DFS Lineup Optimizer - Dominate Daily Fantasy Sports With LineupHQ

by Matt Schmitto (schmitto) Last Updated 2024-07-09 14:01:22

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There’s no tool in daily fantasy sports more important than the DFS lineup optimizer. Professional players have been using fantasy lineup optimizers since the early days of DFS, but it wasn’t until the pioneering of LineupHQ that lineup optimizers became accessible to casual players and pros alike.

Our lineup optimizer transformed the DFS landscape, and its use has resulted in several $1,000,000 wins, in addition to countless six-figure paydays for RotoGrinders subscribers.

We created the original lineup optimizer for the DFS community and continue to build upon the concept, ensuring LineupHQ stays ahead of industry trends and is the best lineup optimizer you can find, no matter the sport or DFS site you’re playing.

Here’s everything you need to know about DFS lineup optimizers and what makes LineupHQ so different for NFL, MLB, NBA, PGA and more. Let’s start with the basics.

What is a DFS Lineup Optimizer?
Why LineupHQ for Your DFS Lineup Optimizer?
- - Build and Save Stacks
- - Player Groups
LineupHQ Has How Many Lineup Optimizers?

What is a DFS Lineup Optimizer?

A DFS lineup optimizer streamlines the process of lineup generation. On sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, you can enter up to 150 lineups in a given contest, and even more in a single day if you’re playing multiple sports or slates.

Operators have different constraints and rules, such as salary caps, roster requirements, fantasy scoring and player pricing. Lineup optimizers take these constraints into account to ensure your lineups adhere to each site’s rules for a given sport and DFS game style (Classic vs. Showdown).

If you’re entering more than 20 lineups on a slate, you’re likely spending a lot of time simply entering your lineups and monitoring your player exposure. Handbuilding is also susceptible to mistakes such as duplicate lineups.

In giving users the ability to lock, filter, and exclude players and teams, lineup optimizers save countless hours that can be spent elsewhere, on leisure or more DFS research, whatever you prefer!

Why LineupHQ for Your DFS Lineup Optimizer?

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The industry’s flagship lineup optimizer, LineupHQ, has a robust set of features and integrations that turn it into more than just a generic lineup optimizer.

LineupHQ is a one-stop shop for your lineup-building needs. Within the lineup optimizer, you will find expert projections (or you can upload your own), projected ownership, and our Opto%.

Additionally, you get expert picks and analysis from DFS pros like John Breslin (Squirrelpatrol), Dave Potts (CheeseIsGood), Stephen Young (Stevietpfl), Derek Farnsworth (Notorious), Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84), and more! You can also sort by floor or ceiling projection, not to mention a dozen different statistical categories.

That’s not all…

Use the lineup optimizer to create groups within your player pool, along with complex stacking rules to go deeper with your optimizing strategy than ever before.

Build and Save Stacks

Stacking is a pivotal part of building successful, winning tournament lineups. The lineup optimizer’s Stack Builder feature allows you to build multiple team stacks utilizing your player pool. Want to stack a QB with a WR from their team and an opposing WR? You can do that here. Want to go with a minimum number of onslaught stacks? You can do that as well. Generate the number of different stacks you want and the Stack Builder will generate the top projected stacks based on the criteria you enter. From there, you can go save the ones that stand out for you and allocate percentages to those stacks, and the lineup optimizer will follow your lead when you generate lineups.

Player Groups

Groups provide the functionality to include or exclude players based on definitions of your desired criteria. Think of this as player pools within your player pool, creating groups to force an allocated percentage of your lineups to use specific player sets.

LineupHQ Has How Many Lineup Optimizers?

While most lineup optimizers only cover the main sports — NFL, NBA, MLB, and PGA — RotoGrinders’ LineupHQ includes 29 lineup optimizers across 15 sports and four different operators.

Below, you can find more DFS lineup optimizer details for each sport.

