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Transactions

Every trade ever made and every waiver claim that paid off. 75 executed trades, 2,193 pickups, 8 seasons. Trades sourced from the league's manual trade log; pickups + roster data from ESPN.

Trade Tape

Career Trade Record

For every trade, we sum what each side’s players scored after the deal. Started surplus only counts points the receiver actually started (no credit for bench-hoarding); total surplus counts every point the player produced. Sorted by started surplus.

RkManagerRecordStarted SurplusTotal SurplusTrades
01Dite19-10
started: 14-10-5
+623+47929
02Cliff9-7
started: 4-5-7
+470+52016
03Drake4-6
started: 6-1-3
+215+1010
04Mitch9-7
started: 6-6-4
+191+47616
05Rob7-5
started: 6-6
-62+38112
06Carl5-5
started: 3-3-4
-129-13710
07Kyle8-10
started: 6-9-3
-423-57418
08Jordan14-25
started: 13-18-8
-885-1,15539
The Wire

Career Pickup Score

For every successful waiver claim or free-agent add, we count the points the player scored from that week onward. Started points only counts what the picker actually played — stripping out the bench-hoarder effect (looking at you, anyone who scooped Baker Mayfield and never started him).

RkManagerStarted PointsTotal PointsPickupsFAABPts / $ (started)
01Mitch5,48525,652286$6803.5
02Jordan5,02824,410319$6574.7
03Rob4,91021,353278$5564.8
04Kyle4,77729,539358$6813.5
05Carl4,16718,276238$6982.8
06Cliff4,00416,669197$5763.3
07Dite3,73921,370275$6513.2
08Drake3,71318,559242$5263.1
Hall of Fame

Biggest Fleecings

Hall of Fame

Top Pickups

  • Kyle on Josh Allen
    +377
    started · 396 total
    2020 W1 · $0 waiver bid
  • Jordan on Joe Burrow
    +293
    started · 365 total
    2024 W2 · $0 waiver bid
  • Mitch on Aaron Rodgers
    +249
    started · 353 total
    2020 W2 · free-agent pickup
  • Rob on Joe Burrow
    +249
    started · 293 total
    2022 W4 · $9 waiver bid
  • Cliff on Puka Nacua
    +232
    started · 277 total
    2023 W2 · $35 waiver bid
FAAB Bust

Worst FAAB Busts All-Time

High bid, low return. Ranked by dollars-per-point, so a $40 waiver who scored 2 points stings more than $20 for nothing.

The Wire

$0–$1 Steals

Free pickups and one-buck bids that produced. Sorted by points actually started.

  • Kyle on Josh Allen
    +377
    $0 bid
    2020 W1
  • Jordan on Joe Burrow
    +293
    $0 bid
    2024 W2
  • Mitch on Aaron Rodgers
    +249
    free agent
    2020 W2
  • Drake on Brock Bowers
    +217
    free agent
    2024 W1
  • Rob on Leonard Fournette
    +210
    free agent
    2021 W4
Whoops

Came Crawling Back

The same owner picked up the same player twice in one season. Implies they dropped him in between, then changed their mind. Gap points = what he scored on someone else’s roster while he was gone.

YearManagerPlayerDropped AfterRe-AddedGap Points
2023KyleGus EdwardsRBW5W1697.5
2020MitchTom BradyQBW5W1666.2
2022MitchJoshua PalmerWRW4W1256.6
2020JordanEvan EngramTEW6W1342.2
2025RobBills D/STDEFW3W1637.0
Trade Tape

Most Active Wheeler-Dealer

Some managers move every week. Some never move at all.

RkManagerTradesPickupsFAAB
01Kyle18358$681
02Jordan39319$657
03Dite29275$651
04Mitch16286$680
05Rob12278$556
06Drake10242$526
07Carl10238$698
08Cliff16197$576
Coaching Malpractice

Worst Single Start/Sit Calls All-Time

One week, one roster, one regret. Delta = optimal lineup score minus actual score, computed against league slot rules (no FLEX shenanigans).

RkManagerYear · WeekActualOptimalDelta
01Kyle2022 · W146.1112.6+106.5
02Jordan2024 · W1499.0183.8+84.8
03Jordan2023 · W3111.6183.8+72.2
04Dite2023 · W562.6134.3+71.7
05Mitch2021 · W1295.5166.4+70.9
Coaching Tape

Career Bench-Burn Leaderboard

Total points each manager has left on the bench across every week with roster data. Lower is better. The optimal lineup is built against the league’s actual slot rules — none of ESPN’s stored fantasy.

RkManagerTotal Bench-BurnPer WeekWeeks
01Dite2,19617.2128
02Jordan2,31018.3126
03Drake2,38118.6128
04Cliff2,42218.9128
05Kyle2,49119.3129
06Carl2,58720.1129
07Mitch2,87522.5128
08Rob2,91122.4130
Hold the Line

Best Optimal-Lineup Streaks

Consecutive weeks where the manager started the perfect lineup — zero points left on the bench. The longest such runs in league history.