r/dataisbeautiful • u/rsrgrimm • 2d ago

How did draft position affect fantasy football league performance in 2024? (12-man leagues, snake draft)

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To assess how draft position affected league performance, I looked into over 400 12-man leagues (all snake drafts) and plotted win ratio, normalized points earned (normalized within a given league to account for various scoring and roster settings), and final league ranking for each draft position.

Surprisingly, 1st pick performed worst on average across all metrics.

League data collected from Sleeper API.

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u/rsrgrimm 2d ago

I plan on diving into this data more, so let me know if you have any suggestions for further analysis

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u/drc500free 2d ago

Performance by drafting CMC at 1.1 vs picking anyone else. 

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u/rsrgrimm 2d ago

Yeah, I'd like to look into the effect of drafting specific players for specific picks.