NFL Lineup Optimizer

Player projections for every team, updated for usage and injury news all the way to kickoff
Ownership projections help quickly identify chalk and leverage opportunities
Fully customizable stack settings to help you correlate lineups with desired stack types (QB-WR-WR, QB-RB-WR, QB-WR-TE, etc.)
Stack settings also allow you to include the opposing team’s players if desired
Easily build secondary and tertiary correlations into lineups with the stacks tab
Implied team totals clearly displayed for every team
Weather data imported with up-to-date weather forecasts from Chief Meteorologist Kevin Roth
Easily manipulate player exposures with minimum and maximum exposure settings
Use custom projections features to upload and aggregate all your projection sources

MLB Lineup Optimizer

Batter and pitcher projections for every team, updated as lineups are confirmed
Ownership projections to easily help identify popular teams and leverage points
Confirmed lineup positions to identify where your batters are hitting in the order
Stacks tab allows you to easily correlate lineups with your preferred stack size (5-3, 5-X, 4-4, 3-3, etc.)
Stacks tab allows you to set your exposures by team for primary and secondary stacks
Umpire data to easily identify which pitchers may benefit from an extreme pitcher’s umpire or be hindered by an extreme hitter’s umpire
Weather data imported with up-to-date weather reports from Chief Meteorologist Kevin Roth
Easily manipulate player exposures with minimum and maximum exposure settings
Implied run totals clearly displayed for every team
Pitch count projections that can be edited to your preferences

NBA Lineup Optimizer

Player projections for every active player on the NBA slate, which are updated throughout the day as news breaks
Projected minutes for each player on the slate, which can be manually edited to increase/decrease player exposure
Injury updates happen quickly and accurately, allowing more time for lineups to be adjusted after an impactful piece of injury news
Up-to-date injury designations for anyone on the NBA’s official injury report
Edit lineups specifically for late-swap contests
Projected ownership for each player on the slate to help account for the actions of the field, updated regularly throughout the day and after injury news.
Groups can help streamline team or game stacking without the need to build each lineup manually
Easily control your player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely.
Create custom build guidelines to manage the style of lineup output
Set minimum and maximum player exposures to customize builds

PGA Lineup Optimizer

Fantasy point projections for each golfer in the field, updated throughout the week to account for changes as well as withdrawals and missed cuts, updating for news up until roster lock
Build up to 150 lineups per build and Save up to 3000 Lineups
Golfer projected ownership to help differentiate lineups – updated right up to roster lock
Projected finish probabilities; Win%, Top 5%, Top 10%, top 205, Make Cut%
Round 1 and Round 2 Tee Time information to allow you to adjust if/when weather splits are relevant
Groups can help organize priorities within price ranges, stack for skillsets and/or weather, and more
Easily control your player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely
Create custom build guidelines to manage the style of lineup output
Set minimum and maximum player exposures to customize builds
Noto’s Rating system, see how each player grades out in of the best Golf DFS players personal model
Expert designation tags for top plays on the slate, and blurbs explaining expert plays

NASCAR Lineup Optimizer

Driver projections posted after qualifying weekly for Nascar, Xfinity, and Truck series events
Build up to 150 lineups per build and Save up to 3000 Lineups
Driver projected ownership to help differentiate lineups – updated right up to roster lock
Use groups feature to control dominator exposure and apply insights on roster construction as recommended in NASCAR premium content
Integrated Player Picks and insights from our NAscar Premium product
Control player pool and exposures with ease
Apply randomness and unique players per team to aid lineup diversity
Use my lineups page to manage lineups and export to DraftKings
Grid start position and driver team data for every driver in every circuit
Apply custom build rules to gain total control of roster construction and lineup diversity

MMA Lineup Optimizer

Mean projections posted every UFC slate, focusing on 50/50 and heads-up contests
Ceiling projections also posted every UFC slate, meant to optimize for GPP performance
Fighter projected ownership to help differentiate lineups – updated first on Thursday and kept up to date until lock
Integrated expert picks breaking down the top plays from multiple experts
Blurbs packed with relevant information about different fighters from our experts
Create 300 lineups at a time, and save up to 2000, while managing lineups and eventually uploading them to Draftkings in the lineups page
Use build rules to have the option to prevent opponents from appearing in the same lineup, which is helpful to avoid negative correlation
Set minimum and maximum fighter exposures, or simply lock or exclude fighters to customize builds
Up-to-date sportsbook odds of winning for each fighter
Player pools where you can edit our projections or projected ownership as you see fit

NHL Lineup Optimizer

Mean, ceiling and floor projections posted for every NHL slate – first posted the night before, but updated throughout the day up until lock as news comes in
Even strength and powerplay lines for every player
Use the stack page to build team stacks of different sizes, or of different makeup(even strength and/or powerplay etc.), and limit or increase stacks of certain teams
Player projected ownership to better understand chalk and leverage – typically initially updated early in the afternoon
Apply skater and goalie randomness and unique players to ensure lineup diversity, and apply team-level randomness to build more correlated lineups
Use build rules to limit the number of skaters vs your goaltender, avoiding players with negative correlation
Set groups to do things like ensuring highly correlated players only appear in the same lineup among other things
Confirmation of starting goaltenders
Create 300 lineups at a time, and save up to 2000, while managing lineups and eventually uploading them to DraftKings in the lineups page
Expert designation tags for top plays on the slate, and blurbs explaining expert plays

