We’re now more than a quarter of the way through the football season and the fantasy experts are jockeying for position in the race to determine who provides the most accurate advice. This past week saw more movement in our year-to-date standings as there are several new entrants into the top 10.
Let’s take a look at which experts did the best job with their week 5 rankings and see how these picks have affected the leaderboard.
Week 5 Accuracy Results
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Walter Cherepinsky – Walter Football | 69.4% |
| 2. | Justin Boone – The Score | 63.0% |
| 3. | Ryan Noonan – The Fantasy Fix | 62.6% |
| 4. | Adrian Pereira – eDraft | 62.3% |
| 5. | Eric Karabell – ESPN | 61.9% |
| 6. | Nathan Miller – Revelation Sports | 61.6% |
| 7. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 61.6% |
| 8. | Ken Zalis – Pressbox | 61.6% |
| 9. | Dave Major – XN Sports | 61.5% |
| 10. | Nick Raducanu – ProjectRoto | 61.4% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (123 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
Congrats to Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football) for putting together Week 5’s most accurate rankings. Cherepinsky’s biggest hit was ranking sleeper stud, Branden Oliver, ahead of every expert (123 total) monitored. His rank (RB #34) for Oliver was 22 spots ahead of the expert consensus and served as a clear recommendation to consider the Chargers’ rookie as a Flex play. Cherepinsky was also higher than all but 3 experts on another sleeper RB: Pierre Thomas (+14 rank spots vs. consensus). Thomas netted fantasy owners 2 TDs and 112 total yards. Walter Football’s rankings placed Thomas squarely in the surprise RB2 category. Cherepinsky also had a nice sleeper hit with Mohamed Sanu. He slotted the Bengals’ wideout (his WR #27) above every expert in week 5. Sanu rewarded that faith by hauling in 5 receptions for 70 yards and a TD. Cherepinsky rounded out his picks with a good decision to give Greg Olsen a lofty #3 TE ranking. No expert went higher for the Panthers’ TE and Olsen delivered for fantasy owners by grabbing 2 TDs.
Peak Performers
We also want to give kudos to the experts that did the best job of ranking week 5′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.
Demaryius Thomas (DEN)Consensus: WR #5
Best Rank: WR #1
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Joel Beall (Fox Sports)
Kendall Wright (TEN)Consensus: WR #46
Best Rank: WR #32
Actual Rank: WR #3
Top Expert: Joel Beall (Fox Sports)
Brian Quick (STL)Consensus: WR #31
Best Rank: WR #15
Actual Rank: WR #4
Top Expert: Tommy Rown (Juan Elway)
Branden Oliver (SD)Consensus: RB #55
Best Rank: RB #34
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Expert: Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football)
Arian Foster (HOU)Consensus: RB #12
Best Rank: RB #3
Actual Rank: RB #2
Top Expert: Muntradamus (Beast Dome)
Pierre Thomas (NO)Consensus: RB #40
Best Rank: RB #19
Actual Rank: RB #5
Top Expert: R.C. Fischer (FF Metrics)
Greg Olsen (CAR)Consensus: TE #6
Best Rank: TE #3
Actual Rank: TE #1
Top Experts: Neil Parker (Fantasy Sports LR), Muntradamus (Beast Dome) & Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football)
Tim Wright (NE)Consensus: TE #47
Best Rank: TE #24
Actual Rank: TE #5
Top Expert: Steve Olson (StatSims)
Russell Wilson (SEA)Consensus: QB #8
Best Rank: QB: #1
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Expert: Salvatore Stefanile (XN Sports)
Austin Davis (STL)Consensus: QB #22
Best Rank: QB: #9
Actual Rank: QB #3
Top Expert: Salvatore Stefanile (XN Sports)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Justin Boone – The Score | 60.6% |
| 2. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 59.5% |
| 3. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 58.8% |
| 4. | Nick Raducanu – ProjectRoto | 58.7% |
| 5. | Bryan Fontaine – Pro Football Focus | 58.6% |
| 6. | Scott Pianowski – Yahoo! Sports | 58.6% |
| 7. | Ken Zalis – Pressbox | 58.4% |
| 8. | Nathan Miller – Revelation Sports | 58.4% |
| 9. | Site Rankings – Bloomberg Sports | 58.4% |
| 10. | Terrance Bridgett – ProjectRoto | 58.2% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (124 experts) | *Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
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We’ll be back again next week with another update on the accuracy standings. In the meantime, be sure to check out the experts’ weekly rankings to help with your lineup decisions.
