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DraftKings-verified finishes, then every entry we played. A cash is a prize DraftKings paid. A post-mortem is the recap after the games. Lineup-level notes stay with NFL and Everything subscribers.

Verified NFL record

Recent finishes

  1. 1st of 7,134TB @ DAL · Showdown · Oct 8
  2. 78th of 88,235TB@DAL · Showdown · Oct 8 · NFL Showdown $1.5M Thursday Night Showdown [$500K to 1st] (TB @ DAL)
  3. 272nd of 83,234ATL@NO · Showdown · Oct 5 · NFL Showdown $70K First Down [20 Entry Max] (ATL @ NO)
  4. 157th of 47,562ATL@NO · Showdown · Oct 5 · NFL Showdown $10K Quarter Jukebox [Just $0.25!] (ATL @ NO)
  5. 8th of 4,694KC @ LV · Showdown · Oct 4
  6. Tied for 1st of 190,249PIT @ CLE · Showdown · Oct 1 · NFL Showdown $80K mini-MAX [150 Entry Max] (PIT @ CLE)
  7. 1st of 59,453PIT@CLE · Showdown · Oct 1 · NFL Showdown $250K Flea Flicker [$50K to 1st] (PIT @ CLE)

These are DraftKings leaderboard places. A tie shares the place. Places read from My Contests show up here before they join the entry totals, which wait on DraftKings' export.

2,978DraftKings-verified entries
36.6%cashed (1,091 of 2,978)
24slates, Sep 9 to Oct 8, 2026

A DraftKings tournament pays roughly the top 23% of entries. DraftKings paid 37.1% of our 2,847 tournament entries, about 1.6x as often as a random entry.

Cash rate by slate

Cash rate by slate Each dot is one slate, in date order, wins and losses. The height is that slate’s cash rate: entries DraftKings paid, divided by entries we played. Slates on the same day sit side by side. The line averages the last 5 slate cash rates, so a 50-entry slate counts the same as a 400-entry slate. The dashed line is every entry together, which is the headline cash rate. Green is NFL Showdown and gold is NFL Classic. An open dot has fewer than 30 entries. Golf cash rates are not in this published record. Rolling cash rate went from 26.7% on the first 5 slates to 37.2% on the last 5. Overall cash rate is 36.6%. n = 24 slates. 0%25%50%75%100%Sep 9, NE@SEA, Showdown: 24 of 63 cashed (38.1%)Sep 13, Classic main/afternoon, Classic: 0 of 5 cashed (0.0%). Under 30 entriesSep 14, DEN@KC, Showdown: 13 of 55 cashed (23.6%)Sep 17, DET@BUF, Showdown: 87 of 341 cashed (25.5%)Sep 20, CIN@HOU, Showdown: 24 of 52 cashed (46.2%)Sep 20, IND@KC, Showdown: 120 of 312 cashed (38.5%)Sep 21, NYG@LAR, Showdown: 116 of 262 cashed (44.3%)Sep 24, ATL@GB, Showdown: 173 of 402 cashed (43.0%)Sep 27, Classic main/afternoon, Classic: 7 of 32 cashed (21.9%)Sep 27, LAC@BUF, Showdown: 11 of 16 cashed (68.8%). Under 30 entriesSep 27, LAR@DEN, Showdown: 17 of 59 cashed (28.8%)Sep 28, PHI@CHI, Showdown: 40 of 106 cashed (37.7%)Oct 1, PIT@CLE, Showdown: 143 of 323 cashed (44.3%)Oct 4, ARI@NYG, Showdown: 22 of 60 cashed (36.7%)Oct 4, DAL@HOU, Showdown: 24 of 60 cashed (40.0%)Oct 4, DEN@SF, Showdown: 3 of 60 cashed (5.0%)Oct 4, DET@CAR, Showdown: 35 of 100 cashed (35.0%)Oct 4, IND@WAS, Showdown: 16 of 95 cashed (16.8%)Oct 4, JAX@CIN, Showdown: 25 of 80 cashed (31.3%)Oct 4, KC@LV, Showdown: 22 of 60 cashed (36.7%)Oct 4, LAR@PHI, Showdown: 48 of 82 cashed (58.5%)Oct 4, NE@BUF, Showdown: 8 of 60 cashed (13.3%)Oct 5, ATL@NO, Showdown: 47 of 150 cashed (31.3%)Oct 8, TB@DAL, Showdown: 66 of 143 cashed (46.2%)Sep 9Sep 21Oct 1Oct 4Oct 8
  • NFL Showdown
  • NFL Classic
  • Under 30 entries
  • Last 5 slates
  • All entries, 36.6%
Each dot is one slate; the line is the 5-slate average. Rolling cash rate went from 26.7% to 37.2%. n = 24 slates.

