Week 15 DraftKings & FanDuel Winning GPP Lineup Review

Dec 19, 2023

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In this space each week, I will review the winning lineups from the DraftKings Millionaire Maker and the FanDuel Sunday Million. Analyzing top lineups can help to tease out lineup-building strategies and offer clues on how you could have landed on a similar team.

DraftKings Week 15 Millionaire Winning Lineup

Ownership

Ownership in Winning DraftKings Millionaire Lineups
Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative
1	5.8%	15.1%	9.7%	23.6%	16.9%	5.7%	3.7%	2.2%	WR	35.5%	118.2%
2	3.3%	15.8%	9.5%	11.7%	11.0%	6.1%	5.0%	8.4%	RB	9.8%	80.6%
3	3.7%	20.4%	16.2%	22.8%	20.6%	15.7%	9.3%	11.0%	WR	12.3%	132.0%
4	6.1%	24.4%	3.3%	29.3%	12.6%	6.7%	14.7%	0.3%	WR	6.2%	103.6%
5	6.2%	44.6%	31.2%	20.0%	15.8%	4.3%	5.6%	31.1%	RB	8.5%	167.3%
6	4.2%	54.8%	18.9%	19.7%	10.8%	4.6%	9.3%	1.3%	WR	3.4%	127.0%
7	11.6%	15.5%	10.3%	12.4%	4.4%	2.3%	19.8%	17.9%	TE	12.8%	107.0%
8	6.4%	45.1%	29.7%	27.1%	7.8%	5.4%	19.5%	0.9%	WR	8.6%	150.5%
9	6.9%	17.7%	15.7%	34.9%	6.8%	3.7%	5.7%	10.1%	RB	11.5%	113.0%
10	7.6%	21.4%	13.7%	12.9%	8.0%	1.6%	19.6%	6.1%	TE	11.8%	102.7%
11	14.5%	41.8%	28.9%	34.5%	24.2%	17.8%	9.0%	1.5%	WR	9.2%	181.4%
12	15.0%	18.4%	15.8%	16.4%	13.8%	5.0%	2.9%	14.5%	RB	1.0%	102.8%
13	21.1%	65.2%	8.3%	20.7%	9.6%	8.8%	6.8%	4.8%	WR	14.1%	159.4%
14	3.7%	26.0%	5.9%	21.3%	16.5%	7.7%	14.6%	3.9%	RB	5.9%	105.5%
15	1.0%	35.7%	15.3%	40.7%	11.5%	5.2%	14.7%	4.5%	RB	7.5%	136.1%
AVG	7.8%	30.8%	15.5%	23.2%	12.7%	6.7%	10.7%	7.9%		10.5%	125.8%
2022 AVG	9.7%	22.2%	11.2%	20.3%	12.6%	8.3%	8.5%	6.1%		9.9%	108.7%
2021 AVG	7.6%	19.7%	9.5%	17.8%	11.8%	7.6%	10.0%	4.4%		7.1%	95.3%
2020 AVG	9.1%	24.0%	9.8%	18.0%	13.5%	8.7%	8.8%	4.2%		10.9%	106.9%
2019 AVG	7.8%	26.7%	14.5%	19.7%	10.3%	6.6%	12.6%	7.9%		11.1%	117.4%

Stacks

Stacks Used in Winning DraftKings Millionaire Lineups
Week	Primary Stack	Secondary Stack	Third Stack	Correlated Players
1	QB/WR/Opp RB			3
2	QB/RB/TE	RB/DEF	RB/Opp WR	7
3	QB/TE	RB/WR		4
4	QB/WR	RB/Opp WR	WR/Opp TE	6
5	QB/WR	RB/DEF	RB/Opp WR	6
6	QB/WR/TE	RB/WR		5
7	QB/TE	RB/Opp TE		4
8	QB/WR/WR			3
9	QB/WR/WR/TE/Opp RB			5
10	QB/WR/WR	TE/DEF		5
11		RB/WR	WR/TE	4
12		WR/Opp WR		2
13	QB/WR	RB/Opp RB		5
14	QB/WR/TE	RB/Opp WR		5
15	QB/RB/Opp WR	TE/DEF		5

Flex

For the second time this year, top-1% lineups flexed a tight end on over 30% of rosters—the field used two tight ends 21% of the time. Only 32% of top-1% lineups flexed a wide receiver, the lowest rate of the season by 10 percentage points.

Leverage/Unique Builds

The Packers passing offense was one of the most popular on the slate, with Jordan Love as the third-highest-owned quarterback in the Millionaire. Playing Baker Mayfield in the same game with a non-traditional stack offset Jayden Reed’s massive ownership.

