World's largest online season-long tournament. The FFPC Big Gorilla with more ways to win than ever before!
Over $5.73 Million in prizes will be awarded after the 2025 season including a record $1,000,000 grand prize. At only a $350 entry fee, this tournament sets the bar in the season-long fantasy football universe!
The FantasyPros Championship is now the FFPC Big Gorilla! Daily online drafts start February 2025. Register and choose your draft date today. You’ll get your draft slot as soon as your league fills – which won’t take long, we promise!
3 teams for $1,000 (save $50)
Be one of the first 2,400 teams before June 15 to compete in the Early Rampage Tournament.
Receive consecutive 7-picks in a row and win prizes.
20-round online snake draft with a 60-second, 2 hour or 6 hour timer
Big Gorilla Tournament Details
| Early Rampage Tournament & Deadline: | Be one of the first 2,400 teams before June 15 to compete in the Early Rampage Tournament with $25,000 in prizes. See below for Tournament details* |
| Seven Bananas Promotion: | The Seven Bananas promotion rewards users for getting multiple 7th picks in a row across consecutive Big Gorilla drafts. See below for promo details** |
| Entry Fee: | $350 Live and Slow online drafts |
| Multiple Team Discount Pricing: | $1,000 for a three pack of teams ($50 discount) |
| Contest Capacity: | Maximum of 17,700 entries |
| Prizes: | All prizes guaranteed regardless of final entries. Scroll down for details |
| Draft Positions: | Drawn at random & emailed to league, when league is full |
| Draft Type & Length: | 20 round serpentine (snake) online draft |
| Live online drafts with a 60 second timer | |
| Slow online drafts with a 1***, 2 or 6 hour timer (Overnight pause from 2-8 AM ET) | |
| Number of teams: | 12 |
| Duration: | Regular season Weeks 1-12. League Playoffs Weeks 13-14. Championship Round weeks 15-17 |
| Format (Regular Season): | Weeks 1-12 |
| H2H matchups | |
| After Week 12, League Playoff standings will be decided as such: Seed 1) Team with best regular season Record Seed 2) Team with highest point total Seed 3) The remaining team with the best regular season record Seed 4) The remaining team with the highest point total | |
| Format (League Playoffs): | Weeks 13-14 |
| Weekly H2H matchups decide League Champion | |
| The top two (2) seeds of each League in the regular season earn an Automatic Berth into the Championship Round. The League Champion also earns a berth into the Championship Round | |
| Format (Championship Round): | Weeks 15-17 |
| No H2H matchups, total points only | |
| Team with the highest sum of total points scored from Week 15-17 added to their one-game point average from the regular season is the Big Gorilla Champion | |
| Free Agency: | Waivers by way of blind bidding (FAAB) |
| Each team gets $1000 blind bidding “dollars” for entire season | |
| Two (2) weekly free agencies on Wednesday & Sunday | |
| First free agency is scheduled on the Wednesday after Labor Day (September 4) | |
| All bids must be entered by Wednesday 10 PM ET and Sunday 10 AM ET | |
| Weekly Team Management: | Yes. Starting lineups and free agency |
| Week One Lineup Rules: | All teams, whether drafting before or after NFL Week One opening game on Thursday, will be able to submit and edit their starting lineup after Thursday’s game, including start/bench players which played in Thursday’s and Friday's game. To confirm, all Big Gorilla Championship teams will have the same choice on whether to start or sit Thursday and Friday players retroactively after they have watched that game. Fantasy stats for Thursday’s and Friday's players will count towards Week One scores if they are placed in the starting lineup. |
| Trades: | No trading allowed |
| Scoring System: | FFPC Scoring rules will be in effect (scroll down for scoring details) |
| Roster Requirement: | Twenty (20) total roster spots |
| Starting Lineup: | 1-QB, 2-RB, 2-WR, 1-TE, 2-Flex, 1-K, 1-D (Flex can be RB, WR or TE) |
*The Early Rampage Tournament is an early bird promotion and is a ‘contest within a contest’ for teams which enter the Big Gorilla at any point on or before June 15th and draft anytime on or before June 30th. The first 200 filled leagues (2,400 teams) will be entered into the Early Rampage Tournament to compete for the $25,000 prize pool (see below for details). These teams will qualify for the Early Rampage Championship just as they would qualify for the Big Gorilla Championship in Weeks 15-17, i.e. finishing top two in their league or winning their league playoffs. The Early Rampage Championship prizes are in addition to the Big Gorilla Championship prizes and are exclusive to the first qualifying 200 leagues (or any leagues filled prior to June 15, if less than 200 leagues are filled). The Early Rampage Tournament is available for all FFPC team owners, new and existing. There is no entry limit per team owner. All entries whether using cash, account funds or contest credits are eligible. Please view the rules page for full details.
Early Rampage Tournament prize structure is as follows:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $2,500 |
| 3rd | $1,500 |
| 4th | $1,250 |
| 5th | $1,000 |
| 6th-30th
two prize options available —> | - Entry into Big Gorilla ($350 Value)
- $300 Cash |
**The Seven Bananas promotion rewards teams for getting multiple 7-picks in a row across consecutive Big Gorilla drafts of which the user is a participant. To qualify for the promo, the 7-picks must be acquired in CONSECUTIVE filled drafts (draft orders must be randomized consecutively). Just get two 7-picks in a row and win a $125 Best Ball Tournament credit! You can even win an all-expense paid Jungle Safari for four or $50,000 in cash! Please view the rules page for full details.
Seven Bananas promo prizes are as follows:
| Bananas (Consecutive 7th picks) | Prize |
|---|---|
2-Bananas | One (1) Best Ball Tournament Credit ($125 value) |
3-Bananas | One (1) Main Event Entry ($2,200 value) |
4-Bananas | One (1) High Society League Entry ($10,000 value) |
5-Bananas | Jungle Safari for four OR $50,000 cash |
***1 Hour Slow drafts will ONLY be available as the NFL Season approaches, if necessary, once 2- and 6-hour slow drafts close.
