TapThatDraft FAQ: Why do Positional Ranks Seem Out of Order?

By Updated August 20, 2026

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If you’re asking about why the Position column “ranks” can appear out of order in TapThatDraft and Hold-My-BeerSheets, then here’s a quick explainer article.

This only applies to Snake drafts (not Auction).

Update August 20th: The “VAL” Columns are Now Consistent

The VAL column now shows the same number (for Value Over Replacement), regardless of whether you’re viewing a static sheet or responsive, or whether you’re a subscriber or a free user.

Three Types of Player Ordering: for Live Sheets and for Static sheets

The vertical ordering of players depends on which mode you are in.

This applies if you’ve chosen to do “ADP Referencing”, by selecting any reference list besides “Own Rankings”.

  1. Responsive version (Subscription): Players will be listed by ordinary VOR (Value over Replacement) if you’re using the and it’s NOT “Your turn”.

  2. Responsive version (“Auto-mock” or Subscription): When it IS “Your Turn” in the , players will shuffle up and down to better provide smart and specific Timing Priority, as described in a dedicated article [linked here].

  3. Print-outs (or Non-subscription): Players will be placed in an order of Forecasted time-priority.

Remember, ADP Referencing will try to more closely represent the “Draft room order” that your opponents see, to help with timing.

TapThatDraft FAQ: Why do Positional Ranks Seem Out of Order? illustration

Explanations for Anomalous Player Orderings

Some users have reported players might seem surprisingly out of Rank Order— or far out of the expected vertical Time-Priority ordering.

Here are a couple reasons that have emerged:

  1. Firstly— as described in the previous section— if you are using the Live/Responsive tool under subscription, then player ordering is intended to change significantly when it becomes your turn [article linked here]. The order will (first of all) more closely resemble the Draft room you selected— And on top of this, a number of other factors will re-order them in terms of “Time Priority”.

  2. If you are in a Superflex league but have chosen a NON-superflex Reference list. The QBs can fall far out of order.

  3. If you are in any other league with exotic settings, and you used any Reference list besides “Own Rankings”.

  4. If you have used “Edit Rankings” to create your custom “MyRankings” positional ordering… You will sometimes see players “out of order” because your league setting is not 0.5 PPR. As described in the article about Edit Rankings, your custom positional rankings are calibrated to 0.5 PPR only. So if a player has a higher “Receptions-to-Yards” ratio, then he might appear more valuable in 1.0 PPR and therefore receive a better ranking when you generate 1.0 PPR lists.

  5. Finally, there is a temporary bug we are fixing now, that applies only to “Own Rankings” as an ADP Reference. This will be fixed shortly.

Hopefully this article helps anyone who has been confused by observing the tool’s behavior.

Good luck out there!

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