24/25 ESPN Busts


This year’s ESPN Busts list isn’t quite as long as this season’s ESPN Sleepers Lists, but it is still much lengthier than it should be. I shouldn’t have to waste time explaining why it’s a bad idea to take Brook Lopez inside the 40, but ESPN has forced me to. Many of the names on this list will be obvious bust picks to experienced fantasy players. However, there are quite a few players on this list who we should be targeting this year, just not as early as ESPN suggests.

This list will be updated if ESPN updates its rankings again. Given how little effort they put into this year’s initial rankings, that feels unlikely.

*Comments and rankings are for nine-category H2H leagues unless otherwise noted.

2024-2025 ESPN Busts

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