Fantasy Football Scoring: PPR vs Half PPR - Bleacher Nation (2024)

You are gearing up for fantasy football season and are excited to get to drafting your NFL fantasy team. Before you start to draft, you need to understand the different types of scoring because it might impact your strategy. What about PPR leagues? Here’s what you need to know about PPR vs half PPR scoring formats in fantasy football.

PPR

PPR stands for points per reception and it’s a way players can rack up points in your fantasy football league. While playing in a PPR league, there is standard scoring as well as PPR. Players receive a full point for each reception during a game in a PPR scoring system. So someone like CeeDee Lamb, who had 135 receptions in 2023, was a great player to have on your roster last fantasy season.

In full PPR, wide receivers, running backs, and tight ends have a lot of value as their total number of receptions leads to higher scoring compared to a non-PPR league.

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Half PPR

Half PPR is the same concept, except that the players only receive 0.5 points per reception. In a half-PPR league, you need to consider your draft strategy as WR, TE, and RB don’t have as much value in terms of those extra fantasy points compared to a full PPR format. One point adds up much faster than 0.5 PPR.

Why PPR is Important: Half PPR vs Full PPR

In PPR fantasy football, wide receivers and tight ends are valued highly because they gain extra points for each reception. Also, pass-catching running backs are valued more highly on fantasy teams.

A PPR league puts more weight on consistency compared to fluke plays. For example, PPR values a receiver who has six catches for 80 yards compared to a receiver who has one catch for 80 yards. In the standard scoring system, the fantasy points would be the same for both based on the yards but PPR in fantasy football adds value to consistency.

PPR vs Standard Fantasy Football Scoring

In standard fantasy football format scoring, receivers and running backs gain points based on yards and touchdowns. This is something to take into consideration when you are drafting your team for the year. You might lean towards running backs and receivers who get lots of yards or find the endzone but might not lead the team in rush attempts or receptions.

In a PPR league, you will look at players who have tons of receptions. If they score touchdowns as well, that’s even more points because you are getting one point per reception.

Be sure to understand your fantasy football scoring format. The last thing you need is to draft thinking you are in a PPR fantasy league and find out it’s only the standard format for fantasy scoring.

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