Live fantasy football drafts

Create a live draft for Fantasy Football

Run your league’s fantasy football draft or auction live, with synced clocks, anti-snipe bidding, and a board built for QB-RB-WR-TE decisions. Run a snake draft, a budget auction, or a hybrid of both — all in real time. $49 once, and everyone you invite plays free.

Invited players freeSnake · Auction · HybridSynced live clocks
Built for the sport

A board tuned for fantasy football

Filter and sort players by position, team, and your own custom ratings so the right pick is always one tap away.

Positions on the board

QBRBWRTEKDEFFLEX

Draft the biggest names

Load players from across the NFL — for example:

ChiefsEagles49ersRavensCowboysLions
How it works

How to run a fantasy football draft

Step 01

Build your fantasy football board

Upload a CSV of players from the NFL with your own ranks and any rating columns you care about, or start from a template and edit it.

Step 02

Set the format and invite your league

Choose a snake draft, a budget auction, or a hybrid of both, set the order or randomise it, then share one join link with your managers.

Step 03

Draft it live

Every manager picks on the same synced clock. Auto-pick keeps the fantasy football draft moving if someone loses signal, and the commissioner can undo a pick or skip a turn if it goes wrong.

Draft strategy

What matters in a fantasy football draft

The board is only half of it — here is how fantasy football leagues usually approach draft day.

Draft position decides more in fantasy football than in almost any other format, because the drop-off between the first few running backs and the rest of the pool is steep. That is why most leagues randomise the order on draft night rather than agreeing it in advance — doing it live, in front of everyone, removes the argument before it starts.

The two formats pull in different directions. A snake draft is fast and needs no explaining to a first-year manager. An auction gives everyone a shot at the same player and rewards preparation, at the cost of taking roughly twice as long — budget about ninety minutes for a twelve-team auction and set the bid clock accordingly.

Whatever the format, the board matters more than the software. Upload your own ranks rather than drafting off a generic list: a pool sorted by your league’s actual scoring — PPR or not, superflex or not — is worth more than any projection someone else published.

Everything included

The full draft engine, included

Every feature works for fantasy football out of the box. No add-ons, no per-seat fees.

Draft literally anything

Upload a CSV with unlimited custom rating columns, or start from a community or system template. Players, teams, prospects, keepers — if it fits in a list, you can draft it.

Snake & standard drafts

Run classic linear or snake drafts with configurable rounds, roster sizes, and per-pick timers that keep the board moving.

Budget auctions

Full nomination auctions with live bidding, anti-snipe extensions, max bids, and minimum increments. Salary caps optional.

Hybrid format

Auction the top N of your board, then snake-draft the rest. The best of both worlds in a single event.

Truly live & synced

Server-authoritative clocks keep every manager on the exact same second. Drop off and reconnect anytime — your seat is waiting.

Auto-pick on the clock

Nobody likes waiting on an AFK manager. Optional auto-pick takes the best available by rank the moment the timer hits zero.

Friends, invites & lobby

Add friends by username, invite them to your event, set or randomize the draft order, and ready-up together in the lobby.

Live chat & sound alerts

Talk trash in real time and get an audible heads-up when you are on the clock. Zero email spam, zero refresh-to-see-the-pick.

Public spectating

Open the doors and let the league, the group chat, or the whole internet watch your draft unfold pick by pick.

Pro-grade board tools

Search, sort, and filter the pool by position, team, and any custom rating. Never scroll past your sleeper again.

No duplicate picks, ever

Database-level locks and a per-event mutex make double-picks and race conditions impossible, even with a full room bidding at once.

Template marketplace

Browse ready-made community and system templates for dozens of sports, or publish your own for the world to draft.

Photos on every pick

Add headshots or logos to every draftable item so the board looks like a broadcast, not a spreadsheet.

Anonymous auction bidding

Hide bidder identities during the auction for pure, poker-faced price discovery. No tells, no collusion.

One-time

Everything, forever, for $49$29

Run unlimited drafts, at any size, with every feature — forever. Your second draft costs nothing. So does your two-hundredth. Split across a 12-person league that is $4.08 a head — once, not every season.

Not a subscription. No renewals, no per-draft fees, no per-seat pricing, and no card kept on file.

Create unlimited drafts, forever

Unlimited participants in every draft

Custom CSV datasets with unlimited rating columns

Community & system templates

Everyone you invite plays free

Priority support

Unlock Lifetime — $29 once

30-day money-back guarantee — no reason required.

FAQ

Fantasy Football draft questions

Can I run a Fantasy Football draft with my own rankings?

Absolutely. Upload a CSV of players with your own ranks and custom columns, or start from a Fantasy Football template and tweak it. Your board, your rules.

Does LiveDraft-It support Fantasy Football auctions?

Yes. Run a full budget auction for your Fantasy Football pool with per-manager budgets, minimum bid increments, anti-snipe extensions and optional anonymous bidding — or mix an auction and a snake draft together with the hybrid format.

Is there a Fantasy Football template I can use?

Browse the template marketplace for community and system Fantasy Football datasets, or build your own in minutes and optionally share it with everyone.

How much does it cost?

$49, once. That is a LiveDraft Lifetime license: unlimited drafts, unlimited participants, every feature, forever. It is not a subscription and there are no per-draft or per-seat fees.

Do the people I invite have to pay?

No, and they never will. Everyone you invite plays free, forever. No seats, no per-player fees, no account upsell. Only the person running the draft needs a license, so a twelve-person league costs $49 in total.

Is it a subscription? Does it expire?

Neither. You pay once and the license is yours permanently — no renewals, no expiry, no card kept on file for later.

What features does the license include?

All of them. Every format (snake, standard, auction, hybrid), custom CSV datasets with unlimited rating columns, photos on the board, anonymous auction bidding, live chat, spectating, auto-pick, the template library, and priority support. There is no higher tier to buy.

Do I need to know how to code or use a spreadsheet?

No. Start from a ready-made template in one click, or upload a simple CSV. We provide a downloadable template with the columns already set up for you.

How many people can join a draft?

As many as your format needs. Invite friends by username, set the draft order, and everyone joins the live room from any device — no installs required.

What draft formats are supported?

Standard and snake drafts, budget auctions with anti-snipe and max bids, and a hybrid mode that auctions the top of your board before drafting the rest.

What happens if someone loses connection?

The clock is server-authoritative, so the draft stays in sync for everyone. Anyone who drops can reconnect and resume exactly where they left off, and optional auto-pick keeps things moving on the clock.

Can other people watch our draft?

Yes — flip on public spectating and anyone with the link can follow along pick by pick, live.

Ready to draft Fantasy Football?

Create your league, load your board, and go live in minutes. One payment covers every draft you run.