Fantasy football draft season is finally here! To help you prepare for one of the most important parts of the fantasy season, we've gathered all of our excellent analysis and advice here, in one place, to help you build those eventual championship-winning teams.
The 2024 Yahoo Fantasy Football Draft Kit is being updated daily and we’ll continue to add new content here all the way up until the season kicks off. So, whether you’re playing fantasy football for the first time or a seasoned pro looking to add another title to your trophy case, our draft kit will provide all the rankings, sleepers, fades, position previews and more expert analysis you need to win.
Don’t forget to also listen and subscribe to the "Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast" for advice five times a week.
Want a quick way to prep before making your picks? Try a mock draft — practice makes perfect!
Ultimately, the only way you’ll miss out is if you don’t play. And we're giving you another reason to get excited about this fantasy football season...
Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports have teamed up for a first-of-its-kind $1 million fantasy football sweepstakes to make the start of the NFL and fantasy season even more thrilling.
By playing in a private Yahoo Fantasy football league, users can enter for a chance to win $1 million. Users can earn additional entries if players on their fantasy team score a touchdown in a Week 1 game broadcast on NBC and/or Peaco*ck, which features three primetime matchups. One lucky Yahoo Fantasy user will take home the whopping $1 million prize. We'll have some tips on which players could help earn you additional entries soon, but for now you can learn more about the sweepstakes here.
So be sure to join or create a league if you haven't already and let the fun begin. Now, let's get you ready to draft!
Draft-Day Blueprint
This is it: click the image below for your guide to building a successful fantasy football team, courtesy of Matt Harmon!
Draft Rankings
Once again, Christian McCaffrey is the consensus No. 1-ranked player for fantasy drafts this season. But the No. 2 pick and beyond isn't so clear-cut. Our expert rankings can help you make the best decision when you're on the clock.
Draft rankings
Top 300 overall
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Defenses
Kickers
Downloadable cheatsheets
2024 salary cap rankings tiers
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
The hardest players to rank in 2024
6 players ranked way too high on Yahoo
2024 Rookie fantasy rankings
Top 25 rookies
Mock Drafts
The Yahoo Fantasy team is conducting mock drafts, with varying formats, to learn where their player convictions are the strongest and to help provide big-picture takeaways you can take into your drafts.
10-team half-PPR | 10-team Dynasty startup | 10-team half-PPR 2.0 | 12-team full-PPR (3 WRs) | Week 1 Sweepstakes (extra entries!) | More to come
🧐 Draft Strategy
Whether you decide to go with a Hero RB strategy, wait on QB, go WR-heavy early or just wing it, our analysts have content available for every approach.
🤿 Deeper dives
Making a call on the six most polarizing players in drafts
Salary-cap draft tips from Scott Pianowski
Draft-Day Blueprint: Your guide to building a winning team
The All-Rebound team of 2024
How to execute the Zero RB draft strategy (and late-round targets) in 2024
The All-Fade team of 2024
How to avoid personal bias in your drafts
Main takeaways from 2024 projections
Is the term "injury prone" a thing in 2024?
Six players in need of a serious reboot
Post-hype draft values from 2023 class
Kickers to target and Week 1 streamers
NFL Training Camp Care/Don't Care
A LOT more to come!
🗣️ Draft debates
What's your ideal draft pick (and strategy)?
Bijan Robinson vs. Breece Hall — who's the right No. 2 RB?
Four potential fantasy WR1 candidates
More to come!
📈 ADP Analysis 📉
Average draft position — and movement therein — is one of the primary resources available to fantasy drafters. Knowing how to use it optimally is a whole other can of worms — but we're here to help with that.
Preseason Risers/Fallers: Pre-Week 1 | Pre-Week 2
Scott Pianowski's top positional targets at ADP
What ADP can tell us about 2024's draft landscape
Five must-draft players at ADP
Four players who need a career year to justify their ADP
😴 😳 Sleeper Picks
There are few better feelings in fantasy than when that non-star draft pick erupts — when the sleeper awakens. Check out some of our favorite sleeper picks for 2024.
Yahoo Fantasy Roundtables: Our team's favorite QB sleepers | RBs | WRs | TEs
Andy Behrens' late-round QB options
Underrated RBs set to go off
5 WRs who could surprise in 2024
Want to wait on TE? Here's 4 who could take off
More to come!
🚀 Breakout Picks
It's hard to win a fantasy football championship without drafting a breakout player or two. Just look at Raheem Mostert and what he did last year!
As always, we're here to help you identify those breakouts before they happen.
The All-Breakout team of 2024
Potential Year 2 breakouts
Blake Corum's potential for a breakout
2024 versions of 2023’s top breakouts
More to come!
