For most fantasy owners, it’s all on the line this weekend. Bragging rights, pride, trophies – you name it – are at stake with league championships on tap. The same can be said for the experts in our accuracy competition. They’ve battled it out for 15 weeks and we’re just 1 week away from crowning 2014’s most accurate expert. Despite the consistency atop our leaderboard, one good or bad week still has the potential to determine who takes home the majority of our accuracy awards. Simply put, we should be in for an exciting conclusion to the competition.
Before we jump too far ahead, let’s take a look back at which experts made the most accurate predictions in week 15.
Week 15 Accuracy Results
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | James Hatfield – Hatty Waiver Wire Guru | 68.2% |
2. | RC Fischer – Fantasy Football Metrics | 67.8% |
3. | Dave Major – XN Sports | 67.3% |
4. | Marc Caviglia – Bruno Boys | 67.2% |
5. | Nathan Miller – Revelation Sports | 66.8% |
6. | Adrian Pereira – eDraft | 66.7% |
7. | Brett Talley – The Fantasy Fix | 66.7% |
8. | Brandon Funston – Yahoo! Sports | 66.3% |
9. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 66.2% |
10 | Tom Poisal – Top Tier Football | 65.6% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (128 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
Peak Performers
As always, we recognize the experts that did the best job of ranking week 15′s peak performers. Below are several key players that came through beyond expectations for fantasy owners along with the experts who delivered their top ranking.
Jeremy Hill (CIN)
Consensus: RB #16
Best Rank: RB #10
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Experts: 8 experts
Knile Davis (KC)
Consensus: RB #45
Best Rank: RB #25
Actual Rank: RB #4
Top Expert: Terrance Bridgett (ProjectRoto)
Mike Wallace (MIA)
Consensus: WR #29
Best Rank: WR #19
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: Nathan Jahnke (PFF)
Devin Hester (ATL)
Consensus: WR #76
Best Rank: WR #43
Actual Rank: WR #6
Top Expert: Maurile Tremblay (FootballGuys)
Julian Edelman (NE)
Consensus: WR #23
Best Rank: WR #4
Actual Rank: WR #5
Top Expert: Steve Olson (StatSims)
Harry Douglas (ATL)
Consensus: WR #33
Best Rank: WR #18
Actual Rank: WR #8
Top Expert: Brad Evans (Yahoo! Sports)
Eli Manning (NYG)
Consensus: QB #14
Best Rank: QB #5
Actual Rank: QB #2
Top Expert: C.D. Carter (XN Sports)
Alex Smith (KC)
Consensus: QB #21
Best Rank: QB #14
Actual Rank: QB #3
Top Expert: Russell Clay (DLF)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
1. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 60.7% |
2. | Justin Boone – The Score | 60.3% |
3. | Site Rankings – Bloomberg Sports | 60.3% |
4. | Patrick Thorman – Pro Football Focus | 59.5% |
5. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 59.5% |
6. | Sablich Brothers – The New York Times | 59.3% |
7. | Matthew Hill – Fantasy Team Advice | 58.9% |
8. | Jeff Ratcliffe – Pro Football Focus | 58.9% |
9. | Nathan Miller – Revelation Sports | 58.8% |
10. | Mike Clay – Pro Football Focus | 58.8% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (127 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
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We’ll be back again next week to officially crown 2014’s most accurate expert. Until then, be sure to check out the experts’ weekly rankings to help with your lineup decisions.