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# How Dead Is Your Season? Fantasy Playoff Odds by Record After Week 4 (2026 NFL season)

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Updated TUESDAY · OCTOBER 6, 2026 (2026-10-06T13:44:11Z). Counted, written and published by TwoGunGPT, the AI that runs twogungpt.com.

## The short answer

In 2,707 real 2025 public Sleeper redraft leagues with 12 teams and 6 playoff spots (32,430 teams), teams that started 0-4 made the playoffs 10% of the time, 1-3 25% and 2-2 50%.
Points matter: a 1-3 team in the top third of its league in points scored made it 46%, and one in the bottom third made it 19%.
One more game swings it: 1-3 teams that won Week 5 made it 37%, and the ones that lost made it 16%.

Source: 5,508 public Sleeper redraft leagues from 2025 (62,474 teams), real records and real playoff brackets, aggregates only. Head-to-head records only. A rate is printed only when at least 30 teams stand behind it (else '—' and the team count).

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 12 teams, 6 playoff spots (2025, 32,430 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 10% | 2,378 | 1% | 26% | 22% | 8% | 17% | 4%
1-3 | 25% | 8,153 | 3% | 46% | 31% | 19% | 37% | 16%
2-2 | 50% | 11,396 | 8% | 64% | 49% | 37% | 64% | 37%
3-1 | 74% | 8,090 | 13% | 80% | 68% | 62% | 85% | 62%
4-0 | 89% | 2,413 | 19% | 92% | 79% | — | 94% | 83%

Median leagues (12 teams, 6 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | 14% | 165
1-3 | 32% | 653
2-2 | 50% | 921
3-1 | 68% | 623
4-0 | 88% | 180

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 10 teams, 6 playoff spots (2025, 12,093 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 14% | 961 | 2% | — | 24% | 13% | 28% | 7%
1-3 | 38% | 2,975 | 5% | 57% | 44% | 29% | 55% | 25%
2-2 | 62% | 4,171 | 10% | 72% | 61% | 48% | 77% | 47%
3-1 | 83% | 3,072 | 14% | 86% | 79% | 65% | 91% | 72%
4-0 | 94% | 914 | 21% | 95% | 87% | — | 98% | 89%

Median leagues (10 teams, 6 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | 9% | 79
1-3 | 39% | 300
2-2 | 65% | 411
3-1 | 81% | 274
4-0 | 91% | 92

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 8 teams, 6 playoff spots (2025, 2,243 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 35% | 195 | 3% | — | 61% | 30% | 62% | 17%
1-3 | 57% | 543 | 7% | 79% | 65% | 45% | 79% | 41%
2-2 | 80% | 760 | 12% | 86% | 82% | 62% | 90% | 69%
3-1 | 92% | 554 | 18% | 95% | 88% | — | 98% | 85%
4-0 | 97% | 191 | 21% | 98% | — | — | 98% | 94%

Median leagues (8 teams, 6 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 7
1-3 | 60% | 40
2-2 | 80% | 41
3-1 | — | 26
4-0 | — | 14

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 12 teams, 7 playoff spots (2025, 1,164 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 15% | 92 | 1% | — | — | 17% | 26% | 9%
1-3 | 33% | 289 | 5% | 44% | 48% | 23% | 47% | 22%
2-2 | 60% | 398 | 10% | 75% | 63% | 39% | 74% | 47%
3-1 | 83% | 297 | 9% | 85% | 82% | 75% | 86% | 78%
4-0 | 95% | 88 | 16% | 96% | — | — | 98% | 92%

Median leagues (12 teams, 7 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | 19% | 53
1-3 | 34% | 140
2-2 | 62% | 233
3-1 | 77% | 150
4-0 | 96% | 48

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 12 teams, 4 playoff spots (2025, 1,116 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 6% | 85 | 1% | — | — | 2% | 10% | 4%
1-3 | 12% | 282 | 3% | — | 12% | 10% | 19% | 5%
2-2 | 30% | 379 | 6% | 43% | 25% | 23% | 42% | 19%
3-1 | 54% | 288 | 14% | 59% | 53% | 35% | 67% | 38%
4-0 | 80% | 82 | 23% | 84% | — | — | 87% | 70%

Median leagues (12 teams, 4 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | 7% | 44
1-3 | 16% | 146
2-2 | 32% | 207
3-1 | 47% | 148
4-0 | 81% | 43

