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Full disclosure, I know enough about football to enjoy a game without having to constantly look things up. I enjoy a good game of Madden, a few Panthers games, and casual watching, but I was never into football as much as my peers. I don't know enough about all the players out there to really make informed decisions about my picks for my fantasy team.\n\nBeing the data science major that I am, I decided to build my entire team algorithmically. Kaggle has a dataset on a ton of [NFL statistics](https://www.kaggle.com/kendallgillies/nflstatistics), and ESPN published its [scoring formats](http://games.espn.com/ffl/resources/help/content?name=scoring-formats) for how you win at fantasy. All that was left was ranking players based on these metrics so I could be prepared for the draft.\n\nMy draft has been scheduled for next week, so I ranked the top 12 players in each field since there's 12 people in my league. I didn't account for FLEX or anything else unique to fantasy.\n\nYou can view my algorithms [here](https://github.com/andykamath/NFL-data-hacking/blob/master/Data%20Hacking.ipynb)\n\n## My rankings:\n\n### Top Kickers\n1. Baltimore Ravens - Tucker, Justin \n2. New England Patriots - Gostkowski, Stephen \n3. New Orleans Saints - Lutz, Wil \n4. Dallas Cowboys - Bailey, Dan \n5. Washington Redskins - Hopkins, Dustin \n6. Pittsburgh Steelers - Boswell, Chris \n7. Seattle Seahawks - Walsh, Blair \n8. Green Bay Packers - Crosby, Mason \n9. Kansas City Chiefs - Santos, Cairo \n10. Philadelphia Eagles - Sturgis, Caleb \n11. Carolina Panthers - Gano, Graham \n12. Cleveland Browns - Parkey, Cody\n\n### Top Wide Receivers\n1. New York Giants - Beckham Jr., Odell\n2. Atlanta Falcons - Jones, Julio\n3. Cincinnati Bengals - Green, AJ\n4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Evans, Mike\n5. Pittsburgh Steelers - Brown, Antonio\n6. New Orleans Saints - Thomas, Michael\n7. Dallas Cowboys - Bryant, Dez \n8. Denver Broncos - Thomas, Demaryius \n9. Pittsburgh Steelers - Bryant, Martavis \n10. Arizona Cardinals - Fitzgerald, Larry \n11. New York Giants - Marshall, Brandon \n12. Jacksonville Jaguars - Robinson, Allen \n\n### Top Tight Ends\n1. New England Patriots - Gronkowski, Rob \n2. Seattle Seahawks - Graham, Jimmy \n3. Los Angeles Chargers - Gates, Antonio \n4. Washington Redskins - Reed, Jordan \n5. Kansas City Chiefs - Kelce, Travis \n6. Cincinnati Bengals - Eifert, Tyler \n7. Dallas Cowboys - Witten, Jason \n8. Miami Dolphins - Thomas, Julius \n9. Carolina Panthers - Olsen, Greg \n10. Los Angeles Chargers - Henry, Hunter \n11. Washington Redskins - Davis, Vernon \n12. Philadelphia Eagles - Ertz, Zach \n\n### Top Running Backs\n1. Dallas Cowboys - Elliott, Ezekiel \n2. New Orleans Saints - Peterson, Adrian \n3. Pittsburgh Steelers - Bell, Le'Veon \n4. Chicago Bears - Howard, Jordan \n5. Tennessee Titans - Murray, DeMarco \n6. Buffalo Bills - McCoy, LeSean \n7. Oakland Raiders - Lynch, Marshawn\n8. Arizona Cardinals - Johnson, David\n9. Los Angeles Rams - Gurley, Todd \n10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Martin, Doug \n11. Indianapolis Colts - Gore, Frank \n12. Cincinnati Bengals - Hill, Jeremy \n\n### Top D/ST\n1. Washington Redskins - Hall, DeAngelo \n2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Smith, Jacquies \n3. Cleveland Browns - Boddy-Calhoun, Briean \n4. New York Giants - Jenkins, Janoris \n5. Philadelphia Eagles - Wentz, Carson\n6. Seattle Seahawks - Sherman, Richard\n7. New York Giants - Rodgers-Cromartie, Dominique\n8. Miami Dolphins - Jones, Reshad \n9. Arizona Cardinals - Peterson, Patrick \n10. Washington Redskins - Brown, Zach \n11. Arizona Cardinals - Dansby, Karlos \n12. Baltimore Ravens - Mosley, C.J.\n\n### Top Quarterbacks\n1. New Orleans Saints - Brees, Drew \n2. Atlanta Falcons - Ryan, Matt\n3. Washington Redskins - Cousins, Kirk \n4. Detroit Lions - Stafford, Matthew \n5. Pittsburgh Steelers - Roethlisberger, Ben \n6. Indianapolis Colts - Luck, Andrew \n7. Dallas Cowboys - Prescott, Dak \n8. New England Patriots - Brady, Tom \n9. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Winston, Jameis\n10. Miami Dolphins - Tannehill, Ryan \n11. Green Bay Packers - Rodgers, Aaro\n12. Cincinnati Bengals - Dalton, Andy \n\nHere's to a great season! Hit me with a star if you found this helpful :)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkamath%2Fnfl-data-hacking","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fkamath%2Fnfl-data-hacking","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fkamath%2Fnfl-data-hacking/lists"}