Fantasy Joes FAQ

What is Fantasy Joes?

A fantasy football rankings game. Preseason, you build a personal draft board by choosing your top three players from sets of six. In season, a separate two-player weekly matchup game maintains fresh weekly rankings. Fantasy Joes grades the finished ranked lists against real NFL results.

Is it free?

Yes. The ranking games, your board, weekly rankings, the leaderboard, and the whole draft kit (exports, import, public board page, live Sleeper draft sync) are free.

Do I need an account?

Not to play — the draft ranking game works as a guest, saves to your device, and has no play cap. A free account keeps your board across devices, puts you on the leaderboard, and unlocks the draft kit. Upgrading from guest keeps everything you've built.

How is my score calculated?

Every player you rank is compared against the historical value of the slot you gave him, the gaps are summed, and the lowest total wins — a perfect weekly ranking scores exactly 0. The full methodology, formulas included, is on How the Accuracy Score Works.

Do my ranking choices get scored?

No — and this is the most misunderstood rule. Your choices only shape the ranked list. You're graded on the final list, never on whether an individual top-three or weekly matchup choice was "right."

Can I skip the game and edit my rankings directly?

Mostly, yes. You can drag any player to any slot by hand, and you can import a CSV to reseed your whole draft board from a list you already have. The six-player game is the fast path, not a requirement. To show up on a weekly leaderboard, complete at least one weekly matchup.

Does Fantasy Joes work with Sleeper?

Yes — that's a headline feature. Sleeper has no native way to upload custom rankings, so Fantasy Joes gives you live draft mode: enter your Sleeper username (no password) and players cross off your board in real time as they're drafted. Exports cover everything else.

What about ESPN or Yahoo drafts?

Use the same live-draft screen in manual mode — tap each player as he's called — or print the PDF cheat sheet. The exports also include CSV formats other tools accept.

Why no kickers or defenses?

Only QB, RB, WR, and TE are ranked and scored. Kicker and defense scoring is mostly noise week to week; our advice is on the cheat sheet itself — stream them, draft them last.

When do scores update?

Weekly scores post after grading finalizes following Monday Night Football. Draft-board standings update after each weekly grading run once boards snapshot (five days before Week 1), with the final grade after Week 18.

What happens if a player I ranked gets ruled out?

If he's officially out (Out, IR, Suspended, PUP), he's removed from that week's pool on every board and replaced by the highest-projected player not already on your board. If that replacement step misses an officially out player and he never plays, he is excluded from scoring. Players who are not officially ruled out count at their actual score, even if that score is 0. Full rules in Ranking Choices & Your Board.

Are there season-long leagues?

No. Season-long leagues are not part of the current product. Fantasy Joes is focused on ranking games, personal boards, the draft kit, and the free leaderboard.

Is there a Discord bot?

There is a separate Quick Matchups Discord companion in private testing. It uses lightweight two-player comparisons; it is not the six-card web game. Details and current install status are at fantasyjoes.gg/discord.

My home league is full-PPR (or standard). Can I still use this?

Yes. Half-PPR is the default — your main board, the leaderboard, and your public page use it — but registered users can add extra boards in full-PPR or standard scoring from their profile. A new board starts as a copy of your main board's ranks, with a short list of the players whose value shifts most in the new format so you don't re-rank everyone from scratch. Extra boards work with all the draft kit tools (exports, cheat sheets, live draft mode).

Is there a Fantasy Joes app?

Yes — add it straight from your browser: free, no app store, full screen with its own icon. On iPhone, open fantasyjoes.gg in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, use Chrome's Install app menu item. Sign in once in the installed app and you'll stay signed in.

Where does the data come from?

Player stats, projections, and preseason ADP come from Sleeper. Scoring uses Sleeper's point totals verbatim — half-PPR by default, with the matching total for extra boards in other formats. Game times and matchup data come from ESPN's public data. If Sleeper issues a stat correction, affected scores recompute on the next sync.

Who can see my board?

Your live board is public by default at fantasyjoes.gg/u/yourusername — you can switch it private in your profile. Your email and personal details are never shown.

Why did a player show up in another six-player set?

The selector works around the player's current neighborhood on your board. It prefers less-seen players and avoids immediately repeating the same six when another useful set is available, but a player can return when your earlier choices move him into a new local question. See Ranking Choices & Your Board.