How to build a 20-0 roster
Going a perfect 20-0 is hard by design — only a small fraction of even optimal drafts get there. But it's a game of skill, not luck: the players who win consistently understand how the roster is scored and shape every spin around it. Here's how to give yourself the best shot.
1. Balance beats star power
Your record is driven by the position-weighted average rating of your whole roster, not by your two or three best players. That single fact decides most games. A lineup with one 97-rated superstar and a 68-rated weak link will lose to a roster of solid, even 84s. Because the win curve steepens near the top (see how scoring works), every point of average rating is worth more the closer you get to perfect — so raising your floor is almost always more valuable than adding another star on top.
Practical rule: protect your weakest starter. Before you lock in a flashy pick, ask whether any slot is still sitting on a mediocre player. Fixing a 70 up to an 85 moves your average far more than upgrading a 92 to a 95.
2. Fill the hard positions first
Some positions are deep across almost every team and era; others are scarce. If you draft all the easy, plentiful spots early, you can reach the end of your run with only thin spins left for a scarce position and be forced to take a weak link — the exact thing that kills a perfect season. When a spin offers a strong player at a hard-to-fill slot, prioritize taking them, even over a slightly higher-rated player at a position you'll easily fill later.
3. Use flex slots to stay liquid
Flexible slots and multi-position players are your insurance. Keep your options open: if a player can fill more than one spot, think about which placement preserves the most flexibility for the spins you haven't seen yet. Filling a flex with a narrow, single-position player early can leave you stuck later. The strongest rosters keep a path to cover every remaining slot for as long as possible.
4. Spend re-rolls like currency
Re-rolls are limited, so treat them as a budget. A good time to re-roll is early, when a spin offers nothing above your target average and you still have plenty of slots open — gambling on a better team costs you little. A bad time is late, when you're one slot from a complete roster and burning a re-roll risks an even worse spin with no budget left to recover. As a rule of thumb, don't re-roll a spin that contains a player who would raise your current average.
5. Plan around the guaranteed legend
Every run guarantees one curated all-time-great "legend" spin — a roster of historic greats. That spin is your best shot at a top-end player, so don't waste it. If the legend spin lands while your premium positions are already filled with strong picks, you may have spent it poorly. When you know a legend spin is still coming, it's often worth taking competent-but-unspectacular players at your easy positions early and saving the marquee upgrade for when the legends appear.
6. Practice with the Daily Challenge
Because the Daily Challenge gives everyone the same spins, it's the perfect place to study optimal play: compare your roster to the leaderboard and to the day's best-possible lineup, and you'll quickly see where you left points on the board. Do that for a week and your solo win rate climbs noticeably.
Put it together — protect your floor, secure scarce positions, stay flexible, spend re-rolls with discipline, and use the legend spin well — and a perfect 20-0 goes from a lucky accident to something you can engineer. Start a run →