Fanatics Sportsbook Fair Play Max: What It Is & How It Works
Fanatics Sportsbook Fair Play Max
Fanatics Sportsbook has long offered Fair Play protection on users' bets, granting bet protection when players are injured and replaced, subbed out of a game, and more. New for 2026, though, Fanatics has unveiled Fair Play Max, a protection proposition that includes three different bet protection methods across multiple sports.
Fanatics Sportsbook arguably has the best bet protection proposition of any online sportsbook. Why? First of all, their three-feature package compares favorably to most other sportsbooks that include only one or two features on the list. Another reason is that Fanatics offers injury protection and forward progress protection for the entire game when most sportsbooks only offer protection for the 1st half of a game.
Here are the three methods of bet protection offered by Fanatics Sportsbook with Fair Play Max:
1. Full Game Injury Protection
Get your stake back in cash if the NBA or NFL player in your prop bet is injured in the 1st half and doesn't return; get your stake back in FanCash if he/she leaves the game in the 2nd half.
2. Forward Progress Protection
If you hit the over on your NFL prop bet, but the player picks up negative yardage and eventually go back under the stat projection, your bet disregards the negative yards and settles as a win
3. Stat Saver
If your NBA prop bet wins but the league applies a stat correction that makes your bet a loss, Fanatics will disregard the stat correction and your bet will settle as a win
Turnover: 1x bonus amount
Min Bet: $1
Lowest odds: -200
Bonus code: N/A
Here's what Fair Play Max offers each eligible sport on Fanatics Sportsbook:
- NFL: Full Game Injury Protection & Forward Progress Protection
- NBA: Full Game Injury Protection & Stat Saver
- WNBA: 1st Half Injury Protection
- MLB: Injury Protection
- Pitcher: Starts + Throws a Pitch, Leaves Injured Before 9 Batters Faced
- Batter: Starts + Makes a Plate Appearance, Leaves Before 2nd Plate Appearance
- NHL: 1st Period Injury Protection
- Pro Soccer: 1st Half Injury or Substitution Protection
- Pro Tennis: Early Injury or Retirement Protection
- Pro Golf: Any Round Injury or Withdrawal Protection
Want to make sure Fair Play Max applies to your bets? Here's what you have to do: Nothing! Fair Play Max automatically applies to eligible bets, so you can place your prop bets like you normally would and rest easy knowing you'll either win your bet or get your stake back if your player leaves the game of if a stat correction is applied.
Mark is a lifelong sports fan who inherited rooting interests in the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers. After a decade in sports media covering sports betting as a writer, editor and producer, Mark brought his long track record of sports experience to the Sportsbooks Online team in early 2025.
