app/lib/corona-states.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { calculateFantasyPoints, calculateBracketPoints } from "~/models/scoring-rules";
+import { calculatePickPoints } from "~/models/scoring-rules";
 
 export type CoronaState =
   | { type: "eliminated"; points: 0 }
@@ -27,12 +27,22 @@ interface ScoringRules {
   pointsFor8th: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Corona badge state for every pick on the draft board.
+ *
+ * @param sharedPlacementCountsBySportsSeason - sportsSeasonId → (finalPosition →
+ *   how many participants share it), from getSharedPlacementCounts. Required for
+ *   qualifying_points picks: a golfer tied for 8th earns the split award, and
+ *   omitting this would show him at full value here while the standings show the
+ *   split — the exact inconsistency this parameter exists to prevent.
+ */
 export function computeCoronaStates(
   picks: PickEntry[],
   resultByParticipant: Map<string, ResultEntry>,
   bracketTemplateBySportsSeason: Map<string, string | null>,
   scoringRules: ScoringRules,
   maxPoints: number,
+  sharedPlacementCountsBySportsSeason: Map<string, Map<number, number>>,
 ): Record<string, CoronaState> {
   const coronaStates: Record<string, CoronaState> = {};
 
@@ -50,13 +60,19 @@ export function computeCoronaStates(
     }
 
     if (result.finalPosition > 0) {
-      const isBracket = pick.scoringPattern === "playoff_bracket";
+      const points = calculatePickPoints(
-      const templateId = isBracket
+        result.finalPosition,
-        ? (bracketTemplateBySportsSeason.get(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId) ?? null)
+        pick.scoringPattern,
-        : null;
+        scoringRules,
-      const points = isBracket
+        {
-        ? calculateBracketPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules, templateId)
+          bracketTemplateId:
-        : calculateFantasyPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules);
+            bracketTemplateBySportsSeason.get(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId) ?? null,
+          tiedParticipants:
+            sharedPlacementCountsBySportsSeason
+              .get(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId)
+              ?.get(result.finalPosition) ?? 1,
+        }
+      );
       const brightness = maxPoints > 0 ? Math.min(points / maxPoints, 1) : 0;
       coronaStates[pick.participant.id] = { type: "scored", brightness, points };
       continue;

app/models/__tests__/draft-pick.test.ts

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ describe("getDraftedParticipantsWithPoints", () => {
       const result = await getDraftedParticipantsWithPoints("team-1", "season-1", db);
 
       expect(result.get("ss-1")?.[0]).toMatchObject({
-        earnedPoints: 62.5, // (75 + 50) / 2
+        earnedPoints: 63, // (75 + 50) / 2 = 62.5 → 63
         currentQP: null,
       });
     });

app/models/__tests__/scoring-calculator.test.ts

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ describe("Scoring Calculator", () => {
 
     it("should average points for three-way tie", () => {
       const points = calculateAveragedPoints([1, 2, 3], DEFAULT_SCORING);
-      // (100 + 70 + 50) / 3 = 73.33...
+      // (100 + 70 + 50) / 3 = 73.33... → 73 (nearest whole point)
-      expect(points).toBeCloseTo(73.33, 2);
+      expect(points).toBe(73);
     });
 
     it("should handle single placement (no tie)", () => {
@@ -109,7 +109,18 @@ describe("Scoring Calculator", () => {
     });
 
     it("treats positions beyond 8th as zero at the scoring cutoff", () => {
-      expect(calculateSharedPlacementPoints(8, 2, DEFAULT_SCORING)).toBe(7.5);
+      // Two tied for 8th share 8th + 9th; 9th is outside the scoring range and
+      // contributes 0, so (15 + 0) / 2 = 7.5 → 8.
+      expect(calculateSharedPlacementPoints(8, 2, DEFAULT_SCORING)).toBe(8);
+    });
+
+    // The /rules page (app/routes/rules.tsx) publishes these two examples to
+    // players. They are asserted here so the code and the published rule cannot
+    // drift apart — note the second rounds DOWN, confirming "nearest whole
+    // point" rather than always rounding up.
+    it("matches the tie examples published on the rules page", () => {
+      expect(calculateSharedPlacementPoints(2, 2, DEFAULT_SCORING)).toBe(60);
+      expect(calculateSharedPlacementPoints(6, 3, DEFAULT_SCORING)).toBe(18);
     });
   });
 
