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FanDuel NBA Draft Percentages: Thursday 5/6/21
Fred VanVleet was a popular play on last night's slate. Who else did the public like?

If you've played fantasy basketball over on FanDuel, then you know the importance of draft percentages, especially in larger-field tournaments. Knowing who the competition is using enables you to think with a contrarian mindset. And if your under-the-radar play ends up hitting, well, you're one step closer to a victory.

Each day, we'll be posting the previous night's draft percentages to help you see how the public was thinking. It'll let you see who the public used, which can be helpful when doing research for upcoming slates.

Let's take a look at the draft percentages for yesterday. If a player is not listed, his percentage was lower than 0.10%.

PlayerPositionSalaryFanDuel PointsDraft Percentage
Fred VanVleetSG$8,00041.758.00%
Terry RozierSG$6,20033.150.86%
Isaiah StewartPF$5,80032.947.03%
Pascal SiakamPF$8,60066.741.22%
Stephen CurryPG$9,90049.336.57%
Russell WestbrookPG$11,60054.928.44%
Saddiq BeySF$6,40020.528.02%
LaMelo BallPG$7,50021.322.72%
Clint CapelaC$8,00021.820.33%
Ivica ZubacC$4,30025.619.78%
Stanley JohnsonSF$3,50011.919.37%
Ja MorantPG$7,00029.119.34%
Kent BazemoreSF$5,60021.718.85%
Trae YoungPG$8,60048.817.71%
Kevin DurantSF$10,60039.317.70%
De'Anthony MeltonSG$3,9005.717.50%
Draymond GreenPF$7,90028.314.59%
Kyle AndersonSF$6,20014.914.53%
Joe HarrisSF$4,40014.214.34%
Khem BirchC$5,80043.313.56%
Luguentz DortSF$5,30015.913.30%
Cory JosephPG$4,90050.312.52%
P.J. WashingtonPF$6,60039.212.06%
Dorian Finney-SmithSF$5,00030.111.09%
Luka DoncicPG$10,90048.010.98%
Kevon LooneyC$4,00020.010.69%
Alex CarusoPG$3,90021.510.67%
Bradley BealSG$8,90040.59.97%
Caleb MartinSF$5,00016.19.58%
Andrew WigginsSG$7,40034.49.48%
Desmond BaneSG$4,80010.49.45%
Jalen McDanielsPF$5,30021.18.93%
Domantas SabonisPF$10,50052.18.68%
Sekou DoumbouyaPF$4,70028.28.29%
Bogdan BogdanovicSF$7,40035.47.92%
Frank JacksonPG$5,20022.47.83%
Dillon BrooksSG$5,50013.97.47%
T.J. McConnellPG$5,80037.97.07%
Moses BrownC$4,90016.67.04%
Kawhi LeonardSF$8,80031.66.61%
Tim HardawaySG$6,00031.26.36%
Dwight PowellC$4,90037.56.35%
Nikola VucevicC$9,00058.36.25%
Mychal MulderSF$3,60026.56.21%
Darius BazleyPF$6,50030.65.25%
Davis BertansPF$4,10020.05.21%
Andre DrummondC$6,60021.25.15%
Saben LeePG$3,70013.65.12%
Caris LeVertSG$8,50063.65.10%
Gary TrentSG$5,00032.14.95%
Kyle KuzmaSF$5,50045.04.89%
Kyrie IrvingPG$9,90074.04.40%
Josh RichardsonSF$4,60020.74.27%
Patrick WilliamsSF$4,80025.84.20%
Malachi FlynnPG$5,4009.94.11%
Gabriel DeckSF$4,70017.43.95%
Daniel GaffordPF$5,30014.13.94%
Jaren JacksonPF$5,30034.03.93%
Marcus MorrisPF$5,50011.83.86%
Brandon ClarkePF$4,50024.73.83%
John CollinsPF$6,70037.43.82%
Thaddeus YoungPF$6,00033.23.60%
Jonas ValanciunasC$8,10045.23.45%
Jalen BrunsonSG$4,40022.43.25%
Anthony DavisPF$9,4004.23.23%
Daniel TheisPF$5,30032.43.09%
Danilo GallinariSF$6,20039.93.03%
Paul GeorgeSG$8,80034.92.77%
Coby WhitePG$5,90023.82.62%
Jeff GreenPF$5,00013.92.57%
Kevin HuerterSG$4,70029.22.44%
Brad WanamakerPG$3,90017.62.36%
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSF$4,40014.42.33%
Oshae BrissettSF$6,60024.62.16%
Justin HolidaySF$4,40018.02.05%
Doug McDermottPF$4,80014.92.04%
Aaron HolidaySG$4,70032.32.03%
Juan Toscano-AndersonPF$5,50027.81.84%
Blake GriffinPF$5,10027.51.76%
Willie Cauley-SteinPF$4,30026.61.74%
Bismack BiyomboC$3,80011.71.67%
Anthony GillPF$3,5001.21.66%
Reggie JacksonPG$5,10014.31.65%
Nicolas BatumSF$4,00018.71.54%
Freddie GillespiePF$3,80016.41.53%
Theo MaledonPG$4,50036.81.50%
Isaiah RobyPF$5,20012.01.46%
Zach LaVineSG$9,40015.61.43%
Rajon RondoPG$3,90021.71.34%
DeAndre' BembrySG$3,50021.51.29%
Lauri MarkkanenPF$4,00028.91.21%
Montrezl HarrellC$4,50027.21.17%
Landry ShametSG$4,30011.11.15%
Garrett TempleSF$3,60026.61.13%
Lou WilliamsSG$4,3009.51.08%
Malik MonkSG$4,70032.30.92%
DeMarcus CousinsC$5,20017.60.74%
Goga BitadzeC$4,4007.70.72%
DeAndre JordanC$4,5000.00.72%
Tyler CookPF$3,60014.00.71%
Cody ZellerC$3,50023.50.64%
Ty JeromeSG$4,60035.30.64%
Markieff MorrisPF$3,50013.10.62%
Jaylen HoardSF$3,7000.00.61%
Wayne EllingtonSG$3,50023.40.61%
Svi MykhailiukSG$3,5000.00.53%
Bruce BrownSG$5,00019.20.51%
Tony BradleyPF$4,00014.00.50%
Raul NetoPG$5,00034.90.50%
Kenrich WilliamsSF$4,8000.00.49%
Tomas SatoranskyPG$3,80013.20.46%
Jordan PoolePG$4,60022.30.43%
Alex LenC$4,50016.30.40%
Kyle LowryPG$8,2000.00.31%
Jahlil OkaforC$4,50022.50.31%
Ben McLemoreSG$3,50023.60.30%
Robin LopezC$3,50040.40.30%
Nicolas ClaxtonPF$3,80014.60.29%
Xavier TillmanPF$3,7000.00.28%
Talen Horton-TuckerSG$4,0000.00.25%
Ish SmithPG$4,1008.90.24%
Alize JohnsonPF$4,2000.00.24%
Denzel ValentineSG$4,0004.20.23%
Solomon HillSF$3,7000.00.22%
Luke KennardSG$3,7009.20.21%
Patrick BeverleyPG$4,6008.00.19%
Tony SnellSF$3,5006.90.19%
Onyeka OkongwuC$3,5008.40.16%
Kelan MartinSF$3,5007.60.16%
Josh HallSF$3,50016.00.14%
Wesley MatthewsSG$3,50012.60.13%
Marc GasolC$3,6001.50.13%
Terance MannSG$4,40011.80.11%
Garrison MathewsSF$3,5008.00.10%

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