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SCORE BIG ALL SEASON LONG.
Play for the rest of the season with no roster management.
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SCORE BIG ALL SEASON LONG.
Play for the rest of the season with no roster management.
How is Best Ball is Different?
Play all season long
Unlike typical Daily Fantasy Sports contests, Best Ball contests last the entire season. Cash prizes are paid out based on your cumulative total points for the season.

Snake Drafts
Your Best Ball team is drafted in a Snake Draft format. Teams take turns drafting players live, and the pick order is reversed each round.

No roster management
The draft is your only time commitment. No adds, drops, trades, or waiver claims. Your top-scoring players each week automatically slide into your starting lineup.
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How To Play
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Choose a Best Ball Contest from the lobby and edit your pre-draft rankings or use the default.
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Snake Drafts start as soon as the contest fills. The pick order is determined randomly.
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Draft your lineup from the available pool of NFL players or turn on Autodraft in the draft settings.
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Once the draft is complete, coast through the season. No roster management is needed at all. Each week, the top-scoring players automatically slide into your starting positions. Best Ball uses the same scoring as DraftKings Classic contests.
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Cash prizes are paid out to users that rack up the most cumulative total points throughout the season.
Ways to Play
Sit & Go’s
Best Ball contests played throughout the season. They can range from 3 teams to 12 teams. Hop in a Snake Draft and pick the squad you’ll have for the entire contest. The team with the highest cumulative points at the end of the season is the winner.


Tournaments
Best Ball contests that are played out over multiple rounds. Pick your squad in a 12-team Snake Draft. This will be your team for the entire tournament. After each round, the highest-scoring teams will win a ticket for the next round and advance — until the final team is standing at the end of the season. Tournaments will typically have higher prize amounts.
FAQS
How does Best Ball work?
What are the restrictions for Best Ball?
What if I miss a live snake draft?
What is the draft speed for Best Ball contests?
Can I be notified for a Best Ball draft?
Best Ball gives DraftKings players a taste of season-long fantasy football.
Best Ball is a game style that launched on DraftKings for the 2020 NFL season. Unlike typical daily fantasy sports contests on DraftKings, Best Ball contests span the season. Teams are drafted in a Snake Draft, and that roster is used for the entire duration of the contest. There is no crossover between teams like you commonly find in DFS contests, and there is no roster management to worry about. Prizes are paid out at the end of the contest.
Two ways to play: Sit & Go’s and Tournaments -
Sit & Go’s are Best Ball contests that are played for the entire season or for just a specified number of weeks. They can range from three teams to 12 teams. You’ll pick your squad in a Snake Draft and you’ll use it for the entire contest. Scoring is the same as DraftKings Classic fantasy contests. The team with the highest cumulative points after all weeks is the winner.
Best Ball Tournaments play out over four rounds. You’ll hop in a 12-team Snake Draft and use that team for the entire tournament. After each round, the highest-scoring team will advance to the next round, where they’ll be randomly placed in a new 12-team group. The highest-scoring team of Round 4 will be the tournament winner. Scoring is the same as DraftKings Classic fantasy contests. Best Ball Tournaments typically have higher prize payouts than Sit & Go contests.
The ins and outs of Snake Drafts -
In a Snake Draft, teams take turns drafting players. The pick order reverses each round. There are two types of Snake Drafts you can enter. Fast Snake Drafts give you 30 seconds per pick to keep things moving, whereas Slow Snake Drafts allow up to 8 hours per pick. Drafts start as soon as all seat are filled. Turn on your notifications on in your phone’s settings to get an alert when the draft is getting ready to start and when you’re on the clock.
Coast through the season -
There’s no roster management to worry about in Best Ball contests. Your only time commitment is the draft. No adds, drops, trades, or waiver claims. You don’t even have to set your lineup! Your highest-scoring players each week automatically slide into your starting positions.
Play Best Ball -
Think you’re ready to tackle a Best Ball contest? Choose football or basketball and hop in a contest in the DraftKings lobby.