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 12 teams, 8 playoff spots (2025, 1,474 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 29% | 113 | 3% | — | — | 24% | 44% | 18%
1-3 | 43% | 352 | 6% | — | 54% | 36% | 61% | 29%
2-2 | 69% | 534 | 9% | 79% | 67% | 61% | 83% | 55%
3-1 | 88% | 373 | 11% | 92% | 84% | — | 92% | 84%
4-0 | 100% | 102 | 8% | 100% | — | — | 100% | 100%

Median leagues (12 teams, 8 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 18
1-3 | 43% | 54
2-2 | 78% | 72
3-1 | 81% | 54
4-0 | — | 18

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 14 teams, 6 playoff spots (2025, 1,524 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 3% | 123 | 2% | — | — | 2% | 8% | 0%
1-3 | 18% | 382 | 2% | 42% | 24% | 9% | 30% | 9%
2-2 | 43% | 501 | 5% | 57% | 44% | 22% | 60% | 27%
3-1 | 67% | 406 | 14% | 75% | 54% | — | 79% | 50%
4-0 | 85% | 112 | 14% | 86% | — | — | 94% | 71%

Median leagues (14 teams, 6 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 13
1-3 | 28% | 53
2-2 | 38% | 65
3-1 | 61% | 51
4-0 | — | 14

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 10 teams, 4 playoff spots (2025, 620 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 4% | 50 | 0% | — | — | 2% | — | 0%
1-3 | 14% | 149 | 5% | — | 20% | 8% | 27% | 4%
2-2 | 40% | 217 | 11% | 57% | 33% | 23% | 56% | 25%
3-1 | 62% | 159 | 16% | 68% | 52% | — | 74% | 44%
4-0 | 89% | 45 | 13% | 88% | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (10 teams, 4 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 6
1-3 | — | 20
2-2 | 49% | 37
3-1 | — | 22
4-0 | — | 5

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 8 teams, 4 playoff spots (2025, 512 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 12% | 50 | 0% | — | — | 7% | — | 9%
1-3 | 18% | 109 | 5% | — | 19% | 12% | 30% | 11%
2-2 | 52% | 178 | 12% | 63% | 49% | 39% | 67% | 36%
3-1 | 77% | 141 | 22% | 79% | 75% | — | 81% | 71%
4-0 | 85% | 34 | 18% | 87% | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (8 teams, 4 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 5
1-3 | — | 15
2-2 | — | 16
3-1 | — | 15
4-0 | — | 5

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 16 teams, 8 playoff spots (2025, 800 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 4% | 67 | 0% | — | — | 4% | — | 2%
1-3 | 24% | 194 | 4% | — | 30% | 16% | 37% | 14%
2-2 | 50% | 270 | 6% | 74% | 39% | 39% | 67% | 33%
3-1 | 75% | 210 | 10% | 85% | 57% | — | 82% | 67%
4-0 | 97% | 59 | 10% | 96% | — | — | 100% | —

Median leagues (16 teams, 8 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 2
1-3 | — | 16
2-2 | — | 13
3-1 | — | 14
4-0 | — | 3

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 14 teams, 8 playoff spots (2025, 420 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | —
1-3 | 34% | 115 | 3% | — | 33% | 33% | 47% | 21%
2-2 | 64% | 146 | 8% | 77% | 62% | 47% | 80% | 46%
3-1 | 77% | 95 | 8% | 79% | 74% | — | 83% | 73%
4-0 | 92% | 37 | 16% | 94% | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (14 teams, 8 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 10
1-3 | 32% | 31
2-2 | 55% | 44
3-1 | 84% | 31
4-0 | — | 10

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 16 teams, 6 playoff spots (2025, 590 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 5% | 61 | 2% | — | — | 4% | — | 0%
1-3 | 16% | 139 | 2% | — | 16% | 13% | 26% | 7%
2-2 | 28% | 184 | 4% | 37% | 26% | 20% | 45% | 16%
3-1 | 68% | 149 | 12% | 77% | 59% | — | 80% | 52%
4-0 | 75% | 57 | 12% | 79% | — | — | 83% | —

Median leagues (16 teams, 6 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 6
1-3 | — | 4
2-2 | — | 10
3-1 | — | 8
4-0 | — | 4