Entries and cashes by week

Entries and cashes by week Each pair of bars is one week, Thursday through Wednesday, using the slate date in Central time. Monday night stays with that weekend. Gray is entries played. Green is entries that cashed. Every slate in the table is in one week. Entries went from 63 in the week of Sep 3 to 143 in the week of Oct 8. The fullest week was Oct 1 to Oct 7, with 1,130 entries and 393 cashes. n = 24 slates. 01,0002,000Week of Sep 3 to Sep 9: 1 slate, 63 entries, 24 cashedWeek of Sep 10 to Sep 16: 2 slates, 60 entries, 13 cashedWeek of Sep 17 to Sep 23: 4 slates, 967 entries, 347 cashedWeek of Sep 24 to Sep 30: 5 slates, 615 entries, 248 cashedWeek of Oct 1 to Oct 7: 11 slates, 1,130 entries, 393 cashedWeek of Oct 8 to Oct 14: 1 slate, 143 entries, 66 cashedSep 3Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8
  • Entries
  • Cashed
Entries played and cashed each week (Thu–Wed, CT). n = 24 slates.

Record last updated Sat, Oct 10, 9:47 AM CT.

Cash rate by format

Format
FormatEntriesCashedCash rateDraftKings paysvs. random entry
Showdown2,9411,08436.9%24.0%1.5x
Classic37718.9%23.6%0.8x

Cash rate by contest type

Contest type
Contest typeEntriesCashedCash rateDraftKings paysvs. random entry
21-150 max GPP1,44751335.5%21.6%1.6x
6-20 max GPP1,29251039.5%25.0%1.6x
Double-up/50-501213629.8%44.1%0.7x
Single-entry GPP591423.7%22.6%1.0x
2-5 max GPP491836.7%23.3%1.6x
Satellite (small sample)1000.0%0.8%0.0x

DraftKings pays is the share of the field that finished in the money. vs. random entry is our cash rate divided by that share.

Slate by slate

SlateFormatEntriesCashedCash rate
Sep 9 · NE@SEAShowdown632438.1%
Sep 13 · Classic main/afternoonClassic500.0%
Sep 14 · DEN@KCShowdown551323.6%
Sep 17 · DET@BUFShowdown3418725.5%
Sep 20 · CIN@HOUShowdown522446.2%
Sep 20 · IND@KCShowdown31212038.5%
Sep 21 · NYG@LARShowdown26211644.3%
Sep 24 · ATL@GBShowdown40217343.0%
Sep 27 · Classic main/afternoonClassic32721.9%
Sep 27 · LAC@BUFShowdown161168.8%
Sep 27 · LAR@DENShowdown591728.8%
Sep 28 · PHI@CHIShowdown1064037.7%
Oct 1 · PIT@CLEShowdown32314344.3%
Oct 4 · ARI@NYGShowdown602236.7%
Oct 4 · DAL@HOUShowdown602440.0%
Oct 4 · DEN@SFShowdown6035.0%
Oct 4 · DET@CARShowdown1003535.0%
Oct 4 · IND@WASShowdown951616.8%
Oct 4 · JAX@CINShowdown802531.3%
Oct 4 · KC@LVShowdown602236.7%
Oct 4 · LAR@PHIShowdown824858.5%
Oct 4 · NE@BUFShowdown60813.3%
Oct 5 · ATL@NOShowdown1504731.3%
Oct 8 · TB@DALShowdown1436646.2%

How we count. Every figure is taken from DraftKings' own results for entries we played: entry history exports and the DraftKings My Contests screen. A cash is an entry DraftKings paid a prize. Cash rate is cashed entries divided by entries. Nothing is estimated or modeled, and every contest is included, wins and losses. Cashing is not the same as profit: many cashes are small payouts. Past results do not guarantee future results.

Why 37% isn't low. DraftKings tournaments pay about the top 20–25% of the field. The smallest prize is usually 1.5–2x the entry fee. A random entry in our contests would cash about 24% of the time. Cashing is not the same as profit.

What a cash is worth

Prize divided by the entry fee, for each cash. The median is 2.0x across 1,091 cashes.

What a cash is worth
Multiple of the feeCashes
below 1x1
1–2x782
2–3x180
3–10x115
10–100x10
100x+3

Post-mortems

Post-mortems

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