How to Get Power Rankings for Your Sleeper League
The team with the best record in your league might also be the best team. But if you’ve ever scored 140 points and still lost, you know the standings can leave out a pretty big part of the story.
That’s what I like about power rankings. They give you a reason to look past the record and ask how each team has actually been playing. Sometimes they back up the standings. Sometimes they give the manager sitting at 3-3 a very good argument for the league chat.
If you want to try them with your Sleeper league, open ffwrapped here. Enter your Sleeper username or league ID, import your league, and that link will take you straight to Power Rankings. It’s free, and you don’t need an ffwrapped account or your Sleeper password.
These are the rankings I’ve built into ffwrapped using your Sleeper league data. They’re separate from Sleeper’s standings. Below, I’ll walk through the setup and explain what I’d look at once the numbers load.
1. Find Your Sleeper League
I’d start with your Sleeper username. You can pick a season and choose from your leagues without having to look up a long ID. Just make sure you’re entering your username, which might be different from your team name.
If you already have your league open on the Sleeper website, the league ID works too. Copy the long number from the league URL, choose League ID in ffwrapped, and paste in the digits. You want the league’s ID here, not the draft ID or an invite code.
One thing to watch for: the season matters. A renewed Sleeper league gets a new ID each year, so last year’s ID takes you to last year’s league. If you’re unsure which one you have, the username search lets you choose the season first. Sleeper’s documentation has more detail on how users, leagues, and seasons connect.
2. Add Your League to ffwrapped
The link to open your power rankings selects Sleeper for you. Choose Username or League ID, enter your information, and hit Submit. If you use a username, choose your league from the list that appears.
This is the form you’ll see. The dropdown on the left switches between Username and League ID.
Once your league finishes loading, you’ll land on Power Rankings. If you’ve already added your league another way, select it and look for Power Rankings under League Analysis in the navigation. On your phone, open the navigation menu first.
If the team names look unfamiliar, check that you’ve selected your own league. There’s a demo you can explore before adding one, and the screenshots below use those sample teams.
3. Pick a Week
Look for the week selector at the top of the Ranking score card. You can choose a completed regular-season week and see where everyone ranked at that point.
The key word is through. If you select Week 4, the ranking uses the scoring and results through Week 4. A huge performance that Sunday counts, but so do the three weeks before it.
I think the history chart is worth a look here too. It’s easy to get caught up in who’s first today. Seeing how a team got there is usually more interesting.
Before the season, you may see a Preseason option when roster projections are available. That ranking uses projected starting-lineup strength. The regular-season rankings use actual scoring and results once completed matchups are available. You might love your roster in August and feel differently after a few weeks of games. The rankings can change their mind too.
4. Tap a Team to See What’s Behind Its Score
A number next to your team’s name is only so helpful on its own. Click or tap a team in the Ranking score list to open the breakdown.
For a completed week, you’ll see:
- Average score through that week
- Best and worst scoring weeks so far
- Record, including ties if there are any
- How the ranking score compares with the league average
Here’s the demo league with a team’s breakdown open. Your league will have its own teams, scores, and available weeks. Open the full-size screenshot.
In this example, Saquondo is first through Week 8 with a 6-2 record and an average score of 118.3. The expanded row also shows a best week of 151.7 and a worst week of 99.4. That tells you a lot more about the team than the 58.5 beside its name.
About that number: 50 is the league average on the displayed 1-100 scale. A score of 60 means the underlying ranking score is 20% above your league’s average. It doesn’t mean a 60% chance of winning. And because the score is relative to your league, a 60 in one league isn’t directly comparable to a 60 in another.
The in-season formula uses average weekly points, the highest and lowest scoring weeks, and win percentage. If you want to get into the calculation, I’ve written out the power-ranking formula and reasoning here.
5. Find Something Worth Talking About
The first thing I’d look for is a team whose rank doesn’t line up with its record. If someone is third in power rankings but sitting at 3-3, open their breakdown. Are they scoring well every week? Did one enormous game pull up their average? Compare them with the teams above them in the standings.
Then go back a few weeks. A team that’s been near the top all season has a different story from one that just jumped five spots. Early in the season, I’d be especially careful about reading too much into a big move. With only a couple of games played, each result carries a lot of weight.
If the question is whether a manager has been unlucky, I’d also check all-play record and expected wins. Those help you compare what the same scores would have earned against different opponents. Power rankings give you a broader performance comparison, but they don’t explain schedule luck on their own.
And if you’re trying to work out who will make the playoffs, look at playoff odds too. Being a strong team and having a clear path to the playoffs aren’t always the same thing.
For the league chat, a screenshot and one observation are plenty. “Third in power rankings at 3-3, with the second-highest average score” is a much better starting point than just dropping a list of names. I’d include the selected week so everyone knows which results they’re looking at.
A Few Questions You Might Have
Are these Sleeper’s official power rankings?
No. These are ffwrapped’s own rankings, calculated from your Sleeper league data. They don’t change anything in your Sleeper standings.
Can I use this before Week 1?
Yes, when the roster projections needed for preseason rankings are available. You won’t see a history of weekly results until there are completed matchups to use.
What if my league doesn’t show up?
Check your username and season first. It’s easy to enter a team name where the form expects a username. If that doesn’t get you there, try the numeric league ID from your Sleeper league URL. If the import fails, the message in ffwrapped should help you figure out what to check next.
Why can’t I see the latest week?
The list depends on the completed results loaded for your league. If games are still going, use the latest completed week. Once the week finishes, refresh your league data and check again.
Is this free?
Yes. You don’t need Premium or an ffwrapped account for the core power rankings. You also won’t be asked for your Sleeper password.
Give it a try with your Sleeper league → Start with your own team, then check the manager who’s been telling everyone their record doesn’t tell the whole story. They might have a point.