You’ve signed up for your fantasy football league. You’ve drafted your roster. Now you just need that perfect moniker to make your friends and leaguemates chuckle and shake their heads at just how witty you are.
Wait, you’re not that witty? OK, in that case, feel free to use one of these cheeky team names from our list below, categorized thematically for easy reference (and with a little explanation for the more obscure titles). Just be sure to pick a good one. After all, it will be etched into your league’s trophy once you take home the title.
(Also, while robust, this list is far from exhaustive. Got a good suggestion? Drop it in the comments or join our newly-launched Discord. This is perfect fodder for the water cooler channel.)
Player name puns
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1. CeeDee Romps (Please, tell us there are still people old enough to get this.)
2. Vinyl > CeeDees
3. Won’t You Be My Nabers
4. The Tyreek Hills Of Rome Odunze (This feels like a Jeopardy answer….)
5. Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo Doubs?
6. More Than a Thielen
7. Mind On My Mooney (and my Mooney on my mind)
8. My Other Receiver’s a TeSlaa
9. Aiyuked on My Shoes (Ai-yuck)
10. Hurts So Good (an oldie but goodie)
11. Njoku’s On You
12. April Showers Bring Zay Flowers
13. The Jaxson Dart Throws
14. To Bill a Mockingbird
15. Fields of Dreams
16. Williams Henry Harrison (Jr.) (This one’s for presidential history buffs; I hope your squad lasts longer.)
17. Ridley Me This
18. The Maneki-Nicos (Good luck charm and top-tier WR? Sold.)
19. Uncle Rico’s Waddle (Rico Dowdle + Jaylen Waddle + Quesadillas)
20. Mahomes Alone
21. Dak to the Future
22. Tank Top Szn (Tank Dell or Tank Bigsby, dealer’s choice!)
23. We’re Not Xavier Worthy (Wayne’s World was so good.)
24. Gibbs Me My Trophy
25. Roman Wilson’s Empire
26. My Team Is Purdy
For actual fantasy nerds
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27. Professor Xavier’s Worthy X-Men
28. Wayne Ayomanor
29. Lamar-vel Cinematic Universe
30. The Shadow of DJ Mooredor
31. Godwin Mode
32. The Max Deebo Band (Yeah, that’s a Star Wars deep cut.)
33. Thanos’ Snap Count
34. Why’s My Team Name In The Deadpool?
35. Mr. Fantastic’s Catch Radius
36. Itsa Me! DeMario Douglas!
37. Why’d Frodo Stop At One Ring?
38. Ray Ray and The Clan McCloud (Different spelling, but memories of late-night USA reruns are bubbling up here.)
39. I Am Patrick, Son of Patrick (Slaps more with “Uhtred, son of Uhtred” but works because he’s Patrick II.)
40. Dynasty Is All! (Seriously, “The Last Kingdom” is so underrated.)
41. Tom Brady and the Seven Rings (We still like Shang-Chi’s chances head-to-head.)
Assorted football references
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42. Randy’s Straight Cash Homies (Greatest. Sports. Quip. Ever.)
43. The Double Doinks (We can hear the goalposts shuddering now.)
44. Rumblin’, Stumblin’, Fumblin’ (Chris Berman homage)
45. Not So Fast, My Friend (Lee Corso homage)
46. The Tush Pushers
47. Incoming Call From Joe Horn
49. The Naked Bootleggers (Now there’s a visual.)
50. My Route Tree is a Ficus
51. 10.5 PSI (If you want to troll your New England fan friends about Deflategate.)
For the foodies
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52. Matthew Golden Grahams
53. Otto’s Golden Grahams (for the older crowd)
54. Peyton’s Omaha! Steaks
55. Highly Metcalfinated
56. Winner, Winner Pickens Dinner
57. Let Russ Reheat (He cooked in Seattle, but lately….)
58. I Only Eat Turducken (Yes, NYT Cooking has a Turducken recipe!)
60. Famous Jameis’ Cookies
61. Eating Ws (We don’t deserve Jameis Winston.)
62. Cooper Kupp o’ Noodles
63. The Olave Garden (If only the name came with unlimited breadsticks and salad.)
64. Mark Sanchez’s Sideline Glizzies (This has been a rough list for The Sanchize.)
For the pop-culture conscious
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65. My Tight End Is Dating Taylor Swift (for Travis Kelce managers, obvs)
66. Lawrence Taylor’s version (The person who came up with this name has been sacked.)
67. Drake London Calling
68. Griddy Griddy Bang Bang
69. Department of Red Zone Efficiency (Not to get political, but….)
70. My Big, Beautiful Fantasy Team
71. Breece Lightning
72. Immaculate Gridiron (If you get this, you immediately thought of Edwin Jackson.)
73. Waddle Baby, Waddle Baby, Waddle Baby, Waddle
74. Laces Out (You’re telling us, Finkle is Einhorn???)
75. Kendrick Lamar Jackson vs. Drake London (We’re here for the diss track.)
76. God Bless You Please, Bijan Robinson (Heaven holds a place for those who pray for your health.)
77. Your Friends and Nabers (Jon Hamm crushes this role.)
78. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (You know you still have this poster.)
79. Father of the McBride
80. We Will Never Be Jalen Royals (oh, Lorde)
81. All Mahomes Hate My Team (meme culture FTW)
82. Brock Tua (Totally thinking about a Superflex, 2-QB tandem of Tagovailoa and Purdy here. Yup, just that.)
For the Swifties
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83. I Knew [Insert your underperforming player’s name here] Was Trouble When We Walked In
84. You Belong With Me, [INSERT NAME]
85. Death By 1,000 Cutbacks (Barry Sanders comes to mind — nostalgia)
86. Evermore Wins
87. I’m on the Bleachers
88. She Wears Short Skirts, I Wear Guardian Caps
89. I Can Do It With a Broken Roster
90. Look What You Made Me Draft
91. My Team Ricochets
92. The Say Don’t Go Routes
93. Shake It, Offense
94. This Is Me Trying
95. Vigilante Hit
96. Welcome to New York, Justin Fields
97. We Are Never Ever Getting Gack Together, [Insert fantasy player who has formerly burned you here] (We nominate Christian McCaffrey.)
98. Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me? (You should be.)
99. Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve Drafted Better
100. You’re Losing (to) Me (Let ’em know!)
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