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WHAT DOES YOUR LEAGUE
ACTUALLY PAY?

A fantasy football league's pot is the buy-in multiplied by the number of teams, and payouts are usually split 60/30/10 across the top three. Enter your league below to see the pot, what each place takes, what a season costs per team, and whether your payouts add up to more than you'll collect.

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Payouts — % of pot
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Season pot$1,000
Cost per team$170
Champion takes$600
Champion nets+$430

Where the pot goes

1st place60%
$600.00
2nd place30%
$300.00
3rd place10%
$100.00
Unallocated
$0.00

The weekly pool

High scorer wins, per week
$50.00
Antes per team, all season
$70.00
Total through the pool
$700.00

The weekly pool pays out exactly what it charges, so it sits outside the season pot. Counting it in both places is how a league ends up promising money it never collected.

These are the same figures Fantasy Freaks tracks all season — who has paid, what's outstanding, and what the champion is owed.

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Questions a commissioner
asks once a year.

How should a fantasy football league split its payouts?
The most common split is 60/30/10 across the top three finishers, and 70/30 is the usual two-place version. What matters more than the exact numbers is that the percentages total 100% — a league that promises 60/30/20 has committed 110% of its pot and will come up short in December.
Should the weekly high-score pot come out of the buy-ins?
No. Charge the weekly ante separately from the buy-in. The ante pool pays out exactly what it collects, so it nets to zero across a season and shouldn't be counted inside the season pot. Leagues that fund weekly prizes out of the buy-in end up paying the champion less than they promised.
What does a fantasy football league actually cost per team?
The buy-in plus every weekly ante for the full season. A $100 league with a $5 weekly ante over 14 weeks costs each manager $170, not $100 — which is the number worth telling your league before the draft rather than in week 6.