FantasyPros Fantasy Football Tools (2020)

Whether you’re looking to defend your fantasy football championship or diving in for the first time, we have everything you need to make your fantasy experience a positive one. Check out our exhaustive list of draft and in-season research tools, reports, rankings and contests – then bookmark this page so you can revisit it again and again.

Fantasy Draft Tools

FantasyPros Draft Wizard
Take your fantasy football draft prep to the next level with our industry-leading suite of tools that makes it simple to prepare for and nail your fantasy football drafts. Draft Wizard lets you import rankings from any website or spreadsheet, create consensus rankings from any combination of experts, and customize the cheat sheets with easy drag-and-drop and one-click tiering.

Mock Draft Simulator
It’s the top mock draft simulator in fantasy football – and it’s better than ever! Complete a draft in minutes with no waiting between picks, all while using custom settings including keepers, scoring rules & roster positions. Add in a completely re-designed interface and our new Draft Strategies option and multi-user features, and you won’t find a better mock draft experience anywhere.

Mock Draft Lobby
Find the exact mock draft type you’re looking for in our Mock Draft Lobby; here, you can join either public or private mock drafts tailored to the size and scoring format you’re looking fort (or launch your own and invite your friends!) You can also access our Mock Draft Simulator here.

Draft Assistant
Looking for a little help during your fantasy football draft? We can help with that! Our Draft Assistant helps you optimize picks during your draft with the least amount of stress. Both the free and subscriber versions of Draft Assistant provide in-draft suggestions based on your personal cheat sheet, team needs and position scarcity, and Draft Assistant will keep your cheat sheet updated with color-coded summaries based on how many players are left in your custom tiers.

Cheat Sheet Creator
There is no better way to prepare for your fantasy draft than to create a custom draft cheat sheet – and there’s no better place to do it than with FantasyPros! Instantly import any rankings from the web or from a spreadsheet on your computer. You can also combine multiple expert cheat sheets into one consensus cheat sheet. Premium members will be able to customize rankings through a simple drag-and-drop interface, create player tiers with a click of a button, and import and edit player notes.

Who Should I Draft?
Stuck between two players at the same position? Panicking over your seventh-round pick as the draft clock winds down? Using our Fantasy Advice Search Tool (FAST), Who Should I Draft? provides instant advice for the biggest question you’ll have on draft day. The feature takes the guesswork out of who to take by allowing you to compare multiple fantasy options (up to four at once for Premium members) and compare every expert’s recommendation side by side.

Auction Calculator
When snake drafts just won’t cut it, we have just what you need to dominate your auction draft. Our Auction Calculator provides users with auction value options across a wide variety of scoring type, league size and budget; Premium members can completely customize their auction calculations down to the dollar based on their existing league settings.

Auction Simulator
Get in some serious auction draft reps with our outstanding Auction Simulator! Completely customize your settings based on your league, and finish even a deep auction draft quickly (with our Fast Mode (seen below) allowing you to skip past players you’re not interested in.) Once done, you can instantly view an expert analysis of how your team stacks up.

Draft Order Generator
Don’t leave your draft order up to your fantasy league site! Our Draft Order Generator lets users produce random draft orders for league sizes ranging anywhere from four to 20 teams. Determine the fate of your fantasy league with the simple click of a button!

Draft Analyzer
So your draft is over – and now the post-draft analysis begins! Our fantasy football Draft Analyzer provides an instant analysis of your mock and real drafts, giving you a quick idea of how your team stacks up against your opponents’. You can also break things down based on strength of starters/bench, view your best and worst picks by round and see the draft board in its entirety.

Perfect Draft Challenge
Are you a fantasy hindsight champion? Try our Perfect Draft Challenge! You can go back in time, draft against our simulated opponents, and try to nail the perfect draft for the 2019 season. Invite your friends and compete on our community leaderboards to see how you stack up. Drafts are free and take just 5-10 minutes.

