A Fantasy sport is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport.

The most common type of fantasy sports is fantasy football.

Probably the most common variant converts statistical performance into points that are compiled and totaled according to a roster selected by a manager that makes up a fantasy team. These point systems are typically simple enough to be manually calculated by a “league commissioner.”

Some sports writers criticize fantasy sports, especially those involving team sports, of focusing too much on statistics; a player on a real team might be a team player and help his/her team win championships, but with the advent of fantasy sports, team play does not matter as much as having good individual statistics.

The actually idea of fantasy sports dates back to 1962, though is wasn’t developed to much later.

Fantasy sports are continuing to grow: the number of websites, magazines, and drafting software dedicated to fantasy football has increased substantially in each of the last several years.

Typically, a fantasy league comprises 8–12 teams, which allocate sports players among themselves by holding a draft or auction before the start of the season.

The most important day of any fantasy league is the draft day.