How lineup efficiency is worked out
For every completed week, we work out the best lineup each manager could have started from the players on their roster that week. We follow your league’s actual lineup slots, including flex and superflex rules, so a tight end can only fill a slot a tight end is allowed in.
A manager’s GOAT score is the points they actually scored as a share of that best possible total. Most managers land somewhere between 80% and 90%. Anyone consistently above that is setting very good lineups.
Games thrown
A game thrown is a loss where the best possible lineup would have beaten the opponent’s actual score. It’s the most painful number on the page, and the most fun to bring up in the group chat.
The page also names the manager of the year, the biggest bench warmer, the manager with the most games thrown, and the single worst week of the season for points left on the bench.
Questions
Does it count players who were injured or on bye?
A player who didn’t play scores zero, so they never end up in the best lineup. Only players who actually scored points count.
Is it fair to judge lineups with hindsight?
Not entirely. Nobody can predict every boom week. That’s why it’s worth comparing managers with each other rather than with 100%.