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Fantasy Draft Research

Expert Consensus Rankings
It’s the single most comprehensive compilation of rankings in the industry – and it’s free to use! We gather consensus draft rankings from well over 100 experts across the three major scoring formats (Standard, 1/2 PPR, PPR) and every offensive and defensive positions. Stick with the majority, or customize your list of experts based on your personal preference.
Redraft: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | IDP
Dynasty: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | IDP | Rookies

Consensus ADP
Why trust only one site when panning for your average draft position data? Our Consensus Average Draft Position chart pulls in the most up-to-date ADP data from the biggest fantasy league site providers in the industry; you can adjust the ADPs based on your preferred scoring format, and sort each individual site provider’s ADP individually.
Redraft: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
Best Ball: QB | RB | WR | TE | DST

Consensus Projections
Get the most thorough cross-section of fantasy football projections right here! We offer a consensus of projections provided from multiple sources – and if you’re more interested in a player’s potential range of outcomes, we offer that, as well. Included here is a “Projected Leaders” section where you can see where the projection systems rank players in a variety of categories.

Fantasy Strength of Schedule
Which fantasy players have the easiest or most difficult fantasy schedules for the coming season? We have the answers in our team-by-team Strength of Schedule tool, which displays the relative ease or difficulty of each NFL team’s matchups for the season. SOS is based on each opponent’s fantasy points allowed to a position, adjusted for strength of schedule. Favorable matchups receive better matchup star ratings. You can learn more about the methodology here.

Fantasy Depth Charts
You need to know each teams’ pecking order come draft day – so let us help you with our easy-to-follow Depth Charts tool, which is updated frequently – and includes each player’s overall Expert Consensus Rankings, so you know which backups are worth watching the most as you get into the latter stages of your fantasy draft.

Value-Based Drafting Tool
Not down with VBD? Well, you should be! We offer a detailed look at each player’s standing using value-based drafting (VBD), a strategy that assigns a value to every player by comparing that player’s fantasy points to the fantasy points of a baseline player at the same position. A high VBD means a player offers strong incremental value at his position and is therefore valuable overall in fantasy. Check out our Value-Based Drafting Guide for more VBD insight.

Fantasy Matchup Calendar
Get a handle on just what kind of schedule your fantasy players have on the horizon with out Fantasy Matchup Calendar, which assigns each player a grade out of five stars based on the difficulty of their upcoming games. Ratings are based on a combination of opponents’ points against (adjusted for SOS) and the player’s overall skill level.
QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST

Running Back Handcuffs
Whether you believe in securing your elite running back’s handcuff or you’re looking to poach someone else’s, we have the perfect tool for you. Not only do we provide the most valuable handcuffs to own from a fantasy football standpoint (with adjustable scoring format and league size), we also include their current Expert Consensus Ranking – along with where they’re presently being drafted, so you know exactly how early you’ll have to commit to one if you want him.

Consensus Sleepers/Busts
Getting a handle on the industry’s top sleepers and busts is a must come draft time. And we have the simplest way for you to identify which players are worth reaching for, and which ones should be left for someone else to draft. Our Consensus Sleepers and Busts tools compare current Expert Consensus Rankings with updated Average Draft Position; the bigger the difference between the two, the more pronounced a sleeper or bust the player is pegged to be.
Sleepers | Busts

Bye Week Cheat Sheet
Need help sorting out the bye weeks during your fantasy football season? Our Bye Week Cheat Sheet does the work for you. We list every fantasy-relevant player in order of earliest to latest bye week, along with each player’s Expert Consensus Ranking (so you can get a good sense of how punishing each bye week is from a talent standpoint). You can also set the lists to display only players on your team, players owned in your league and those on the waiver wire.

2020 Draft Kit
Draft kits remain one of the lifebloods of the fantasy football industry – and ours is among the best in the business. We offer printable cheat sheets driven by our industry-leading Expert Consensus Rankings, along with access to a wealth of helpful fantasy football articles. You’ll get the most in-depth look at the 2019 season, and the most reliable look ahead to the 2020 campaign. And best of all, it’s absolutely FREE!

