NFL Player ROI
What the lineups that rostered each player paid in and took out
NFL $2.75M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st]
Wk 3 / 161,764 entries
Fees $3,235,280 / Prizes $2,750,000
Rake $485,280
NFL $2.75M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st]
Wk 4 / 161,764 entries
Fees $3,235,280 / Prizes $2,750,000
Rake $485,280
NFL $2.75M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st, $100K Leaderboard Eligible]
Wk 5 / 161,557 entries
Fees $3,231,140 / Prizes $2,750,000
Rake $481,140
NFL $2.75M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st, $100K Leaderboard Eligible]
Wk 6 / 158,904 entries
Fees $3,178,080 / Prizes $2,750,000
Rake $428,080
NFL $2.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st, $100K Leaderboard Eligible]
Wk 7 / 147,058 entries
Fees $2,941,160 / Prizes $2,500,000
Rake $441,160
NFL $2.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st, $50K Crown Cash Throne Eligible]
Wk 8 / 147,058 entries
Fees $2,941,160 / Prizes $2,500,000
Rake $441,160
NFL $2.5M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st]
Wk 9 / 147,058 entries
Fees $2,941,160 / Prizes $2,500,000
Rake $441,160
Paid the field
Took the field's money
Player ledger
| Player | Pos | Team | Salary | Avg FPTS | Share | Lineups | Cash rate | Top 1% | $ In | $ Out | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colby Parkinson | TE | LAR | $3,000 | 5.8 | 1.0% | 7,486 | 18.9% | 0.6% | $149,720 | $1,078,698 | +620.5% |
| Michael Penix Jr. | QB | ATL | $5,300 | 15.5 | 2.7% | 12,357 | 24.5% | 1.1% | $247,140 | $1,275,078 | +415.9% |
| Darren Waller | TE | CAR | $3,300 | 11.3 | 1.7% | 10,846 | 21.1% | 1.3% | $216,920 | $1,104,370 | +409.1% |
| Chiefs | DST | KC | $3,700 | 7.6 | 2.9% | 23,230 | 21.2% | 1.1% | $464,600 | $2,318,994 | +399.1% |
| Jaguars | DST | JAX | $3,700 | 14.3 | 3.4% | 15,425 | 30.3% | 1.8% | $308,500 | $1,282,454 | +315.7% |
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What NFL player ROI measures
Player ROI follows the money by the name. For each player we take every DraftKings lineup in the tournament that rostered him, add up the entry fees those lineups paid, add up the prizes those lineups won, and divide. ROI equals prizes won minus fees paid, divided by fees paid. A player at +50% means the lineups that played him got back one and a half times what they paid in.
It is a ledger, not a projection. Nothing here predicts next week. It tells you which players the field was right about and which ones cost the field money, measured in real dollars from the public final standings.
How ties, first place and the rake are handled
When lineups tie on points, DraftKings splits the prizes for every place the tie covers, and so do we. The first place prize is one ticket and can make any player in that lineup look like a genius, so the Without 1st place view removes the money that went to the winning lineup. The field as a whole always shows a negative ROI because DraftKings keeps a rake, so compare a player to the contest rake, not to zero.
Season to date math
Fees and prizes sum across weeks and ROI is recomputed on the totals. Share of field, cash rate and top 1% rate are the average of the weekly numbers, so one week with a bigger field does not drown the others. Early in the season a single slate decides the numbers, and the read gets more honest every week.
Frequently asked questions
Which contests are tracked?
The DraftKings NFL Millionaire (the large field main slate GPP), the main slate 3-Max GPP and the main slate Single Entry GPP. Each is ingested the morning after the slate with every lineup in the field.
Why is almost every player negative?
DraftKings keeps a rake of roughly 15 percent of entry fees, so the average lineup loses money. A player whose lineups beat the contest rake still helped the field, even if his ROI is below zero.
What does share of field mean?
The percent of lineups in the tournament that rostered the player. It matches the ownership DraftKings reports.
Is this a projection?
No. It is a record of what already happened in public DraftKings contests.