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FAQs
Q: Seriously who are we supposed to be naming?
A: The point of the B-Score is to name that player that everyone forgot about, but at some moment in time, everyone knew him. He had a couple big games, or a few solid seasons. A hot waiver-wire add - maybe you named your fantasy team after him. He didn't turn out to be a Hall of Famer, and one season he just drifted off - but for a brief moment in time, he was the guy.
Q: How is the B-Score calculated?
A: This is likely the next billion dollar start-up, so we can't tell you exactly how it's calculated. But the Biakalgorithm is a proprietary machine learning model that takes into account how unique a player's name is (kinda), when they played, and their stats. For stats, we're looking for players that had some sorta pop, but not a Hall-of-Fame career. This is loosely the equivalent of a Football one-hit-wonder - like Macy Gray or Chumbawamba or the guys that sang Who Let The Dogs Out.
Q: What players are eligible?
A: QB, RB, TE, and WR. The dataset isn't exact, but you should target players that have played since 1999 - anyone earlier may or may not show up. No lineman, sorry D'Brickashaw Ferguson. There's some great names there, but it's hard to calculate the B-Score
Q: Who has the highest B-Score?
A: As of writing, Mike Kafka lol. Why are we telling you this? Because if every person in the world visited this site, no one would guess Mike Kafka - including Mike Kafka. He might not be on top forever - but for now, he has a unique set of metrics that put him on top - by a longshot.
Q: Some of the examples you listed don't have good B-Scores.
A: Maybe - they were listed before the Biakalgorithm was created. Honestly we haven't checked them.
Q: Where is Tim Biakabatuka?
A: If you asked us why Tim Biakabatuka doesn't show up, we'd say it's because he fell out of the data pipeline somewhere, and we can't figure out where. But if you asked us on a deeper level, we'd say his B-Score never ends.
Q: Do you know you have a red squiggly line under Rashan Salam's name?
A: Yes. But idk where the original powerpoint of that image went, so it will remain.
