---
title: "The marquee contests of an NFL week or of a range of NBA nights, by operator"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/dfs/marquee"
tags: ["DFS"]
---

# The marquee contests of an NFL week or of a range of NBA nights, by operator

`GET /api/v1/dfs/marquee`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.stat-api.com`
- URL: `https://api.stat-api.com/api/v1/dfs/marquee`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

The marquee contests: the contests the site's Contest Analysis page opens with one click, as one
rule picks them without looking at results (Frank 2026-10-18). Open to every caller, with or
without a key.

**NFL** (`league=nfl`, `season`, `week`; without them the current week): per operator the
week's main-slate contest (DraftKings: the Millionaire with the most entries; FanDuel: the
Sunday Million with the most entries; else the guaranteed contest with the biggest prize pool),
and each primetime night's DraftKings single-game contest (the guaranteed contest with the
biggest prize pool), `tnf` for a Wednesday or Thursday night and `mnf` for a Monday night.

**NBA** (`league=nba`, `from`, `to`, at most 14 nights; without them the current Monday to
Sunday week in US Eastern time): each night, per operator (DraftKings, FanDuel), the guaranteed
contest with an entry fee of $25 or less with the biggest prize pool, then the most entries (a
slate with no such contest: the same order over every fee), on the operator's main classic
slate. Satellites and qualifiers never count.

**Results.** The rule names a contest before lock, so an item can be listed with
`results_open` false: show its `lock`. Once the contest's lineup file exists, the first
`free_rows` (100) entries of its standings, and the lineups of every user with an entry in
them, are open to everyone in GET /api/v1/dfs/contests/{contest_id}/standings and
/users/{username}/lineups. Every entry needs DFS access. A contest of the archive (NFL before
2026, NBA before 2026-10-20, the preseason included) is named with `free` false.

Money is in cents, as stored: divide `prize_pool_cents` and `entry_fee_cents` by 100.

## Query parameters

- `league` string, required
- `season` integer
- `week` integer
- `from` string
- `to` string

## Response `200`

The marquee contests of an NFL week or of a range of NBA nights, by operator

- DFSContestsMarqueeDfsMarqueeResponse
  - `free_rows` integer, required: Standings entries of a marquee contest that are open to everyone (100).
  - `from` string, required: The first day described (US Eastern, YYYY-MM-DD). For NFL the start of the week window.
  - `league` 'nfl' | 'nba', required: The league described.
  - `marquee` object[], required: The marquee contests, by date, DraftKings before FanDuel.
    - `contest_id` integer, required: Internal contest ID (references dfs.contests.id).
    - `date` string, required: The slate's day (US Eastern, YYYY-MM-DD).
    - `entries` integer, required: Entries that the operator lists for the contest.
    - `entry_fee_cents` integer, required: Entry fee in cents.
    - `free` boolean, required: The contest is in a free season (NFL from 2026, NBA from 2026-10-20).
    - `free_rows` integer, required: Standings entries open to everyone once results_open (100), 0 when not free.
    - `league` 'nfl' | 'nba', required: The contest's league.
    - `lock` string, nullable: The contest's start, the lock (ISO 8601, UTC).
    - `name` string, required: Contest name.
    - `occasion` 'sunday_main' | 'tnf' | 'mnf' | 'night', required: sunday_main (an NFL week's main slate), tnf or mnf (an NFL primetime night), night (an NBA night).
    - `operator` 'draftkings' | 'fanduel', required: The operator.
    - `prize_pool_cents` integer, required: Prize pool in cents.
    - `results_open` boolean, required: The lineup file exists and the contest is free, so its first free_rows entries are open now.
    - `slate_id` integer, required: Internal slate ID.
    - `status` string, nullable: The operator's contest state (Upcoming, Live, Completed).
  - `season` integer, nullable: The NFL season described. Null for NBA.
  - `to` string, required: The last day described (US Eastern, YYYY-MM-DD), included.
  - `today` string, required: Today in US Eastern time (YYYY-MM-DD).
  - `week` integer, nullable: The NFL week described. Null for NBA.

## Other responses

- `400`: league is not nfl or nba, week is outside 1-18, a date is not YYYY-MM-DD, to is before from, more than 14 nights, or a parameter of the other league
- `404`: No such NFL regular-season week

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