With the NFL preseason upon us and Week 1 almost here, RotoWire.com put together a thoughtful list of gift ideas to get for the fantasy football fan in your life. From a custom trophy for their shelves to a RotoWire.com subscription to help them draft and keep their team winning this season, our gift guide is sure to make them happy.
Top Gifts for Fantasy Football Fans: Trophies, Jerseys, and More!
Fantasy Football Trophy
Few trinkets make more of an impact on a sports fan than a good piece of hardware, with Americans of all ages loving themselves a good trophy. While plenty of fantasy football leagues are all about pride and/or winning the cash prize attached to entry, there's nothing better than a keepsake to remember your gridiron conquests.
Fantasy trophies have become such a commodity that companies like TrophySmack, Fantasy Champs and Fantasy Jocks have emerged to sell you everything from a run-of-the-mill plague or pedestal-based emblem to a championship belt, with adventurous players having far-flung options like a mock Lombardi Trophy or championship suit jacket at their disposal if they're feeling bold. One way or another, a trophy for the winner of your fantasy football league is becoming more and more common, with no shortage of options for the actual contraption of your choosing for the champion of the league you're in.
TrophySmack Custom Championship Belt
Speaking of championship emblems, the aforementioned championship belt from the team at TrophySmack is a popular trinket for fantasy players, with a retail price of $159 on the company's website. The belt, which has room for up to 12 team names on it, is sure to be a hit with the players in your fantasy football league, giving the year-end winner something to flaunt for the duration of their championship tenure.
Aside from the actual championship hardware, there's also the matter of coming up with a way to uniquely hold your fantasy football league draft in the first place. That's where companies like FJ Fantasy come in, with the online retailer selling a variety of physical draft boards, ranging from poster board versions to smaller draft logs. On top of that, the company also sells championship rings, team name labels, bye week labels and printable NFL schedules, allowing fantasy players to take control of their teams in a tactile way, merging the convenience of tangible media with the benefits of our digital-first sports world.
Custom Jersey of Star Player
Regardless of which team NFL fans pull for, there's no better way to support your go-to team (and player) than by buying a replica or authentic jersey. Luckily for football fans, the NFL Shop and Fanatics have the hook-up when it comes to team-related garb, helping gridiron lovers of all age get decked out in whatever colors they support the most on any given Sunday.
If that's not enough, nostalgia-centric apparel companies like Mitchell & Ness have NFL jerseys for players that have long since hung up their spikes, including legends like Tom Brady, Brian Dawkins and Joe Namath (to name a few), meaning fans can also wear that perfect fit for a player that no longer suits up each week for their chosen team.
RotoWire.com Subscription
When it comes to fantasy football knowledge, it's hard to beat the institutional knowledge that comes from being at the forefront of a sporting tradition for decades. That's exactly what the team at RotoWire offers, with subscription options that offer fantasy players league syncs, live draft support, DFS performance trackers and other gameday options so you can dominate your fantasy or DFS competitors.
The four tiers of subscriptions available to players range from the 'Fantasy' option that varies from $6.99 per month on an annual plan to $14.99 when billed on a monthly basis to the 'All-In-One' tier that costs $23.99 per month on a yearly plan or $46.99 per month if billed monthly, providing football fans the type of in-depth insights needed to vanquish the field each year.
NFL+/ESPN+ Subscription
The two streaming services that portend the most to the NFL are the league's 'NFL+' option that shows out-of-market preseason games, NFL Network content, live game audio and a host of RedZone and All-22 footage each week and ESPN's ESPN+ package, which shows a variety of sports and sporting programs around the clock.
As for NFL+, the league's streaming service comes in two packages, those being the standard programming which offers NFL Network programming, on top of preseason games that are out-of-market, with live game audio and more, all for $6.99 a month, while the 'NFL+ Premium' tier includes NFL RedZone, full, condensed and 'All-22 coaching film' game replays and everything else from the team at NFL+.
