Welcome to the FantasyVORP.com beta!

Q: What is VORP?

VORP: Value Over Replacement Player
Def: A single-number measure of a player's value, specific to that players' position, and your league settings.

The stat was first used in the MLB [of course] as a way to measure the effective value of pitcher [e.g.:"How many runs would a replacement level pitcher have allowed here?"].

In Fantasy Sports, though, there are far less variables to consider, and far more structure. This makes VORP is a much more effective and simple way of measuring player values in Fantasy. However, for some reason VORP hasn't been adopted by any of the major fantasy platforms - currently, VORP is only really used within some custom spreadsheets found online which may be difficult to find and/or use...

So that's why I created this site 🤠

Q: Why is VORP better?

Using VORP is better than your fantasy platform's existing pre-season / in-season rankings.

The standard fantasy platform rankings are not great - and most fantasy GMs know this. That's why there is an entire cottage industry of custom spreadsheets and insider projections, and so on. Don't get me wrong - these analysts and spreadsheets are undoubtedly very valuable... for users that want to spend the time and effort to find the right analyst/tool and customize their spreadsheet to perfection.

But what if we could just use the existing raw stats to create a better ranking system?

The facts of the case:

• Standard fantasy platform pre-season rankings are not great. Even the platforms themselves know this - their business is competently facilitating a fantasy league, not performing complex calculations to provide you custom data insights.
• This lack of effort into data extends to the Regular Season, too, of course. In-season rankings are usually calculated with the most simple possible calculation [averages of each category]. This process works to provide rough estimates of overall value, but doesn't take into account several important factors in fantasy, such as: the value of a category within that players' position, the value of that position relative to other positions, the scarcity of that position's value, and so much more.

Using VORP solves all of these issues - without increasing complexity. It's 1 number, and a better ranking.

You can go as deep as you'd like into the complexity, of course, as well. You can calculate VORP within each category, and even VORP within each category within each position 🤯. But we're trying to SAVE time and effort here, though, right? So let's keep it simple - in fantasy sports, your primary goal is to better understand player values, and VORP makes that easier. VORP is better.

Q: How do I use this site?

1. Scroll down 👇 to the Input Your League Settings button - input all of the specific settings for your FHL
2. The VORP data for your specific league will be calculated for:
   • The past 3 seasons
   • A bare-bones VORP projection for the upcoming 22-23 season!
   • and coming soon... Live VORP calculations for In-Season and In-Game stats 😮

Feel free to play around with the filters above the datatable as well! The Table View is for a Stats vs. Draft data view, filter the table by Position, select your Season [or projection], and switch between Full Season values vs. Per Game values.

PS - If you're interested in that last feature - Live VORP for In-Season and In-Game stats...
sign up for feature updates here.