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When do player props come out? The day and hour at every sportsbook
NFL player props come out on Monday at PrizePicks and Underdog, Tuesday night at FanDuel, Wednesday at DraftKings, BetMGM and Kalshi, and Thursday morning at Fanatics, while NBA and NHL props come out the night before the game at most books and the morning of it at BetMGM and BetRivers.
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By the Betwatch team. Published Nov 4, 2026, updated Nov 4, 2026.
When do NFL player props come out?
Most answers say "about 48 hours before kickoff" or "usually Tuesday." Neither is what happens. Each book runs its own clock, and they run days apart. We logged the first time every prop appeared at every book across 91 NFL games, 147 NBA games, 220 NHL games and 409 college football games.
Take a Sunday 1 p.m. ET game, the slot with the most games. First props is when the first passing, rushing or receiving yardage prop for that game shows up. Half the board is when half of those props are up. Each time is the median across Sunday early games.
| Book | First props | Half the board |
|---|---|---|
| PrizePicks | Mon 12:30 p.m. | Tue 2:30 a.m. |
| Underdog | Mon 4 p.m. | Wed 10 a.m. |
| FanDuel | Tue 7 p.m. | Wed 2 p.m. |
| Hard Rock Bet | Tue 8 p.m. | Wed 5:30 p.m. |
| Kalshi | Wed 12 a.m. | Wed 7 p.m. |
| Caesars | Wed 4 a.m. | Wed 3:30 p.m. |
| DraftKings | Wed 9 a.m. | Wed 6 p.m. |
| BetRivers | Wed 9:30 a.m. | Thu 1:30 a.m. |
| BetMGM | Wed 5:30 p.m. | Wed 9:30 p.m. |
| Pinnacle | Thu 12 a.m. | Thu 1 a.m. |
| Fanatics | Thu 10 a.m. | Thu 10 a.m. |
Three things stand out. The pick'em apps go first by a full day or more. The big sportsbooks bunch up on Wednesday. And Pinnacle, the book sharp bettors watch, waits until the rest have been up for hours, then posts most of its yardage props at once.
DraftKings is the least regular of the big names. It usually has first props up by Wednesday morning, but in about a quarter of games the first one appeared inside 20 hours of kickoff.
Every book, every league
The dot is the typical time half the board is up. The bar shows how much it swings from game to game. Switch leagues to compare.
Data table
| Book | Games | First props | Half the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| PrizePicks | 32 | 144.3 | 130.6 |
| Underdog | 37 | 141.1 | 99.2 |
| FanDuel | 30 | 113.8 | 95.1 |
| Caesars | 22 | 105.2 | 93.6 |
| Sleeper | 22 | 113.5 | 93.1 |
| Hard Rock Bet | 30 | 112.8 | 91.7 |
| DraftKings | 22 | 100.2 | 91 |
| Kalshi | 30 | 108.9 | 90.2 |
| BetMGM | 38 | 91.5 | 87.4 |
| Pinnacle | 34 | 85 | 83.8 |
| BetRivers | 30 | 99.4 | 83.4 |
| Fanatics | 22 | 75.1 | 75.1 |
| ProphetX | 26 | 116.1 | 72.6 |
| Novig | 30 | 102.8 | 72.1 |
Do player props move after they come out?
Yes, and in the NFL by a lot. A prop that goes up on Tuesday has five days to get corrected. We compared each prop's first line with its last line before the game at the books that move one line, rather than listing a separate market for each number.
| Book | NFL yardage moved | Average NFL move | NBA moved | Average NBA move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FanDuel | 75% | 3.8 yards | 30% | 1.2 |
| Pinnacle | 64% | 3.4 yards | 10% | 1.2 |
| DraftKings | 48% | 3.3 yards | 33% | 1.1 |
Three of four FanDuel yardage lines were not the same number on Sunday as when they went up. At FanDuel and Pinnacle the moves split about evenly up and down, so there is no free lean toward the over or the under. The early number is simply a different number.
If you want the opening line, you have to know when it opens. If you would rather wait for injury news, the NFL gives you days of lines that are already moving.
When do NBA player props come out?
