Publishers
How a masthead has done, across everyone writing under it. Useful when a byline is the site rather than a person — and worth knowing even when it is not, since an outlet is what most readers actually choose.
Counted the same way as a pundit: by article, with a paginated series counting once. A publisher needs ten graded articles before we will rank it.
- Publishers tracked
- 119
- Ranked
- 59
- Too early to rank
- 45
- Graded takes
- 14,757
15 awaiting a first graded take
ten graded articles or more
Accuracy by publisher
Average score out of 100 across every graded call under that banner. The count beside each bar is how much evidence sits behind it. The 25 publishers with the most graded calls; the other 79, with their numbers, are in the lists below.
- Locked On Bills (podcast)16 articles77.1 · 205 graded
- Sharp Football Analysis17 articles65.4 · 154 graded
- Locked On Saints (podcast)35 articles67.1 · 299 graded
- FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast)47 articles67.1 · 584 graded
- CBS Sports210 articles63.3 · 974 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)146 articles64.5 · 751 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)57 articles59.8 · 423 graded
- Split Ticket24 articles70.1 · 309 graded
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)19 articles66.8 · 360 graded
- First Things First (podcast)22 articles55.8 · 333 graded
- The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show46 articles64.7 · 179 graded
- What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)57 articles60.7 · 259 graded
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)17 articles69.8 · 153 graded
- The Draft Network17 articles47.1 · 211 graded
- Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar43 articles68.3 · 160 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)72 articles61.4 · 661 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)106 articles59.5 · 880 graded
- Steve Deace Show27 articles61.0 · 149 graded
- Sports Illustrated432 articles67.2 · 1970 graded
- The 33rd Team46 articles73.4 · 726 graded
- The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)24 articles56.9 · 324 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)72 articles58.4 · 670 graded
- Locked On Commanders (podcast)24 articles61.4 · 255 graded
- Chris Simms Unbuttoned (podcast)14 articles59.5 · 168 graded
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)19 articles59.1 · 212 graded
The masthead map
The 15 publishers with the most graded calls: volume against results. Far right publishes the most gradable calls (each step along the bottom is a multiple, not a fixed amount); high up grades the best. Hover or tap a dot for its numbers.
Sports Illustrated
67.2 accuracy · 1,970 graded calls432 articles · Score 18.87
CBS Sports
63.3 accuracy · 974 graded calls210 articles · Score 29.92
The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
64.5 accuracy · 751 graded calls146 articles · Score 29.1
Move the Sticks (podcast)
59.5 accuracy · 880 graded calls106 articles · Score 19.64
Around the NFL (podcast)
61.4 accuracy · 661 graded calls72 articles · Score 19.65
The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
58.4 accuracy · 670 graded calls72 articles · Score 15.58
What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)
60.7 accuracy · 259 graded calls57 articles · Score 21.34
Overreaction Monday (podcast)
59.8 accuracy · 423 graded calls57 articles · Score 28.57
FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast)
67.1 accuracy · 584 graded calls47 articles · Score 31.26
The 33rd Team
73.4 accuracy · 726 graded calls46 articles · Score 16.79
Locked On Saints (podcast)
67.1 accuracy · 299 graded calls35 articles · Score 40.22
Split Ticket
70.1 accuracy · 309 graded calls24 articles · Score 26.27
The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)
56.9 accuracy · 324 graded calls24 articles · Score 16.46
First Things First (podcast)
55.8 accuracy · 333 graded calls22 articles · Score 25.39
Pushing the Pile (podcast)
66.8 accuracy · 360 graded calls19 articles · Score 26.11
Bubble size is articles. Every publisher, with its numbers, is in the lists below.
Against the baseline
MissedTakes score: accuracy measured against what a naive guess would have scored on the same claims. Zero means no better than guessing — and a publisher can be accurate while scoring badly here, if the calls were easy ones. The 25 publishers with the most graded calls; the other 79, with their numbers, are in the lists below.
- Locked On Bills (podcast)10 writers+86.3
- Sharp Football Analysis7 writers+47.6
- Locked On Saints (podcast)12 writers+40.2
- FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast)18 writers+31.3
- CBS Sports19 writers+29.9
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)44 writers+29.1
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)3 writers+28.6
- Split Ticket4 writers+26.3
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)5 writers+26.1
- First Things First (podcast)10 writers+25.4
- The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show12 writers+24.4
- What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)3 writers+21.3
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)15 writers+21.0
- The Draft Network6 writers+20.5
- Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar13 writers+20.5
- Move the Sticks (podcast)61 writers+19.6
- Around the NFL (podcast)27 writers+19.6
- Sports Illustrated188 writers+18.9
- Steve Deace Show15 writers+19.1
- The 33rd Team30 writers+16.8
- The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)3 writers+16.5
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)37 writers+15.6
- Locked On Commanders (podcast)3 writers+10.6
- Chris Simms Unbuttoned (podcast)3 writers+9.6
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)7 writers-21.4
The ranking
Publishers with enough graded articles to rate.
