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Manager breakdown

James

Slim Pickens

Share cardSkill 6Luck 86

Record

32–26

4 seasons

Titles

0

2 playoff trips

Points

6.35k

109.5/gm

Category profile

Distance from league average

  • Above
  • Below
Lineup IQ: −0.89 vs league averageLineup IQ86.4%Schedule Luck: +0.31 vs league averageSchedule Luck+2.4 WInjury Luck: +1.00 vs league averageInjury Luck-15 pts

Each category is scaled to the league’s own spread, so they share one axis. The number is the raw value.

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James category values against the league
CategoryValuePctlRankGrade
Lineup IQ86.4%612/12F
Schedule Luck+2.4 W754/12C
Injury Luck-15 pts981/12A+

Graded categories

Where you rank

  • Lineup IQSKILL

    86.4%12th/12

    Share of your best-possible lineup you actually started.

  • Schedule LuckLUCK

    +2.4 W4th/12

    Wins above the all-play record your scores earned.

  • Injury LuckLUCK

    -15 pts1st/12

    Expected points lost to injured players, priced at draft value.

Not graded yet

Needs player-level scoring

3 pending

  • Draft Value

    Points returned per dollar of draft capital spent. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to draft results.

  • Waiver Wire

    Points added by pickups after you acquired them. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to transactions.

  • Trades

    Rest-of-season points gained minus given up. Needs: Player-week scoring joined to trade dates.

Yahoo, Sleeper and ESPN all return weekly player scoring. These grades unlock on first sync — they’re held back rather than estimated.

Skill vs. luck

Where you sit in the league

  • James
  • League
ROBBEDDESERVED ITJUST BADFRAUDSKILL →LUCK →Jono — skill +0.92, luck +0.22PJ — skill +0.86, luck +0.36Alwin — skill +0.78, luck -0.39Martin — skill +0.21, luck +0.05Nick — skill +0.07, luck -0.16Andrew — skill -0.06, luck -0.90Patrick — skill -0.26, luck -0.04Yanick — skill -0.32, luck +0.01Tyler — skill -0.38, luck -0.33Brian — skill -0.44, luck -0.38Yosef — skill -0.82, luck +0.59James — skill -0.88, luck +0.72James

Skill is the average of your graded decision categories; luck averages the things that happened to you. Both are league percentiles centred on zero.

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Skill and luck scores for every manager
ManagerSkillLuck
Jono0.920.22
PJ0.860.36
Alwin0.78-0.39
Martin0.210.05
Nick0.07-0.16
Andrew-0.06-0.90
Patrick-0.26-0.04
Yanick-0.320.01
Tyler-0.38-0.33
Brian-0.44-0.38
Yosef-0.820.59
James-0.880.72

Season by season

Wins vs. wins earned

  • Actual
  • Earned
2022: 8 actual vs 7.2 earned (+0.8)'22+0.82023: 9 actual vs 8.1 earned (+0.9)'23+0.92024: 8 actual vs 6.0 earned (+2.0)'24+2.02025: 7 actual vs 8.4 earned (-1.4)'25−1.4wins →
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James actual and expected wins by season
SeasonActualEarnedΔ
202287.2+0.8
202398.1+0.9
202486.0+2.0
202578.4−1.4

Injury ledger

15 expected points lost

15 absences

  • E. Engram

    2024 · weeks 2–5 · 4 missed

    -3.5

  • A. Richardson

    2024 · weeks 5–6 · 2 missed

    -1.8

  • D. Samuel

    2024 · weeks 3–3 · 1 missed

    -1.7

  • D. Samuel

    2023 · weeks 7–7 · 1 missed

    -1.5

  • M. Pittman

    2022 · weeks 2–2 · 1 missed

    -1.4

  • K. Pitts

    2022 · weeks 5–5 · 1 missed

    -1.2

Cost is the player’s preseason auction value spread across the season, times games missed — a market-priced estimate, not their actual replacement.

The case file

James in five lines

  • Best category: Injury Luck

    -15 pts — 1st of 12 in the league.

  • Weakest category: Lineup IQ

    86.4% — 12th of 12.

  • 2025 was theft

    Scored like a 8.4-win team and finished 7–?.

  • Nemesis: Jono

    0–6 all time, -126 points across 6 meetings.

Head to head

vs Jono

0–6

6 meetings, −126 total points.

See Jono’s breakdown →