@@ -150,8 +161,8 @@ describe("Scoring Calculator", () => {
   describe("Edge Cases", () => {
     it("should handle all participants tying for 1st-8th", () => {
       const points = calculateAveragedPoints([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], DEFAULT_SCORING);
-      // (100 + 70 + 50 + 40 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15) / 8 = 42.5
+      // (100 + 70 + 50 + 40 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15) / 8 = 42.5 → 43
-      expect(points).toBe(42.5);
+      expect(points).toBe(43);
     });
 
     it("should handle placements with same point values", () => {

app/models/__tests__/season-standings.test.ts

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ describe("Season Standings (F1 Pattern)", () => {
     it("should handle 3-way tie for 5th place", () => {
       // Three drivers tied for 5th share 5th, 6th, and 7th place points
       const points = calculateAveragedPoints([5, 6, 7], DEFAULT_SCORING);
-      // (25 + 25 + 15) / 3 = 21.67
+      // (25 + 25 + 15) / 3 = 21.67 → 22 (nearest whole point)
-      expect(points).toBeCloseTo(21.67, 2);
+      expect(points).toBe(22);
     });
 
     it("should handle 4-way tie for 1st place", () => {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe("Season Standings (F1 Pattern)", () => {
 
       // Verify tied positions get averaged
       const tiedPoints = calculateAveragedPoints([3, 4, 5], DEFAULT_SCORING);
-      expect(tiedPoints).toBeCloseTo(38.33, 2); // (50 + 40 + 25) / 3
+      expect(tiedPoints).toBe(38); // (50 + 40 + 25) / 3 = 38.33 → 38
 
       // Verify remaining positions
       expect(calculateFantasyPoints(6, DEFAULT_SCORING)).toBe(25);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe("Season Standings (F1 Pattern)", () => {
 
       // Tied positions
       const tied3rd = calculateAveragedPoints([3, 4], customScoring);
-      expect(tied3rd).toBe(67.5); // (75 + 60) / 2
+      expect(tied3rd).toBe(68); // (75 + 60) / 2 = 67.5 → 68 (halves round up)
     });
   });
 
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ describe("Season Standings (F1 Pattern)", () => {
     it("should handle all 8 positions tied", () => {
       // Extremely unlikely but mathematically possible
       const allTied = calculateAveragedPoints([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], DEFAULT_SCORING);
-      // (100 + 70 + 50 + 40 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15) / 8 = 42.5
+      // (100 + 70 + 50 + 40 + 25 + 25 + 15 + 15) / 8 = 42.5 → 43
-      expect(allTied).toBe(42.5);
+      expect(allTied).toBe(43);
     });
 
     it("should handle only top 4 finishing (others DNF/DQ)", () => {

app/models/__tests__/team-projected-score.test.ts

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ describe("calculateTeamScore", () => {
 
     const result = await calculateTeamScore("team1", "season1", db);
 
-    expect(result.totalPoints).toBe(7.5); // (15 + 0) / 2
+    expect(result.totalPoints).toBe(8); // (15 + 0) / 2 = 7.5 → 8
     expect(result.participantsCompleted).toBe(1);
     expect(result.placementCounts[8]).toBe(1);
   });

app/models/draft-pick.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { database } from "~/database/context";
 import * as schema from "~/database/schema";
 import { eq, and, inArray, asc } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { getScoringRules, calculatePickPoints } from "./scoring-rules";
 import {
-  getScoringRules,
+  getSharedPlacementCounts,
-  calculateFantasyPoints,
+  lookupSharedPlacementCount,
-  calculateBracketPoints,
+} from "./participant-result";
-  calculateSharedPlacementPoints,
-} from "./scoring-rules";
 
 export async function createDraftPick(data: {
   seasonId: string;
@@ -203,19 +202,10 @@ export async function getDraftedParticipantsWithPoints(
     }
   }
 
-  const qpSharedPlacementCounts = new Map<string, Map<number, number>>();
+  const qpSharedPlacementCounts = await getSharedPlacementCounts(
-  if (finalizedQPSeasonIds.size > 0) {
+    [...finalizedQPSeasonIds],
-    const results = await db.query.seasonParticipantResults.findMany({
+    db
-      where: inArray(schema.seasonParticipantResults.sportsSeasonId, [...finalizedQPSeasonIds]),
+  );
-      columns: { sportsSeasonId: true, finalPosition: true },
-    });
-    for (const row of results) {
-      if (row.finalPosition === null || row.finalPosition <= 0) continue;
-      const counts = qpSharedPlacementCounts.get(row.sportsSeasonId) ?? new Map<number, number>();
-      qpSharedPlacementCounts.set(row.sportsSeasonId, counts);
-      counts.set(row.finalPosition, (counts.get(row.finalPosition) ?? 0) + 1);
-    }
-  }
 
