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Fantasy basketball ranking types explained

Added 2025-08-29 23:57:35 +0000 UTC

Hey all - as people are starting to import their leagues, I wanted to give a quick reminder of the ranking types available for category leagues.

Standard: The formula that calculates rankings based on your selected categories and weighting
H2H: The same as standard, except it puts a floor on how low a negative category can go (the floor is set to -2)
Minus 1: which is the same as standard, except it removes the player's worst category

Standard is typically a great option for roto leagues, but only ~10% of leagues are roto leagues, so it's a bit of an outdated measurement since it doesn't factor in punting that is part of playing in H2H leagues.

Using Giannis as an example, here's how he ranks using the 3 different ranking types on my projections:

Standard: 26th
H2H: 5th
Minus 1: 4th

The best option to use for H2H leagues in my opinion, is the H2H ranking type, which is now the default option when viewing most of the tools on the website, and will be the default ranking type when you now import a H2H category league.

You can change the default ranking type at any time via the settings page for your imported league for those who prefer a different ranking type, and for those who want to change an already imported league to H2H or Minus 1: