Player file
Michael Thomas
Wide receiver · SMOKERS · 2016–2023 · 7 seasons
SMOKERS Ring of Honor, 4th of five
62
Starts
2016–2023 · 7 seasons
678
Points
career
+111
PAR
career, every franchise
1
Title
as a starter, 2019
68th
All-time
of 480 skill careers, career PAR
+20
Playoff PAR
career
Career PAR and franchise PAR are the same figure here: he only ever started for SMOKERS.
Michael Thomas
WR · No. 13 · SMOKERS
Career PAR
+111
1.04, SMOKERS’ own slot
One title as a starter, 2019.
He entered the league in the 1st round of the 2016 draft, pick 4 overall, to SMOKERS. He then stayed put for 7 seasons and 62 starts, all for SMOKERS, which in a keeper league is the whole point of the format.
His best season was 2019: 222 points across 15 starts, +83.4 above replacement for SMOKERS, the best wide receiver in football that year. Career total: +110.6 PAR over 62 starts. He started for 1 championship team (2019), producing +19.9 in playoff weeks across his career.
The tail was not kind: 2020 came in at −21.9 across 7 starts. He finishes on 4th in the SMOKERS Ring of Honor.
The career
One axis. Tenure above, the board below, PAR by season in the plot. Eight seasons on the axis, 2016 to 2023.
Replacement level
A hatched column labelled 0 STARTS is a season he was rostered and never started: nothing, not unknown. One band: he only ever started for SMOKERS.
Season by season
Franchise scope
| Season | Franchise | Starts | Points | NFL rank | Playoff PAR | PAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | SMOKERS | 6 | 61.4 | WR9 | — | +10.0 |
| 2017 | SMOKERS | 13 | 123.2 | WR8 | — | +11.4 |
| 2018 | SMOKERS | 13 | 167.8 | WR8 | — | +41.6 |
| 2019 · title | SMOKERS | 15 | 221.9 | WR1 | +19.9 | +83.4 |
| 2020 | SMOKERS | 7 | 43.9 | WR103 | — | −21.9 |
| 2022 | SMOKERS | 3 | 35.1 | WR109 | — | +6.2 |
| 2023 | SMOKERS | 5 | 24.4 | WR81 | — | −20.0 |
PAR is set against the season's replacement starter at the position, and the column shares one zero: ink to the right of it, halftone to the left. Franchise scope.
How he moved
2016
Drafted
1.04, SMOKERS’ own slot
2024
Claimed
Hitmen, week 8 of 2024