FantasyPros Player News & Expert Rankings Scraper

Scrape fantasy player news and expert consensus rankings from FantasyPros (fantasypros.com) for the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL. Get the news headline, blurb and the "Fantasy Impact" analysis with player, team, position, source and timestamp, plus draft, weekly and rest-of-season fantasy football rankings with the average, best and worst expert rank. Paste a FantasyPros URL or pick a data type, press Start, and export the fantasy sports data as JSON, CSV or Excel, or call the scraper as a FantasyPros API. A cache project name returns only news you have not seen before on every scheduled run.

Target website: fantasypros.com

✨ Features of this FantasyPros player news and rankings scraper

• Player news extraction — headline, news blurb, Fantasy Impact paragraph, player, team, position, category, author, source link and publication time with a stable news id
• Pagination support — news pages are followed (20 items each, about 9 pages per feed) until Max items is reached
• Consensus rankings extraction — expert consensus rank, position rank, average, best, worst and standard deviation of the expert ranks, bye week and owned percentage for draft, weekly and rest-of-season lists
• Four sports — news for NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL; NFL rankings by data type, and rankings for other sports through a pasted URL
• Team, position and scoring filtering — keep only the teams you follow, pick positions, and choose Standard, Half PPR or PPR scoring
• Injury updates filter — scrape only the Injury Updates news category
• Only new news (cache) — a cache project name skips news you already have
• Polite crawling — one request at a time with the 5 second delay FantasyPros asks for in its robots.txt, and no disallowed paths
• Proxy support — optional Apify Proxy configuration
• No browser required — plain HTTP requests make runs fast and cheap

🚀 How to scrape FantasyPros news and rankings in 5 steps

1. Sign up for a free Apify account — includes $5 monthly credit.
2. Open the actor page and click Try for free.
3. Keep the prefilled FantasyPros URLs, or choose data types and filters in the optional sections.
4. Click Start and wait for the run to complete.
5. Download results from the Output tab in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

You can also run this actor via the Apify API or integrate it directly into your workflows using Zapier, Make, or n8n.

💰 Pricing for the FantasyPros scraper

This actor uses pay-per-result billing: you pay for each record saved to the dataset.

• New Apify accounts include $5 of free monthly credit.
• It works with plain HTTP requests instead of a headless browser, so it costs significantly less to run than browser-based scrapers.
• Proxies are off by default, which keeps runs as cheap as possible.
• Set a Cache project name on scheduled runs: news you already scraped is skipped and not charged.
• Because of the 5 second crawl delay a run takes about 5 seconds per page, so a 3-page news run finishes in under 30 seconds.

🔧 FantasyPros scraper input configuration

The form has the main inputs on top (start URLs, data types, cache and max items), then two optional sections, and the proxy at the bottom.

1. FantasyPros page URLs — news or rankings pages to scrape
2. Data types — player news and/or expert consensus rankings
3. Cache project name — return only news you have not scraped before
4. Max items — records per start URL, or per sport and data type
5. News sports — NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL
6. Team codes — keep only these teams, such as SEA or LAL
7. Positions — news or NFL ranking positions, such as qb or dst
8. Injury updates only — only the Injury Updates news category
9. NFL ranking type — draft cheat sheets, weekly or rest of season

Scoring format and the proxy settings are below the part shown in the screenshot.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
startUrls	array	—	[] (prefilled with the NFL player news and the PPR draft rankings)	FantasyPros player news or rankings pages. News pages accept ?team=SEA and ?position=QB.
dataTypes	array	—	[] (news)	news and/or rankings. Rankings cover the NFL; paste other sports as start URLs.
cacheProjectName	string	—	—	Same name on each run = only news not scraped before. Records get changeType: new. Rankings are never cached.
maxItems	integer	—	5	Maximum records per start URL, or per sport and data type.
sports	array	—	[] (all four)	News sports: nfl, nba, mlb, nhl.
teams	array	—	[]	Team abbreviations such as SEA, LAL, NJD.
positions	array	—	[]	News positions (QB, WR, SP, C) or NFL ranking positions (qb, rb, wr, te, k, dst, flex, overall).
injuryUpdatesOnly	boolean	—	false	News only: the Injury Updates category.
rankingType	string	—	draft	NFL rankings: draft, weekly or ros (rest of season).
scoring	string	—	PPR	NFL rankings: STD, HALF or PPR.
proxyConfiguration	object	—	{"useApifyProxy": false}	Optional Apify Proxy settings.