The 'Worldwide Leader' has a streaming service of its own, with ESPN+ offering NFL Primetime content, along with shows like "Peyton's Places" and "Man In The Arena: Tom Brady." Throw in access to ESPN's full slate of "30 For 30" documentaries and you have an idea of the type of content that football fans can access via the company's streaming service, which costs $11.99 a month on its own or $16.99 per month as part of the company's Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ bundle, offering a host of sports and entertainment content to keep you off the streets and out of trouble this fall.
Game Tickets
When it comes to fandom, nothing beats going to the games and sitting in the peanut gallery. According to the team at Goal.com, the average ticket price this NFL season ranges from $43 per game to see the New Orleans Saints play to $250 to watch Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions compete for another NFC North title. Regardless of cost, there's little that can fill the void that comes from watching NFL football on TV quite like being there in person, which is why each of the 32 teams in the league drew 1 million fans during the 2024-25 season, according to data from Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Custom Football History Book
Fans of one of the 32 NFL teams can purchase a New York Times custom football book on the company's site, which features clips and highlights from the newspaper's catalogue covering whichever club you choose. The books, which cost $90, are 97 pages long and feature a gridiron saddle colored cover and all the football insignia you could hope for, serving as the perfect coffee table book for the NFL fanatic in your life.
Sportsbook Gift Card
Few gameday routines complete a fall Sunday quite like finding the perfect line to wager on with the sports betting operator of your choosing. Many U.S. sports betting operators offer prepaid gift cards so football fans can wager on their favorite teams, offering a fun and stress-free way to bet on your chosen NFL team in 2025 and beyond.
Bet Slips
Speaking of sports betting, there's an age-old tradition of going to your local retail sportsbook and placing a futures bet on a friend or family member's favorite team, then giving them that slip as a gift. This NFL season, a solid Christmas or Hanukah gift could be to do just that, giving that person the chance to cash in on a team's good fortunes once the Super Bowl comes and goes in February.
Beer-of-the-month membership
The one gameday staple that football fans can agree on is the delight that comes from sipping on a quality brew come Sunday afternoon. With that in mind, several companies offer a "beer-of-the-month" membership, offering buyers a 12 pack of beer each month and helping them expand their beverage horizons this football season.
The $47.95 option offered by The Original Craft Beer Club send customers 12 or 24 beers per month, featuring hard to find suds curated by beer enthusiasts, with four different styles and three or six bottles or cans of each to sip on. Regardless of which option you go with, there's plenty of great beer to go around, adding a little hop to your step this NFL season.
NFL Cornhole Set
What better way to ring in a Sunday tailgate or watch party than by chucking bean bags at a board adorned with football-centric imagery? That's exactly what the company Skip's Garage offers, with boards that feature each of the 32 team logos in the league, with sets costing $276.21 on the company's website. While your chosen team might not win on a given Sunday, it's hard not to feel like a winner when you smoke your friends and family at cornhole while putting the bag through the 'o' in 'Go' consistently, which is where the cornhole board company comes in clutch.
Stadium Wall Art
A host of companies offer wall art that features stadium imagery, whether it be a visual layout of an NFL stadium or a set of framed photos from one of the 30 stadiums in the league. The website MyTeamPrints.com offers a host of gameday art that football fans can choose from, including 50-yard-line shots from a host of NFL contests and other Sunday-centric imagery. Whichever image you choose from, there's no wrong answer, with a host of stadium wall art to add to your man cave or TV room as the football season approaches.
Portable Beer Pong Tailgate Table
The other tailgating game of choice besides cornhole, beer pong, has been a Sunday staple for decades. With that in mind, the team at PlayGoSports.com came up with a gridiron-adorned table, complete with yardage markers and an end zone, allowing football fans to take the field in the runup to an NFL game.
