# Snake Draft Order Generator

> Build a full snake draft board — every round, every pick, every manager — so everyone knows exactly when they are up.

Canonical: https://livedraftit.com/tools/snake-draft-order-generator

Build a full snake draft board — every round, every pick, every manager — so everyone knows exactly when they are up.

Free · No sign-up · Same maths as the live draft

The tool itself is interactive and runs in the browser on [Snake Draft Order Generator](https://livedraftit.com/tools/snake-draft-order-generator).

## About the snake draft order generator

A snake draft reverses the order every round. The manager who picks first in round one picks last in round two, first again in round three, and so on. It exists to offset the advantage of an early first-round pick, and it is the default in almost every fantasy league for that reason.

The arithmetic is simple but easy to get wrong by hand, especially past round three or with an odd number of managers. For overall pick number P and N managers, the round is ⌈P ÷ N⌉ and the position within that round is ((P − 1) mod N) + 1 — reversed whenever the round number is even. This board computes it with the same function the live engine uses to decide who is on the clock.

The usual alternative is a straight linear order, where the same sequence repeats every round. It is simpler and it is measurably less fair, which is why leagues that use it tend to pair it with an auction for the first few picks instead.

## Snake Draft Order Generator questions

### What is a snake draft?

A draft where the pick order reverses each round. With eight managers, round one runs 1 through 8 and round two runs 8 back down to 1. It compensates the manager picking last in round one by giving them the first pick of round two.

### Snake draft or linear draft — which is fairer?

Snake, in almost every case. A linear draft gives the first manager the best pick in every single round, which compounds over a long draft. Snake alternates the advantage, so the total value of each manager’s first two picks is much closer together.

### How is this different from a third-round reversal?

Third-round reversal is a variant where the order flips again in round three rather than alternating normally, to further compensate late first-round picks. It is not supported in the live draft engine, which runs standard snake and linear orders.

More questions about pricing, formats and invites are answered on [the homepage](https://livedraftit.com) and the [pricing page](https://livedraftit.com/pricing).

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