Week 4 Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart (2024)

FAQs

How do you approach a fantasy trade? ›

Understand your leaguemates' needs

Let me tell you a secret about fantasy trades: It's all about catering to your leaguemate's needs and not YOUR wants. You need to approach your leaguemates with a giving mentality. Research their team and identify which positions they need to improve most.

When proposing a trade, it's crucial to consider your trade partner's needs and roster composition. Offering a deal that only benefits your team and doesn't address their weaknesses is unlikely to be accepted. Craft trade proposals that create a win-win situation for both parties.

Traditionally, it's a table that separates fantasy players by position (QB/WR/RB/TE/draft picks) and assigns each a “trade value.” At its core, the “trade value” assigned should indicate a player's future potential and account for his past.

Submitted trades appear in the team notes above the roster on the MY TEAM page, and a notification is sent via email to the other team manager. You can also view them using the "Trades" button on the TEAM page of the NFL Fantasy Football app.

You can't force another owner to trade with you. You can offer and counter-offer, persuade, and cajole, but that is the extent of your abilities. You could offer a trade that heavily favors the other party as an inducement to trade, but the other owners would probably vote it down.

Treat every negotiation like it's a deal in your fantasy league: listen to what the other side thinks they need (ie: don't make crappy blind offers for Alvin Kamara or tell them what YOU think they should want on their team), and focus instead on gathering as much information as possible to find common needs and ...

Understand a Player's Value to Their Owner

You can see this by looking at the team's roster and that will help you understand if they would be willing to make a trade for a certain player. For example, you might see they have a pass-catching RB that is extremely valuable to their team based on their lineup.

Fair Trade Ratings

The goal is to create trades that will be accepted in leagues and this should further help guide league players to that end. The Fair Trade Rating is a value of 1-100. The closer to 100% the better, but generally speaking anything above an 85% should be considered fair.

Fantasy etiquette generally favors voting against a trade only in the case of collusion or intentional sabotage, rather than voting on the basis of whether a trade seems "fair".

The most widely known of these charts is the "Jimmy Johnson Draft Value Chart" and that version is commonly accepted as the "official" draft value chart.

How do you calculate fantasy value? ›

For example, if a player has a salary of $10,000 and we project them to score 25 points, their value would be: (25/10,000)*1,000 = 2.5x value. The higher the player's value the better.

The new¹ and updated features bolster a suite of IBM watsonx-powered tools, including Trade Analyzer with IBM watsonx and Player Insights with IBM watsonx, all of which transform large volumes of football data into insights that can help ESPN Fantasy Football users make more informed decisions about their lineups.

No limit to the number of trades a team can make. Limited - A specific number of transactions is selected (i.e. 5, 10, 15, 20). Once that number of accepted & processed trades has been reached, the team manager will not be allowed to propose or accept any more trades.

Beginners should prepare for their fantasy football draft by researching player rankings, understanding scoring formats, and practicing with mock drafts. Focus on drafting a balanced team with a mix of proven players and sleepers. Learn key positions' value and avoid over-drafting one.