Fantasy Football 101: Strategy and Tips
Whether you’re a seasoned fantasy sports pro or new to the game, we’re here to help everyone become more profitable fantasy sports players. Before you dive deep into your next draft or DFS lineup, check out our top fantasy football strategy articles to help you win big. We offer tips for every segment of the fantasy calendar, and cover everything from how to plan the perfect fantasy draft party to how to make a truly memorable early-season trade to how to avoid mistakes in your Best Ball drafts.

Fantasy Football Articles
Get your fantasy football strategy fix with our exhaustive library of articles, written by some of the industry’s heaviest hitters. We cover off every fantasy topic imaginable with well-written, well-researched articles that offer something for everyone – and with dozens of articles published each week, you’ll have fresh content to rely on for all of your draft research needs.

Breaking Player News
You need to know every fantasy-relevant news item before you draft your team – and we’re the go-to source. Get the latest news along with a fantasy analysis of the impact on hundreds of players; we provide the option to not only sort between teams and positions, but also the type of news (including breaking news, rumors, injuries and transactions).

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In-Season Fantasy Tools

NFL My Playbook
It’s the ultimate in-season fantasy football resource! Import your fantasy teams to My Playbook and you’ll have access to a wealth of information, stats, trends, expert consensus rankings, in-depth analysis for each of your imported leagues, our industry-leading multi-league assistant tool and so much more.

Expert Consensus Rankings
It’s the single most comprehensive compilation of rankings in the industry – and it’s free to use! We gather consensus weekly rankings from well over 100 experts across the three major scoring formats (Standard, 1/2 PPR, PPR) and every offensive and defensive positions. Stick with the majority, or customize your list of experts based on your personal preference.
Standard: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | IDP
1/2 PPR: RB | WR | TE
Full PPR: RB | WR | TE

Rest-of-Season Rankings
Get a handle on how your fantasy football players are expected to perform over the remainder of the season with our thorough rest-of-season rankings, which provide a solid snapshot of how the industry feels about hundreds of fantasy-relevant options.
Standard: Overall | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | IDP
1/2 PPR: RB | WR | TE
Full PPR: RB | WR | TE

Who Should I Start?
It’s the biggest decision you’ll make each week during the fantasy football season – so why leave it to chance? Get the experts’ take with our “Who Should I Start?” tool, which allows you to compare multiple players across every skill position (plus D/ST and IDP); standard users can compare any two players in any major scoring format, while Premium subscribers can compare up to four players. Use the expert consensus, or narrow the options down to specific fantasy analysts.

Start/Sit Assistant
Setting your weekly fantasy lineups has never been so easy! Our Start/Sit Assistant provides an instant recommendation on the best lineup for this week, along with the percentage of fantasy experts who would start each player on your roster. Conveniently edit and set all of your fantasy lineups directly from My Playbook, and you can have get all of your lineups set in an instant! You’ll also receive instant email notifications if your optimal lineup changes before kickoff.

Auto-Pilot
Saddled with too many fantasy leagues and not enough time to manage them all? Let us do the work for you! Auto-Pilot gives you the option of having your lineup changes submitted automatically each week. The lineup changes can be for inactive players only, or for your full optimal lineup based on the latest Expert Consensus Rankings. Don’t like the changes we made? Simply click “Revert Lineup Changes” in the email notification you receive and you’ll override our edits!

Waiver Wire Assistant
Take the worry out of your weekly waiver wire experience with our Waiver Wire Assistant! Once your league is synced, we pull the available players from your league. We then present you the best available players in your league based on expert rankings for the next week as well as rest of season (ROS). This helps you quickly identify players that may be beneficial to your team, as well as allow you to compare how much your team may improve (or worsen) based on potential drops from your active roster.

Trade Analyzer
Are you getting a steal in that fantasy trade you proposed? Or are you getting fleeced? Find out quickly and accurately with our Trade Analyzer feature! We offer instant analysis on trade offers across a wide variety of scoring and roster settings – and you can propose uneven trades, as well! We’ll show you our version of your league Power Rankings before and after the proposed trade so you can see exactly how you’re expected to fare based on our rest-of-season rankings and projections.

