roll) | Jonathan Taylor Made | Taylored To Perfection
Joe Mixon (CIN): Mixon Match | All The Mixon’s | The Mixon Administration
Najee Harris (PIT): Harris Wheel | Najee in Paris | Najee Whiz
Antonio Gibson (WFT): Gibson’s Guitars | Endzonio Gibson | The McGib Is Back
Clyde Edwards-Helaire (KC): That’s Helaireous | The Fresh Prince Of Helaire | [team player] and Clyde
WIDE RECEIVERS
Davante Adams (GB): The Adams Family | Davante’s Inferno | Adams Bomb
Tyreek Hill (KC): Your Team Reeks | Run For The Hills | Reek Havoc
Stefon Diggs (BUF): Can You Diggs It | The Diggs | Diggs In A Blanket
DeAndre Hopkins (ARI): A Hopkins, Skip, And A Jump | Beats By Deandre | Nuk Box Hero
Calvin Ridley (ATL): Ridley’s Believe It Or Not | #MyCalvins | Calvin & Hobbes
DK Metcalf (SEA): Decaf Metcalf | How I Metcalf Your Mother | DK Country
A.J. Brown (TEN): Brown Eyed Girl | What Can Brown Do For You | Fifty Shades Of Brown
Justin Jefferson (MIN): The (Justin) Jeffersons. That’s all I got. Pick another player.
Keenan Allen (LAC): Allen A Day’s Work | Keenan and Kel (I know, different spelling, who cares) | Any of the Josh Allen ones work too
Allen Robinson (CHI): Baskin Robinson | Cops and Robinsons | Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood
CeeDee Lamb (DAL): CeeDee Lamb Of God | CeeDee’s Nutz (got em) | The Lambasters
Terry McLaurin (WFT): Terry Cloths | Terry Potter And The Deathly Football Team | Terry The Platypus
Chris Godwin (TB): God, Let Me Win | Godwin(ter) Is Coming | In Godwin We Trust
Mike Evans (TB): Stairway to Evans | Knocking On Evans Door | Lucky Evans
Amari Cooper (DAL): Stupid Is A Mean Word, Mr. Cooper (The Game Plan is a phenomenal football movie that is built for eight year olds and I still watch it. Sue me.) | Super Duper Cooper | Cooper Sandwich (Soup Or Sandwich)
Julio Jones (TEN): Julio, Get The Stretch! | Jones Thugs-N-Harmony | Skull and CrossJones
Robert Woods (LAR): Into The Woods | Woods Got The Goods | Woods You Rather
Brandon Aiyuk (SF): Aiyukiddingme
TIGHT ENDS
Travis Kelce (KC): The Fibonacci Kelcequence | Kelce You Never | Kelce You Later
Darren Waller (LV): I Am The Wallerus | Big Waller Brand | Wallerball
George Kittle (SF): Kittle & Bits | Pot Calling The Kittle Black | Kittle Red Riding Hood
Kyle Pitts (ATL): Dutch Pitts (Dutch Blitz) | Shrimp and Pitts | Vodka Pittser
T.J. Hockenson (DET): Hocked And Loaded | Hocked In | Hickory Dickory Hock
Tyler Higbee (LAR): The Higbee Movie | Save the Higbees | Tyler, The Higbee
Robert Tonyan (GB): I, Tonyan. I don’t have any others but I’m very proud of that one and it happens to be my team name this year
BONUS! New York Jets
Elijah Moore: Moore Money, Moore Problems | On The Moore | Connect Moore
Hamsah Nasirildeen: Green Eggs & Hamsah
Denzel Mims: Of Mims and Men | This Is Why He’s Hot | Invader Mims
Braxton Berrios: Honey Nut Berrios
Jamison Crowder: Clam Crowder | Baby Crowder | Turn The Music Crowder
Thomas Hennessy: Hennything is Possible
Bryce Huff: Huff And Puff And Blow Your House Down
Mekhi Becton: Mount Becton | Eggs and Becton (bacon?)
Carl Lawson: Lawson’s Creek
Braden Mann: Come On, Mann | Mann Of The Hour | Last Mann Standing
Zach Wilson: Zach & Cheese | Coffee, Zach | Zach’s Flapjacks
