How Volatile is Each Position?
Meaningful differences exist between the volatility of each fantasy position. I calculated the average CV of all qualified players at each position over the last two seasons. Qualified players included all players who played at least six games in a season and reached the following per-game scoring cut-offs in that season using FanDuel scoring: quarterback 10.0, running back/wide receiver 8.0, tight end 6.0. For quarterbacks, only starts were used. For other positions (this mainly applied to running backs), any games where their role was drastically different from the rest of their season were removed. For example, C.J. Anderson’s games before becoming a starter in 2014 were removed because they would have created artificial variance relative to his season average. If a player didn’t have six games in his sample after removing games, that player was removed from the sample as well. Essentially, I was looking to include players who had a consistent role and see how volatile they were within that role. I did this for both FanDuel (0.5 PPR) and DraftKings (1.0 PPR) scoring formats. The results are below:
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