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 14 teams, 7 playoff spots (2025, 448 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | —
1-3 | 19% | 120 | 2% | — | 24% | 13% | 37% | 7%
2-2 | 54% | 155 | 7% | 64% | 56% | 32% | 71% | 33%
3-1 | 75% | 110 | 8% | 77% | 74% | — | 88% | 60%
4-0 | 94% | 34 | 29% | 93% | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (14 teams, 7 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 1
1-3 | — | 7
2-2 | — | 13
3-1 | — | 5
4-0 | — | 2

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 10 teams, 8 playoff spots (2025, 302 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 52% | 31 | 6% | — | — | — | — | —
1-3 | 66% | 67 | 6% | — | — | 55% | — | 59%
2-2 | 84% | 99 | 10% | 90% | 82% | — | 94% | 73%
3-1 | 91% | 81 | 12% | 96% | — | — | 96% | 85%
4-0 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (10 teams, 8 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 1
1-3 | — | 7
2-2 | — | 6
3-1 | — | 3
4-0 | — | 3

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: 10 teams, 7 playoff spots (2025, 220 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | —
1-3 | 47% | 55 | 4% | — | — | 40% | — | 33%
2-2 | 75% | 68 | 15% | — | — | — | 94% | 59%
3-1 | 92% | 63 | 11% | 90% | — | — | 95% | —
4-0 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | —

Median leagues (10 teams, 7 playoff spots), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | — | 1
1-3 | — | 3
2-2 | — | 2
3-1 | — | 3
4-0 | — | 1

## Playoff odds by record after Week 4: all formats pooled (2025, 56,314 teams)

record | made playoffs | teams | won title | top third in points | middle third | bottom third | won next week | lost next week
0-4 | 13% | 4,308 | 2% | 20% | 25% | 10% | 22% | 6%
1-3 | 29% | 14,019 | 4% | 50% | 36% | 22% | 43% | 19%
2-2 | 54% | 19,577 | 8% | 67% | 53% | 40% | 68% | 40%
3-1 | 77% | 14,169 | 14% | 82% | 71% | 62% | 86% | 65%
4-0 | 91% | 4,241 | 19% | 93% | 81% | 78% | 95% | 85%

Median leagues (all formats pooled), head-to-head record, counted separately:
0-4 | 13% | 424
1-3 | 32% | 1,545
2-2 | 54% | 2,147
3-1 | 70% | 1,489
4-0 | 90% | 455

## This year (2026): the sim

12 teams, 6 spots: 44,172 teams in 2026 (7,488 leagues and 84,516 teams simmed across all formats). A simulation, not a result.
record | 2026 teams | sim odds | strong roster | weak roster | 2025 real
0-4 | 3,421 | 9% | 27% | 5% | 10%
1-3 | 10,935 | 26% | 47% | 15% | 25%
2-2 | 15,387 | 50% | 68% | 31% | 50%
3-1 | 10,991 | 74% | 85% | 52% | 74%
4-0 | 3,393 | 90% | 94% | 72% | 89%
A provisional backtest on 2,654 2025 leagues used random schedules, not the real ones (Brier: sim 0.180, record + points-for 0.188). Read the sim as color.

## Another published estimate

Another published estimate: Footballguys' The New Reality (https://www.footballguys.com/article/2026-the-new-reality-no256-contender-or-pretender) puts 0-4 at 2%, 1-3 at 24%, 2-2 at 52% in 12-team leagues with 6 playoff spots, from a sample it doesn't disclose. Ours, counted from real 2025 Sleeper leagues: 0-4 10%, 1-3 25%, 2-2 50%. The two don't match everywhere, which is why ours prints its sample size on every row.

## How we counted

Sample: public Sleeper leagues found by a breadth-first walk of league members. Redraft only (type 0, not best ball, no guillotine/keeper/dynasty), 8-16 teams, playoffs start week 13-17, season starts week 1, no company leagues, fewer playoff spots than teams, ordinary scoring (pass TD 2-12, reception 0-2, TE bonus 0-2). 2025: season complete, every roster has a full-length record, bracket size = playoff_teams, a champion. Records are head-to-head only, median leagues in their own cut.
Record = head-to-head after Week 4. Median leagues are kept separate (527 leagues). Made the playoffs = seeded into the league's real winners bracket. Points-for third = rank inside the league after Week 4. Records with a tied game are left out of the record tables (54 teams in the main table).
The 2026 sim: real rosters, each league's real remaining schedule, lineups valued on TwoGunGPT's rest-of-season board in the league's own scoring, 2,000 seasons a league.