CSGO Lineup Optimizer

Fantasy point projections for each player on the slate, updated throughout the day
Projected ownership to help differentiate lineups
Use groups to include/exclude certain players from appearing in the same lineup
Use My Lineups page to conveniently manage lineups
Use custom projections features to upload and aggregate all your projection sources
Range of Outcomes and Number of Unique Players settings that allow for more lineup diversity
Set player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely

LOL Lineup Optimizer

Projections for every player on the LoL slate, using confirmed lineups for LPL and expected lineups for the other leagues
Projected ownership for the primary (biggest prize pools) classic slate on any given day
Stacks tab that allows you to apply exposure to the following stack types: 4-3, 4-2, 3-3, 3-2
Ability to set Primary and Secondary team stack exposures on the Stacks tab
Use Players Per Team tab to aid in team stacking for stack types that use three teams (4-2, 3-3, 3-2)
Range of Outcomes, Team Level Randomness, and Number of Unique Players settings that allow for more lineup diversity in a sport with high variance
Lock and Exclude buttons on the main page which allows you to do things like exclude undesirable CPT options (TEAM)
Use my lineups page to manage lineups and export to DraftKings
Use custom projections features to upload and aggregate all your projection sources
Use groups to more accurately include/exclude certain players from appearing in the same lineup

College Football Lineup Optimizer

Fantasy point projections for each player on the slate, updating for news up until roster lock
Build up to 150 lineups per build and Save up to 3000 Lineups
Player projected ownership to help differentiate lineups – updated right up to roster lock
Vegas odds information such as game totals and spreads to help an analyze the game environment and the player’s matchup
Point-per-dollar score to help determine how strong a value a player is based on their projection and salary
Stacking features to allow you to easily created correlated lineups by pairing your QB with pass catchers, or any other stacks you see fit
Easily control your player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely
Create custom build guidelines to manage the style of lineup output
Set minimum and maximum player exposures to customize builds
Expert designation tags for top plays on the slate, and blurbs explaining expert plays

College Basketball Lineup Optimizer

Fantasy point projections for each player on the slate, updated throughout the day
Projected ownership to help differentiate lineups, updated throughout the day
Build up to 300 lineups per build and save up to 3000 lineups
Set up player groups for team or game stacking
Set player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely
Create custom build guidelines to manage the lineup output
Point-per-dollar score to help determine how strong a value a player is based on their projection and salary

WNBA Lineup Optimizer

Projections for every player on the WNBA slate, updated throughout the day based on news and starting lineups
Minute projections for every rotation player, which are updated quickly after any relevant news
Customize minute projections to take total control over your player pool
Projected ownership for each player on the slate, updated after any pertinent change made to the player pool
Set build rules to handle player exposures, players per team, or positional exposures
Create groups to force your created lineups to use the specific player sets outlined
Quickly export lineups to DraftKings
Late swap section to edit lineup construction for contests that have already started
Timestamps to show when projections and projected ownership were last updated

Tennis Lineup Optimizer

Fantasy point projections for each player on the slate, updated for by-the-minute news up until roster lock
Build up to 150 lineups per build and Save up to 3000 Lineups
Player projected ownership to help differentiate lineups – updated right up to roster lock
Vegas odds information to help analyze player matchups
Point-per-dollar score to help determine how strong a value a player is based on their projection and salary
Groups can help organize priorities within price ranges
Easily control your player exposures, including the ability to lock a player into all lineups or remove them from the player pool completely
Create custom build guidelines to manage the style of lineup output
Set minimum and maximum player exposures to customize builds
Custom rules to prevent you from player two players who are in the same match

Soccer Lineup Optimizer

Median projections for every player on all EPL/UCL slates, updated as lineups are confirmed
Minute projections for every player, which can be manually edited
Projected ownership for every classic EPL/UCL slate
The ability to set min/max players vs goalkeeper
Use groups to force correlation between set piece takers and goal scorers
Use UTIL exposure settings to control overall positional (F/M/D) exposures
Use ‘Min fpts player threshold’ if trying to force more balanced lineups
Use Players Per Team tab to aid in team stacking
Add in individual or team level randomness to make lineups more diverse
Use my lineups page to manage lineups and export to DraftKings

F1 Lineup Optimizer