Popple
91-57 (.615) over 11 seasons on file, 2015–2025 · 15811.96 PF · 14476.82 PA
Completed seasons only; the current season appears in the tables below, marked.
Rival
3-4 in 7 games, 25.15 apart on average · 2023–2025
Owns
5-1 in 6 games, 30.07 apart on average · 2023–2025
Owned by
1-3 in 4 games, 21.37 apart on average · 2023–2025
Close games
3-6
decided by under 10 points · 2023–2025
Trophy shelf
5 of the league's awards, some shared. Each badge links to its entry and the seasons it covers.
Trophy case
- Titles
- 4
- Runner-up
- 1
- Reg. season titles
- 3
- Sackos
- 0
- Longest win streak, 2023–2026
- 5 2024, weeks 11–15
Titles from 2011, everything else from 2014. Regular-season titles: best record, ties broken by points for. Sackos: worst regular-season record, ties by fewer points for. The win streak is every game on file in order (2023–2026), playoff and consolation games included and carried across seasons, the same count as on Records.
Best season (a title if there is one, otherwise the best record): 2017 (10-3, champion). Worst (a Sacko if there is one, otherwise the worst record): 2025 (6-8, finished 8th).
Rivals
How this is counted, and which seasons
Completed seasons 2023–2025, every game on file, playoff bracket and consolation games included. Series under 4 games are left out of the picks. Rival: the most even series, tied or one win apart (then more games, then the games usually closest on the scoreboard). Owns: a series Popple leads by two wins or more, the biggest share first, then more games, then the bigger net margin. Owned by: the reverse. The head-to-head table at the bottom also counts the season in progress, so its records can run a game ahead of these.
- Rival
- Stevens: 3-4 in 7 games, 25.15 apart on average
- Owns
- Taylor: 5-1 in 6 games, 30.07 apart on average
- Owned by
- Mark: 1-3 in 4 games, 21.37 apart on average
Clutch
How this is counted, and which seasons
Completed seasons 2023–2025 for anything built on game scores. Close games are decided by fewer than the margin (a 10.00-point game is not under 10). Bracket games are quarterfinals, semifinals, the final and the 3rd-place game; the 5th-place game and the toilet bowl are not. An elimination game is one a loss ends the title run in: quarterfinal, semifinal or final. A bye is not a game. Title games cover both eras (2011–2025; runner-ups known from 2014).
- Under 1 point
- 0-1 (.000)
- Under 5 points
- 2-5 (.286)
- Under 10 points
- 3-6 (.333)
- Regular season
- 21-21 (.500), 112.69 a game
- Playoff bracket
- 2-2 (.500), 134.65 a game
- Elimination games
- 1-2, 129.90 a game
- Title games, 2011–2025
- 4-1 · won 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 · lost 2020
- After a loss
- 15-8 in the next game
- After a win
- 8-15 in the next game
"Next game" is the next one in the same season, bracket and consolation games included; a season's last game leads nowhere.
Where they shine
How this is counted, and which seasons
Regular season only, completed seasons 2023–2025: the schedule is 14 weeks, split here into early, middle and late. Best and worst weeks are by average score across those seasons. "Top of the week" and "bottom of the week" count the weeks Popple had the league's highest or lowest score; the median is the league's middle score that week.
| Weeks | Record | Pct | PF / game | PA / game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–5 | 7-8 | .467 | 109.87 | 108.20 |
| 6–10 | 6-9 | .400 | 110.53 | 109.55 |
| 11–14 | 8-4 | .667 | 118.94 | 106.52 |
- Best week
- week 13 (2-1, 138.32 a game)
- Worst week
- week 10 (0-3, 97.82 a game)
- Above the median
- 23 of 42 weeks
- Top of the week
- 6 of 42 weeks
- Bottom of the week
- 4 of 42 weeks
- Luck
- −1.00 wins against expected · all-play 198-180
Heartbreak and the other kind
Every game on file in completed seasons 2023–2025, playoff bracket and consolation games included.
- Lost by under a point
- 107.74–107.82 to Zane, 2025, week 5 (by 0.08)
- Won by under a point
- never
- Most points in a loss
- 136.18–152.68 to Matt, 2023, week 13
- Fewest points in a win
- 98.36–95.32 over Taylor, 2025, week 11
- Highest score
- 168.68–119.84 over Mustafa, 2024 quarterfinal
- Lowest score
- 71.56–107.36 to Aditya, 2023, week 11
Era view
Finish by year over completed seasons with a standing (2015–2025). Finishes come from the placement games in both eras; playoffs for 2014–2022 are inferred from a top-six finish in ESPN's final standings. A brass dot is a title, a copper dot a Sacko season.
- Average finish
- 3.18
- Best
- 1st
- Worst
- 8th
- Playoffs
- 10 of 11
- Top 3
- 7
- Bottom 3
- 1
Roster habits
How this is counted, and which seasons
Completed Sleeper seasons, 2023–2025, every game. Points are what a player scored in Popple's starting lineup. Pickup times are when the move was made, Eastern time. More on Rosters and What wins.
Favourite players
| Player | Starts | Points | Per start | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb WR | 27 | 368.30 | 13.64 | 2024–2025 |
| De'Von Achane RB | 23 | 335.00 | 14.57 | 2023–2024 |
| Josh Allen QB | 16 | 379.04 | 23.69 | 2024 |
| Brian Thomas WR | 15 | 195.00 | 13.00 | 2024–2025 |
| Trey McBride TE | 15 | 178.30 | 11.89 | 2024 |
- Where the points came from
- 60% drafted · 40% picked up · nothing from trades
- Draft picks kept to the last game
- 22 of 48 (46%)
- Roster moves
- 124 in 3 seasons · 124 players added · 37 of them picked up again
- Pickups between 3 and 5 AM
- 22 of 124 · latest: Houston Texans, Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 5:35 AM
- Rounds 1–3 of the draft
- 5 WR, 2 RB, 2 TE
- First pick at a position, on average
- QB round 7.7 · TE round 3.3 · K round 15.3 · DEF round 16.0
- Drafted more than once
- Brian Thomas (2024, 2025) · Cam Little (2024, 2025) · CeeDee Lamb (2024, 2025) · Rashee Rice (2024, 2025)
Season by season
Finish comes from the placement games in both eras (the title game, the 3rd- and 5th-place games and the consolation bracket); the Sacko is the worst regular-season record, so 10th and the Sacko can differ. Playoffs for 2014–2022 are inferred from a top-six finish in ESPN's final standings.
| Year | Team | Record | PF | PA | Playoffs | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Class Ashton Lawsuit | 2-6 | 865.82 | 932.66 | In progress | |
| 2025 | Crooks & Rooks | 6-8 | 1491.40 | 1509.78 | – | 8th |
| 2024 | Cursed Like The Jags | 8-6 | 1678.92 | 1487.10 | Yes | 3rd |
| 2023 | Justin Credibly Sad | 7-7 | 1562.86 | 1547.62 | Yes | 5th |
| 2022 | Got My JuJu Back | 9-5 | 1583.28 | 1518.86 | Yes | 4th |
| 2021 | Pearl Harbored | 10-4 | 1465.50 | 1376.46 | Yes | 3rd |
| 2020 | Big Dog and the Champ | 10-3 | 1553.00 | 1159.00 | Yes | Runner-up |
| 2019 | If U Aint First You're Last | 9-4 | 1329.00 | 1149.00 | Yes | Champion |
| 2018 | No Luck All SkHill | 8-5 | 1444.00 | 1323.00 | Yes | Champion |
| 2017 | Krispy Kareem Donuts | 10-3 | 1253.00 | 1035.00 | Yes | Champion |
| 2016 | NBA Fan | 8-5 | 1249.00 | 1156.00 | Yes | Champion |
| 2015 | Ruined By The Bell | 6-7 | 1202.00 | 1215.00 | Yes | 6th |
Sleeper era in detail
How this is counted, and which seasons
2023–2026, where weekly scores exist. All-play, luck and high/low weeks are regular season only; lineup efficiency covers every game, playoff bracket and consolation games included. Playoff record 2-2 in bracket games (2023–2025). Games lost that an optimal lineup would have won: 15; wins the opponent could have taken with theirs: 6. See Stats and Rosters for how that compares.
| Year | Record | All-play | Luck | High weeks | Low weeks | Lineup eff. | Left on bench | Moves | 1st-round pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026* | 2-6 | 37-34-1 | −2.17 | – | 1 | .881 | 117.38 | 22 | #4 Puka Nacua |
| 2025 | 6-8 | 59-67 | −0.56 | 1 | 1 | .855 | 296.90 | 46 | #5 CeeDee Lamb |
| 2024 | 8-6 | 78-48 | −0.67 | 4 | 1 | .896 | 246.30 | 40 | #2 CeeDee Lamb |
| 2023 | 7-7 | 61-65 | +0.22 | 1 | 2 | .837 | 348.64 | 38 | #3 Ja'Marr Chase |
* in progress.
Head to head
How this is counted, and which seasons
Every game on file, 2023–2026, playoff bracket and consolation games included, the current season too. Net margin is per game from Popple's side: positive means Popple comes out ahead on average, even in a series split on wins; apart is the usual gap either way.
| Opponent | Record | Games | Net margin | Apart | Last met |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aditya | 5-3 | 8 | +4.69 | 34.28 | 2026, week 3 |
| Stevens | 3-5 | 8 | +0.95 | 25.54 | 2026, week 8 |
| Zane | 3-5 | 8 | +1.10 | 22.04 | 2026, week 1 |
| Matt | 2-5 | 7 | +2.64 | 20.81 | 2026, week 4 |
| Taylor | 6-1 | 7 | +19.39 | 31.39 | 2026, week 7 |
| Mustafa | 3-3 | 6 | +7.30 | 31.30 | 2026, week 6 |
| Mark | 1-4 | 5 | −3.64 | 21.44 | 2026, week 5 |
| Richard | 1-3 | 4 | −16.71 | 24.74 | 2026, week 2 |
| Woody | 3-1 | 4 | +17.18 | 28.72 | 2025, week 15 |