League and Draft Formats in Fantasy Football

Draft Formats

Players are drafted on a team in three main formats.

 

  • Serpentine/snake draft: the draft order from the first round is reversed in the second round, then reversed again in every round thereafter, thus creating a snakelike progression.
  • “Standard" draft system, in which draft order is maintained throughout.
  • Auction system, in which owners bid on players using a predetermined budget.

 

In GuysGirl.com Fantasy Football League, we choose to go with NFL's system of conducting a fantasy football draft. This is pretty much the most fair as far as when team owners select players. This "Grid System" allows for each team owner to draft 1st overall at least once in the draft.

The table below (each number in the table refers to each team's draft position for that round) for the draft order for the full 14 rounds of the draft. You'll see that the order staggers each round of the draft (Team #1 has the first pick in round 1; Team #6 has the first pick in round 2, etc.) so that each team will have the opportunity to draft 1st in a round at least once.

 

 

ROUND

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Team 1

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

Team 2

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

Team 3

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

Team 4

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

Team 5

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

Team 6

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

Team 7

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

Team 8

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

Team 9

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

Team 10

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

Team 11

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

Team 12

12

7

2

9

4

11

6

1

8

3

10

5

12

7


League Formats

 

  • Redraft League: Most teams operate under the "redraft" format. Redraft formats are leagues that redraft players every single year no matter how you finished the previous year.
  • Keeper League: Keeper leagues usually have the same set of fantasy team owners every year. Prior to the draft, team owners choose which player they would like to keep from their previous fantasy football season. Some leagues allow you keep only 1 player, while others allow you keep your whole roster.
  • Salary Cap League: The salary cap football league is a particular new type of dynasty league which adds another factor of realism similar to the NFL: the salary cap. Just like in the NFL, this means each player has an associated salary and the total spent on all the players on a team has a maximum - the "salary cap." This can have many levels of complexity, e.g. a player may be signed for multiple years, etc. These also incorporate handicap leagues for people with down’s syndrome.

 

 

Related Videos

 

How to Draft a Fantasy Football Team

Drafting a Fantasy Football Team

How to Set Your Lineups

Managing a Fantasy Football Team

Rules & Regulations

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