The tables, which run $99.99 apiece on the company's website, are regulation size and made of lightweight aluminum, allowing fans to easily hoist the unit in and out of parking lots and other tailgate hot spots, while also having a melamine beer poof playing surface that can survive the toughest of beer pong-related stains come tailgate time.
Hard Cooler Ice Chest
While it's nice to have that perfect tailgating spot picked out, that won't get you very far by itself. That's why it's always important to ensure that you have a quality cooler at your disposal to keep your gameday drinks and food items properly chilled, with companies like Yeti, Igloo, Lifetime and Coleman all offering top-notch coolers to choose from for your NFL Sunday tailgate.
Win or lose, it's hard to beat a Sunday filled with a day full of cold drinks and tasty snacks, which is why avoiding cutting corners on your cooler is important. Make sure you choose wisely, as you only get one shot to host the perfect NFL tailgate, with friends and family expecting the host to live up to the billing come fall Sundays at stadiums across the country.
Sirius XM Subscription
When it comes to NFL insights, few outlets offer fans more than SiriusXM, which has audio for each game during the regular season and fall, on top of RotoWire's programming on SiriusXM Channel 86. With plans that run as low as $1 per month for three months and $14.99 to $22.99 per month after that, there's no reason to abstain from having a satellite radio subscription, with ample NFL content to keep football fans informed and happy this fall.
Madden NFL 26
The only NFL video game out there has been at it yearly since 1990, with more than 130 million copies of EA Sports' Madden football series being sold since then, with Madden 26 carrying the torch for the league's exclusive video game this season. The content, which costs $69.99, is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows and the Xbox Series X/S, making it the first Madden game available on a Nintendo device since Madden NFL 13, which was put out on Wii and Wii U.
Regardless of your chosen gaming console, Madden 26 offers football fans the lone option for NFL action, with the game that hits shelves on Aug 14 expected to sell a wholesome bounty of copies ahead of the NFL regular season's kick off in September.
Pop-A-Shot Hoop
While games like cornhole and beer pong might get more shine during Sunday tailgates, the ultimate man cave setup has got to have a 'Pop-A-Shot' hoop somewhere. The game, which allows sports fans to compete at making as many basketball shots as they can in a given time allotment, has been an American staple since 1981, when Ken Cochran invented the twist on James Naismith's sport.
With a host of versions to choose from, the Pop-A-Shot hoop is a must-have for the sports fan in your life, with plenty of variations on the traditional two person setup available on the company's website.
NFL Branded Craft Beer Flight Set
As stated above, few things unite football fans quite like a great pint of beer. Why stop with one type of suds, though, as the popular flights you can purchase at your local craft brewery are now available at home, with the brand Picnic Time offering NFL team branded flights, running $108.95 and allowing fans to sip on a host of their favorite brews while watching their go-to team take the field this NFL season.
NFL Aloha Shirt
A key component of football fandom is being comfortable, with everything from comfy clothes to comfort foods playing core roles in creating the perfect Sunday each fall. With that in mind, clothing company Reyn Spooner has created a set of Aloha shirts that feature each of the 32 NFL franchises, allowing fans to satisfy their comfort desires while also supporting their favorite teams.
The shirts, which range in price from $99.60 to $119.50 apiece, can be purchased on the company's website, giving NFL fans a way to wear one for the home team while refraining from having to squeeze into a football jersey on any given Sunday.
Wilson NFL "The Duke" 11 Official Football
The NFL's chosen ball sponsor, Wilson, sells the same pigskins used by the 32 teams that take the field each week, with this year's "The Duke" 11 football costing $159.95 on the company's website. The balls, which are adorned with the NFL emblem and "The Duke" across one side, are billed as; "the perfect memento for special occasions, milestones, or the ultimate fan addition to your collection."
With the leather-bound balls having been used by the sport's luminaries each week since 1941, it's hard to argue with their logic, which is why a wholesome bounty of Wilson footballs will be sold to fans of the league's 32 teams this NFL season.
