Free NFL DraftKings & FanDuel Lineup Optimizer
Build an NFL DFS lineup for DraftKings or FanDuel without a spreadsheet. The optimizer below pulls the current week's salaries and our own projections, then assembles a lineup that fits the salary cap and roster rules for the platform you pick. Lock in players you already like, exclude the ones you don't, and let the solver fill the rest. No account, no paywall, no email capture — the tool runs the same for a first-time visitor as it does for someone who has used it every week since Week 1.
How do I build a free NFL DFS lineup?
Pick DraftKings or FanDuel in the builder below and it fills a cap-legal lineup from our weekly projections — no account or card required.
How the optimizer builds a lineup
Every player in the pool carries a projection built from recent usage, opponent defense, and game script, not a static season average. Pick DraftKings or FanDuel and the salary cap, roster slots, and position eligibility switch automatically to match that platform's rules. Lock a quarterback you're set on, exclude a running back stuck in a committee, and the builder fills the remaining slots by maximizing projected points inside what's left of the cap. If a lineup can't be built because too many expensive locks leave no cap room, the diagnostics panel says exactly why instead of failing silently.
DraftKings vs. FanDuel: what changes
DraftKings NFL classic slates run a $50,000 cap across QB, two RB, three WR, TE, FLEX, and D/ST. FanDuel uses a $60,000 cap with a similar shape but different position minimums. Salaries, especially for FLEX-eligible players, rarely match across the two sites — a receiver priced as a value play on one platform can be chalk on the other. Toggle between them and the entire pool re-prices instead of asking you to redo the math by hand.
Slates, weeks, and locks
Filter by week and by slate: main, Thursday night, the early or late Sunday window, or Saturday when the schedule calls for it. Search finds a player by name or team in a pool that can run past 400 rows on a full Sunday slate. Locking caps out at nine players across the standard position limits, so a lineup always leaves the solver room to do something useful. Excluding a player removes him from consideration everywhere, including as a locked pick.
Top NFL fantasy performers, 2025 season
The table below ranks the 2025 season's top skill-position fantasy scorers by FanDuel points, pulled from the same trend data behind every NFL player fantasy trends page. Click a name for that player's rolling last-3, last-5, and last-10 game splits, useful context before locking him into a lineup once the current-season slate opens.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | FD Pts (2025) | DK Pts (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Allen | QB | BUF | 383.6 | 386.6 |
| 2 | Christian McCaffrey | RB | SF | 377.6 | 428.6 |
| 3 | Matthew Stafford | QB | LA | 370.4 | 373.4 |
| 4 | Drake Maye | QB | NE | 362.5 | 366.0 |
| 5 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | IND | 354.3 | 378.3 |
| 6 | Trevor Lawrence | QB | JAX | 353.2 | 356.2 |
| 7 | Bijan Robinson | RB | ATL | 352.3 | 394.8 |
| 8 | Dak Prescott | QB | DAL | 341.8 | 343.8 |
| 9 | Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | DET | 340.4 | 379.9 |
| 10 | Puka Nacua | WR | LA | 328.5 | 394.0 |
| 11 | Bo Nix | QB | DEN | 327.8 | 329.8 |
| 12 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | WR | SEA | 327.4 | 387.9 |
| 13 | Caleb Williams | QB | CHI | 327.2 | 329.2 |
| 14 | Jared Goff | QB | DET | 323.1 | 328.1 |
| 15 | James Cook | RB | BUF | 312.7 | 332.2 |
| 16 | Justin Herbert | QB | LAC | 311.9 | 313.9 |
| 17 | Jalen Hurts | QB | PHI | 308.1 | 312.1 |
| 18 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | KC | 302.2 | 302.7 |
| 19 | De'Von Achane | RB | MIA | 301.3 | 334.8 |
| 20 | Derrick Henry | RB | BAL | 296.0 | 306.5 |
| 21 | Baker Mayfield | QB | TB | 288.9 | 291.9 |
| 22 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | DET | 280.5 | 339.0 |
| 23 | Ja'Marr Chase | WR | CIN | 272.1 | 335.6 |
| 24 | Trey McBride | TE | ARI | 261.9 | 324.9 |
| 25 | George Pickens | WR | DAL | 260.4 | 306.9 |