AFL Fantasy Draft Tool 2026

A VORP-based draft assistant purpose-built for 6-team AFL Fantasy Draft leagues. Runs entirely in your browser — no accounts, no servers, no data leaves your machine.

Features

Draft Engine

• VORP (Value Over Replacement Player) with exact roster math: 6 DEF / 5 MID / 6 FWD / 1 RUC starters + 4 emergencies + 6 bench
• DPP handling: calculates VORP at each eligible position and uses the maximum (no overwrite bug)
• Configurable DPP bonus (default 3.0)
• Replacement levels recalculate after every pick

Smart Rank

• Transparent composite score: VORP × 0.7 + positional scarcity × 0.2 + bye value × 0.1
• All weights visible and tuneable in settings
• Toggle between Classic VORP and Smart Rank sorting

Draft Intelligence

• Top 5 recommendations with human-readable reasons
• Positional scarcity bars with urgency levels (low / medium / high / critical)
• Position run detection — alerts when 3+ of the same position drafted in the last 5 picks
• Pick countdown — how many picks until your turn + projected positional attrition
• VONA (Value Over Next Available) — highlights players you can't afford to skip

Smokies System

• Tag players as premium / value / smoky / rookie / depth in your CSV
• Dedicated Smokies tab with notes and dynamic alerts
• "DEF premiums almost gone — consider Sam Flanders (midfield minutes rising)"

Draft Management

• Draft any player to any team (1–6) via modal
• Full undo: undo last pick, undo last N, return any specific player
• Recent picks log with team attribution
• JSON export/import — save and restore your entire draft state across devices

Bye Planner

• Available players grouped by bye round (R12, R13, R14)
• Your team's bye distribution with thin/heavy warnings

My Team

• Players grouped by position with starter / emergency / bench slots
• Roster completion tracking (e.g. "DEF: 4/6 starters, 0/1 emerg")
• Projected averages and bye distribution

Other

• 100% client-side — works offline once loaded
• PWA installable — add to home screen for draft night
• localStorage persistence — close browser, come back, draft is still there
• Dark mode support
• TanStack Table with sorting, filtering, search

How It Compares

Feature	Original Shiny Tool	SmartDraftBoard	This Tool
Exact 6-team roster math	Yes	Generic	Yes + configurable
Smart Rank transparency	No	Opaque	Fully transparent
DPP handling	Static bonus	Best single pos	max() + bonus
Undo history	Last 5	None	Undo any N + return
State export	None	CSV only	Full JSON blob
Position run alerts	No	Basic	Yes
VONA	No	No	Yes
Pick countdown	No	No	Yes
Offline / PWA	No	No	Yes
Open source	No	No	Yes

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• pnpm

Install and Run

git clone https://github.com/melon-hub/AFL-Fantasy-Tool.git
cd AFL-Fantasy-Tool
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Load Data

Option 1: Sample data — click "Load Sample Data (30 players)" on the upload screen.

Option 2: Your own CSV — drag and drop a CSV file with these columns:

Column	Required	Aliases
name	Yes	player_name, player, full_name
pos	Yes	position, positions
club	Yes	team, squad
proj_score	Yes	proj, projection, projected, avg
bye	Yes	bye_round
ps26	No	preseason, preseason_score
age	No	—
games25	No	games_2025, games, gms
category	No	cat, tier
smoky_note	No	smoky, smoky_reason
adp	No	average_draft_position
player_id	No	id (auto-generated if missing)
notes	No	note, comment

Column matching is case-insensitive and whitespace-trimmed.

CSV Data Source

1. Download the 2026 AFL Fantasy Ultimate Spreadsheet from AFL.com.au
2. Add your own proj_score column (your projected season average)
3. Optionally add category, smoky_note, and adp columns
4. Save as CSV and upload

Tech Stack

• Next.js 15 (App Router)
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS v4
• TanStack Table v8 — sorting, filtering, virtualisation-ready
• Zustand — state management with localStorage persistence
• Papa Parse — CSV parsing
• Lucide React — icons

Project Structure

src/
  app/
    page.tsx            # Main app (CSV upload → draft board)
    layout.tsx          # Root layout with PWA metadata
  components/
    draft-board.tsx     # TanStack Table with heatmap + tier breaks
    intelligence-panel.tsx  # Recommendations, scarcity, runs, countdown
    my-team-panel.tsx   # Roster grouped by position
    bye-planner.tsx     # Bye round analysis
    recent-picks.tsx    # Pick history with undo
    smokies-panel.tsx   # Smoky alerts and strategy
    settings-sidebar.tsx    # League config + export/import
    draft-modal.tsx     # Team selector for drafting
    csv-upload.tsx      # Drag-and-drop CSV upload
  lib/
    vorp.ts             # VORP engine, Smart Rank, VONA, runs, countdown
    csv-parser.ts       # Flexible CSV → Player[] parser
    constants.ts        # Positions, defaults, colours
  stores/
    draft-store.ts      # Draft state + JSON export/import
    settings-store.ts   # League settings
    ui-store.ts         # Tab, filters, search, sidebar state
  types/
    index.ts            # All TypeScript interfaces

License

Personal use. Not affiliated with AFL or AFL Fantasy.