FAAB Waivers Explained
FAAB (Free Agent Acquisition Budget) gives each team a set budget to bid on free agents throughout the season using a blind bidding system.
When waivers process, the team with the highest bid wins the player.
Making a Bid
The default FAAB budget is $100, but commissioners can customize this amount however they’d like.
To make a waiver bid, go to the players tab and selects the Waiver icon next to a player. That will take you to the screen below. Then enter your bid amount.
Key things to know:
Bids are blind — other managers cannot see your bid amount
The highest bid wins when waivers process
The minimum bid is $0 by default (unless the commissioner changes this)
Editing or Reordering Bids
Once you've entered multiple waiver claims, you can view them under:
Team → Transactions
This section shows all pending claims for your team.
From here, you can:
Edit an existing bid
Cancel a claim
Reorder claims with the same bid amount
Waiver claim priority is determined first by bid amount.
You can only manually reorder claims if the bids are for the same amount.
Viewing Results
Once waivers process, the results will appear in:
Your league’s transaction history
Your league chat
To see full bidding details, tap the dollar amount next to the transaction.
This will show every bid submitted for that player:
FAAB Tiebreaker
If two or more teams submit the same bid, the tiebreaker is your league’s waiver priority, which functions like rolling waivers.
How it works:
Initial waiver priority is based on draft order
In dynasty leagues, it uses the most recent draft order
Teams that drafted later begin with better waiver priority
Example:
Team with the 1st overall pick starts with the worst priority
Team with the last pick starts with the best priority
After a successful waiver claim:
That team moves to the end of the waiver order
All other teams move up one spot
Free agent pickups do NOT affect waiver priority.
Owners can view their Waiver positions by:
Go to the League tab
Scroll down to Standings
The "Waiver" column shows the waiver position of each team
Commissioners can adjust waiver priority by:
Go to League Settings
Commish tools
Open Edit Wavier
Edit the waiver positions for the desired team.
Trading FAAB
FAAB can be traded between teams.
Keep in mind:
Your league’s FAAB budget acts as the maximum allowed balance.
If a team acquires more FAAB than the configured maximum, the balance may revert unless the commissioner first increases the league-wide FAAB limit.
Commissioners can adjust this in General League Settings:
$0 Bids
Sleeper allows $0 minimum bids by default, meaning teams can continue submitting claims even after spending their FAAB budget.
Commissioners can change this minimum in General League Settings:
Editing FAAB Budgets (Commissioner Only)
Commissioners can manually edit team FAAB budgets from commissioner settings in the mobile app.
FAAB budgets do not automatically reset or roll over between seasons.
If you'd like to reset balances, the commissioner will need to do so manually.
Invalid Waiver Claims
Sometimes you may notice a higher bid that did not win, marked as (Invalid).
This means the claim could not be completed for a valid reason.