Category leadersthrough week 8vs the consensus
- Bold callsWide receiversMick Ciallela56%
- Bold callsRunning backsLiz Loza58%
- Deep running backsRanks 13–48FFToday27.9
- Deep wide receiversRanks 25–60Mick Ciallela13.3
- Top tight endsRanks 1–8FF Toolbox20.8
- Streaming quarterbacksRanks 13–24Closest to the consensusYahoo Sports Consensus9.3
- KickersFull poolEric Moody2.9
- Predicting usageQB, RB, WR, TEFootballguys+0.7
- Most weekly winsAll positionsDraft Sharks9
Updated Nov 3, 2026 with week 8- Position
- RB
- Scoring
- Half-PPR
- Season through
- Week 8
NFL fantasy football, 2026 season
Fantasy football expert accuracy and independent service reviews
The Fantasy 50 helps fantasy football players decide whose advice to follow and which services to buy. We review service quality, and we measure how accurately tracked experts ordered NFL players in weekly half-PPR rankings. The two are reported separately.
- FantasyPros Consensus35.5
- Draft Sharks34.5
- Yahoo Sports Consensus34.3
Season scores average eligible weekly indices; sample size and participation are shown with each result. Past results don't establish future superiority.
Two ways we evaluate advice
Service reviews, scored 1 to 5
An editorial assessment of a paid service: how useful the advice is, the tools and usability, value, coverage and timeliness, and transparency.
How we review servicesMeasured accuracy, indexed 0 to 100
The Fantasy 50 measures how closely an expert's player ordering matched actual fantasy-point ordering within the same weekly position and scoring-format player pool, as a skill score: 0 is a random order and 100 is perfect. Most rankers land between about 5 and 35, because weekly fantasy scoring is noisy, so a few points is a real gap; below 0 means worse than a random order. It is not a prediction success percentage.
How accuracy is measuredHighest-rated fantasy services
No scored service reviews have been published yet. We will list services here after their editorial reviews and supporting evidence are published.
How The Fantasy 50 reviews servicesExpert accuracy standings
RB · Season through week 8, 2026 half-PPR. Rankers need 6 eligible weeks and 75% participation to be ranked.
| Rank | Ranker | Season skill score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FantasyPros Consensus | 35.5 |
| 2 | Draft Sharks | 34.5 |
| 3 | Yahoo Sports Consensus | 34.3 |
| 4 | FFToday | 33.7 |
| 5 | Footballguys (PPR board) | 33.1 |
Category leaders
Who ranks best for a particular job, through week 8. Every category measures tracked rankers against the FantasyPros consensus, which serves as the benchmark rather than a contestant.
- 1Mick Ciallela 58 of 10456%
- 2Footballguys 70 of 13452%
- 3Draft Sharks 54 of 11049%
- 1Liz Loza 49 of 8458%
- 2FFToday 47 of 8655%
- 3Mike Clay 49 of 9054%
- 1FFToday27.9
- 2FF Toolbox27.4
- 3Draft Sharks27.1
- 1Mick Ciallela13.3
- 2FF Toolbox11.0
- 3Tristan H. Cockcroft10.7
- 1FF Toolbox20.8
- 2ESPN app projections16.1
- 3Eric Karabell16.1
- 1Yahoo Sports Consensus9.3
- 2Draft Sharks8.2
- 3Eric Moody7.4
- 1Eric Moody2.9
- 2Eric Karabell-4.0
- 3Matt Bowen-4.4
- 1Footballguys+0.7
- 2Mick Ciallela+0.5
- 3Yahoo Sports Consensus+0.0
- 1Draft Sharks9
- 2Footballguys8
- 3Eric Moody7
Waiver wire results
How recommended pickups actually scored, by type of advice. 26 sources, 2582 adds tracked in 2026.
Latest results and research
Find the right advice for the job
Buying guides will appear here once their recommendations and supporting reviews are published.
Browse service informationLearn to read the evidence
Our published methodology explains how weekly rankings are captured, scored and interpreted.
Questions
What does The Fantasy 50 evaluate?
Two things: the quality of paid fantasy services, and how accurately tracked experts ordered players in weekly rankings.
Is a service review score the same as expert accuracy?
No. Review scores are editorial judgments of a service on a 1 to 5 scale. The Order Index measures how closely an expert’s player ordering matched actual fantasy-point ordering. We never combine them.
Which leagues and formats are covered?
NFL, half-PPR scoring, weekly QB, RB, WR, TE, FLEX, kicker and team defense rankings. Each is measured as its own cohort; FLEX ranks running backs, wide receivers and tight ends together.
Do affiliate commissions affect rankings?
No. Affiliate relationships don’t determine editorial scores or accuracy standings.
Do past accuracy results predict the future?
No. Measured results describe past weeks only and don’t establish future superiority.
When are rankings captured?
Before each week’s lock, five minutes before the first scheduled game, so news that breaks after the lock can’t be reflected in a ranker’s score.
How every score starts
Locked before kickoff
We capture every tracked ranking before the week's lock and score it after results are final. Nobody gets to edit a bad week afterwards.
- Week 9 rankings captured so far
- 426
- First lock, ET, 5 min before kickoff
- Thu 8:10 PM
- Results published
- Tuesday