We’re now more than a quarter of the way through the 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 (including a new #1 expert).
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 | 59.7% |
| 2. | Staff Rankings – RosterWatch | 58.8% |
| 3. | Mike Krueger – FFToday | 58.6% |
| 4. | KJ – Fantasy Team Advice | 57.9% |
| 5. | Chet Gresham – Walter Football | 57.9% |
| 6. | Sigmund Bloom – Footballguys | 57.8% |
| 7. | Tom Schriner – FFLockerRoom | 57.6% |
| 8. | Adrian Pereira – eDraft | 57.6% |
| 9. | Sean Koerner – STATS | 57.6% |
| 10 | George Kritikos – Dynasty League Football | 57.2% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (130 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
Congratulations to week 5’s most accurate expert: Walter Cherepinksy (Walter Football). This marks the 3rd time this season that Walter has landed in the top 10. No expert had week 5’s top fantasy scorer, Josh McCown, ranked higher. McCown was slotted in QB1 territory as Walter’s 13th overall QB, which was 7 spots above the expert consensus. Walter was also a believer in two other QBs that delivered for fantasy owners in week 5: Eli Manning (441 passing yards, 3 TDs) and Joe Flacco (210 passing yards, 3 TDs). He was in a select group of experts that had Manning rated as a top 5 QB and only 1 expert out of the 130 we tracked had a higher ranking for Flacco (his QB #11). Walter also scored points by recommending Doug Martin, the week’s best RB, as a RB1-caliber player.
Peak Performers
As always, we recognize 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.
Josh McCown (CLE)
Consensus: QB #20
Best Rank: QB #13
Actual Rank: QB #1
Top Expert: Walter Cherepinsky (Walter Football) & Sean Beazley (EDSFootball)
Doug Martin (TB)
Consensus: RB #14
Best Rank: RB #8
Actual Rank: RB #1
Top Expert: Dawgmatica (Pyromaniac)
Thomas Rawls (SEA)
Consensus: RB #29
Best Rank: RB #14
Actual Rank: RB #4
Top Expert: Jody Smith (Gridiron Experts)
Andre Johnson (IND)
Consensus: WR #60
Best Rank: WR #31
Actual Rank: WR #1
Top Expert: Jody Smith (Gridiron Experts)
Allen Robinson (JAC)
Consensus: WR #16
Best Rank: WR #6
Actual Rank: WR #2
Top Expert: Rich Hribar (The Fake Football)
Jaelen Strong (HOU)
Consensus: WR #78
Best Rank: WR #31
Actual Rank: WR #6
Top Expert: Jack Delaney (SoCalledFanEx)
Antonio Gates (SD)
Consensus: TE #8
Best Rank: TE #3
Actual Rank: TE #1
Top Expert: Dan Yanotchko (EDSFootball) & Scott Whitfield (Roto Rankings)
Tyler Eifert (CIN)
Consensus: TE #7
Best Rank: TE #2
Actual Rank: TE #2
Top Expert: Adam Rank (NFL.com)
Year-to-Date Accuracy
| Top 10 Experts – Overall Leaderboard* | ||
| Rank | Expert | PAY™ |
| 1. | Chet Gresham – Walter Football | 58.3% |
| 2. | Sean Koerner – STATS | 58.2% |
| 3. | John Paulsen – 4for4.com | 58.0% |
| 4. | Michael Fabiano – NFL.com | 57.9% |
| 5. | Justin Boone – The Score | 57.6% |
| 6. | Scott Pianowski – Yahoo! Sports | 57.5% |
| 7. | Jeff Ratcliffe – Pro Football Focus | 57.5% |
| 8. | Jake Ciely – RotoExperts | 57.5% |
| 9. | Pat Fitzmaurice – The Football Girl | 57.4% |
| 10 | Sablich Brothers – The NY Times | 57.2% |
*View Full Accuracy Scores (127 experts) | Combine Top Experts into Consensus Rankings
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That wraps up this week’s accuracy report. We’ll be back again next week to provide another update on the experts’ predictions. Until then, be sure to check out our week 6 consensus rankings to help with your lineup decisions.
