Nascar – DFS Expert Rankings History
NASCAR is a hobby here, not a core product. DailyOverlay grades DFS and sportsbook consensus across MLB, NFL, CFB, NBA, NHL and PGA on a full schedule; NASCAR gets covered when there is time and appetite for it. Some seasons are graded in full, some get a handful of races, and some get nothing at all. This page says which is which.
Awesemo – Top Plays was the best-grading NASCAR DFS source of the 2022 season, finishing with a 3.88 DO Score across the 20 sites and expert products we graded. DFSArmy – Domination Station was second at 3.57 and DFSArmy – Miller third at 3.51; our own Cash Consensus entry finished fourth at 3.49. 2022 is the most recent NASCAR season graded in full. Three races were graded in 2026 — a different, smaller measurement, graded and broken down race by race below.
Who are the best NASCAR DFS sites?
For 2022 the answer is Awesemo – Top Plays and the two DFSArmy products — the NASCAR DFS sources whose published picks graded highest against actual results. DailyOverlay does not make picks. We read what the experts, sites and models publish for each slate, tier it, publish it, and then grade every pick against what actually happened. The season-by-season boards we have published run back to 2019.
How the DO Score works. The DO Score is the average grade earned by every pick a site published. After each slate we pull the actual DraftKings points that were scored, grade each recommended player on value, positional ranking and gross score, and weight the resulting letter grades from A+ down to F. A site’s DO Score is the average of those grades across the season, so a higher number means more of what it published actually worked. Every pick is graded against what really happened on the slate, never against a projection. Scores are measured relative to each slate, so compare sites within a season rather than across sports or seasons. The full method is in our Grading Process.
Below are the Top 5 experts in the Nascar DFS Rankings over the history of DailyOverlay grading the experts.
2026 Season — three races, consensus agreement graded
2026 was a hobby year: three NASCAR Cup consensus boards, not a full season, and no A–F site board. What can be reported is whether the level of agreement among the tracked sources predicted anything. All 77 graded driver entries are below. Where the panel agreed, the drivers finished an average of 7.5 positions better and gained ground instead of losing it.
| Level of agreement | Drivers | Avg finish | Avg positions gained | Top-10 finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unanimous — every source on the driver | 8 | 14.5 | +3.2 | 2 of 8 (25%) |
| Majority — more than half the panel | 34 | 14.1 | +2.3 | 15 of 34 (44%) |
| Half the panel or fewer | 35 | 21.7 | -1.8 | 10 of 35 (29%) |
Grouped the simpler way — backed by the panel versus not:
| Group | Drivers | Avg finish | Avg positions gained | Top-10 finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus plays — majority support or better | 42 | 14.2 | +2.5 | 17 of 42 (40%) |
| Drivers the panel did not back | 35 | 21.7 | -1.8 | 10 of 35 (29%) |
Where it held up and where it did not
| Race | Graded | Consensus avg finish | Un-backed avg finish | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great American Getaway 400 — Pocono Raceway June 14, 2026 · 38-car field · five-source panel |
13 | 12.6 | none listed that week | — |
| Quaker State 400 — EchoPark Speedway, Atlanta July 12, 2026 · 38-car field · seven-source panel |
27 | 17.7 | 18.2 | +0.5 |
| Window World 450 — North Wilkesboro Speedway July 19, 2026 · 37-car field · five-source panel |
37 | 13.1 | 24.6 | +11.5 |
The honest read: the overall gap is real but unevenly spread. At North Wilkesboro the consensus plays beat the un-backed drivers by more than eleven finishing positions. At Atlanta the difference was half a position — effectively nothing — and the panel largely faded Ryan Blaney, who won from the pole with one source of seven on him. The Pocono board listed only drivers the panel liked, so there is no comparison group that week. Two of the three race winners were consensus plays: Denny Hamlin at Pocono was unanimous, Joey Logano at North Wilkesboro had four of five sources. Three races is a small sample and should be read as one.
The panel’s best and worst calls of 2026
| Driver | Track | Sources on | Start | Finish | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Bell | Atlanta | 6/7 | P32 | P2 | +30 |
| Chase Briscoe | N. Wilkesboro | 4/5 | P30 | P3 | +27 |
| Tyler Reddick | Atlanta | 4/7 | P31 | P8 | +23 |
| Bubba Wallace | N. Wilkesboro | 3/5 | P26 | P6 | +20 |
| Bubba Wallace | Pocono | 4/5 | P38 | P21 | +17 |
And the ones that went the other way:
| Driver | Track | Sources on | Start | Finish | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Bell | N. Wilkesboro | 5/5 | P3 | P19 | -16 |
| Erik Jones | N. Wilkesboro | 3/5 | P6 | P21 | -15 |
| Ross Chastain | N. Wilkesboro | 3/5 | P13 | P27 | -14 |
| Austin Dillon | N. Wilkesboro | 3/5 | P12 | P23 | -11 |
| AJ Allmendinger | Atlanta | 4/7 | P27 | P37 | -10 |
How the 2026 races were graded
DailyOverlay does not pick drivers. For each race a panel of outside DFS sources was logged — RotoWire, DK Network, Athlon, DFS Army and RunPure at Pocono and North Wilkesboro, a seven-source panel at Atlanta — the number of them on each driver was counted, and that count was published before the green flag. The picks belong to those sources; the panel, the agreement count and the grading are DailyOverlay’s.
Each entry is scored on where the car actually finished and how many positions it gained or lost from its starting spot. These are not DraftKings point totals: laps led and fastest-lap counts are not available per driver in the official result tables, and two numbers that can be checked line by line are better than a points figure that cannot be sourced. Every starting position printed in the original articles was re-checked against the official qualifying grid, and all 77 matched.
A fourth 2026 sheet, the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (June 28, 2026), did not record per-driver source counts, so there is nothing in it to grade. It stays up as a race preview.
2023, 2024 and 2025
No NASCAR boards were graded in these three seasons. Grading stopped after the 2022 finale and resumed only for the handful of 2026 races above. Rather than skip quietly from 2022 to 2026, it is stated here.
2022 Season
| Rank | Name | DO score |
| 1 | Awesemo – Top Plays | 3.88 |
| 2 | DFSArmy – Domination Station | 3.57 |
| 3 | DFSArmy – Miller | 3.51 |
| 4 | DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus | 3.49 |
| 5 | FantasyLabs | 3.46 |
2021 Season
| Rank | Name | DO score |
| 1 | NumberFire | 3.98 |
| 2 | GarageGuys – Free Picks | 3.85 |
| 3 | DFSArmy – Miller | 3.84 |
| 4 | Sportsline | 3.79 |
| 5 | DFSArmy – Domination Station | 3.77 |
2020 Season
| Rank | Name | DO score |
| 1 | DFSKarma | 4.21 |
| 2 | DailyOverlay – Cash Consensus | 4.12 |
| 3 | NumberFire | 4.06 |
| 4 | FanDuel – The Duel | 3.92 |
| 5 | DraftKings Playbook | 3.74 |
2019 Season
| Rank | Name | DO score |
| 1 | DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.98 |
| 2 | DFSKarma | 3.93 |
| 3 | Rotoballer | 3.84 |
| 4 | NumberFire | 3.83 |
| 5 | DFSArmy | 3.79 |