- 1Strength In Numbers (newsletter)102.3 score · 100 accuracy · 10 articles
- 2Locked On Bills (podcast)86.27 score · 77.09 accuracy · 16 articles
- 3The NPR Politics Podcast60.45 score · 99.42 accuracy · 13 articles
- 4The Chuck ToddCast60.24 score · 89.17 accuracy · 27 articles
- 5Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova58.26 score · 61.9 accuracy · 10 articles
- 6Locked On Rams (podcast)55.33 score · 64.28 accuracy · 10 articles
- 7NBC Sports54.6 score · 64.74 accuracy · 20 articles
- 8Slow Boring50.32 score · 91.88 accuracy · 13 articles
- 9The Bulwark Podcast (feed title: The Bulwark Daily)49.94 score · 74.27 accuracy · 11 articles
- 10Sharp Football Analysis47.6 score · 65.36 accuracy · 17 articles
- 11FantasyPros47.06 score · 69.25 accuracy · 27 articles
- 12Fox Sports Radio (podcast)46.84 score · 78.25 accuracy · 31 articles
- 13RealClearPolitics Podcast46.31 score · 90.51 accuracy · 36 articles
- 14Tangle (podcast)46.04 score · 70.51 accuracy · 18 articles
- 15John and Lance — ESPN Houston (podcast)40.35 score · 56 accuracy · 12 articles
- 16Locked On Saints (podcast)40.22 score · 67.07 accuracy · 35 articles
- 17Locked On Chiefs (podcast)39.51 score · 66.8 accuracy · 17 articles
- 18Erick Erickson newsletter (Substack)38.62 score · 62.11 accuracy · 45 articles
- 19Locked On 49ers (podcast)37.12 score · 70.57 accuracy · 19 articles
- 20Rising (The Hill)35.58 score · 77.96 accuracy · 15 articles
- 21Tangle (newsletter)35.12 score · 80.46 accuracy · 18 articles
- 22FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast)31.26 score · 67.13 accuracy · 47 articles
- 23KC Sports Network (podcast)31.16 score · 66.17 accuracy · 16 articles
- 24The David Pakman Show30.1 score · 81.06 accuracy · 22 articles
- 25CBS Sports29.92 score · 63.34 accuracy · 210 articles
- 26Locked On Packers (podcast)29.69 score · 60.59 accuracy · 14 articles
- 27The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)29.1 score · 64.52 accuracy · 146 articles
- 28The Megyn Kelly Show28.97 score · 72.99 accuracy · 27 articles
- 29Overreaction Monday (podcast)28.57 score · 59.8 accuracy · 57 articles
- 30Split Ticket26.27 score · 70.07 accuracy · 24 articles
- 31Pushing the Pile (podcast)26.11 score · 66.79 accuracy · 19 articles
- 32First Things First (podcast)25.39 score · 55.78 accuracy · 22 articles
- 33The Ben Shapiro Show25 score · 59.61 accuracy · 27 articles
- 34Pro Football Focus24.9 score · 71.29 accuracy · 21 articles
- 35Pod Save America24.44 score · 66.96 accuracy · 10 articles
- 36The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show24.42 score · 64.66 accuracy · 46 articles
- 37Fox Sports23.47 score · 59.64 accuracy · 37 articles
- 38What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)21.34 score · 60.74 accuracy · 57 articles
- 39DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)21.03 score · 69.82 accuracy · 17 articles
- 40Nightcap (podcast)20.62 score · 56.63 accuracy · 28 articles
- 41The Draft Network20.53 score · 47.14 accuracy · 17 articles
- 42Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar20.46 score · 68.34 accuracy · 43 articles
- 43Around the NFL (podcast)19.65 score · 61.44 accuracy · 72 articles
- 44Move the Sticks (podcast)19.64 score · 59.46 accuracy · 106 articles
- 45Steve Deace Show19.1 score · 61.04 accuracy · 27 articles
- 46Sports Illustrated18.87 score · 67.18 accuracy · 432 articles
- 47Ruthless Podcast18.71 score · 61.24 accuracy · 21 articles
- 483 and Out with John Middlekauff (podcast)17.35 score · 64.18 accuracy · 24 articles
- 49The 33rd Team16.79 score · 73.41 accuracy · 46 articles
- 50The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)16.46 score · 56.89 accuracy · 24 articles
- 51The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)15.58 score · 58.41 accuracy · 72 articles
- 52The Downballot (newsletter)12.07 score · 97.69 accuracy · 24 articles
- 53Locked On Commanders (podcast)10.56 score · 61.43 accuracy · 24 articles
- 54Chris Simms Unbuttoned (podcast)9.57 score · 59.53 accuracy · 14 articles
- 55Locked On Chargers (podcast)8.12 score · 71.75 accuracy · 14 articles
- 56The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)1.67 score · 59.39 accuracy · 22 articles
- 57The Pat McAfee Show (podcast)0.52 score · 55.55 accuracy · 17 articles
- 58The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)-4.31 score · 60.7 accuracy · 19 articles
- 592 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)-21.4 score · 59.08 accuracy · 19 articles
Too early to rank
These have graded work but not the ten articles it takes before we will put a number on the masthead. The scores are real; they are just thin.
