Who is actually best
Manager Ratings
One number per manager, earned game by game across 45 matchups. Everyone starts at 1500; beating a strong manager is worth more than beating a weak one, and the rating moves every week the season is running.
The Board
10 of 10 managers are playing this season.
| # | Manager | Rating | This Season | Peak | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Bregger 2026 1549 | 1549 | +49 | 1549 ’26 | 9 |
| 2 | Jeff McCormick 2026 1543 | 1543 | +43 | 1543 ’26 | 9 |
| 3 | jacob reedy 2026 1533 | 1533 | +33 | 1533 ’26 | 9 |
| 4 | Shep Shepherd 2026 1518 | 1518 | +18 | 1518 ’26 | 9 |
| 5 | Brandon Baxter 2026 1512 | 1512 | +12 | 1512 ’26 | 9 |
| 6 | Will Hadley 2026 1504 | 1504 | +4 | 1504 ’26 | 9 |
| 7 | Michael Farris 2026 1491 | 1491 | -9 | 1491 ’26 | 9 |
| 8 | Nick Yacovazzi 2026 1478 | 1478 | -22 | 1478 ’26 | 9 |
| 9 | Jonathan Avery 2026 1460 | 1460 | -40 | 1460 ’26 | 9 |
| 10 | Daniel Foster 2026 1413 | 1413 | -87 | 1413 ’26 | 9 |
Everyone starts at 1500, so a new manager sits in the middle until they have played enough to move. Read the rating next to the games column, not on its own.
How it works
Every game is a bet
Before each matchup the two ratings imply a favourite. Beating someone rated well above you moves your rating a long way; beating someone well below you barely moves it at all. Whatever one manager gains, the other loses.
Margin counts, with limits
A blowout is worth more than a one-point escape, but with diminishing returns — a win by four times the usual margin counts under twice as much, so one freak week can’t define a manager. The scale is this league’s own median margin (22.7 points), so it means the same thing in every era.
Each year starts closer to even
Everyone redrafts, so a title three years ago says less about today than last week does. Each offseason every rating moves a third of the way back toward 1500 — enough that a good run still counts, not so much that it counts forever.
Which games count
The regular season and the championship bracket. Consolation games are left out: those are the weeks people stop setting lineups, and counting them would measure attendance as much as skill.
Recomputed from scratch on every build, so the rating can never drift out of step with the games behind it. Unlike the rest of League History, this one includes the season in progress — it is meant to answer who is best right now.