Quarterback Advice
QB is deeper than ever — but does that mean you should wait to grab one late, or should you prioritize a superstar dual-threat early?
QB Preview for 2024: Dual-threat is the way to go
Where expert rankings go wrong at QB
5 of the most underrated QBs in 2024 drafts
Late-round quarterback targets
Enough with the Trevor Lawrence pessimism
The case for Anthony Richardson as QB1
Should you prioritize Jordan Love?
Lessons learned from previous rookie QB classes
More to come!
Running Back Advice
While the RB position isn't exactly the end-all, be-all like it used to be in fantasy, there has been an intriguing infusion of young talent as well as old faces in new places for 2024.
RB position preview for 2024
6 RBs going undrafted with league-winning upside
Analyzing the RB Dead Zone of 2024
RB committees we need clarity on, and 2024 predictions
How to execute the Zero RB draft strategy (and late-round targets) in 2024
RBs Dalton Del Don likes more than consensus | RBs Dalton Del Don likes less than consensus
Stop fading Alvin Kamara
Time to get hyped about Jonathan Taylor again
Lessons learned from previous rookie RB classes
Make a call on three key RBs
More to come!
Wide Receiver Advice
The deepest position in the game, getting a strong WR corps has been a winning strategy the past couple of years. 2024 is no different.
Matt Harmon's 2024 WR position preview
WRs Dalton Del Don likes more than consensus | WRs Dalton Del Don likes less than consensus
Four stars, four potential fantasy WR1 candidates
DK Metcalf enters 2024 with immense upside
Don't fade Marvin Harrison Jr.
Make a call on three key WRs
Mike Evans is once again a draft value
Which WRs could be held back by their QBs?
Top 15 WRs age 25 and under
Lessons learned from previous rookie WR classes
More to come!
Tight End Advice
For many seasons, it was Travis Kelce or bust at the TE position. Not so in 2024 — we've got some exciting toys to play with this season!
TE position preview for 2024
Five underrated TEs who deserve way more attention in drafts
Where consensus TE rankings go wrong
Grab the Kyle Pitts discount while you still can
Lessons learned from previous rookie TE classes
More to come!
🏈 NFL Context Breakdown
Fantasy football might be a supremely player-based exercise, but knowing and interpreting the context around those players is important as well — like their team, division, schedules and the like.
Fantasy depth chart for every NFL team
🛒 Matt Harmon's Take-Shopping Series:
Is there more to the Saints offense than meets the eye?
How will the Dolphins' RB rotation shake out?
Who is the biggest beneficiary from Eagles' Kellen Moore hire?
Which Texans WR should you prioritize?
Can we solve the Packers' receiving puzzle?
Who will fill the Stefon Diggs void on the Bills?
📸 Scott Pianowski's Divisional Snapshots:
NFC East | NFC South | | NFC North | NFC West
AFC East | AFC South | AFC North | AFC West
What to know ahead of preseason | Week 1 preseason news / Takeaways | Training camp news ahead of Week 2 preseason
NFL schedule analysis
Draft targets who could go off while seeking a new contract
🎓 Fantasy University
Before getting into all the amazing content we have to offer this draft season, perhaps you'll be wanting a refresher on fantasy football as a whole. Or maybe you're playing the game for the first time and want an in-depth breakdown of the fundamentals. We have you covered: welcome to the one higher-learning institution anyone can get into — Fantasy University!
Course Syllabus
Fantasy Football Glossary
Course 101: What is fantasy football?
Course 102: How to draft
Course 103: How does scoring work?
Course 201: Working the waiver wire
Course 202: Fundamentals of trading
Course 301: Guide to a successful draft
Course 302: Different types of draft strategies
Course 303: 5 common mistakes people make
Course 401: How to make better start/sit decisions
Course 402: How to factor in rankings
Course 403: Cadence of the week
Course 501: Tips for sustained success
Course 502: Mistakes even the best managers make
🎧 Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
What's better than one podcast a week? How about five? Matt Harmon is joined by the experts from Yahoo Fantasy and all around the fantasy football community to keep you up to date on the latest fantasy football news, rankings, sleepers, draft strategy and more every weekday from now until the end of the regular season.
Listen to or watch the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast on your favorite podcast platform:
How to make your leagues better
Funny fantasy team names to inspire your creativity
More to come!
The heat of the fantasy football draft season is just getting started. Keep it locked here as we continue to bolster our fantasy draft kit with more analysis, predictions, sleepers and breakout picks!
Your one-stop shop for all things fantasy drafts is just opening its doors — you won't want to miss it!
