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Badges are facts about past picks, given by published rules. A badge is not a recommendation.

The rule

One per forecaster, shown on the profile: the correct straight-up pick with the lowest market chance (below 50%).

Holders now
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Picks that count. Picks we recorded before kickoff; picks whose time before kickoff was set by the publishing platform (timestamped by the publishing platform) or shown by a web archive copy of the page (archive record); and, for ESPN, CBS Sports and NFL.com, picks read after the game where the outlet's own published record for that expert matches our recount (per the outlet's published record). Any other pick read after the game can only lower a record, and any known loss ends a run.

Holders

Current holders. Each badge links to the picks behind it.
HolderBadgeSinceShare
Mookie Alexander
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Shawn C
Daily Norseman		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Matthew Warren
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Brooke Cersosimo
NFL.com		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jared Mueller
Dawgs By Nature		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ryan Wilson
CBS Sports		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Mike Clay
ESPN		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Mitch Goldich
Sports Illustrated		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Pamela Maldonado
ESPN		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Alexis Chassen
Bleeding Green Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Anthony DelGenio
Big Blue View		Best call: BAL over ATL · Week 5 · market 39.2%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
John Whiticar
Pride of Detroit		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ezweav
Dawgs By Nature		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jeremy Bergman
NFL.com		Best call: CHI over PHI · Week 3 · market 36.6%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
John Breech
CBS Sports		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Bobby Kownack
NFL.com		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)		Oct 12, 2026Card
GA Skol
Daily Norseman		Best call: BAL over ATL · Week 5 · market 39.2%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Sam Buegler
Daily Norseman		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ben Solak
ESPN		Best call: CHI over PHI · Week 3 · market 36.6%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 13, 2026Card
Jared Mueller
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Bill Williamson
Silver And Black Pride		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Dan Graziano
ESPN		Best call: LV over LAC · Week 2 · market 27.4%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Warren Ludford
Daily Norseman		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Curtiss Brown
Dawgs By Nature		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Chris Pflum
Big Blue View		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jeremy Fowler
ESPN		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 13, 2026Card
Seth Wickersham
ESPN		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Barry Shuck
Dawgs By Nature		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jonny Page
Bleeding Green Nation		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Dave Richard
CBS Sports		Best call: LV over LAC · Week 2 · market 27.4%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Matt Holder
Silver And Black Pride		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ray Aspuria
Silver And Black Pride		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Dave Mangels
Bleeding Green Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Kalyn Kahler
ESPN		Best call: CAR over DET · Week 4 · market 38.2%
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)		Oct 12, 2026Card
William Lafever
Gridiron Experts		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Eric Thompson
Daily Norseman		Best call: BAL over ATL · Week 5 · market 39.2%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Gennaro Filice
NFL.com		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS Sports		Best call: CIN over HOU · Week 2 · market 42.6%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Eva Geitheim
Sports Illustrated		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
James McKinney
The Phinsider		Best call: GB over CHI · Week 5 · market 45.5%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Matt Bowen
ESPN		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
justin Pratt
Gridiron Experts		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Brandon Lee Gowton
Bleeding Green Nation		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
James Dator
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Christopher Gates
Daily Norseman		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Eric Moody
ESPN		Best call: DAL over HOU · Week 4 · market 41.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jeremy Reisman
Pride of Detroit		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Pete Prisco
CBS Sports		Best call: BAL over ATL · Week 5 · market 39.2%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Brandon Knapp
Pride of Detroit		Best call: BAL over ATL · Week 5 · market 39.2%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Albert Breer
Sports Illustrated		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ben Natan
Bleeding Green Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Tyler Sullivan
CBS Sports		Best call: SF over LAR · Week 1 · market 36.1%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Mark Schofield
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Lindsey Thiry
ESPN		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Ricky O'Donnell
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Anthony Balaj
Pride of Detroit		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jared Dubin
CBS Sports		Best call: CIN over HOU · Week 2 · market 42.6%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
Dan Parr
NFL.com		Best call: LV over NO · Week 3 · market 38.5%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
R.J. Ochoa
SB Nation		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card
Jason Reid
ESPN		Best call: LV over LAC · Week 2 · market 27.4%
Matches the outlet's published record		Oct 12, 2026Card
James Bryer
Gridiron Experts		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Marek Brave
The Phinsider		Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%
Timestamped before kickoff (platform)		Oct 12, 2026Card
Erik Schlitt
Pride of Detroit		Best call: BUF over LAR · Week 5 · market 38.8%
Recorded before kickoff		Oct 12, 2026Card

How common

Held now by 63 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.

Our chance check (Oct 12, 2026): the same picks, with every game's score drawn again at random around the market line, 40 times. If a badge shows up about as often by chance as in the real record, it is a fact about the past, not a sign of skill.

Best call: real record vs chanceBest call: held by 27 of 41 qualifying forecasters in the real record; by chance about 32.4 on average.Best call041by chance ≈32.4real record 27
Chance check: 27 of 41 qualifying forecasters held it in the real record; with every score drawn again at random around the market line, 32.4 on average (≈8 in 10 get it by chance).Oct 13, 2026, 40 runs; picks recorded or timestamped before kickoff. Filled dot — real record, open circle — chance. Holders now are listed above.
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Every variant and data layer of the chance check.
VariantPicks usedQualifyingHeld, real recordHeld by chance, average
Best callpicks recorded or timestamped before kickoff412732.4
Best callall picks, including those read after the game826068.8
Best call — Hunchmeter badge for NFL forecasters, 2026: held now by 63 forecasters — Hunchmeter
Share this badge Copy link (the address of this badge) · Download card. To quote this badge:Best call — a Hunchmeter badge for NFL forecasters: One per forecaster, shown on the profile: the correct straight-up pick with the lowest market chance (below 50%). Held now by 63 forecasters. https://hunchmeter.com/titles/best-call/ Each holder's own card is in the Share column of the table above.

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