Fantasy Football Draft Board Reviews – The Best Standard, Reusable, Custom, & Auction Boards for 2024

Today I reveal the best fantasy football draft boards for the 2024 season. I’ll cover standard draft boards, reusable boards you can use over and over, customizable boards you can tailor to your league, and even boards made specifically for auction leagues.

Let’s get right to it with the best draft boards in each category.

The Best Standard Draft Boards of 2024

Here is a quick summary of the best fantasy draft boards for standard, serpentine-style drafts. This year’s top picks are the Manager Kit from Fantasy Jocks and the Jumbo Draft Board from Bruno’s Draft Boards.

Bruno’s Jumbo Draft board

Bruno’s Draft Boards has been in the business of manufacturing fantasy football draft boards since way back in 2004! Since then, they’ve continued to innovate in the space and produce fantasy draft accessories that you simply can’t find through other merchants.

The Jumbo Draft board from Bruno’s has the distinction of being the most versatile draft board that I’ve reviewed. The number of add-ons and accessories that are available for this product is insane (more on that shortly).

Examining the 2024 jumbo board, I found that it is the biggest board (5ft x 3.5ft) but also has the largest labels at (5in x 2in). So if you’re looking to host a draft party in a large room, this board would be an ideal solution.

Jumbo draft board upgrade options

Where Bruno’s boards separate from the pack is in their add-ons and accessories. Although this isn’t an exhaustive list, here are some of the extra’s you can add to their standard Jumbo Draft Board.

If you’re in a league with unique configuration or scoring rules, you must check out Bruno’s Draft Boards. 

Reusable Fantasy Football Draft Board Reviews

If you run multiple fantasy leagues (or even are a part of a single, long-running fantasy league) and are looking to save a few bucks, a reusable fantasy board will be your salvation. A reusable draft board can drastically reduce the amount of money you have to pay each year to host your draft parties.

This year I review two stellar reusable fantasy draft boards, each with their own unique design approach.

Bruno’s Magnetic Fantasy Draft Board

Bruno’s magnetic draft boards are an excellent solution for long-running leagues where you want to save a few bucks. Just order the board for the first year (it comes with labels). After that, you only need to buy the updated players.

So what makes Bruno’s magnetic draft board so magnetic? Instead of printing the reusable boards on paper, they use flexible sheeting on plastic. This makes the board much more rigid and long-lasting.

Starting in 2023, you can upgrade your magnetic board to include dry-erase blanks- making it simple to add obscure players even if you don’t have the magnetic.

Build Your Own Custom Fantasy Draft Board

Why buy the same board as everyone else when you can design a custom draft board just for your league? Using the Draft Board Genie from Bruno’s Draft Boards you can design your board right on the website, preview your board in real-time, then decide if you want to buy.

Use the Draft Board Genie to customize a draft board

This section of my draft board review won’t be much of a comparison. Why? Because I only know one company that sells completely customizable draft boards: Bruno’s Draft Boards.

Bruno’s went beyond letting you pick custom features to develop software that enables you to build a custom board in real-time. They make this possible through an application called the Draft Board Genie.

Through the Genie, you can customize the following features of your draft board:

• Board Dimensions – Medium (36″x36″), Jumbo (42″x42″), or Elephant (48″x42″) size boards
• Paper Stock – You can upgrade to a thicker banner stock that is highly durable
• Number of Teams & Rounds – Create a board that fits your league just right 
• Custom Color Schemes – Pick a color scheme that matches your league or logo
• League Name or Logo – Print your league name or league logo right at the top
• Team Names – Forget stickers, have your team names printed on the board

Here is a custom board I designed for my league in about 5 minutes. It is the perfect sized board for my league, no bigger or smaller with no wasted space. It also has my league name printed, all team names printed, my league logo, and colors of choice.

That’s pretty cool for a ff draft board that’s priced comparable to a standard board with no customization features!

Here is a video explaining the basics of how to use the Genie.

In addition to designing a custom draft board, you can also save your draft board design so that you don’t have to re-design your board when the next fantasy season rolls around. The Design Genie is a genuinely unique approach to creating fantasy football draft boards.

A Draft Board for Your Auction-Based Draft

Auction drafts are unique in that owners bid on players, rather than pick from specific draft positions as they would in a serpentine draft. As such, auction draft boards have some features that make them more suitable for auction drafts.

That Fantasy Doctor’s Fantasy Auction Draft Board

2024 is the first year I have featured a draft board from The Football Doctor. I particularly like this draft board package because, in addition to having the standard board and player stickers, it also has signs that owners can use to bid on players. Bidding signs are a unique feature that I have never seen on other auction-based products.

But for an auction-based draft board, the real challenge comes in creating player labels that make it easier to track how much a team spent on a player and how much money they have left after the selection.

The Football Doctor accomplished this by designing player labels that provide room to write both player cost and the remaining owner salary budget. This label design is ultra-convenient as everyone can see each player’s value and every owner’s remaining cash as soon as the stickers are applied to the board.