The sports, teams, positions and injury fields sit in the collapsible Search by sport and filters section, the ranking type and scoring in NFL rankings options, and the proxy in its own Proxy section. None of them are applied to start URLs.

How the cache saves money:

• The actor remembers the id of every news item it saved, in a key-value store named after your project.
• On the next run those items are skipped, and the crawl stops as soon as it reaches a page that is already fully known.
• Skipped records are not charged and do not count towards Max items, so daily monitoring pays only for what is new.
• Use a different project name for each set of sports and filters you track.

Supported URL types:

• News: https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/player-news.php, https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/player-news.php?team=GSW, https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news.php?position=SP, https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/injury-news.php
• Rankings: https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/ppr-cheatsheets.php, https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/ros-overall.php, https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php, https://www.fantasypros.com/nba/rankings/ros-overall.php

📦 FantasyPros scraper output data (JSON, CSV, Excel)

Each record is a flat JSON object with a type of news or ranking. News records have id, newsId, sport, player, playerId, playerUrl, position, team, headline, blurb, fantasyImpact, category, author, source, sourceUrl, publishedLabel, publishedAt, url, scrapedAt (and changeType when caching). Ranking records have id, sport, rankingType, listName, year, week, scoring, listPosition, rank, positionRank, player, playerId, playerUrl, team, position, byeWeek, ownedPct, ecrDelta, rankMin, rankMax, rankAvg, rankStd, expertCount, lastUpdated, url, scrapedAt. Missing values are null. The dataset has 1 view, Overview, a table of the key fields of both record types.

Output at a glance:

Type	Sport	Team	Player	Pos	Headline / rank	Detail
news	nfl	BAL	Ja'Kobi Lane	WR	Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) activated off of IR, will play against Cleveland	2026-10-17 20:45 UTC
news	nfl	CHI	Caleb Williams	QB	Caleb Williams (hamstring) starting for the Bears Sunday	2026-10-17 20:37 UTC
ranking	nfl	CIN	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	rank 1 (WR1)	average rank 1.55, PPR draft
ranking	nfl	SEA	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	rank 1 (WR1)	average rank 1.72, PPR week 7

Sample output (raw JSON):

[
  {
    "type": "news",
    "id": "news-nfl-614435",
    "newsId": "614435",
    "sport": "nfl",
    "player": "Ja'Kobi Lane",
    "playerId": "27337",
    "playerUrl": "https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/players/jakobi-lane.php",
    "position": "WR",
    "team": "BAL",
    "headline": "Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) activated off of IR, will play against Cleveland",
    "blurb": "Ja'Kobi Lane (wrist) has been activated from IR, clearing the way for him to return against Cleveland.",
    "fantasyImpact": "Lane has been out since fracturing his wrist in Week 1, so it will be interesting to see what his snap counts and route shares look like after the IR stint. The team praised him all offseason and focused on him during his brief playing time in Week 1, so hopefully he will be able to find himself a decent role as the WR2 of the offense.",
    "category": "Injury Updates",
    "author": "Garrett Ball",
    "source": "Baltimore Ravens on X",
    "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/Ravens/status/2111548724086280447?s=20",
    "publishedLabel": "Sat, Oct 17th 4:45pm EDT",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-17T20:45:00.000Z",
    "url": "https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/news/614435/jakobi-lane.php",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T05:13:47.505Z"
  },
  {
    "type": "ranking",
    "id": "ranking-nfl-draft-PPR-ALL-season-19788",
    "sport": "nfl",
    "rankingType": "draft",
    "listName": "Draft PPR",
    "year": 2026,
    "week": null,
    "scoring": "PPR",
    "listPosition": "ALL",
    "rank": 1,
    "positionRank": "WR1",
    "player": "Ja'Marr Chase",
    "playerId": 19788,
    "playerUrl": "https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/players/jamarr-chase.php",
    "team": "CIN",
    "position": "WR",
    "byeWeek": 6,
    "ownedPct": 99.8,
    "ecrDelta": null,
    "rankMin": 1,
    "rankMax": 6,
    "rankAvg": 1.55,
    "rankStd": 1.07,
    "expertCount": 182,
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-10T00:19:11.000Z",
    "url": "https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/ppr-cheatsheets.php",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-18T05:13:52.245Z"
  }
]

🔁 Scrape only new FantasyPros news with the cache

Set the same Cache project name on every scheduled run. News that is already saved is skipped, not charged and not counted towards Max items, and new records get changeType: "new". Each name has its own cache, so use one per set of sports and filters. Rankings are snapshots and are returned in full each run. On Apify Schedules, a run every 15 minutes gives you a near real-time news feed.