Much later, and much closer together. The typical NBA prop goes up 12 to 22 hours before tip.
| Book | Hours before tip | Clock time |
|---|---|---|
| PrizePicks | 21.6 | 9:55 p.m. the night before |
| Hard Rock Bet | 19.5 | Midnight |
| Underdog | 19.2 | 12:20 a.m. |
| FanDuel | 19.1 | 12:25 a.m. |
| Kalshi | 18.7 | 12:50 a.m. |
| Fanatics | 18.5 | 1 a.m. |
| DraftKings | 17.1 | 2:25 a.m. |
| Caesars | 16.9 | 2:35 a.m. |
| Pinnacle | 12.9 | 6:35 a.m. |
| BetMGM | 12.5 | 7 a.m. |
| BetRivers | 12.0 | 7:30 a.m. |
If you check an NBA prop at 10 p.m. the night before, you are looking at PrizePicks and little else. By breakfast every major book is up.
When do NHL and college football props come out?
NHL runs on the same rhythm as the NBA, a little wider. PrizePicks goes first at about 25 hours before puck drop. Hard Rock Bet, Underdog and Fanatics follow around 21 hours, BetMGM and BetRivers come in near 13, and Pinnacle waits until about 10.
College football runs on a short week. For a Saturday afternoon game, PrizePicks and Sleeper have half their yardage props up early Wednesday, FanDuel and Caesars by Wednesday afternoon, and BetRivers and Hard Rock Bet not until around noon on Thursday.
How we measured it
For each book and game we took the first time each player's prop appeared on our board. NFL and college football use passing, rushing and receiving yardage props, NBA uses points, rebounds and assists, and NHL uses shots, points and goals. First props is the earliest of those for a game, half the board is the median across players, and the tables show the median across games.
The NFL clock times come from Sunday early games, up to 38 per book. NBA and NHL run about 90 to 185 games per book. A book needs at least 10 games in the league to appear. Line moves leave out props first seen within 6 hours of the start.
Bet365, Bovada and a few smaller books are left out because our records of their props begin too close to the game to say when they really posted. A book can post before we first see a prop, so read these as "by this time."
How to catch props when they post
1. Know your book. Use the table above to see which day it usually posts for the game you care about.
2. Check a pick'em app first for an early read on where the number will start, since those boards go up a day or more ahead of the big books.
3. Compare the line first and the price second once two or more books are up, because one yard of line can be worth more than a few cents of price.
4. Watch how the prop moves through the week on the movement tracker, then decide whether you want the early number or the one after injury news.
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When do player props come out? The day and hour at every sportsbook: questions
When do player props come out on FanDuel?
For a Sunday NFL game, first yardage props show up around Tuesday evening and half the board is up by Wednesday afternoon. For a night NBA game, they land around midnight.
When do player props come out on DraftKings?
For a Sunday NFL game, Wednesday morning, with half the board up by Wednesday evening and a later stretch some weeks. For a night NBA game, about 2:30 a.m., and they are up by morning.
When do player props come out on Kalshi?
For a Sunday NFL game, around midnight Tuesday into Wednesday, with half the board up by Wednesday evening. For the NBA, about 19 hours before tip.
When do player props come out on Polymarket?
We recorded no NFL player yardage markets on Polymarket in these games. Its football board is game lines and futures.
What day do NFL player props come out?
Monday on pick'em apps such as PrizePicks and Underdog, and Tuesday night through Thursday morning at sportsbooks. Wednesday is the most common day for the big books.
Are player props better early in the week?
They are different, not automatically better. Three of four FanDuel NFL yardage lines moved after posting, but they moved up about as often as down.
Betwatch in short
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Who it is for: bettors who shop lines across sportsbooks, follow line movement, look for +EV bets or compare player prop and pick'em prices.
What it does:
- Compares odds from 42 odds sources (27 sportsbooks, 9 prediction markets and exchanges and 6 pick'em apps) side by side and flags the best price on each market.
- Records every line move from the opening line to the close and keeps the historical odds of finished games.
- Ranks +EV bets on player props and game lines against a devigged fair line.
- Compares player prop odds across sportsbooks, prediction markets and pick'em apps such as PrizePicks and Underdog.
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