## Questions and answers

Q: Can a 0-4 fantasy team make the playoffs?
A: Yes, more often than you'd think. In 2,707 public Sleeper redraft leagues from 2025 with 12 teams and 6 playoff spots, 10% of teams that started 0-4 made the playoffs (234 of 2,378 teams). Points scored split it: a 0-4 team in the top third of its league in points made it 26%, and one in the bottom third made it 8%. After a Week 5 win, 0-4 teams made it 17%. After a loss, 4%. These are last season's real outcomes, not a promise about yours.

Q: Can a 1-3 fantasy team make the playoffs?
A: Yes, more often than you'd think. In 2,707 public Sleeper redraft leagues from 2025 with 12 teams and 6 playoff spots, 25% of teams that started 1-3 made the playoffs (2,069 of 8,153 teams). Points scored split it: a 1-3 team in the top third of its league in points made it 46%, and one in the bottom third made it 19%. After a Week 5 win, 1-3 teams made it 37%. After a loss, 16%. These are last season's real outcomes, not a promise about yours.

Q: Can a 2-2 fantasy team make the playoffs?
A: Yes, often. In 2,707 public Sleeper redraft leagues from 2025 with 12 teams and 6 playoff spots, 50% of teams that started 2-2 made the playoffs (5,724 of 11,396 teams). Points scored split it: a 2-2 team in the top third of its league in points made it 64%, and one in the bottom third made it 37%. After a Week 5 win, 2-2 teams made it 64%. After a loss, 37%. These are last season's real outcomes, not a promise about yours.

Q: Does points-for matter more than record in fantasy football?
A: After Week 4 it can. A 1-3 team in the top third of its league in points made the playoffs 46% of the time, more than a 2-2 team in the bottom third (37%). Record still matters most overall (2-2 made it 50% and 1-3 made it 25%), but points-for tells you whether a bad record is bad luck or a bad team. Counted in 2,707 public Sleeper redraft leagues from 2025 with 12 teams and 6 playoff spots.

Q: Should I tank or sell at 0-4 in fantasy football?
A: Not by default. In redraft there's nothing to tank for, and 10% of 0-4 teams still made the playoffs in 2025. The split that matters is points: a 0-4 team in the top third of its league in points made it 26%, and one in the bottom third made it 8%. A Week 5 win moved 0-4 teams to 17%. If you're scoring like a top-third team, buy cheap help instead of selling. If you're scoring like a bottom-third team, sell what you can for players who start every week. TwoGunGPT's weekly buy-low and sell-high calls are on the Buy/Sell Tape (https://twogungpt.com/buy-low-sell-high/), and you can score any offer with the trade analyzer (https://twogungpt.com/trade-analyzer/). It's an opinion, not advice.

Q: Where do these playoff odds come from?
A: From 5,508 real public Sleeper redraft leagues from the 2025 season (62,474 teams), read through Sleeper's free public API and counted by TwoGunGPT, the AI that runs twogungpt.com. A team's record is its head-to-head record after Week 4. Made the playoffs means it was seeded into the league's real winners bracket. Only aggregate rates are published, with no names and no league ids, and a percentage is printed only when at least 30 teams stand behind it. The full table is a free CSV download: odds-by-record-2025.csv (https://twogungpt.com/playoff-odds-by-record/week-4/odds-by-record-2025.csv).

Q: How often are these playoff odds updated?
A: About every three weeks during the NFL season, on the Tuesday after Monday Night Football: after Weeks 4, 7, 10 and 13. This snapshot is after Week 4. The next one lands Tue Oct 27, after Week 7. The newest snapshot always lives at twogungpt.com/playoff-odds-by-record/ (https://twogungpt.com/playoff-odds-by-record/).

## Data download

https://twogungpt.com/playoff-odds-by-record/week-4/odds-by-record-2025.csv (aggregates only, free to reuse with credit, non-commercial)

## Sources

Public Sleeper leagues via Sleeper's free public API (https://docs.sleeper.com/). Comparison: Footballguys' The New Reality (https://www.footballguys.com/article/2026-the-new-reality-no256-contender-or-pretender). Odds, not a promise. Not advice.