   // Assemble result grouped by sportsSeasonId
   const result = new Map<string, DraftedParticipantWithPoints[]>();
@@ -233,23 +223,14 @@ export async function getDraftedParticipantsWithPoints(
       currentQP = qpMap.get(id) ?? null;
     } else if (resultRow?.finalPosition !== null && resultRow?.finalPosition !== undefined) {
       // Finalized result for any pattern (including finalized QP seasons)
-      if (pattern === "playoff_bracket") {
+      earnedPoints = calculatePickPoints(resultRow.finalPosition, pattern, scoringRules, {
-        earnedPoints = calculateBracketPoints(
+        bracketTemplateId: bracketTemplateMap.get(sportsSeasonId) ?? null,
-          resultRow.finalPosition,
+        tiedParticipants: lookupSharedPlacementCount(
-          scoringRules,
+          qpSharedPlacementCounts,
-          bracketTemplateMap.get(sportsSeasonId) ?? null
+          sportsSeasonId,
-        );
+          resultRow.finalPosition
-      } else if (pattern === "qualifying_points") {
+        ),
-        const tiedParticipants =
+      });
-          qpSharedPlacementCounts.get(sportsSeasonId)?.get(resultRow.finalPosition) ?? 1;
-        earnedPoints = calculateSharedPlacementPoints(
-          resultRow.finalPosition,
-          tiedParticipants,
-          scoringRules
-        );
-      } else {
-        earnedPoints = calculateFantasyPoints(resultRow.finalPosition, scoringRules);
-      }
     }
 
     const arr = result.get(sportsSeasonId) ?? [];

app/models/participant-result.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { eq, and } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { eq, and, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { database } from "~/database/context";
 import * as schema from "~/database/schema";
 
@@ -76,6 +76,57 @@ export async function findParticipantResultsBySportsSeasonId(
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * How many participants share each scoring placement, per sports season.
+ *
+ * Returns sportsSeasonId → (finalPosition → count). Used to split a tied
+ * placement's points across the tied participants (see calculatePickPoints).
+ *
+ * The count spans EVERY result in the sports season, not just drafted ones — a
+ * golfer tied for 8th with an undrafted player still only earns half the 8th
+ * place points, so narrowing this query to drafted participants would silently
+ * over-award. Positions <= 0 (no scoring placement) are excluded.
+ *
+ * Callers that look up a position with no entry should treat it as 1 (no tie).
+ */
+export async function getSharedPlacementCounts(
+  sportsSeasonIds: string[],
+  providedDb?: ReturnType<typeof database>
+): Promise<Map<string, Map<number, number>>> {
+  const counts = new Map<string, Map<number, number>>();
+  if (sportsSeasonIds.length === 0) return counts;
+
+  const db = providedDb || database();
+  const rows = await db.query.seasonParticipantResults.findMany({
+    where: inArray(schema.seasonParticipantResults.sportsSeasonId, sportsSeasonIds),
+    columns: { sportsSeasonId: true, finalPosition: true },
+  });
+
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    if (row.finalPosition === null || row.finalPosition <= 0) continue;
+    let bySeason = counts.get(row.sportsSeasonId);
+    if (!bySeason) {
+      bySeason = new Map<number, number>();
+      counts.set(row.sportsSeasonId, bySeason);
+    }
+    bySeason.set(row.finalPosition, (bySeason.get(row.finalPosition) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+
+  return counts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convenience lookup over getSharedPlacementCounts' result. Missing entries mean
+ * no other participant shares the placement, so the tie count is 1.
+ */
+export function lookupSharedPlacementCount(
+  counts: Map<string, Map<number, number>>,
+  sportsSeasonId: string,
+  finalPosition: number
+): number {
+  return counts.get(sportsSeasonId)?.get(finalPosition) ?? 1;
+}
+
 export async function updateParticipantResult(
   id: string,
   data: Partial<NewParticipantResult>

