Contest Overview
NFC | High Stakes Fantasy Sports
$200,000
Overall Grand Prize

Main Event
This is the premiere high stakes fantasy baseball event in the industry, now in its 22nd season. The NFBC Main Event has a $200,000 grand prize in 2025 and pays the Top 3 finishers in each league, including $7,500 to the league champ. We will have live drafts at Park MGM Las Vegas from March 19-25, in Robbinsville, NJ March 15th and Online from March 14-27.
Entry: $1,800
Teams: 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $7,500
Top Overall Prize: $200,000
$150,000
Overall Grand Prize

Rotowire Online
The Rotowire Online Championship is the industry's first national contest at the $350 price point. Now in its 17th season, the OC offers a $150,000 grand prize and pays the Top 2 finishers in each league, including $1,400 to the league champion. Online drafts are available from November through March 27th. There is also a $750 price point that will also compete in the same overall contest.
Entry: $350 - $1,500
Teams: 12 Teams
Top League Prize: $9,000
Top Overall Prize: $150,000
$40,000
Overall Grand Prize

Draft Champions
The NFBC Draft Champions National Championship features 15-team leagues drafting 50 players each with no in-season player pickups. Owners draft a roster of 50 players and then set their starting lineups each week. This contest has entry fees of $150, $400, $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 with each league paying the Top 3 and everyone competing for the $40,000 grand prize. It's a very popular draft-n-hold format.
Entry: $150 - $5,000
Teams: 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $40,000
Top Overall Prize: $40,000
$50,000
Overall Grand Prize

Best Ball Cutline Championship
The NFBC Cutline Championship is the industry's top national Best Ball Baseball contest. These are 10-team leagues where each owner drafts 42 players and the computer selects their optimal scoring lineup every week. There are only two FAAB periods during the season and there's a survivor playoff format. $175 entry fee, a $350 league prize and a $70,000 grand prize is available.
Entry: $150
Teams: 10 Teams
Top League Prize: $300
Top Overall Prize: $50,000

High Stakes
These are private 12-team or 15-team contests where all of the prize money stays within the league. Entry fees range from $2,500 to $15,000, with top league prizes ranging from $18,000 to $120,000. The Super and Ultimate leagues pay Top 3 within each league, while the Diamond and Platinum leagues pay Top 4. Payouts for these private leagues can be at 90 percent or higher.
Entry: $2,500 - $15,000
Teams: 12 & 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $120,000
$30,000
Overall Grand Prize

Auction
The NFBC now offers the live NFBC Auction Championship with a $30,000 grand prize and the Online Auction Championship with a record $12,500 grand prize. Live auctions are held in Las Vegas, New Jersey and Online at $1,600 per team, while all of the Online Auction Championship leagues are held online at prices starting at $150. Online AL/NL-only auction leagues are also available.
Entry: $150 - $2,500
Teams: 12 & 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $17,500
Top Overall Prize: $30,000
$10,000
Overall Grand Prize

Gladiator
The Gladiator is not for the faint of heart. It was introduced in 2023 and has sold out easily each of the first two years. Here it is, pure and simple. It's the ULTIMATE draft and hold as you draft and then your work is done. You draft only 23 players (no bench) and that is your team for the entire season. No FAAB, no setting lineups, no nothing. Traditional NFBC 5x5 Rotisserie scoring. $50 to enter...$10,000 overall grand prize in 2025. Are you not entertained?
Entry: $50
Teams: 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $250
Top Overall Prize: $10,000
$12,000
Overall Grand Prize

Best Ball Overall
The NFBC Best Ball 12-Team Championship is now in its third year with a $10,000 grand prize. Best Ball leagues are optimal scoring contests with no FAAB during the season and no in-season lineup decisions. Once the draft is done your work is done and the computer takes your optimal scoring lineup each week for 27 weeks. We use a points scoring system in this format and pay the Top 2 teams in each league and the Top 23 overall. Draft and be done!
Entry: $150 - $1,000
Teams: 12 Teams
Top League Prize: $6,500
Top Overall Prize: $12,000
Free 2025 Main Event Entry
Overall Grand Prize

NFBC $50s
NFBC $50s are private, 12-team Draft Champions leagues with a top league prize of $400. These are 12-team, 50-round drafts with no Free Agent pickups during the season. What you draft is what you have all year long, although you do have to set your starting lineups each week. The top $50 team among all players wins a FREE 2026 NFBC Main Event entry, valued at $1,800!
Entry: $50
Teams: 12 Teams
Top League Prize: $400
Top Overall Prize: Free 2025 Main Event Entry

Guillotine
NFBC Guillotine leagues are survivor-style, 15-team, 34-round private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league. Using a point scoring system, Guillotine teams start 23 players each week and the lowest scoring team after a 2-week period is "chopped"/eliminated from the contest with all 34 of that team's players going back into the player pool. One team is eliminated every two weeks until four teams are left for the money Championship Round.
Entry: $100 - $200
Teams: 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $1,400

Stand Alone
The NFBC Stand Alone Leagues are leagues that pay the Top 3 finishers in each league. There are no overall prizes in this format. These are available in 12-team and 15-team formats and with entry fees ranging from $125 to $500. If you like leagues where all of the prize money stays within the league, then you'll love the NFBC Satellite Leagues. Teams in this format draft 30 rounds, pick up Free Agents each week and set their starting lineup each week.
Entry: $125 - $500
Teams: 12 & 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $4,000

Keeper Leagues
NFBC Keeper Leagues are 15-team leagues where owners compete for league prizes, while trying to build the best team for the future. Each year, owners can keep five players from the previous season two rounds above where they were drafted the year before and the goal is to win this year, while building a strong team for the future. These are private leagues that pay the Top 3 in each league.
Entry: $250
Teams: 15 Teams
Top League Prize: $2,000

Best Ball Double-Ups
NFBC Best Ball Double-Up leagues are private 12-team, Points-scoring leagues where the Top 5 teams all double their entry fees. You simply draft 50 players and you are done as the computer picks your best lineup each week! With optimal scoring & no in-season FAAB, you draft and enjoy. It's really that simple! Finish in the Top 5 of your league and you double your money.
Entry: $100
Teams: 12 Teams
Top League Prize: $200

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