TJ's #Taek: Week 15 NFL DFS GPP Recap

Dec 21, 2021

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Week 15’s winning lineups from the biggest contests on FanDuel and DraftKings can be used to tease out lineup-building strategies and offer clues on how you could have landed on a similar team. Reviewing your hits and misses each week is imperative if you want to be a profitable DFS player but examining winning lineups is also a useful exercise in cultivating a winning approach.

More GPP Strategy: QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF

For today's review, we will simply look at a snapshot of how every winning lineup has been formulated this season in terms of overall ownership, salary allocation and stacks used.

DraftKings Week 15 Millionaire Winning Lineup

DraftKings Millionaire Winners Weekly Ownership, Weeks 1–15

Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative	Average
1	3.0%	12.9%	3.9%	13.7%	12.6%	11.3%	14.4%	5.0%	WR	1.3%	78.1%	8.7%
2	13.4%	7.0%	4.8%	20.3%	8.6%	4.7%	17.8%	2.4%	WR	8.9%	87.9%	9.8%
3	5.4%	14.8%	6.3%	13.6%	6.7%	4.2%	1.2%	3.3%	WR	16.8%	72.3%	8.0%
4	6.8%	20.2%	6.7%	17.7%	10.1%	9.9%	9.6%	2.5%	RB	5.6%	89.1%	9.9%
5	6.4%	35.4%	6.4%	23.6%	14.7%	11.3%	4.5%	5.4%	WR	8.1%	115.8%	12.9%
6	1.7%	25.1%	15.0%	5.6%	5.3%	0.8%	21.9%	2.7%	TE	14.9%	93.0%	10.3%
7	13.4%	12.6%	7.0%	25.9%	19.3%	4.3%	2.0%	4.1%	WR	2.8%	91.4%	10.2%
8	8.0%	11.0%	6.0%	26.4%	24.6%	14.6%	4.5%	14.5%	WR	5.1%	114.7%	12.7%
9	3.5%	21.1%	8.1%	28.3%	14.2%	7.0%	15.7%	2.0%	RB	3.0%	102.9%	11.4%
10	9.7%	48.4%	26.2%	10.4%	8.5%	8.0%	4.0%	3.3%	RB	3.0%	121.5%	13.5%
11	9.3%	3.9%	2.8%	4.6%	3.0%	1.2%	0.1%	0.7%	RB	2.4%	28.0%	3.1%
12	3.5%	14.2%	11.8%	8.5%	6.4%	3.4%	36.4%	3.6%	RB	3.8%	91.6%	10.2%
13	11.7%	22.5%	20.8%	17.6%	14.2%	9.9%	7.2%	6.6%	TE	5.8%	116.3%	12.9%
14	9.6%	13.3%	2.3%	14.0%	10.7%	9.7%	7.2%	1.6%	WR	14.5%	82.9%	9.2%
15	2.6%	12.8%	10.8%	34.9%	18.6%	16.2%	11.3%	8.8%	WR	3.7%	119.7%	13.3%
AVG	7.2%	18.3%	9.3%	17.7%	11.8%	7.8%	10.5%	4.4%		6.6%	90.5%	10.4%

DraftKings Millionaire Winners Salary Allocation, Weeks 1–15

Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Total
1	$5,700	$6,200	$5,300	$8,200	$5,900	$4,700	$8,300	$3,600	WR	$2,100	$50,000
2	$6,900	$8,300	$5,100	$7,200	$6,000	$4,700	$4,700	$4,000	WR	$2,900	$49,800
3	$7,000	$6,000	$5,800	$7,300	$7,200	$4,800	$4,700	$4,200	WR	$3,000	$50,000
4	$6,700	$6,700	$5,800	$6,600	$6,500	$5,000	$3,400	$4,900	RB	$4,300	$49,900
5	$7,400	$6,000	$5,500	$8,200	$6,800	$5,200	$3,700	$4,000	WR	$3,000	$49,800
6	$5,900	$6,600	$6,400	$6,500	$5,800	$3,500	$7,000	$4,800	TE	$3,500	$50,000
7	$7,100	$6,000	$5,700	$8,400	$6,900	$5,900	$2,500	$3,500	WR	$4,000	$50,000
8	$5,700	$5,400	$4,900	$9,000	$6,900	$6,400	$3,600	$5,300	WR	$2,800	$50,000
9	$7,000	$6,700	$5,300	$6,700	$6,000	$5,600	$4,900	$5,300	RB	$2,500	$50,000
10	$7,900	$4,700	$4,500	$7,500	$7,000	$7,000	$4,100	$4,500	RB	$2,700	$49,900
11	$5,100	$8,300	$7,000	$8,100	$7,000	$4,900	$2,500	$5,000	RB	$2,100	$50,000
12	$7,100	$7,500	$6,800	$5,900	$5,000	$4,700	$4,400	$5,800	RB	$2,800	$50,000
13	$4,000	$5,400	$4,300	$8,200	$6,800	$6,600	$5,900	$4,500	TE	$4,000	$49,700
14	$7,800	$6,000	$4,800	$6,900	$6,100	$5,000	$5,900	$4,300	WR	$3,100	$49,900
15	$5,400	$5,200	$5,000	$8,900	$5,800	$5,300	$6,400	$5,200	WR	$2,800	$50,000
AVG	$6,447	$6,333	$5,480	$7,573	$6,380	$5,287	$4,800	$4,593		$3,040	$49,933