Trade Finder
It’s the most comprehensive trade finder tool in the industry – and it’s yours to use! Our Trade Finder allows fantasy players to find the ideal trade targets based on a variety of factors, including strength of schedule, lineup need and optimal return value. Trade Finder will look for bench options on other teams that would be worthy of starting on your squad. You can even seek out “win-win” trade scenarios if you’re looking to sweeten your proposals.

League Analyzer
Who has the best shot at winning your fantasy league championship? And how far off the pace are you (if you aren’t the front-runner)? Get the answers you’re looking for with our League Analyzer, which provides detailed power rankings for your league, based on accurate consensus projections. See how your team stacks up in each scoring category, so you’ll know where you need to improve. You can also find out how the experts rate your roster compared to your opponents’.

Research Assistant
Take your fantasy football research one step further without Research Assistant browser bookmarklet! This tool allows you to access fantasy-relevant information on any website featuring NFL players; not only will you be able to see if the player you’re reading about is available in your fantasy leagues, you’ll also have instant access to his FantasyPros player card! Best of all, Research Assistant is available on Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers!

Multi-League Assistant
Why spend countless hours bouncing from one fantasy team to the next when you can manage all of them in one convenient place? Our Multi-League Assistant lets you do just that, highlighted by our dashboard where you can see every player on every team you own! Our Free Agent Finder will identify the best roster additions across all of your leagues, along with their availability by league; from there, you can add players to your roster in an instant.

Game Day Live Updates
No other update tool gives you a more detailed look at your weekly fantasy fortunes! Our Game Day Live Update feature tracks scoring for all of your fantasy leagues in real-time, no matter the scoring format! You can track each of your weekly matchups in one convenient place, while perusing instantly updated statistical leaderboards across all positions. And you don’t have to wait until the weekend – our Game Day Live runs Thursday nights, as well!

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In-Season Fantasy Research

Trade Value Chart
Just how much are your trade chips really worth? Our weekly Trade Value Chart will help you navigate those choppy trade waters from the start of the season through the final minutes prior to your leagues’ trade deadline. Dan Harris provides values for hundreds of fantasy options based on several factors, with numbers assigned to each for the three major scoring systems.

League Leaders
View this season’s top performers by position, both in terms of fantasy points and actual stats.
Fantasy Leaders : Overall | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
Stat Leaders: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST

Fantasy Points Distribution
Not all fantasy scoring is equal – so don’t rely on basic overall totals to determine a player’s worth. Our Fantasy Points Distribution report examines how each fantasy player scores his points. Does he do the majority of his scoring via receptions? Or is he all about the touchdowns? Knowing how a player generates his points will go a long way toward adjusting his value – and properly determining his overall worth.

NFL Target Leaders
View a breakdown of the NFL’s most targeted players.
Overall | RB | WR | TE

Targets By Team
Looking for an edge when it comes to your 1/2 PPR or PPR fantasy leagues? Check out our breakdown of targets by team; not only do we rank all 32 franchises based on the number of passes they attempt, we also sort each team’s targets by position. Find out which teams distribute the majority of their targets to wide receivers, and which ones are more charitable when it comes to feeding their running backs and tight ends.

Snap Count Data
Players can’t be awesome in fantasy football if they’re not on the field – so why settle for guys who spend far too much time on the sidelines? We track snap count data for every player who sees the field on both sides of the ball; here, you can track how snap counts vary for your fantasy-relevant players based on performance or injury. And don’t miss out on our advanced Snap Count Analysis tool, which breaks down players’ snap counts based on various situations (snap percentage, run percentage, touch percentage, etc.)
Leaders: QB | RB | WR | TE
Analysis: QB | RB | WR | TE

Fantasy Points Allowed
If you aren’t targeting porous defenses and avoiding elite ones, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t do it wrong – do it right. We track fantasy points allowed for all 32 NFL teams from the season’s first snap to the final game of the fantasy football season. We also break down how each defense has fared against each of the major skill positions, while using color coding to identify whether your player is headed for an easy or difficult matchup.