This auction board can accommodate 12 teams and up to 20 rounds, with 240 player stickers.  I’m also quite impressed that they were able to squeeze player bye weeks onto the stickers. 

If you have an auction league and are struggling to find a fantasy football auction draft board to buy, this product will fit the bill.

How to Find the Ideal Fantasy Draft Board for Your League

Selecting the best fantasy football draft board for your 2024 league isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. There are several factors to consider when searching for the perfect board:

Knowing the answer to all of these questions will make it much easier to find the optimal fantasy football draft board for your league. It will also enable you to save a few bucks as you can zero-in on the cheapest board that fits your league’s criteria. 

In this next few sections, I’ll reveal how to find the best draft board available based on your answers to these questions.

The 4 fantasy football draft board classifications of 2024

In 2024, there are four different types of draft boards to consider. Before you start comparison shopping, first determine the ideal kind of draft board for your league’s goals.

1.  Standard Draft Boards – For leagues with a standard serpentine draft, these are the most common solution.
2.  Reusable Draft Boards – If you’re a member of more than one league, A reusable fantasy football draft board can save you big money.
3.  Auction Draft Bards – Looking for a draft board designed explicitly for auction leagues? An auction draft board the answer.
4.  Customized Draft Boards – Build a one-of-a-kind draft board with custom teams, rounds, colors, league logos, and more.

Standard fantasy football draft boards for serpentine drafts

For the vast majority of fantasy football leagues, you’ll be looking for a draft board that supports the serpentine draft style. These ffl draft boards are very basic and owners almost always throw them away at the end of the draft.

Want to spice up your fantasy football drafts a bit? Save your completed football draft board after every live draft. Then, break it out at the draft the following year and relentlessly ridicule those owners who blew it the previous year!

Standard draft boards are great if you’re looking for a quick solution or a draft board on a budget.

How to save big money with a reusable fantasy draft board

If you’ve run any fantasy sports league for multiple years, you know that draft party expenses can quickly add up. The great thing about some fantasy league prizes is that you can buy them once and pass them from owner to owner each year. However, when it comes to offline draft boards, you’ve historically had to buy a new board for every draft party, year after year.

And if you’re in more than one league, the costs for multiple draft boards can quickly add up.

Luckily, there is a solution to the money drain that is yearly NFL fantasy draft boards: reusable draft boards. Although they aren’t necessarily the perfect solution for every situation, they do end up being a big-time money saver if you operate multiple fantasy leaguesevery season.

Ways manufacturers make fantasy football draft boards more reusable in 2024

Fantasy football draftboard merchants make their boards reusable through several different manufacturing methods. It’s quite impressive to see the different techniques they utilize to create a draft board that can be recycled year after year.

Here are some of the most common techniques used to make reusable draft boards:

1.  Utilize a metal draft board and use magnets instead of fantasy football player stickers
2.  Instead of using a paper-based fantasy football draft board, use a dry erase board with a draft grid
3.  Use a nylon draft board instead of paper, making the stickers easier to remove
4.  Laminate a standard draft board, making the player labels easy to remove without damaging the board

How you save money with a reusable draft board

If you only conduct one draft a year, there are some instances where you’d come out ahead simply buying a one-year, disposable draft board every year. For example, a disposable board would be cheaper than buying a magnetic draft board and getting new player magnets each year.

That is because the initial cost of the reusable board is considerably higher than a single-year board (around $65 higher as you’ll see below).

However, if you conduct more than one fantasy draft each year, a reusable fantasy football draft board starts to make a lot of financial sense. Hosting multiple leagues, you can purchase one set of new player magnets each year and reuse them for all of your drafts. The more leagues drafts you conduct each year, the more money you’ll save.

Sometimes reusable draft boards are not a wise choice

The time it takes you to start saving money with a reusable draft board depends primarily on if you plan on purchasing new player labels or magnets each year for your reusable board. 

If you don’t plan on buying new player labels or magnets each year, you can start saving money after just a couple of drafts using a reusable board. One-time purchases are typical of dry-erase fantasy football boards where you plan on writing the player names manually on the board.

When you’ll start saving money with a reusable board

If you plan on purchasing new player labels or magnets each year, then the time it takes to start saving money will depend on the number of drafts you conduct each year. Here are some basic guidelines:

• If you run only one fantasy league, you will not save money with a reusable draft board
• If you run two fantasy leagues, you will start saving money around the third year.
• If you run three fantasy leagues, you will start saving money in the second year.
• For four or more fantasy leagues, you will save money with a reusable board in the first year.

Features to consider when comparing 2024 draft boards

To simplify this review, I chose to focus solely on fantasy draft boards that support at least 12 teams and 15 rounds. That is the standard configuration for most fantasy leagues, so it is the bare minimum requirement for inclusion in this draft board review.