app/models/scoring-calculator.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import { database } from "~/database/context";
 import * as schema from "~/database/schema";
 import { eq, and, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
-import {
+import { getScoringRules, calculatePickPoints, type ScoringRules } from "./scoring-rules";
-  getScoringRules,
+import { getSharedPlacementCounts } from "./participant-result";
-  calculateFantasyPoints,
-  calculateBracketPoints,
-  calculateSharedPlacementPoints,
-} from "./scoring-rules";
 import { getSeasonResults } from "./participant-season-result";
 import { updateProbabilitiesAfterResult } from "~/services/probability-updater";
 import { sendStandingsUpdateNotification, type ScoredMatch, type EliminatedTeam } from "~/services/discord";
@@ -595,6 +591,11 @@ async function upsertParticipantResult(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Lazily populates `cache` (sportsSeasonId → placement → count) one sports
+ * season at a time, then reads the tie count for `finalPosition`. The counting
+ * itself lives in getSharedPlacementCounts so every screen shares one definition.
+ */
 async function getSharedPlacementCount(
   sportsSeasonId: string,
   finalPosition: number,
@@ -602,17 +603,8 @@ async function getSharedPlacementCount(
   cache: Map<string, Map<number, number>>
 ): Promise<number> {
   if (!cache.has(sportsSeasonId)) {
-    const results = await db.query.seasonParticipantResults.findMany({
+    const counts = await getSharedPlacementCounts([sportsSeasonId], db);
-      where: eq(schema.seasonParticipantResults.sportsSeasonId, sportsSeasonId),
+    cache.set(sportsSeasonId, counts.get(sportsSeasonId) ?? new Map<number, number>());
-      columns: { finalPosition: true },
-    });
-    const counts = new Map<number, number>();
-    for (const result of results) {
-      if (result.finalPosition !== null && result.finalPosition > 0) {
-        counts.set(result.finalPosition, (counts.get(result.finalPosition) ?? 0) + 1);
-      }
-    }
-    cache.set(sportsSeasonId, counts);
   }
 
   return cache.get(sportsSeasonId)?.get(finalPosition) ?? 1;
@@ -1376,27 +1368,22 @@ export async function calculateTeamScore(
     const result = pick.participant.results[0];
 
     if (result && result.finalPosition !== null && result.finalPosition > 0) {
-      const isBracket = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern === "playoff_bracket";
+      const pattern = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern;
-      const isQualifyingPoints = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern === "qualifying_points";
+      const points = calculatePickPoints(result.finalPosition, pattern, scoringRules, {
-      let points: number;
+        bracketTemplateId:
-      if (isBracket) {
+          pattern === "playoff_bracket"
-        const templateId = await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId);
+            ? await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId)
-        points = calculateBracketPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules, templateId);
+            : null,
-      } else if (isQualifyingPoints) {
+        tiedParticipants:
-        const tiedParticipants = await getSharedPlacementCount(
+          pattern === "qualifying_points"
+            ? await getSharedPlacementCount(
                 pick.participant.sportsSeasonId,
                 result.finalPosition,
                 db,
                 sharedPlacementCountCache
-        );
+              )
-        points = calculateSharedPlacementPoints(
+            : 1,
-          result.finalPosition,
+      });
-          tiedParticipants,
-          scoringRules
-        );
-      } else {
-        points = calculateFantasyPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules);
-      }
       totalPoints += points;
 
       // All participants with a valid position count toward the placement tiebreaker,
@@ -1483,57 +1470,52 @@ export async function calculateTeamProjectedScore(
     return templateId;
   }
 
+  // Points for one pick's placement. Identical for finalized results and for the
+  // provisional floor of a still-alive participant — only what we do with the
+  // number afterwards differs. `rules` re-binds the null-checked scoringRules
+  // because the hoisted declaration below cannot see that narrowing.
+  const rules: ScoringRules = scoringRules;
+  async function pointsForPick(
+    sportsSeasonId: string,
+    pattern: string | null | undefined,
+    finalPosition: number
+  ): Promise<number> {
+    return calculatePickPoints(finalPosition, pattern, rules, {
+      bracketTemplateId:
+        pattern === "playoff_bracket" ? await getBracketTemplate(sportsSeasonId) : null,
+      tiedParticipants:
+        pattern === "qualifying_points"
+          ? await getSharedPlacementCount(
+              sportsSeasonId,
+              finalPosition,
+              db,
+              sharedPlacementCountCache
+            )
+          : 1,
+    });
+  }
+
   // Separate finished vs unfinished participants
   for (const pick of picks) {
     const result = pick.participant.results[0];
-    const isBracket = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern === "playoff_bracket";
+    const pattern = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern;
-    const isQualifyingPoints = pick.participant.sportsSeason?.scoringPattern === "qualifying_points";
 
