With league trade deadlines looming over the next few weeks and teams throwing in the towel and stashing players for next year, there is no better time to update the combined IDP + offense dynasty rankings.
The full methodology (with past examples) is provided below, but two quick notes:
The data used to slot positions relative to one another has not changed. The relative positional value is still determined by startup drafts which took place last offseason. As a result, you will see that the top WR (5) and top DL (71) remain in the same spots as they have been since mid-August. If you think positional valuation has shifted significantly, take these rankings with a grain of salt.
The rankings that determine which names are slotted have been updated with FantasyPros offense consensus rankings, most recently updated on Nov 10, and our proprietary IDP rankings, updated on Nov 5. The result is that the top WR holds the same relative value compared to other positions, but the top WR has changed from Ja’Marr Chase to Jaxon Smith-Njigba (and DL001 is now Will Anderson Jr. instead of Aidan Hutchinson).
Good luck to those of you who are chasing a championship or starting a rebuild!
Combined IDP + offense dynasty rankings are one of the holy grails of IDP fantasy football, and, all too often, they are single-source, underspeccified, and/or feel completely detached from reality. The rankings below aim to address these issues and provide you with actionable insights to help with your startups, keepers, trades, and more as you navigate the sometimes complex IDP landscape. Here is what our rankings are and how they are different:
Informed by consensus: We start with the best-in-the-industry dynasty IDP rankings from Adam Marcum and Jon Macri. On the offensive side, we rely on the industry leader in consensus dynasty offensive rankings with FantasyPros ECR, powered by over 20 industry experts.
Driven by market data: The biggest challenge with combined rankings is evaluating offensive players vs. IDPs. We have taken the guesswork out of this process by leveraging data from 52 recent Sleeper startup IDP drafts that most align with the most commonly identified league settings from past State of IDP reports: Sleeper positional formats, 12 teams, 15-22 total starters, 40-60% of starters are IDP, superflex, non-devy.
Clearly explained: We combine these two elements to see how drafts have played out by position, but then substitute in who the best player available at that position actually was based on consensus rankings. For example, Puka Nakua is being drafted as WR2 with an ADP of 6.32, but the consensus WR2 is Jaxson Smith-Njigba. We therefore assign JSN the slot in our ADP rankings that Nakua initially held. As an IDP example, Micah Parsons is being drafted at DL002 with an ADP of 91.30, but our consensus rankings have Will Anderson as DL002, and so he takes that spot in ADP. Once we know how all the positions tend to be drafted in these recent startups, we simply plug in who should have been the pick, rather than who was, to generate the rankings you see below.
Note: these free consensus rankings include only the first 250 players. For access to the full 700+ player rankings, you must be a paid subscriber.
