What is the best draft strategy? We crunched the numbers and found the best strategy for every single draft position.
By looking through thousands of recent PPR/Flex 10-team mock drafts, you can now easily see the best draft strategy for the 1st spot.
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See how we calculated this data.
Format
PPR Half-PPR Non-PPR
Teams
8 Teams 10 Teams 12 Teams 14 Teams
Draft Spot
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
These are the best draft strategies for the first three rounds calculated for the 1st draft spot:
Best Strategies for 10-Team PPR/Flex Drafts From the 1st Position
Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Proj. FP/Wk Frequency Freq. RB WR WR 109.4 446 RB RB TE 109.2 274 RB TE RB 109.2 64 RB TE WR 109.1 78 RB WR RB 108.9 580 RB RB WR 108.8 684 RB RB RB 108.7 624 RB WR TE 108.5 245 RB WR QB 106.7 46 WR WR WR 100.7 35
How This Data Was Calculated
To calculate the best strategies for each draft position, first we projected the fantasy points of thousands of teams drafted in our public mock drafts.
Then, we grouped the teams by what position they drafted in rounds 1, 2 and 3 and took the average projected fantasy points per week for each positional strategy.
Finally, we sorted them all by how many projected fantasy points each positional draft strategy is expected to score. The top row in the table above shows the positional strategy expected to score the most fantasy points per week this year.
You can also see how many times people used that strategy in the public mock drafts by looking at the Frequency column in the table.
Note: We don’t advocate going into your draft with just one dedicated draft strategy that you feel that you must adhere to. It’s always best to be flexible and adapt to what value falls to you in your particular draft. Use this tool as one resource of many in your tool belt on draft day.
Data is based on the past 72 hours of mock drafts. Computer teams are not included.
Projections provided by RotoWire.