Team-by-Team Schedules
When it comes to examining the NFL schedule, we all have our preferences. Some of us prefer to focus on the week-by-week breakdown, while others want the entire thing laid out in front of them. Thankfully, we offer both! Check out our master grid-style NFL schedule with bye weeks handily highlighted in yellow, or use the week-by-week version instead. We also offer a team-by-team bye week chart for your perusal, as well as a breakdown of the most notable events on the NFL calendar.
Teams | Weekly | Byes | Calendar

Inactives List
You need to know who’s going to be in the lineup this Sunday, and who will be on the sidelines. So don’t go a single NFL weekend without checking out our up-to-date inactives list, which gives fantasy fanatics a detailed list of DNPs moments after they’re made available by the respective teams.

Breaking Player News
You need to know every fantasy-relevant news item before you finalize your lineup – and we’re the go-to source. Get the latest news along with a fantasy analysis of the impact on hundreds of players; we provide the option to not only sort between teams and positions, but also the type of news (including breaking news, rumors, injuries and transactions).

Prospect Rankings
Why wait until next season to learn about the players who will stock your next dynasty rookie draft? We have prospect rankings before the majority of the industry, and keep them updated after each week of the college football season. We also rank non-skill players for those of you in dynasty IDP formats. So get your prospect fix with us!
Overall | QB | RB | WR | TE

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Daily Fantasy Sports

DFS Lineup Optimizer
Save yourself some time, and win yourself some money! Our DFS Lineup Optimizer uses the latest weekly projections to identify which combination of players would produce the greatest production in fantasy points at the lowest cost. This eliminates hours of research each night looking up stats, news, player situations, and trends by using this data to create an optimal lineup. The projections we use in the Optimizer are constantly being updated; we then use those player projections to create the best possible lineup using the salary available.

DFS Saved Lineups History
Tracking is everything in daily fantasy, and we offer a tool that will help you do so effectively! Revisit your previous DFS rosters in your Saved Lineups History, which tracks prior submissions across a variety of daily fantasy sites including FanDuel and DraftKings. See what worked in the past – and just as importantly, what didn’t.

DFS Cheat Sheets
Our NFL daily fantasy cheat sheets are a revelation for those of you looking to get as much DFS-relevant information in one place. Not only do we offer detailed cheat sheets for a variety of DFS providers, each sheet is packed full of relevant stats and information, including (but certainly not limited to) game spread, projected scoring output, overall difference between projection rank and salary rank and projected ownership. You can also automatically hide injured players!

Projected DFS Ownership
If you don’t know why it’s important to take projected ownership into consideration ahead of your daily fantasy roster decisions, you have some work to do. So take our word for it: ownership rates are critical – and we have one of the most reliable projection models in the industry right at your fingertips! Check out our list of projected ownership projections across all positions before settling on your final DFS lineups.

DFS Value Plays
As with the majority of daily fantasy tools at your disposal, our DFS Value Plays feature looks to take the legwork out of building consistently strong NFL lineups across both cash games and GPPs. We break down the most undervalued plays by position (yes, even D/STs!) entering the upcoming NFL week, with a separate tab for the most overvalued options. And you can customize the list of experts you’re referencing to ensure you’re getting the most satisfactory sources.

DFS Salary Changes
Daily fantasy salaries fluctuate from week to week – and it’s important to know how a player’s salary is trending to help determine whether there’s potential value at his current cost. Our DFS Salary Changes tool tracks salary movement throughout the season, highlighting the biggest risers and fallers heading into a given NFL week.

DFS Performance History
It might be one of our most undervalued tools – and it’s free to use! Check out our DFS Performance History feature, which allows you to upload all of your prior results from FanDuel and/or DraftKings. We then compile everything into easily consumable bundles of stats like average score, win rate, net profit and ROI! You can get even more granular if you like, as we allow you to sort your results by contest type, contest size and entry fee; you can also filter by sport and date range, among other options.

DFS Articles
Get your daily fantasy football fix with our comprehensive library of articles. We offer a wide range of well-written, well-researched articles for both cash game and tournament players that offer something for everyone – and with several articles published each week, you’ll have fresh content to rely on for all of your in-season DFS needs.

