Questions

Fair Shake is a free fantasy football trade finder. You add your roster and a leaguemate's, and it suggests trades that are close in value and improve both starting lineups. It grades every trade for both teams, and it tells you plainly when no fair trade exists.

It runs two checks. First, value: the two sides must be close in market value and in points value, which is what the players are scoring this season. Second, points a week: it builds each team's best starting lineup before and after the trade, and both lineups must gain about the same number of points a week. A trade is suggested only when it passes both.

Each team gets a score from 0 to 100 and a letter grade. A score of 70, a C, means the trade leaves that team about where it started. Higher means the team gains value, lineup strength or both. Lower means it loses ground. The fairness score is separate: 100 means both sides are worth the same and both lineups gain the same points a week.

From FantasyCalc, which calculates values from real trades made in fantasy leagues. Fair Shake pulls them daily for every format it supports, then adjusts for what those formats leave out: 6-point passing touchdowns, tight end premium and injuries. Points values come from what each player has scored this season, in your league's scoring.

Daily. Rosters, injury designations and stats come from nflverse, and trade values from FantasyCalc. Every page shows the date of its last update.

Redraft, keeper and dynasty leagues with 8 to 16 teams; standard, half PPR and full PPR scoring; one-QB, Superflex and two-QB lineups; 4- or 6-point passing touchdowns; and tight end premium. Leagues that start a kicker, a defense or defensive players (IDP) work too. Your league can be on any platform, including Sleeper, ESPN, Yahoo, NFL.com, CBS and Fleaflicker.

Yes. Take a screenshot of the roster in your league's app and add it when you edit a team. The text is read on your device, every match is shown for you to check, and the picture is never uploaded.

No. Saved teams are stored in your browser. To open them on another device, use Share league link on My Teams, or download a backup there and restore it.

None of the one-, two- or three-player packages between the two rosters is both close in value and good for both lineups. Fair Shake says why, for example when both teams need the same position, and shows the closest options it found.

Yes. Injury designations are refreshed daily. In redraft leagues an injured player's value is discounted: 2% for Questionable, 10% for Out and 25% for injured reserve. Dynasty values are discounted far less, because a career outlasts most injuries.

One great player is worth more than two good ones, because a lineup has limited starting spots. Fair Shake combines package values so that two players worth 4,000 each come to about 6,800 together, not 8,000. If a team has to cut a player to make room, that player counts against the trade.

A lineup slot that can hold a quarterback, running back, wide receiver or tight end. Nearly every team starts a quarterback there, so twice as many quarterbacks start each week and they are worth far more in trades. ESPN calls this slot OP.

Extra points per catch for tight ends only, usually 0.5. It makes the best tight ends more valuable. Fair Shake raises tight end values by 10% for +0.5 and by 20% for +1.0.

Yes. A coffee keeps the data current.

Every player gets two numbers. Market value is what fantasy managers pay for him in real trades, from FantasyCalc, adjusted for your league's settings. Points value is what he is scoring: his points per game this season in your league's scoring, priced at what the market pays for players at his position who score about the same. A player with only a few games is pulled toward what the market expects, so one big week does not make a star. A trade counts as fair only when it is close on both numbers and, with both rosters saved, both starting lineups gain about the same points a week. The fairness score is the lowest of those three. Dynasty leagues use market value alone, because it prices in future seasons.