     if (result && result.finalPosition !== null && !result.isPartialScore) {
-      // Participant is fully finalized — use bracket-averaged points
+      // Participant is fully finalized
-      let points: number;
+      actualPoints += await pointsForPick(
-      if (isBracket) {
-        const templateId = await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId);
-        points = calculateBracketPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules, templateId);
-      } else if (isQualifyingPoints) {
-        const tiedParticipants = await getSharedPlacementCount(
         pick.participant.sportsSeasonId,
-          result.finalPosition,
+        pattern,
-          db,
+        result.finalPosition
-          sharedPlacementCountCache
       );
-        points = calculateSharedPlacementPoints(
-          result.finalPosition,
-          tiedParticipants,
-          scoringRules
-        );
-      } else {
-        points = calculateFantasyPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules);
-      }
-      actualPoints += points;
       participantsFinished++;
     } else if (result && result.finalPosition !== null && result.isPartialScore) {
       // Still alive with a provisional floor — count floor as actual, EV for projection.
       // Note: NOT incremented in participantsFinished; these participants are still competing.
-      const templateId = isBracket ? await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId) : null;
+      const floorPoints = await pointsForPick(
-      let floorPoints: number;
-      if (isBracket) {
-        floorPoints = calculateBracketPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules, templateId);
-      } else if (isQualifyingPoints) {
-        const tiedParticipants = await getSharedPlacementCount(
         pick.participant.sportsSeasonId,
-          result.finalPosition,
+        pattern,
-          db,
+        result.finalPosition
-          sharedPlacementCountCache
       );
-        floorPoints = calculateSharedPlacementPoints(
-          result.finalPosition,
-          tiedParticipants,
-          scoringRules
-        );
-      } else {
-        floorPoints = calculateFantasyPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules);
-      }
       actualPoints += floorPoints;
       // EV already accounts for their full projected value, so subtract floor to avoid
       // double-counting when we do actualPoints + evSum below

app/models/scoring-rules.ts

@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ export function calculateFantasyPoints(
  *
  * Example: 4 teams lose in quarterfinals, they share positions 5-8
  * Average = (25 + 25 + 15 + 15) / 4 = 20 points each
+ *
+ * The result is rounded to the nearest whole point, matching the published rule
+ * on the /rules page: "the points for all tied positions are combined and split
+ * equally among them, rounded to the nearest whole point". That page's own
+ * example rounds down — a three-way tie for 6th–8th is (25 + 15 + 15) / 3 =
+ * 18.33 → 18 — so this is nearest, not ceiling. Season point values are integer
+ * columns, so this averaging is the only place fractional points can arise.
  */
 export function calculateAveragedPoints(
   placements: number[],
@@ -101,7 +108,9 @@ export function calculateAveragedPoints(
     return sum + calculateFantasyPoints(placement, rules);
   }, 0);
 
-  return total / placements.length;
+  // Epsilon guard mirrors roundQualifyingPoints — keeps values that are exactly
+  // representable-adjacent (e.g. 18.499999999999996) from rounding the wrong way.
+  return Math.round(total / placements.length + Number.EPSILON);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -190,6 +199,43 @@ export function calculateBracketPoints(
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fantasy points earned by a single drafted participant, for any scoring pattern.
+ *
+ * This is the ONE place the bracket / qualifying_points / default cascade lives.
+ * It previously existed as a hand-rolled if/else at six call sites, two of which
+ * were missing the qualifying_points arm entirely — that divergence is what made
+ * a tied golfer worth 15 points on the team page and draft board but 7.5 in the
+ * standings. Every caller must route through here.
+ *
+ * @param finalPosition - Placement in the sports season (1-8 scores, 0 = none).
+ * @param scoringPattern - The sports season's scoringPattern column.
+ * @param rules - The fantasy season's point values.
+ * @param opts.bracketTemplateId - Required for playoff_bracket to pick the right
+ *   tier structure (e.g. AFL/LLWS split 5–8 into two pairs).
+ * @param opts.tiedParticipants - Required for qualifying_points: how many
+ *   participants share this finalPosition across the WHOLE sports season, not
+ *   just the ones that were drafted. Defaults to 1 (no tie).
+ */
+export function calculatePickPoints(
+  finalPosition: number,
+  scoringPattern: string | null | undefined,
+  rules: ScoringRules,
+  opts?: { bracketTemplateId?: string | null; tiedParticipants?: number }
+): number {
+  if (scoringPattern === "playoff_bracket") {
+    return calculateBracketPoints(finalPosition, rules, opts?.bracketTemplateId ?? null);
+  }
+  if (scoringPattern === "qualifying_points") {
+    return calculateSharedPlacementPoints(
+      finalPosition,
+      opts?.tiedParticipants ?? 1,
+      rules
+    );
+  }
+  return calculateFantasyPoints(finalPosition, rules);
+}
+
 /**
  * Get points array as a simple ordered list [1st, 2nd, 3rd, ..., 8th]
  * Useful for display purposes