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Expert-Specific Tools

Expert Accuracy
It’s one of the most notable competitions among the industry elite – and it has significant bearing on your future fantasy football decisions. We track Expert Accuracy across both draft and in-season player rankings, while branching off by position so you’ll know which experts have excelled most at rating quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers or tight ends. We also provide multi-year accuracy rankings – because when it comes to relying on industry leaders, consistency matters a lot.
Season-to-Date | Weekly | Draft

Dissenting Opinions
What does our Dissenting Opinions tool provide? Imagine pitting two of your favorite fantasy football experts against one another in a fight to the death. Now, remove the “fight to the death” part (we’re not savages, after all.) And there you have it! You can compare any of our contributors to the Expert Consensus Ranking against another expert, or against the main ECR list, and see how their rankings compare; you can also limit the results to gaps of between two and 30 spots in the rankings, so you can see where the experts differ most.

Expert Directory
It’s the ideal spot for all of your FantasyPros expert needs! In addition to offering easy access to our updated Expert Consensus Rankings (highlighted by the top five across the three main scoring setups and available for either draft or in-season rankings), we also include a list of the top 100 experts that have submitted rankings! We also list when those rankings were updated, and offer direct links to the experts’ rankings and how they compare to ECR, ADP and other individual experts. Bookmark this page right now!

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Mobile/Multimedia/Social

FantasyPros for iOS
Transform your mobile device into the ultimate fantasy football strategy hub with our wide array of league-winning apps for iOS! Get in a quick mock draft simulation or catch the latest Expert Consensus Rankings updates via the Draft Wizard app. Access all of your fantasy teams with a click of a button via our My Playbook app. Get immediate weekly lineup help with our Who Do I Start? app. Build the ultimate draft resource with our Cheat Sheet app. And stay on top of all the fantasy-relevant happenings via our News and Alerts app.

Draft Wizard | My Playbook | Who Do I Start? | Cheat Sheet | News & Alerts

FantasyPros for Android
Transform your mobile device into the ultimate fantasy football strategy hub with our wide array of league-winning apps for iOS! Get in a quick mock draft simulation or catch the latest Expert Consensus Rankings updates via the Draft Wizard app. Access all of your fantasy teams with a click of a button via our My Playbook app. And stay on top of all the fantasy-relevant happenings via our News and Alerts app.
Draft Wizard | My Playbook | News & Alerts

FantasyPros Football Podcast
If you aren’t already familiar with the FantasyPros Football Podcast, you’ve been missing out! Host Dan Harris and analysts Mike Tagliere and Kyle Yates bring you the most relevant fantasy football strategy and advice – and have a little fun along the way – as they look to help you reach the top of your league, and stay there. Packed with guest expert analysis, news, strategy and entertainment, the FantasyPros Football Podcast is the best in the business.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | SoundCloud | iHeartRadio

Game Changers Podcast
Every person who works in sports has a story. Hear from some of the most notable names in the sports and fantasy sports industries and learn about the journeys they traveled along with the choices they made to reach the height of their profession. Host Dan Harris talks to all the Game Changers who literally changed the game and blazed a trail for all those who want to work in sports to follow.
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | YouTube

Social Media
Looking to get a leg up in your leagues? Combine your love of social media with your fantasy football prowess and follow one or all of our active social accounts! Our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts combine actionable fantasy advice with surveys, polls, stunning graphic images and as much fun as you can pack into a social media follow. With more than 340,000 followers across all three platforms, we deliver the goods you would come to expect from the most complete fantasy football tools and information site out there.
Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

YouTube Channel
Welcome to the FantasyPros YouTube channel! We combine the advice of over 100 fantasy football experts from around the web to provide consensus recommendations. Our videos will help you uncover diamonds in the rough and avoid the players who will derail your team. We have tutorials for our award-winning Draft Wizard software that will help you crush your fantasy football drafts, and offer a wealth of in-season resources such as video podcasts and livestreams to lead you to victory.