Draft Tier Lists and How to Use Them on Draft Day

A tier list groups players by projected value instead of ranking them one to sixty. Tier one might hold the three elite running backs, tier two the next four, and so on. Tiers exist because the difference between the fifth and sixth receiver is tiny, while the gap between the third and fourth tier can be enormous.

Using tiers changes how you draft. When your pick arrives, you look at the top tier with available players and decide whether to take the best one or wait, because if several players in a tier remain, the drop-off after you pick is small. The real panic is a tier break: if only one player remains in your target tier, take him now rather than risk losing the whole tier.

Tiers also make trades cleaner, since you can compare packages by tier rather than by ranking. Build your own tiers from projections, not from someone else's list, because your league's scoring and roster settings shift value. Re-tier every few weeks during the season as roles change. Draft with tiers at /fantasy.