Yahoo DFS Simulator
Yahoo DFS is the third salary-cap surface most sharp players attend to. Its user base skews casual — many entrants are cross-signups from Yahoo Fantasy season-long — which historically translates into softer average field skill, particularly in mid-stakes GPPs, and a leverage opportunity the sharpest bankrolls actively exploit.
6 sports on Yahoo
11 sport / format pages
Correlated Monte Carlo
Up to 50k iters on Elite
Yahoo scoring + roster + strategy
Scoring. Yahoo scoring is close to a hybrid of DraftKings and FanDuel: half-PPR in football like FanDuel, but with a receiving-touchdown bonus that resembles DraftKings' upside profile in the endzone. NBA scoring drops the NBA double-double bonus. MLB scoring rewards strikeouts more heavily than FanDuel does.
Roster. Yahoo classic contests use a $200 salary scale (feels different, arithmetically identical — treat it as $200k with a 1/1000 multiplier). Roster slots mirror DraftKings closely for football and NBA. Single-game (Yahoo calls it Cup) uses a single 1.5x MVP with 4 FLEX slots — a shallower roster than DK Showdown, which shifts optimal builds toward higher-priced anchors.
Simulator angle. The Cup single-game format's shallower roster (5 vs 6 players) plus the single MVP multiplier concentrate decision weight into the MVP pick — mathematically, the MVP is worth ~40% of the lineup's expected total on a night of average scoring. DFS Simulator's ownership-aware sort surfaces low-owned MVPs whose projected variance clears the leverage threshold.
Every sport on Yahoo
Deep pages per (sport, Yahoo) pair — click through for site-specific scoring, roster shape, and simulator setup.
Yahoo contest formats
- Classic (main + secondary slates)
- Cup single-game (MVP 1.5x)
- Weekly and Sunday-only football contests
Frequently asked questions
How many sports does Yahoo support in DFS Simulator?
DFS Simulator supports every sport Yahoo runs salary-cap DFS for — currently 6 sports, from the four US majors (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL) through PGA and MMA to soccer and beyond. Each has a per-site scoring config that mirrors Yahoo's actual rules.
What scoring rules does Yahoo use for DFS?
Yahoo scoring is close to a hybrid of DraftKings and FanDuel: half-PPR in football like FanDuel, but with a receiving-touchdown bonus that resembles DraftKings' upside profile in the endzone. NBA scoring drops the NBA double-double bonus. MLB scoring rewards strikeouts more heavily than FanDuel does.
What contest formats does Yahoo run?
Yahoo runs Classic (main + secondary slates), Cup single-game (MVP 1.5x), Weekly and Sunday-only football contests. The simulator supports every salary-cap format with slate-type-specific optimizer logic.
Does DFS Simulator export lineups directly for Yahoo?
Yes — every simulated lineup exports as a Yahoo-formatted CSV ready for direct upload. Column headers, player IDs, and roster positions match the Yahoo contest-upload spec.
Why simulate Yahoo DFS instead of using a spreadsheet?
The Cup single-game format's shallower roster (5 vs 6 players) plus the single MVP multiplier concentrate decision weight into the MVP pick — mathematically, the MVP is worth ~40% of the lineup's expected total on a night of average scoring. DFS Simulator's ownership-aware sort surfaces low-owned MVPs whose projected variance clears the leverage threshold.
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From $19.99/month. Load any Yahoo slate, run the sim, export a Yahoo-ready CSV.