Welcome to Sleeper Daily Draft, a fantasy game mode where you draft a team and compete in weekly real-money contests against other users. Enter a $1 draft, build your lineup, and compete for cash payouts. If you like your team, you’ll also have the option to enter higher-stakes bonus contests for even bigger prizes.
Drafting Your Team
Drafts run automatically every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day. Each draft requires a $1 entry fee.
When you enter a draft:
You’ll be randomly assigned a draft position
You’ll draft against seven other users
If a draft does not fully fill, CPU bots will auto-draft for missing opponents
All drafts:
Use a snake draft format
Have a 15-second pick timer
NFL Roster Requirements
NFL Daily Drafts consist of 8 rounds, and you must fill the following roster for the upcoming week:
1 QB
2 RB
2 WR
1 TE
2 FLEX
Your lineup scores fantasy points using Sleeper’s standard PPR scoring, just like a traditional fantasy football lineup.
Draft Contests
Once your draft is complete, your $1 entry fee will automatically enter you into a $1 contest to compete against seven other lineups for real-money payouts.
Most contests include users from your draft
In some cases (such as drafts with CPU bots), you may be matched against users from other draft pools
Because of this, lineups in a contest may occasionally share the same players
At the end of the NFL week, lineups are ranked by total fantasy points. The top three lineups are paid out:
$1 Contest Payouts
1st: $4
2nd: $2
3rd: $1
Bonus Contests
If you’re confident in your lineup, you can enter bonus contests after your draft.
You have 10 minutes after the draft ends to enter bonus contests
Once the timer expires, your lineup can no longer be entered
You may enter up to 10 total contests with a single lineup
Bonus Contest Types
Head-to-Head: Compete against one other user for one payout
Group Contests: Compete against seven other users for three payouts
Bonus contests often match you against users from other draft pools, so overlapping players may occur.
Note: You are not guaranteed to be matched with an opponent. If a bonus contest does not fill before game start, your entry fee will be fully refunded.
Bonus Contest Payouts
Head-to-Head Payouts
Entry Fee | Payout |
$5 | $9 |
$10 | $18 |
$25 | $45 |
$50 | $90 |
$100 | $180 |
Group Contest Payouts
Entry Fee | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
$5 | $20 | $10 | $5 |
$10 | $40 | $20 | $10 |
$25 | $110 | $50 | $20 |
$50 | $210 | $100 | $50 |
$100 | $420 | $200 | $100 |
Scoring Rules
Daily Draft uses Sleeper’s standard NFL PPR scoring:
Stat | Points |
Passing Yards | 0.04 per yard (1 per 25 yards) |
Passing TD | 4 |
Interception Thrown | -1 |
Rushing / Receiving Yards | 0.10 per yard (1 per 10 yards) |
Rushing / Receiving TD | 6 |
Reception | 1 |
2-Point Conversion (Pass/Rush/Receive) | 2 |
Fumble Lost | -2 |
Special Teams / Fumble Recovery TD | 6 |
Additional Rules & Notes
Players who do not play for any reason (including in-game injuries) remain in your lineup
Drafts and contests cannot be edited or canceled once entered
NFL contests are graded and paid out Monday night, following the final game of the week
Results are final once graded and are not affected by official NFL stat corrections made on Tuesday or later
Tiebreakers
If two or more users tie:
The lineup with the highest scoring individual player wins
If still tied, comparison moves to the next-highest scoring player, and so on
Player Availability
Players lock 30–60 minutes before kickoff, depending on game start time
You will never be matched against users who drafted from a different player pool
Manual Pick Requirement
You must make at least one manual pick
If your entire lineup is auto-picked, the draft is voided and refunded
Entry Limits
One entry per user per contest
Users may not control multiple teams in the same draft or contest
Draft Timer Pauses
On rare occasions, the draft timer may pause briefly (30–60 seconds or longer), delaying picks and CPU selections.
Beginner & Intermediate Drafts
These drafts follow standard rules but are limited to specific user groups:
Beginner Drafts: Users with 50 or fewer DFS entries
Intermediate Drafts: All users except highly-experienced players
Highly-Experienced Players
A user is considered highly experienced if they have:
Entered 1,000+ DFS contests, or
Won $1,000+ in three or more DFS contests
Highly-experienced users:
Cannot enter beginner or intermediate drafts
Are identified by a yellow gem icon next to their username
Beginner and intermediate drafts start every 30 minutes, and contests remain within the same user pool.
Age & Location Restrictions
Daily Draft availability depends on your age and location.
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Questions or Feedback?
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