NFL Season-Long

Overview

Pick6 is a peer-to-peer Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) contest variant offered by DraftKings. Build a lineup, also known as your “Pick Set”, by choosing 2 or more players (3 or more in CO) and selecting whether you believe they will outperform their regular season stat projections. Compete in contests against other users’ Pick Sets and win prizes by making the required number of correct picks.

The entries you compete against are determined by the number of picks you decide to make in your Pick Set (your “Pick Level”). Your Pick Set will only compete against entries of the same Pick Level. The pool of available athletes and their associated stat projections is called a “Pick Group”.

For all available stats, if a pick's final result exactly matches the projection line, that pick will be graded as a void, regardless of the selected outcome.

Stat counts are determined by official third-party stat providers of DraftKings.

For Pick6 NFL Season-Long contests, the player must record at least one (1) snap (offense, defense, or special teams) in five (5) regular-season games to meet the minimum play requirements. 

• If a player is traded or plays for multiple teams during the regular season, all eligible appearances will count toward this requirement. As long as the player records at least one snap in five (5) or more games combined across all teams, their pick remains eligible for scoring.

  • Example: If a player appears in 3 games for Team A and is traded, then plays 2 more games for Team B, they still meet the 5-game minimum requirement, and their stat total for the season across both teams will still count. 

If a player does not meet the minimum play requirements by the end of the Week 18, all picks associated with that player will be scored as VOID, regardless of selecting “More” or “Less” for the pick.

If a Pick Set has one or more void picks and the outcomes of the remaining non-void picks results in the lineup finishing in an existing payout tier at the lower pick level, the lineup will receive the Base Payout in the sport, pick level, and payout tier of the non-void picks, in cash, less any other cash winnings.

If a lineup settles with all but one (1) voided pick, or with all voided picks, that lineup will be refunded its entry fee in the same form used for submission. For example, if the lineup was submitted using Pick6 Credits, the refund will be issued in Pick6 Credits.

DraftKings’ official scoring validation process for Season-Long entries begins after the conclusion of Week 18. This process ensures that DraftKings scoring matches official stat providers before contest results are finalized and paid out.

Once contests are finalized, a Pick Set status will change to “Completed”, and the Pick Set will move from the Live tab to the Recent tab on the My Picks page.

On occasion, official scorers may issue a stat-correction after events have ended and the official scoring validation process has completed. These corrections are rare, but can occur days after an event is completed. Therefore, any changes to official scoring that occur after contests have been finalized will not impact those finalized contests. Conversely, if a correction needs to be made after contests are finalized due to a bug with the data feed or the finalization process, while extremely rare, the finalization process (including payment) may be reversed and redone correctly.

Pick stats and their more/less outcomes are intended to align with official results at the time of Pick6 payouts, independent of contest payout timing for other DFS formats in the same sport and involving the same events. While rare, it is possible for a final stat amount on Pick6 to differ with other DFS formats based on when contests from each format were finalized and paid out.

Note: The official scoring validation process is solely to ensure that DraftKings contest results are determined based on official scoring. Delays during this process may occur as a result of data collection or other technical difficulties.

• Weekly updates will be provided showing each player’s progress toward their projection in your Live pick set.

  • Picks will not update in real-time. Stats and progress bars are refreshed manually each week.

• If a player is traded or changes teams during the regular season, all stats earned across all teams they play for will count toward their season-long projection.

Pick6 contest entries are scored based on the number of correct picks. Winning entries receive a share of the total prize pool proportional to their share of Standings Points amongst all winners. A contest may have multiple classifications of a winning entry to account for voided and pardoned pick scenarios. Learn more about the Voided Pick Policy.

For example only, a 5-Pick NFL contest with a $10,000 total prize pool may have the following winning entry score classifications: 5/5, 4/5, 4/4, 3/3, and 2/2.

In this example, all winning entries would win a share of the $10,000. The exact share would be calculated based on the amount of Standing Points for each entry. Learn more about how Standings Points are calculated.

Winning entries are defined in the contest’s details. Typically, a winning entry will be one whose final score is eligible for a Base Payout after accounting for voided pick scenarios. For example only, a 6-pick contest will typically have the following scores be classified as a winning entry: 6/6, 5/6, 5/5, 4/5, 4/4, 3/3, and 2/2. Lineups with voided picks will have their scores adjusted, but will always remain in the original contests they were entered into.

What Happens if no one finishes with a winning entry?

If no entry meets the definition of a winning entry, DraftKings will split the prize pool amongst the entries with the most total correct picks. The exact share of the prize pool would be calculated based on the amount of Standing Points for each entry. Learn more about how Standings Points are calculated. In the event no entry has a single correct selection, no winner can be declared and DraftKings will refund all entry fees for that specific contest.

Eligible Pick6 Pick Sets must contain players representing at least two different teams. Once a player is selected, they cannot be selected again for a different pick in the same Pick Set. For example, an NFL Season-Long player can be picked for Passing Yards OR Passing TDs, but not both.

If a player in your submitted Pick Set is traded or changes teams before or during the contest, and this results in your Pick Set containing players from only one team, your entry will be invalidated and refunded.

Example: You submit a Pick Set with Josh Allen (Bills – Passing Yards) and Stefon Diggs (Patriots – Receiving Yards). If Diggs is later traded back to the Bills during the season, both players would now be on the same team. Since Pick Sets must include players from at least two different teams, your entry would no longer be valid and would be refunded.

Stat projections can change after they have been posted. The projections at the time you submit your Pick Set are the projections your picks will be scored against.

DraftKings reserves the right to add or remove picks to a Pick Group at its discretion after the initial group of picks has been published. 

Pick Groups will only contain athletes from one sport. In other words, as an example, it is not possible to have an NBA pick and an NFL SZN pick in the same Pick Set. Picks must be made within the same Pick Group. The Pick Group is a particular set of games and available picks. To change Pick Groups, there is a filter on the Home pick experience.

Pick Sets may not be edited after they’ve been submitted.

The NFL Season-Long contest will remain open for entry until the 1 PM ET Kickoff of Week 1 of the NFL Regular Season. However, DraftKings may make specific picks unavailable as the real-world games involving those players begin.

In the rare case that a game starts earlier than scheduled, or if its start time changes, DraftKings will take measures to ensure that the affected picks are disabled accordingly. Picks for games already in progress will not be available to include in a Pick Set at the time of submission.

The projection lines available at the time of Pick Set submission will be locked for scoring, even if a player’s projection changes before the overall contest lock.

For NFL Season-Long Pick6 entries, player stats are accumulated across the full regular season (Weeks 1–18). The regular season itself acts as a single scoring window, and no individual games are removed or swapped from the competition.

If an individual NFL game is canceled, and a player does not participate in at least five (5) total regular-season games, any associated pick will be marked as VOID.

Season-Long picks will not be regraded or adjusted based on minor stat corrections or individual game changes, unless a cancellation prevents the player from meeting the 5-game minimum.

DraftKings will not reconfigure or cancel Season-Long contests due to individual game cancellations, postponements, or reschedules—unless every player in an entry becomes ineligible for scoring.

If an NFL game is suspended or shortened, stats accrued before the suspension will count toward Season-Long totals as long as the player participated and the game occurred during the regular season.

If a player appears in the game before it is suspended, that game will count toward their minimum play requirement.

If the game does not resume and the player does not meet the 5-game minimum by season end, the pick will be marked VOID.

No Season-Long entries will be refunded due to suspended games unless every player pick in the lineup fails to meet the 5-game threshold.