The Ridge
A trophy that changes shape every year.
Commissioned in 2022 from a local metalworker. The brass crest is cut from the champion’s weekly scores, so no two plates, or skylines, match.
MATERIAL
Brass on black walnut.
4.1 kg. It has been dropped twice, both times by the runner-up.
PLATES
Twelve engraved, room for eight.
Engraved the week after the final. The champion pays for the plate.
CUSTODY
The champion keeps it for a year.
It must be at the next draft. Priya has brought it three times.
Records book
The numbers engraved nowhere, remembered everywhere.
Every season
Read how each plate was won.
2025
146.8–133.1
Priya’s third title, a league record.
2024
139.5–137.0
Dana’s second title, from a 3 am waiver claim.
2023
133.9–129.4
Ava’s first season and first title.
2022
158.3–141.2
The highest-scoring final in league history.
2021
128.4–120.1
The first 14-week season.
2020
144.7–131.3
Drafted over video call with three people on mute.
2019
136.1–125.0
The commissioner won his own league.
2018
119.6–118.7
The closest final ever, 0.9 points.
League notes
Written by winners, mostly.
Previews
Week 3 preview: the unbeatens meet the waiver wire
Commissioner’s Pets and The Hash Marks are the last two unbeaten teams. Neither plays the other this week, and both drew teams that just made big waiver claims.
Draft
The 2026 draft, graded by the person who finished last
As last season’s Wooden Spoon, Theo hosted the draft and, by tradition, writes the grades. He gave himself an A.
Draft
Draft night logistics: the projector, the snacks, the order
The 2026 draft is at Theo’s, 8:00 pm on Sunday August 30, with a projector and a 90-second clock per pick.