Overall Scores compare every qualifying running back across the league. While Team Context explains a player's importance within his own backfield, Overall Scores answer a different question: how does this player compare with every other running back in Fantasy Mate?

A League-Wide Perspective

Overall Scores place all running backs into the same analytical framework, allowing meaningful comparisons across teams. This broader perspective helps identify elite performers, undervalued contributors and players whose production may not match their underlying profile.

Looking Beyond Raw Production

Fantasy points alone rarely tell the full story. Overall Scores consider multiple dimensions of a player's profile to provide a balanced evaluation. This reduces the impact of one-off performances and highlights players who consistently demonstrate strong underlying characteristics.

Four Time Horizons

Fantasy Mate presents Overall Scores across multiple time horizons so managers can separate short-term performance from long-term value.

• Weekly: captures the player's performance during the selected week.

• Last Five Games: highlights recent form while reducing weekly volatility.

• Season: provides the most complete picture of the current season.

• Pace Projection: estimates where the player is trending if his current level of performance continues.

How to Use Each View

Weekly scores are useful for analysing individual performances. Last Five Games help identify players whose role or performance is changing. Season Scores provide the most stable evaluation, while Pace Projection helps visualise potential future outcomes if current trends remain in place.

Combining Overall Scores with Team Context

The most powerful analysis comes from using both systems together. Team Context explains a player's role within his offence, while Overall Scores reveal how that profile compares with the rest of the league. A player may dominate his own backfield yet still rank below the league's elite, or he may hold only a moderate team role while producing efficiently enough to become a future breakout candidate.

Common Misconceptions

• Overall Scores are not based on fantasy points alone.
• A strong Weekly Score does not necessarily indicate long-term value.
• Season Scores generally provide the most stable assessment.
• Pace Projection is a forward-looking indicator, not a prediction.

Key Takeaways

• Overall Scores compare every running back across the league.
• Different time horizons answer different fantasy questions.
• Use Overall Scores together with Team Context for the clearest player evaluation.
• Focus on trends rather than isolated weekly results.