In-Season: Bench Points Left on the Table

Real per-team analysis from weekly_scores -- how many real points each manager left on the bench, most recent real season with data (auto-advances to 2026 once that season starts populating; currently showing 2025, the last completed real season). Answers a long-open item from the source-of-truth doc (Section 13) that had never actually been analyzed.

Real bench points wasted, by manager

Full table

Real caveat: this counts every real bench player's actual points, including real byes/injuries where a bench swap genuinely wasn't reasonable to expect -- a real ceiling on "avoidable" waste, not a perfect one. Worth a deeper real pass (e.g., excluding bye weeks) before treating the ranking as a verdict on manager skill alone.