- Left, Right & Center (KCRW)provisional102 score · 100 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 1 graded take
- NFL Live (podcast)provisional85.89 score · 86.47 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 38 graded takes
- The Strength In Numbers Podcastprovisional85.17 score · 100 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 17 graded takes
- Establish The Runprovisional72.22 score · 61.11 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 3 graded takes
- Locked On Raiders (podcast)provisional68.06 score · 69.05 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 2 graded takes
- 95.7 The Game Weekends (podcast)provisional65.57 score · 87.26 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 6 graded takes
- The Young Turksprovisional63.13 score · 75 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 8 graded takes
- The Intersection (Patrick Ruffini)provisional50 score · 100 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 2 graded takes
- Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran (podcast)provisional47.56 score · 64.85 accuracy · 7 of 10 articles · 117 graded takes
- The Downballot (podcast)provisional47.46 score · 100 accuracy · 3 of 10 articles · 13 graded takes
- Face the Nation transcripts (CBS News)provisional42.95 score · 67.78 accuracy · 6 of 10 articles · 13 graded takes
- Decision Desk HQ Podcastprovisional42.76 score · 88.89 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 14 graded takes
- Politics Politics Politics (Justin Robert Young)provisional40.67 score · 67.57 accuracy · 9 of 10 articles · 57 graded takes
- The Dispatch Podcastprovisional40.33 score · 70.78 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 16 graded takes
- Newt's Worldprovisional39.24 score · 68.24 accuracy · 6 of 10 articles · 50 graded takes
- FiveThirtyEight Politics (podcast archive)provisional39.18 score · 93.77 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 26 graded takes
- Locked On Lions (podcast)provisional37.13 score · 88.77 accuracy · 7 of 10 articles · 32 graded takes
- Deebo & Joe (podcast)provisional36.66 score · 69.11 accuracy · 8 of 10 articles · 17 graded takes
- Football 301 with Nate Tice (podcast)provisional35.75 score · 65.39 accuracy · 9 of 10 articles · 90 graded takes
- Check the Mic (podcast)provisional35.44 score · 57.77 accuracy · 8 of 10 articles · 39 graded takes
- Richard Hanania's Newsletterprovisional34.67 score · 62.5 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 6 graded takes
- The Rich Eisen Podcast (podcast)provisional33.1 score · 83.57 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 27 graded takes
- State of the Union (CNN)provisional32.48 score · 71.21 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 21 graded takes
- The Bill Simmons Podcast (podcast)provisional31.5 score · 58.33 accuracy · 3 of 10 articles · 8 graded takes
- Locked On Colts (podcast)provisional30.37 score · 70.11 accuracy · 6 of 10 articles · 11 graded takes
- Princeton Election Consortium (Sam Wang)provisional25.2 score · 77.79 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 21 graded takes
- SportsRadio 94WIP Weekends (podcast)provisional22.98 score · 96.73 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 5 graded takes
- Honestly with Bari Weissprovisional21.66 score · 44.89 accuracy · 3 of 10 articles · 14 graded takes
- The Inside Elections Podcastprovisional21.13 score · 93.86 accuracy · 8 of 10 articles · 72 graded takes
- Sabato's Crystal Ball (UVA Center for Politics)provisional13.72 score · 64.1 accuracy · 6 of 10 articles · 54 graded takes
- Hacks On Tapprovisional12.65 score · 45.28 accuracy · 6 of 10 articles · 27 graded takes
- GD Politics (podcast)provisional0 score · 62.5 accuracy · 4 of 10 articles · 5 graded takes
- Locked On Jaguars (podcast)provisional0 score · 100 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 1 graded take
- Locked On Texans (podcast)provisional0 score · 0 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 1 graded take
- ProFootballTalkprovisional0 score · 100 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 1 graded take
- Pardon My Take (podcast)provisional-8.49 score · 51.19 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 22 graded takes
- Green Light with Chris Long (podcast)provisional-12.51 score · 55 accuracy · 8 of 10 articles · 33 graded takes
- Good Morning Football (podcast)provisional-14 score · 33.33 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 5 graded takes
- Walter Footballprovisional-24.53 score · 45.81 accuracy · 9 of 10 articles · 17 graded takes
- Locked On Bucs (podcast)provisional-36.68 score · 25.9 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 5 graded takes
- Locked On Broncos (podcast)provisional-37.58 score · 53.99 accuracy · 5 of 10 articles · 61 graded takes
- Locked On Browns (podcast)provisional-87.99 score · 26.19 accuracy · 2 of 10 articles · 2 graded takes
- Locked On Cardinals (podcast)provisional— score · 88.4 accuracy · 3 of 10 articles · 6 graded takes
- The McShay Show (podcast)provisional— score · 0.65 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 3 graded takes
- 4for4provisional— score · 100 accuracy · 1 of 10 articles · 1 graded take
15,039 graded takes across the site so far. Read how the scoring works.