Keeper calculator · is he worth what he costs to keep?

Keeper value = the player’s dynasty value − the value of the round (or the price) he costs you: what you would expect to draft with that pick instead. Positive: keep him. 12-team Half-PPR · 12-team · 1QB/2RB/2WR/1TE/1FLEX/1K/1DEF · 6 BN · 15 rounds · snake

ValueThis season (VORP)Dynasty value

ScoringTeams

Player

He costs youA draft roundAn auction price

RoundYour draft slot

Or the auction price ($200 budget)

Pick a player and what he costs to keep. We compare his dynasty value with the best player you could expect at that pick — from the same simulation as the draft room.

Nothing priced yetChoose a player, then the round he would cost you (or an auction price). The verdict appears here: his value, the value of that pick, and the difference.The table below is already the answer for the pick side: what each of your picks is worth from slot 6.

The value of each round · slot 6, 12 teams

E[best dynasty value still on the board at your pick] over 2,000 simulated drafts from an empty board (no other keepers), floored at 0 — past replacement a pick is worth a waiver claim.
Round	Your pick	Value	20–80	Most often there
Round 1	6	341.6	335.0–356.3	De'Von Achane 73%
Round 2	19	269.4	267.4–267.4	Jeremiyah Love 94%
Round 3	30	247.1	208.9–267.4	Jeremiyah Love 65%
Round 4	43	206.7	203.4–208.9	Trey McBride 45%
Round 5	54	173.5	157.4–203.4	Drake Maye 30%
Round 6	67	133.4	116.6–157.4	Carnell Tate 56%
Round 7	78	115.1	92.5–116.6	Carnell Tate 58%
Round 8	91	102.6	92.5–116.6	George Kittle 53%
Round 9	102	94.5	92.5–99.2	George Kittle 66%
Round 10	115	86.8	66.6–92.5	George Kittle 66%
Round 11	126	81.6	59.5–92.5	George Kittle 59%
Round 12	139	75.8	59.5–92.5	George Kittle 49%
Round 13	150	70.7	57.6–92.5	George Kittle 41%
Round 14	163	65.0	57.6–92.5	George Kittle 33%
Round 15	174	61.1	42.8–92.5	George Kittle 29%

How a pick is valuedThe honest value of a pick is the best player you can expect to still be there — which depends on how the other managers draft, not on our ranking. The draft room’s simulation answers that: 2,000 drafts of 12 managers drafting by ADP with a spread, from an empty board, and the best dynasty value left at each of your picks. The kept player is taken off those boards first.

What the calculator ignoresOther keepers (the board starts empty), and your league’s cost escalation (+1 round a year, +$5): apply it to the cost before you price. Next year is the dynasty basis — his discounted multi-season value against the pick’s, on the same simulation.

VersionsLeague half_ppr · 12 · dynasty· season fit season-fit-2019-2025· table 2026-w01-roster· ADP FFC 2026 half_ppr 14-team ADP (183 players, sampled through 2026-08-28)· pick values 2000 simulated drafts· engine build aabb2e5· Report a problem with this version