app/models/standings.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { database } from "~/database/context";
 import * as schema from "~/database/schema";
 import { eq, and } from "drizzle-orm";
 import type { TeamStanding, TeamStandingSnapshot, TeamStandingWithChange } from "~/types/standings";
-import { calculateBracketPoints, calculateFantasyPoints } from "~/models/scoring-rules";
+import { calculatePickPoints } from "~/models/scoring-rules";
+import {
+  getSharedPlacementCounts,
+  lookupSharedPlacementCount,
+} from "~/models/participant-result";
 import { logger } from "~/lib/logger";
 import { getParticipantEV } from "./participant-expected-value";
 import { calculateEV } from "~/services/ev-calculator";
@@ -157,6 +161,14 @@ export async function getTeamScoreBreakdown(
     pointsFor8th: season.pointsFor8th,
   };
 
+  // Tie counts for qualifying_points picks, so a golfer tied for 8th is worth the
+  // split award here exactly as it is in calculateTeamScore. Counted across every
+  // participant in the sports season — an undrafted tie partner still halves it.
+  const sharedPlacementCounts = await getSharedPlacementCounts(
+    [...new Set(picks.map((p) => p.participant.sportsSeasonId))],
+    db
+  );
+
   // Cache bracket template IDs per sports season (same approach as calculateTeamScore)
   const bracketTemplateCache = new Map<string, string | null>();
   async function getBracketTemplate(sportsSeasonId: string): Promise<string | null> {
@@ -176,7 +188,7 @@ export async function getTeamScoreBreakdown(
   const pickBreakdown = await Promise.all(
     picks.map(async (pick) => {
       const result = pick.participant.results[0];
-      const isBracket = pick.participant.sportsSeason.scoringPattern === "playoff_bracket";
+      const pattern = pick.participant.sportsSeason.scoringPattern;
       let points = 0;
       let projectedPoints: number | null = null;
 
@@ -199,13 +211,17 @@ export async function getTeamScoreBreakdown(
       };
 
       if (result && result.finalPosition !== null && result.finalPosition > 0) {
-        // Calculate points using bracket-averaged scoring for bracket sports
+        points = calculatePickPoints(result.finalPosition, pattern, scoringRules, {
-        if (isBracket) {
+          bracketTemplateId:
-          const templateId = await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId);
+            pattern === "playoff_bracket"
-          points = calculateBracketPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules, templateId);
+              ? await getBracketTemplate(pick.participant.sportsSeasonId)
-        } else {
+              : null,
-          points = calculateFantasyPoints(result.finalPosition, scoringRules);
+          tiedParticipants: lookupSharedPlacementCount(
-        }
+            sharedPlacementCounts,
+            pick.participant.sportsSeasonId,
+            result.finalPosition
+          ),
+        });
 
         if (result.isPartialScore) {
           // Still alive with a floor position — use EV for projected since they can advance

app/routes/leagues/$leagueId.draft-board.$seasonId.tsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Button } from "~/components/ui/button";
 import { ArrowLeft } from "lucide-react";
 import logomarkUrl from "../../../public/logomark.svg?url";
 import { computeCoronaStates } from "~/lib/corona-states";
+import { getSharedPlacementCounts } from "~/models/participant-result";
 import type { CoronaState } from "~/components/draft/DraftPickCell";
 import type { Route } from "./+types/$leagueId.draft-board.$seasonId";
 
@@ -157,12 +158,19 @@ export async function loader(args: Route.LoaderArgs) {
       pointsFor8th: season.pointsFor8th,
     };
 
+    // Counted across every participant in each sports season, not just the
+    // drafted ones above — an undrafted player tied for the same placement still
+    // halves the award.
+    const sharedPlacementCountsBySportsSeason =
+      await getSharedPlacementCounts(sportsSeasonIds, db);
+
     coronaStates = computeCoronaStates(
       draftPicks,
       resultByParticipant,
       bracketTemplateBySportsSeason,
       scoringRules,
       season.pointsFor1st,
+      sharedPlacementCountsBySportsSeason,
     );
   }