NFL Golf Set
If golf is your sport of choice, then there's no shortage of NFL-related emblems to choose from, ranging from team logo adorned divot tools to golf balls, bags and towels. All told, the NFL Shop has nearly 2,000 golf-related items to choose from, giving fans of both sports ample options this football season.
Cameo from NFL legend
This NFL season, why not have one of your favorite NFL players, past or present, deliver a unique message? That's exactly what the team at Cameo offer, with more than 1,100 athletes to choose from, including Hall of Famers like Ray Lewis and Jim Kelly, along with legends of the game like Bo Jackson, Randall Cunningham and Joe Theismann.
The personalized messages range in price, though football fans will likely be thrilled to receive complimentary adages from some of the sport's gridiron luminaries, which is a unique feature that Cameo offers on a daily basis via the company's website.
NFL Dartboard
The team at Darts.com has team-centric boards for each NFL franchise, with the site selling them for $149 apiece. The game setup includes the boards themselves and a dry erase scoreboard with marker pen, allowing football fans to keep themselves entertained when the gridiron action comes to a halt each weekend.
Custom Fantasy Football T-Shirt
What better way to commemorate your fantasy football league's longevity than with a unique T-shirt design? That's exactly what embroidery giants like Custom Ink and Zazzle offer, with apparel commemorating a league championship or memorable season, giving fantasy players another keepsake to remember at year's end.
NFL Wooden Bottle Cap Opener
While it's already been established above how important the right gameday beverage is to the overall enjoyment of NFL viewership, the same can be said of having the correct accoutrement to deal with those pesky bottles and bottle caps. That's where the team-centric bottle cap opener signs from Foco.com come in, with wooden signs that can help you crack the perfect cold one in a fast enough fashion to ensure you don't miss a down while you grab your next drink of choice. The signs, which are available on the company's site, are $30 apiece, adding another bit of personality to an NFL fan's man cave this football season.
NFL Beer Glass Set
When it comes to a gameday pint, choosing the right glass is a key part of the equation. With that in mind, the NFL Shop has a host of team-embroidered glasses to choose from, ranging from tumblers to pint glasses, ensuring that each sip of beer is as sweet as your chosen team's success on a given NFL Sunday.
Stadium Tour Experience
Many NFL stadiums offer non-gameday tours on their chosen websites, giving fans a way to see where their favorite players take the field while building a stronger connection with that franchise as a whole. You can also find links to each tour available at Elite Sports Tours, giving football fans plenty of information and choice when it comes to seeing the places where their favorite athletes suit up each Sunday.
NFL Stainless Steel Tumbler
While a glass is always nice, there's nothing out there that will keep your suds chilled like a tumbler, with the aluminum cups doing the lord's work when it comes to chilling a beer or non-alcoholic beverage during the course of a multi-hour sporting event. The NFL Shop has plenty of tumblers to choose from, allowing football fans to pick the perfect container to keep their beverage of choice at the perfect temperature from the opening kickoff to the final whistle come gameday.
Q&A:
1. What are the best gifts for fantasy football fans?
a. The best gifts for fantasy football fans include personalized NFL jerseys, fantasy football trophies, and themes accessories like custom mugs. Consider items like a championship ring or a funny T-shirt with a league-specific humor to make the gift memorable.
2. What are good gifts for fantasy football commissioner?
a. Fantasy football commissioners deserve appreciation for their hard work. Great gifts include a custom "Commissioner" mug, a high-quality draft board, or a personalized gavel for running the league. A funny fantasy football trophy for their efforts or a gift card for NFL merchandise also works well to show gratitude.
3. Are there funny fantasy football gifts for league losers?
a. Funny fantasy football gifts for league losers include "Last Place" trophies, gag T-shirts with phrases like "I Drafted a Kicker First," or a toilet bowl-shaped award. These lighthearted gifts keep the league banter alive and are perfect for poking fun at the underdog.
