2017 DFS Rankings Review: Edition #1

by Aaron Hendrix (thehazyone) Last Updated 2017-05-10 11:52:23

We’re back with the first edition of the Rankings Review for 2017, and for the first time in a long time someone not named SaahilSud is leading the way in the RotoGrinders Tournament Player of the Year race, as awesemo has been crushing the competition in both NBA and MLB all year to ascend to the top spot. Awesemo has indeed been awesome as he already has over 50 scores topping 1,000 points each including a staggering 36 of those contests being GPP wins. He currently holds a nearly 6,000 point lead over his next competitor – the familiar face of youdacao, who holds a slim lead over the brothers ChipotleAddict and papagates with scout326 just a few points behind those two rounding out the top five.

Lurking not too far behind that group is our reigning TPOY Champion, Saahil Sud, in 6th place. The rest of the top 10 is petteytheft89, ThatStunna, peteyt, RikkieDee, and moklovin – all familiar names but new to these lofty heights in our rankings. Some faces that are used to being at the top and are currently in the top 25 include aejones (16th), ehafner (17th), DraftCheat (18th), mbomb44 (19th), and csuram88 (24th). RotoGrinder’s contributor squirrelpatrol finds himself in contention in 21st place.

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	awesemo	69,112	–
2	youdacao	63,293	–
3	ChipotleAddict	63,010	–
4	papagates	62,903	–
5	scout326	61,513	–
6	saahilsud	59,074	–
7	petteytheft89	53,071	–
8	ThatStunna	52,018	–
9	peteyt	48,515	–
10	RikkiDee	47,492	–
11	moklovin	46,105	–
12	fallfromgrace	45,247	–
13	jae686	43,399	–
14	chess_is_ok	41,850	–
15	emitnulB	41,498	–
16	aejones	39,289	–
17	ehafner	37,198	–
18	draftcheat	35,654	–
19	mbomb44	34,897	–
20	anilprao88	33,918	–
21	squirrelpatrol	33,077	–
22	Lowkey	32,773	–
23	MrTuttle05	32,699	–
24	csuram88	32,667	–
25	jhorst52	31,947	–

Saahil Sud might not top the TPOY race right now but he continues to crush the competition in the Super Heavyweight division as he holds a nearly half-million point lead over youdacao. This tier contains the best of the best, the high rollers of the industry, so it’s not surprising to see all the familiar names like ChipotleAddict (3rd), papagates (4th), ehafner (7th), AssaniFisher (14th), and SamENole (25th) among the leaders. Some players you might not have heard of but are worth keeping an eye on include fallfromgrace (8th), peteyt (9th), live finalist savant shawnzhan (19th), and jhorst52 (20th).

Superheavyweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	saahilsud	1,489,776	–
2	youdacao	1,009,763	–
3	ChipotleAddict	880,435	–
4	papagates	854,127	–
5	scout326	845,043	–
6	awesemo	747,755	–
7	ehafner	561,441	–
8	fallfromgrace	396,483	–
9	peteyt	380,898	–
10	moklovin	374,734	–
11	aejones	368,335	–
12	ThatStunna	359,493	–
13	Theclone	322,332	–
14	AssaniFisher	310,223	–
15	emitnulB	305,329	–
16	draftcheat	297,382	–
17	jae686	294,856	–
18	mbomb44	270,231	–
19	shawnzhan	240,574	–
20	jhorst52	237,003	–
21	petteytheft89	228,082	–
22	csuram88	215,453	–
23	shocae	205,557	–
24	Dahladino	172,938	–
25	SamENole	171,813	–

The Heavyweight tier is filled with some of RotoGrinders top contributors with squirrelpatrol, boggslite, and theseige all holding spots in the top 7. The current leader, however, is ocdobv who holds a top 20 ranking in both NFL (#6) and MLB (#19) and a top 60 ranking in NBA to prove he’s one of the best in the industry. chess_is_ok is the only other player above 200,000 points in 2nd place but he’s still a ways from the top spot. Other notable names in the top 25 include Kcannon in 12th, bidle in 14th, Mallen21 in 22nd, and another RG contributor headChopper in 25th.

Heavyweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	ocdobv	287,412	–
2	chess_is_ok	243,422	–
3	bric75	184,121	–
4	squirrelpatrol	171,046	–
5	boggslite	147,431	–
6	garbage9922	119,383	–
7	theseige	111,428	–
8	madoublet98	108,405	–
9	MJordan23	107,135	–
10	micahj10	105,121	–
11	AshyL4rry	101,794	–
12	Kcannon	91,045	–
13	ackarmasports	89,784	–
14	bidle	88,698	–
15	butler2222	76,412	–
16	Jazzraz	72,730	–
17	Erocksya2	72,529	–
18	wu36	71,947	–
19	Meatacus	70,760	–
20	bhy101	69,872	–
21	dudeoflife	68,251	–
22	Mallen21	62,801	–
23	Stonesalltheway	61,011	–
24	hishboo	60,155	–
25	headChopper	58,462	–

DollarBill has been riding a hot streak of late and finds himself at the top of the Middleweight tier thanks in no part to two huge MLB GPP wins at the end of April in the span of three days. On the 23rd he topped a field of 6,818 to win the DraftKings Nifty Fifty and would top that two days later when he bested 13,839 others in the Super Fastball on DK. He holds a nearly 40,000 point lead over current runner-up rayzethesky with jordanh415, BDholla89, and windchimesrrude rounding out the top 5.

Middleweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	DollarBill	163,925	–
2	rayzethesky	124,065	–
3	jordanh415	105,925	–
4	BDholla89	105,054	–
5	windchimesrrude	102,226	–
6	tomjk321	85,353	–
7	Ryanfour1637	82,378	–
8	russelld07	81,168	–
9	BlakeL34	72,486	–
10	Enlightenmint	70,854	–
11	davemoon	69,494	–
12	affihq	66,679	–
13	Boweryomama	66,104	–
14	ehlowel	65,216	–
15	keg4540	61,454	–
16	brpunkrmax	60,632	–
17	getchia	59,102	–
18	bmcgeever	56,942	–
19	devobrain	55,104	–
20	drewcasper	54,514	–
21	mh726	53,217	–
22	polskamorda	53,201	–
23	TwoSHAE	47,163	–
24	Superbowlhomeboy	47,029	–
25	PittsburghPaymentPlan	43,796	–

Anilprao88 might not play at the highest levels in the industry but he’s not letting that stop him from being a serious contender for all the major leaderboards here on RotoGrinders. The top ranked Welterweight is currently #20 in the TPOY race, #85 in NFL, #45 in MLB, and #27 in NBA despite having an average buy-in of under $10 over the past 365 days. He had a particularly memorable day back on March 15th when he won both the Four Point Play and Crossover on DraftKings. Capri is not too far back in 2nd place – less than 10,000 points behind with the rest of the top five lozingitall, pjm11, and rhino2424 all well behind those two. RG legend and GrindersLive host dean78904 sits in 8th place. Bankroll management!!

Welterweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	anilprao88	150,162	–
2	Capri	141,355	–
3	lozingitall	102,840	–
4	pjm11	76,571	–
5	rhino2424	74,582	–
6	blitzology	73,885	–
7	golferdude31	70,472	–
8	dean78904	64,885	–
9	maineventers	59,466	–
10	idontluvdemhos	56,479	–
11	stv1313	53,736	–
12	darcmaniluk	52,439	–
13	uncleberms	46,936	–
14	elindy4	46,553	–
15	g_ryan	43,589	–
16	chuckyduce	43,065	–
17	bmarksespn1	42,761	–
18	blackout8	42,647	–
19	TheHaba	42,234	–
20	CapHindsight	40,512	–
21	zoicen	37,433	–
22	jourgensen	37,218	–
23	jimmyrad	37,176	–
24	rvmpj10	37,031	–
25	MrNastyTime91	36,853	–

CZYX has been at the top of a tier leaderboard since RotoGrinders introduced them back in 2016 and he continues to hold the top spot in the Bantamweight tier. Currently #64 in the TPOY race with a #28 NBA ranking and #4 MMA ranking (as well as a top 200 MLB ranking), he’s among the best in the industry despite having an average buy-in of less than $4 over the past year. He recently had his biggest score ever when he won the FanDuel Spectacular Shot on April 17th besting over 80,000 other lineups. He’s so dominant in this tier that the next closest person benbell23 is over 80,000 points behind. Chad001, shipper21, and randlan are the other three in the top 5 who have their work cut out for them (unless CZYX moves up in tiers) to get the top spot.

Bantamweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	CZYX	131,548	–
2	benbell23	47,713	–
3	chad001	44,014	–
4	shipper21	40,173	–
5	randlan	38,010	–
6	mickeykid22	37,539	–
7	chizzle17	37,246	–
8	Brass23	35,657	–
9	rwalkersc	34,497	–
10	Frasig80	32,982	–
11	craigbengel13	30,589	–
12	PhillyPhan007	30,251	–
13	willisla	29,041	–
14	Frizz1	28,257	–
15	djiz1010	26,878	–
16	chefcurry68	26,689	–
17	jer4940	26,661	–
18	mlbsyndicate	26,314	–
19	D4RTHPH4D4R	26,082	–
20	causepayne	25,829	–
21	Hubeihammer	24,775	–
22	Capper21	24,038	–
23	joonbae	23,555	–
24	gfay63	23,459	–
25	jayboo17	23,454	–

While CZYX dominates the Bantamweight class, it’s kratom who dominates RG’s lowest tier, the Flyweight class with more than double the points of his nearest competition. He’s a top 100 ranked Grinder sitting at #84 in the TPOY race and top 125 in five different sports – all despite having an average buy-in barely topping two dollars over the past year. He’s had five top three finishes in fields topping 50,000 this year alone. BBROCK, rdewji, jun15ior, and thechamp round out the top 5 of the tier.

Flyweight Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points	Change
1	kratom	76,923	–
2	BBROCK	37,480	–
3	rdewji	33,834	–
4	jun15ior	33,779	–
5	thechamp	25,897	–
6	Spaventoso	22,126	–
7	whatsthespread	20,344	–
8	kroto	18,434	–
9	younggun	17,645	–
10	unclemonster	17,017	–
11	deejones49	16,528	–
12	lister01	16,173	–
13	xbrett82	15,930	–
14	joebob	15,190	–
15	deerosa	14,876	–
16	jcimdog	14,742	–
17	soifasoif	14,658	–
18	jpatr23	14,423	–
19	kngof9ex	12,617	–
20	wmgilpin	12,446	–
21	atstclair	12,346	–
22	Grejewel	12,334	–
23	Kinerb	12,236	–
24	Thebelleoftheball	12,146	–
25	cBraund	12,118	–

That’s it for this first edition of the 2017 Rankings Review – we’ll be updating this on a weekly basis the rest of the year!