🐍 How to scrape FantasyPros with Python, JavaScript or the API

Run the actor programmatically with the official Apify clients. Replace <YOUR_API_TOKEN> with the token from your Apify Console.

Python (pip install apify-client):

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("confidential_gnat/fantasypros-news-projections-scraper").call(run_input={
    "dataTypes": ["news", "rankings"],
    "sports": ["nfl"],
    "maxItems": 20,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript (npm install apify-client):

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const run = await client.actor('confidential_gnat/fantasypros-news-projections-scraper').call({
    dataTypes: ['news', 'rankings'],
    sports: ['nfl'],
    maxItems: 20,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

cURL — start a run and wait for the dataset:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/confidential_gnat~fantasypros-news-projections-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"dataTypes": ["news", "rankings"], "sports": ["nfl"], "maxItems": 20}'

💡 What you can use FantasyPros news and rankings data for

• Fantasy football dashboards and draft tools that show consensus expert rank and average rank next to your own rankings
• Alert bots for Discord, Slack or Telegram that post new player news and Fantasy Impact the moment it appears
• Sports betting and DFS models that use expert rankings and injury news as inputs
• Waiver wire and start/sit helpers that combine rest-of-season rankings with the latest injury updates
• Research datasets of player news and expert rankings across NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL

Fantasy players, bettors, sports data teams, newsletters and media sites typically use this data to react faster than manual page checks.

⚠️ Limitations of the FantasyPros scraper

• No projections — FantasyPros now asks for a free account to view its projections pages, so they are not collected. Only logged-out content (player news and consensus rankings) is scraped.
• News depth — each news feed serves about 9 pages (roughly 170 items); older items are not available, so run on a schedule with a cache project name to build history.
• Slow by design — FantasyPros asks for a 5 second delay between requests, and the actor honors it, one request at a time. It also never requests the paths robots.txt disallows (/ajax/, /api/, /json/, /xml/, /nfl/ranker/).
• No injury table or lineups — FantasyPros has no public injury report table or starting lineup page. Injuries only appear as news in the Injury Updates category, so the injury status is in the headline and blurb text, not in a separate field.
• Weekly rankings — they exist only per position (there is no weekly overall list), so pick a position or use draft / rest of season.
• Subscriber content — expert-specific rankings, premium tools and the My Playbook pages need a login and are not collected.
• Terms of use — FantasyPros content is commercial data. Review the FantasyPros terms of service before using the data commercially or redistributing it.

❓ FantasyPros scraper FAQ

Can I scrape FantasyPros legally?

The actor only collects data that FantasyPros shows to logged-out visitors, with no login or subscriber content, and it follows the crawl delay and disallowed paths in robots.txt. Scraping publicly available data is generally considered lawful (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn), but FantasyPros content is commercial, so check its terms and your local laws before reusing the data.

What data does the FantasyPros scraper return?

News records (headline, blurb, Fantasy Impact, player, team, position, category, author, source, time) and consensus ranking records (rank, position rank, average, best, worst, standard deviation, bye week, owned percentage).

How many records can I scrape from one FantasyPros page?

Max items applies per start URL, or per sport and data type. A news feed offers about 170 items and a ranking list holds hundreds of players (for example 568 in the PPR draft list).

Do I need a proxy to scrape fantasypros.com?

No. The proxy setting defaults to off and the site answers normal requests, from datacenter proxies too. Turn on Apify Proxy only if you are blocked.

How do I scrape FantasyPros with Python?

Use the Python example above with apify-client, then iterate over the dataset items and filter on the type field.

Can I run this FantasyPros scraper on a schedule?

Yes, use Apify Schedules. Set the same Cache project name on every run to get only news not seen before. Rankings are snapshots, so they are returned in full on each run.

What output formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and RSS, either from the Output tab or through the Apify API.

Does the FantasyPros scraper return player projections?

No. FantasyPros now puts its projections pages behind a free account, and this actor only reads what logged-out visitors see. Use the consensus rankings (average expert rank, best and worst rank) as a logged-out alternative.

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