Standard Fantasy Football Scoring Rules by Stat Category
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Full bio →This is the full default scoring table used across major fantasy football platforms — the same values behind ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper, and NFL.com’s standard leagues, and the values the fantasy football calculator uses to compute your total. Every stat category below is listed with its typical point value and how (or whether) it changes across Standard, Half-PPR, and Full PPR formats.
Full Stat Category Table
| Stat category | Point value | Changes by PPR format? |
|---|---|---|
| Passing yards | 0.04 pts/yard (1 pt per 25 yards) | No |
| Passing touchdown | 4 pts | No |
| Interception thrown | −2 pts | No |
| Rushing yards | 0.1 pts/yard (1 pt per 10 yards) | No |
| Rushing touchdown | 6 pts | No |
| Receiving yards | 0.1 pts/yard (1 pt per 10 yards) | No |
| Receiving touchdown | 6 pts | No |
| Reception | 0 / 0.5 / 1 pt | Yes — Standard / Half-PPR / Full PPR |
| Fumble lost | −2 pts | No |
| Two-point conversion | 2 pts | No |
Only one row in this entire table changes with league format: the reception itself. Every other category — yardage rates, touchdown values, and turnover penalties — stays fixed no matter which PPR setting a league uses. That’s also why quarterbacks score almost identically across formats: they rarely record a reception, so nothing in their stat line touches the one variable format changes.
How the Yardage Rates Work
Passing yards and rushing/receiving yards use different per-yard rates on purpose. Passing yards score at 0.04 points per yard (1 point every 25 yards) because passing games typically produce far more total yardage in a game than rushing or receiving does for any single player. Rushing and receiving yards both score at the faster 0.1 points per yard (1 point every 10 yards) to keep runners and pass-catchers competitive with quarterbacks despite lower absolute yardage totals. This is standard across ESPN, Yahoo, Sleeper, and NFL.com’s default leagues.
Touchdown Values
Rushing and receiving touchdowns are worth 6 points in virtually every default league setup, matching the 6 points a touchdown is worth in the real NFL rulebook. Passing touchdowns default to 4 points rather than 6 — a deliberate offset since quarterbacks throw far more touchdowns per season than any single running back or receiver scores. Some leagues customize passing touchdowns up to 6 points, which meaningfully boosts quarterback value relative to skill-position players; if your league does this, use the calculator’s custom scoring mode to reflect it accurately.
Turnovers and Bonus Plays
Interceptions thrown and fumbles lost are both penalized at −2 points by default — these are the only negative categories in a standard box score. A two-point conversion (rushing, receiving, or occasionally a direct pass-catch) is worth a flat 2 points regardless of which player scores it or how it’s recorded on the stat sheet.
Beyond this base table, some leagues add optional bonus points for hitting single-game yardage thresholds — for example, an extra 3 points for 100+ rushing or receiving yards, or 300+ passing yards, in a single game. These bonuses are common customizations on both ESPN and Yahoo but are not part of the default scoring table above, so confirm with your league before assuming they apply.
See the Rules Applied to Real Stat Lines
Read Fantasy Football Scoring Glossary for what Standard, Half-PPR, and Full PPR actually mean in plain language, or jump to Fantasy Football Points Calculation Examples by Position to see this exact table applied to full quarterback, running back, receiver, and tight end stat lines. To calculate your own player’s total, enter the stat line into the fantasy calculator and choose your league’s scoring format.