Stacks used by DraftKings Millionaire Winners, Weeks 1–15

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

FanDuel Week 15 Sunday Million Winning Lineup

FanDuel Sunday Million Winners Weekly Ownership, Weeks 1–15

Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative	Average
1	12.5%	11.2%	1.6%	15.4%	14.8%	8.0%	3.9%	5.2%	WR	2.6%	75.2%	8.4%
2	12.9%	26.3%	15.5%	24.6%	16.0%	1.1%	7.8%	12.6%	RB	7.1%	123.9%	13.8%
3	6.4%	32.6%	19.6%	30.2%	17.7%	11.0%	19.8%	8.7%	WR	9.1%	155.1%	17.2%
4	11.5%	10.2%	5.6%	14.5%	14.2%	12.6%	2.3%	3.4%	WR	12.3%	86.6%	9.6%
5	3.6%	12.7%	4.1%	33.0%	11.3%	9.5%	3.8%	3.9%	WR	6.9%	88.8%	9.9%
6	4.1%	29.9%	22.4%	23.5%	8.8%	2.8%	12.4%	16.4%	RB	16.2%	136.5%	15.2%
7	3.0%	11.4%	9.4%	21.0%	11.5%	10.3%	5.7%	3.3%	TE	13.6%	89.2%	9.9%
8	20.6%	23.3%	4.5%	17.4%	12.8%	11.9%	10.3%	8.6%	WR	3.3%	112.7%	12.5%
9	16.1%	22.7%	11.9%	26.7%	21.4%	14.2%	0.2%	3.8%	RB	5.1%	122.1%	13.6%
10	14.0%	8.5%	3.2%	13.6%	5.5%	2.8%	5.1%	0.8%	RB	3.6%	57.1%	6.3%
11	1.2%	23.1%	6.3%	5.1%	2.3%	2.1%	4.8%	4.3%	RB	4.8%	54.0%	6.0%
12	5.8%	17.1%	8.9%	27.0%	8.8%	5.1%	17.7%	2.9%	WR	10.5%	103.8%	11.5%
13	19.2%	39.8%	16.8%	19.0%	17.3%	13.7%	14.6%	6.3%	RB	8.6%	155.3%	17.3%
14	10.0%	22.8%	2.2%	13.2%	10.3%	9.6%	16.3%	1.4%	WR	6.0%	91.8%	10.2%
15	1.5%	47.7%	11.7%	51.7%	35.1%	17.3%	9.3%	12.3%	WR	7.9%	194.5%	21.6%
AVG	9.5%	22.6%	9.6%	22.4%	13.9%	8.8%	8.9%	6.3%		7.8%	91.5%	12.2%

FanDuel Sunday Million Winners Salary Allocation, Weeks 1–15

Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Total
1	$8,800	$7,200	$6,400	$8,500	$7,900	$6,300	$5,700	$5,800	WR	$3,400	$60,000
2	$8,700	$8,000	$7,000	$7,200	$6,200	$4,900	$5,500	$6,100	RB	$3,700	$57,300
3	$7,500	$7,000	$5,200	$7,900	$7,400	$6,000	$8,500	$5,900	WR	$4,600	$60,000
4	$8,700	$6,900	$6,400	$8,200	$6,900	$6,000	$6,000	$5,900	WR	$5,000	$60,000
5	$7,700	$7,700	$5,600	$8,200	$7,700	$7,000	$5,400	$6,500	WR	$4,000	$59,800
6	$8,100	$7,500	$7,300	$8,200	$7,200	$7,000	$5,000	$5,500	RB	$4,100	$59,900
7	$7,200	$7,200	$6,800	$8,800	$7,500	$7,100	$5,700	$5,200	TE	$4,400	$59,900
8	$8,800	$7,600	$5,700	$7,600	$7,200	$6,900	$5,900	$6,100	WR	$4,100	$59,900
9	$8,300	$7,600	$7,400	$7,700	$7,600	$6,100	$4,400	$6,100	RB	$4,800	$60,000
10	$8,700	$9,000	$7,500	$7,900	$6,200	$5,700	$5,400	$5,400	RB	$4,200	$60,000
11	$6,300	$8,800	$7,600	$7,900	$7,000	$6,000	$5,000	$7,500	RB	$3,900	$60,000
12	$7,400	$8,400	$7,100	$8,000	$7,200	$6,200	$6,500	$5,800	WR	$3,400	$60,000
13	$8,100	$6,500	$6,200	$8,000	$7,600	$7,300	$6,300	$5,300	RB	$4,500	$59,800
14	$8,200	$9,000	$5,300	$7,700	$7,300	$5,500	$7,100	$5,200	WR	$4,700	$60,000
15	$6,400	$6,300	$5,800	$8,500	$8,200	$6,900	$7,400	$6,000	WR	$4,300	$59,800
AVG	$7,927	$7,647	$6,487	$8,020	$7,273	$6,327	$5,987	$5,887		$4,207	$59,760

Stacks used by FanDuel Sunday Million Winners, Weeks 1–15

Week	Primary Stack	Secondary Stack	Third Stack	Correlated Players
1	QB/WR	RB/TE/Opp WR		5
2	QB/WR	RB/Opp WR		4
3	QB/RB/WR/Opp TE	RB/WR		6
4	QB/WR/Opp TE	RB/WR		5
5	QB/RB/WR	RB/DEF	WR/WR	7
6	QB/WR/DEF	RB/WR		5
7	QB/RB/WR/TE	RB/TE	WR/DEF	8
8	QB/WR	RB/Opp RB		4
9	QB/WR	RB/Opp RB		4
10	QB/WR/Opp WR	RB/TE		5
11				0
12		RB/TE	WR/Opp WR	4
13	QB/WR			2
14	QB/WR	RB/WR		4
15	QB/TE/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR	RB/WR/DEF	8