STAT-API

See who actually scored on a slate

dfs.player_stats reports what each player on a slate actually scored under that operator's scoring rules, together with the salary they cost. This recipe ranks a slate by real points. It also shows the trap that catches everyone the first time: a rostered player who never took a snap still returns a row, with every stat null.

  1. 1. Page the player pool for names

    player_stats identifies players by player_id only. The pool carries the display names, so fetch it once and index it.

    curl -sS --compressed \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  'https://api.stat-api.com/api/v1/dfs/slate_players?slate_id=129036'

  2. 2. Index the pool by player id

    const names = new Map<number, DFSSlatePlayer>()
for (const row of pool) names.set(row.player_id, row)

  3. 3. Page the slate's scoring rows

    One row per player in the pool, already scored under the slate's own format — classic and showdown award different points for the same play.

    curl -sS --compressed \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  'https://api.stat-api.com/api/v1/dfs/player_stats?slate_id=129036'

  4. 4. Drop the players who did not play

    The view LEFT-joins the pool to the box score, so a healthy scratch, a backup, or a postponed game leaves fantasy_pts null. Null is not zero — a player who scored 0.0 played and produced nothing, which is a different fact. Dropping nulls before you rank is the honest move.

    const scored = stats.filter((row) => row.fantasy_pts !== null && row.fantasy_pts !== undefined)

  5. 5. Rank by fantasy points

    const best = [...scored].sort((a, b) => (b.fantasy_pts ?? 0) - (a.fantasy_pts ?? 0))

  6. 6. Take the top fifteen

    const top = best.slice(0, 15)

  7. 7. Print the scoring board

    The first column resolves player_id through the index built above.

    console.log("Top scorers on the slate")
console.log(["display_name", "position", "salary", "fantasy_pts"].join('\t'))
for (const row of top) {
  console.log([String(names.get(row.player_id)?.display_name ?? row.player_id), String(row.position ?? ''), String(row.salary ?? ''), String(row.fantasy_pts ?? '')].join('\t'))
}