Daily fantasy drafters have been stacking NFL offenses for years. Best ball tournament stacking has exploded recently. But nearly all tournament formats leave out a position that offers a massive benefit when stacked. This is one area in which the cash game best ball player has a distinct edge. One look at the Stack Analysis tool in the RotoViz Win Rate Explorer shows us what tournament players are missing out on:
I expect if you asked most fantasy analysts which position was found in 80% of the safest stacks in best ball, not many would answer “kickers.” Even fewer if you asked about high-upside stacking. For the purposes of non-tournament best ball though, what we’re most concerned with is win rate, so let’s look at the top stacks by that all-important metric:
