Test your knowledge with our fantasy football draft day trivia quiz!

July 22, 2024

Here at The Athletic, we’re big proponents of making your fantasy football draft day into a draft extravaganza! Get together at a friend’s house for the draft or have everyone meet at your local buffalo wings-and-beer dispensary for the draft. Either way, don’t get lazy and just do an online draft in your underwear. Do it live … at a bar with your buddies … not in your underwear!

To help you make that fantasy draft day even more awesome, we’ve created a fantasy football draft day quiz you can share with your leaguemates. Maybe come up with a great prize for the fantasy owners that score the most points! A free beer? A mini-helmet? Season 3 DVD set of The Gilmore Girls!?! You could even award the trivia winner with the first pick in waivers before the season starts!

We came up with 16 great fantasy trivia questions – a question to start every round of your 16-round draft!

It’s important to note that these questions aren’t just NFL trivia questions, which anyone can just google answers for. No, these are fantasy-specific, which make them much more difficult to figure out. Don’t worry – they’re multiple choice!

We also gave you the answers at the bottom of the article – and a scoresheet to let you know where you rank among other fantasy trivia enthusiasts.

16 Fantasy Draft Trivia Questions

Most of these questions are based around fantasy players from the past 20 seasons, dating back to the Year 2000. ADP refers to Average Draft Position from MyFantasyLeague.com, and VBD refers to Value-Based Draft number from ProFootballReference.com.

1. Who was the first NFL player to get an update on RotoWire.com back in 1997?

This speedy top-40 WR was a second-round pick in the 1994 NFL Draft out of San Diego State, and played eight seasons in the NFL. His best season came in 1999 – his only 1,000-yard season.

a. Antonio Freeman, Green Bay Packers

b. O.J. McDuffie, Miami Dolphins

c. Rob Moore, Arizona Cardinals

d. Darnay Scott, Cincinnati Bengals

2. Who is the only wide receiver to be the first overall pick in Average Draft Position since 2000?

a. Odell Beckham Jr., N.Y. Giants — 2015

b. Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers – 2016

c. Randy Moss, New England Patriots — 2008

d. Terrell Owens, San Francisco 49ers — 2002

3. Over the past 19 seasons, the second overall fantasy pick in ADP has outscored the first overall fantasy pick how many times?

a. 3 times

b. 6 times

c. 8 times

d. 11 times

4. Which fantasy player was the first overall ADP fantasy pick the most times since 2000?

a. Marshall Faulk

b. Priest Holmes

c. Adrian Peterson

d. LaDainian Tomlinson

5. The widest margin of difference in ADP between the first two picks (3.23) were Marshall Faulk and Ahman Green. What year were they 1-2 in ADP?

a. 2002

b. 2003

c. 2004

d. 2005

6. Which college football conference produced the most first overall ADP picks in fantasy football since 2000?

a. Atlantic Coast Conference

b. Big 12 Conference

c. Big Ten Conference

d. Southeastern Conference

7. Which player was the first overall pick in what is considered the very first fantasy football league ever, the Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League (GOPPPL) in 1962?

a. George Blanda, QB/K, Houston Oilers

b. Jim Brown, RB, Cleveland Browns

c. Sonny Jurgensen, QB, Washington Redskins

d. Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay Packers

8. Which running back outscored every other running back in fantasy points in every single season between 1992 and 1995?

a. Marshall Faulk

b. Barry Sanders

c. Emmitt Smith

d. Thurman Thomas

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9. Who is the youngest player to be the fantasy No. 1 overall pick in ADP since 1990?

a. Le’Veon Bell, 2015

b. Chris Johnson, 2009

c. Adrian Peterson, 2008

d. LaDainian Tomlinson, 2002

10. Since 2000, who is the only running back to be a backup on another NFL team before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in ADP?

a. Jamaal Charles

b. Marshall Faulk

c. Arian Foster

d. Priest Holmes

11. According to CBSSports.com’s commissioner leagues, are there more PPR leagues or non-PPR leagues?

a. Non-PPR

b. PPR

12. Which kicker once made 75 extra points in one season – the most in NFL history?

a. Jason Elam

b. Stephen Gostkowski

c. Matt Prater

d. Adam Vinatieri

13. Which player’s VBD number at season’s end was a fantasy all-time high 269, which was 87 VBD points higher than the second-best player?

a. Shaun Alexander, 2004

b. Priest Holmes, 2002

c. LaDainian Tomlinson, 2006

d. Ricky Williams, 2004

14. How many fantasy sports players are there in American and Canada, according to the FSTA?

a. 41.7 million

b. 59.3 million

c. 65.9 million

d. 68.2 million

15. Which wide receiver posted the greatest single season in fantasy football at his position?

a. Antonio Brown, 2014

b. Calvin Johnson, 2012

c. Randy Moss, 2007

d. Terrell Owens, 2001

16. Which rookie tight end class is considered the greatest in fantasy history?

a. 2003

b. 2010

c. 2011

d. 2015

Ready to find out some answers?

1. d – Darnay Scott
2. b – Antonio Brown
3. d – 11 times
4. d – LaDainian Tomlinson (five times)
5. a — 2002
6. b — Big 12 Conference
7. a — George Blanda
8. c – Emmitt Smith
9. a – Le’Veon Bell, 23 years old, 2015
10. d – Priest Holmes
11. b – 62% of leagues are PPR
12. c – Matt Prater
13. c – LaDainian Tomlinson
14. b – 59.3 million
15. c – Randy Moss, 2007
16. b — 2010

Fantasy Trivia Scoring

13 to 16 Right — You are the LaDainian Tomlinson of fantasy football trivia!

If we were drafting fantasy football trivia-heads, you would be the first overall pick for several years in a row! You’re smarter than most other fantasy owners – even if the championship trophies disagree!

10 to 12 Right — You are the Le’Veon Bell of fantasy football trivia!

Many consider you one of the best fantasy trivia players of the past decade, even if you held out an entire year for more fantasy trivia money.

7 to 9 Right — You are the Reggie Bush of fantasy football trivia!

You had so much promise! You were once one of the top picks, but your fantasy trivia career got off to a slow start. Just because you had to give up the Fantasy Trivia Heisman Trophy, you’re still alright in our book.

4 to 6 right — You are the Ryan Fitzpatrick of fantasy football trivia!

You’re not very good. But every now and then, you rank among the best … until you go back to being not very good.

0 or 3 right — You are the Bishop Sankey of fantasy football trivia!

For a minute, we thought you’d turn into something. Then you stunk. Then you tore your ACL. Pretty soon, you’ll be out of the fantasy trivia game altogether. But your mom thinks your special! So there’s that.

(Top photo: Matt A. Brown /Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images)

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