With multiple Texans wide receivers injured, Noah Brown was set up for an expanded role against a Titans defense that went into the week allowing the eight-most schedule-adjusted fantasy points to wide receivers.

The Bills had one of the highest team totals on the slate but carried little ownership. James Cook was priced similarly to Ezekiel Elliott, who was in 26% of lineups.

FanDuel Week 15 Sunday Million Winning Lineup

Ownership

Ownership in Winning FanDuel Sunday Million Lineups
Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative
1	4.3%	20.2%	14.9%	23.3%	20.0%	4.0%	10.9%	0.6%	WR	1.2%	99.4%
2	2.2%	13.1%	10.8%	11.3%	10.7%	7.1%	6.4%	3.3%	RB	30.5%	95.4%
3	26.4%	29.7%	17.4%	10.7%	8.7%	8.2%	14.0%	13.6%	RB	4.1%	132.8%
4	10.0%	27.1%	4.2%	10.3%	8.0%	1.2%	5.4%	2.2%	RB	5.5%	73.9%
5	6.7%	29.8%	14.5%	13.9%	12.3%	10.3%	26.7%	6.7%	TE	8.7%	129.6%
6	11.3%	28.8%	20.6%	25.6%	11.7%	9.4%	2.6%	14.7%	RB	10.1%	134.8%
7	13.8%	29.8%	18.0%	12.2%	6.2%	4.0%	22.8%	7.8%	RB	4.4%	119.0%
8	6.3%	18.7%	9.4%	17.3%	8.6%	7.1%	16.0%	4.7%	RB	3.4%	91.5%
9	7.0%	25.7%	6.2%	22.3%	17.3%	15.7%	7.5%	9.0%	WR	20.6%	131.3%
10	9.6%	15.5%	12.2%	15.5%	7.9%	2.2%	1.7%	9.7%	RB	3.0%	77.3%
11	10.4%	38.2%	30.4%	29.6%	19.3%	10.3%	5.5%	0.7%	WR	7.9%	152.3%
12	28.3%	36.9%	9.4%	23.6%	12.0%	8.9%	11.1%	4.9%	RB	13.2%	148.3%
13	2.7%	11.6%	6.8%	17.4%	11.7%	8.4%	9.0%	5.5%	RB	22.1%	95.2%
14	12.4%	7.4%	6.6%	27.1%	24.1%	19.4%	4.5%	10.3%	WR	11.4%	123.2%
15	3.4%	23.4%	5.7%	28.8%	8.9%	2.8%	10.9%	3.4%	RB	0.5%	87.8%
AVG	10.3%	23.7%	12.5%	19.3%	12.5%	7.9%	10.3%	6.5%		9.8%	112.8%
2022 AVG	11.8%	28.9%	13.8%	18.2%	13.5%	8.6%	12.8%	6.0%		7.6%	121.0%
2021 AVG	8.9%	24.5%	12.9%	19.5%	11.5%	7.2%	9.2%	6.5%		7.0%	107.2%
2020 AVG	10.4%	23.9%	12.9%	23.8%	13.5%	8.3%	9.6%	7.5%		7.5%	117.4%
2019 AVG	9.5%	24.1%	11.0%	21.0%	11.8%	7.1%	13.3%	5.2%		7.8%	110.8%

Stacks

Stacks Used in Winning FanDuel Sunday Million Lineups
Week	Primary Stack	Secondary Stack	Third Stack	Fourth Stack	Correlated Players
1					0
2	QB/TE	RB/DEF			4
3	QB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR		6
4	QB/WR/TE	RB/Opp WR			5
5	QB/WR	RB/DEF	WR/Opp TE	WR/Opp TE	8
6	QB/RB/Opp RB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR			6
7	QB/Opp RB/Opp WR	RB/DEF	WR/Opp TE		7
8	QB/WR	RB/DEF			4
9	QB/WR/WR/TE/Opp RB	WR/DEF			7
10	QB/WR/WR	RB/DEF			5
11	QB/WR/TE	RB/DEF	RB/WR		7
12	QB/WR/Opp TE	RB/Opp WR			5
13	QB/WR				2
14	QB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR			4
15	QB/TE	RB/Opp RB	WR/DEF		6

Leverage/Unique Builds

Joe Flacco was a price pivot off of Matthew Stafford, who projected for nearly 20% ownership and added correlation to a somewhat chalky David Njoku. As leverage off of Stafford and other chalky Rams, the Commanders' defense made sense, even though they posted a modest fantasy total.

Chris Godwin had an elevated target share in Week 14, which continued in Week 15. He offered leverage off of the Packers chalky pass-catchers.

James Conner added correlation in the same game as a chalky Christian McCaffrey.