Considering fantasy football boards with a standard set of minimal features makes it easier to compare boards fairly. 

Now that we have defined a minimally-viable board, let’s look at other draft board features that you should consider when comparing products.

1. Size matters for a fantasy football draft board

I hate that I have to be the one to break it to you, but size matters. Think about it. Your 2024 fantasy football draft board will be the centerpiece of your draft party.

As such, it only makes sense to buy the largest board that will fit into your drafting space (assuming it meets all your other criteria).

In this review, I only considered boards that are at least four feet wide and three feet high. Boards this size should be adequate for viewing in a standard living room where the owners are within 10-12 feet of the board.

2. Thicker fantasy football draft boards are easier to work with

Draft board thickness varies wildly from merchant to merchant. Some print their fantasy draft boards on thick, glossy stock paper. Others seem to print their boards on thin tissue paper that is susceptible to wrinkling and tearing.

Thicker boards are also much easier to work with when hanging them on a wall or trying to affix the player labels. They are also more durable and will last longer if stored away.

3. Draft labels come in different shapes, sizes, and formats

Most player label packages for standard scoring leagues come with the six fantasy football positions (color-coded by position):

Beyond the standard positions and color-coding, player label formats frequently vary from merchant to merchant.

For example, labels can come in different dimensions, the size of the text can vary, some labels show pictures of the players while others don’t, and labels may or may not contain the bye week of each respective player.

Pay particular attention to whether labels include bye weeks because some owners utilize bye weeks to help them choose between players with comparable potential. If you buy fantasy football draft stickers without bye weeks, you may have an owner mutiny on your hands at your live draft. 

4. Draft boards typically come with accessories

Some merchants bundle a few extra items with their boards and market them as offline fantasy draft kits. So in addition to the standard fantasy football draft board and stickers, you typically get other necessities required to conduct your draft.

Draft boards almost always include double-sided tape to stick your board to the wall, blank labels to record obscure players, and a black marker for writing these players’ names.

Some merchants will even throw in free merchandise to earn your business. For instance, Fantasy Jocks includes one free koozie (for the Commissioner) with their Custodian Manager Draft Board or enough for your entire league with their Manager Draft Board (currently on sale).

Fantasy Football Draft Board FAQs 

I’ve compiled answers to the most common questions about fantasy football draft boards. If you have a question that I didn’t address here, put it in the comments below, and I’ll try to add it here.

1. What is a fantasy football draft board?

A fantasy football draft board is a large grid printed on a paper, or some other surface, that allows fantasy football players to place draft picks during a live fantasy football draft. Draft boards are usually combined with NFL player stickers, a sharpie, and tape, so you have everything you need to conduct the draft.

2. Where do I buy fantasy football draft boards?

The best place to buy NFL fantasy football draft boards is online. Specifically, it’s smartest to purchase draft boards from Amazon or merchants who specialize in manufacturing fantasy football draft boards.

3. Can I buy a fantasy football boards in a store?

Some brick & mortar stores sell fantasy football draft boards. If you have to pick up a board in person, you may be able to find a fantasy football draft board in one of the following stores:

• Bed Bath & Beyond
• Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Walmart

But draft boards sold in stores likely have player labels that are incredibly outdated. It would be smarter to buy a fantasy draft board from an online merchant that ships overnight.

4. Can I get a fantasy football draft board shipped overnight?

The only fantasy football draft board manufacturer that offers overnight shipping is Bruno’s Draft Boards.

5. How do I make a fantasy football draft board?

You can find several instructional videos on how to make a live fantasy football draft board on YouTube. The problem? To buy the materials to make your board would you cost as much as $30.

Why would you spend the time making your own draft board when you can buy a cheaper fantasy football draft board from one of the merchants in this review? Draft board merchants make a profit because they buy draft board materials in bulk. 

You don’t save that much money (if any) building your own fantasy football draft board. A DIY fantasy football draft board only makes sense if you’re bored or want to impress your friends.

6. What is the best fantasy football draft board?

The best fantasy football draft board will vary from league to league as different leagues have different formats, rules, and budgets. The best draft board for your league is typically the cheapest board that has the features necessary to complete a successful fantasy draft.

7. How do you set up a fantasy football draft board?

The vast majority of fantasy football draft boards are set up by taping them to the wall or some other surface. Some fantasy football vendors sell tension stands that allow you to set up a fantasy board outside where there are no walls.

8. Can I get a printable fantasy football draft board?

You can download your own printable fantasy football draft board by clicking below on your league’s format and desired draft board format. But be warned that printing this board will cost about half as much as buying a complete draft board. Also, you’ll have to purchase your player labels and print them as well.

9. Where can I get a free fantasy football draft board?

One way to get a free fantasy football draft board is to print a free one (see above). You can also get free fantasy draft boards through your league host. For instance, CBS Sports give you a free fantasy football draft board with the purchase of one of their paid leagues.