Week 6 DraftKings & FanDuel Winning GPP Lineup Review

Oct 16, 2023

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports

In this space each week, I will review the winning lineups from the DraftKings Millionaire Maker and the FanDuel Sunday Million. Analyzing top lineups can help to tease out lineup-building strategies and offer clues on how you could have landed on a similar team.

DraftKings Week 6 Millionaire Winning Lineup

Ownership

Ownership in Winning DraftKings Millionaire Lineups
Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative
1	5.8%	15.1%	9.7%	23.6%	16.9%	5.7%	3.7%	2.2%	WR	35.5%	118.2%
2	3.3%	15.8%	9.5%	11.7%	11.0%	6.1%	5.0%	8.4%	RB	9.8%	80.6%
3	3.7%	20.4%	16.2%	22.8%	20.6%	15.7%	9.3%	11.0%	WR	12.3%	132.0%
4	6.1%	24.4%	3.3%	29.3%	12.6%	6.7%	14.7%	30.0%	WR	6.2%	133.3%
5	6.2%	44.6%	31.2%	20.0%	15.8%	4.3%	5.6%	31.1%	RB	8.5%	167.3%
6	4.2%	54.8%	18.9%	19.7%	10.8%	4.6%	9.3%	1.3%	WR	3.4%	127.0%
AVG	4.9%	29.2%	14.8%	21.2%	14.6%	7.2%	7.9%	14.0%		12.6%	126.4%
2022 AVG	9.7%	22.2%	11.2%	20.3%	12.6%	8.3%	8.5%	6.1%		9.9%	108.7%
2021 AVG	7.6%	19.7%	9.5%	17.8%	11.8%	7.6%	10.0%	4.4%		7.1%	95.3%
2020 AVG	9.1%	24.0%	9.8%	18.0%	13.5%	8.7%	8.8%	4.2%		10.9%	106.9%
2019 AVG	7.8%	26.7%	14.5%	19.7%	10.3%	6.6%	12.6%	7.9%		11.1%	117.4%

Stacks

Stacks Used in Winning DraftKings Millionaire Lineups
Week	Primary Stack	Secondary Stack	Third Stack	Correlated Players
1	QB/WR/Opp RB			3
2	QB/RB/TE	RB/DEF	RB/Opp WR	7
3	QB/TE	RB/WR		4
4	QB/WR	RB/Opp WR	WR/Opp TE	6
5	QB/WR	RB/DEF	RB/Opp WR	6
6	QB/WR/TE	RB/WR		5

Flex

The field flexed tight end 13% of the time compared to 7% for top-1% of lineups. Top lineups flexed wide receiver slightly more than the field (56%–53%) as well as running back (37%–34%).

Through six weeks, top-1% lineups have used two tight ends 7.7% of the time while the field is flexing tight end on 13% of rosters.

Leverage/Unique Builds

Drake London and Kyle Pitts both drew meaningful ownership but pairing them with Desmond Ridder added a unique element to the combination.

While high-salary wide receivers were popular, no player at the position between $6,800 and $8,100 had double-digit ownership. Rostering a player such as Amon-Ra St. Brown helped flip the build. Rashid Shaheed also contributed to a unique build—no sub-$4K receiver was in more than 6% of lineups.

FanDuel Week 6 Sunday Million Winning Lineup

Ownership

Ownership in Winning FanDuel Sunday Million Lineups
Week	QB	RB1	RB2	WR1	WR2	WR3	TE	Flex	Flex Pos	DEF	Cumulative
1	4.3%	20.2%	14.9%	23.3%	20.0%	4.0%	10.9%	0.6%	WR	1.2%	99.4%
2	2.2%	13.1%	10.8%	11.3%	10.7%	7.1%	6.4%	3.3%	RB	30.5%	95.4%
3	26.4%	29.7%	17.4%	10.7%	8.7%	8.2%	14.0%	13.6%	RB	4.1%	132.8%
4	10.0%	27.1%	4.2%	10.3%	8.0%	1.2%	5.4%	2.2%	RB	5.5%	73.9%
5	6.7%	29.8%	14.5%	13.9%	12.3%	10.3%	26.7%	6.7%	TE	8.7%	129.6%
6	11.3%	28.8%	20.6%	25.6%	11.7%	9.4%	2.6%	14.7%	RB	10.1%	134.8%
AVG	10.2%	24.8%	13.7%	15.9%	11.9%	6.7%	11.0%	6.9%		10.0%	111.0%
2022 AVG	10.5%	24.8%	12.4%	23.1%	14.0%	7.8%	14.1%	4.8%		8.1%	119.4%
2021 AVG	9.8%	26.3%	11.1%	18.1%	12.2%	5.9%	7.0%	8.0%		7.7%	105.9%
2020 AVG	10.7%	26.4%	14.3%	23.1%	13.0%	9.6%	13.8%	7.2%		6.7%	124.8%
2019 AVG	9.5%	23.7%	12.9%	17.6%	10.8%	7.9%	9.9%	5.0%		7.4%	104.7%

Stacks

Stacks Used in Winning FanDuel Sunday Million Lineups
Week	Primary Stack	Secondary Stack	Third Stack	Fourth Stack	Correlated Players
1					0
2	QB/TE	RB/DEF			4
3	QB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR		6
4	QB/WR/TE	RB/Opp WR			5
5	QB/WR	RB/DEF	WR/Opp TE	WR/Opp TE	8
6	QB/RB/Opp RB/Opp WR	RB/Opp WR			6

Leverage/Unique Builds

Jonnu Smith was the only truly contrarian piece to this puzzle. He served as a salary pivot off of Evan Engram who was expected to be among the most popular players on the slate.

While the Dolphins-Panthers game was popular, a full game stack added a unique element to the lineup since many roster builds will limit their bring-back to one player