We offer several different waiver settings, and choosing the right setup is important so your league knows exactly when players will lock, go to waivers, and become free agents again.
One important note before getting started: offseason waivers for keeper and dynasty
leagues may require a different setup than regular season waivers.
Regular Season Waivers
There are a few key settings that determine how waivers work during the regular season.
After Games Waiver Clear
This is one of the most important waiver settings.
It determines when players become available again after they have played in a game.
For example, if a player's game begins on Thursday night, they will lock at kickoff and remain on waivers until your selected waiver clear day.
So if your league uses Tue After Day, that player would remain on waivers until 12:05 a.m. PST on Wednesday.
We recommend using this option to prevent players from being added while games are in progress.
Time Players Are On Waivers After Drop
This setting allows you to choose how many days (if any) a player will spend on waivers before they can clear.
For example, f you select 2 Days, a dropped player will remain on waivers for 47 hours before becoming available. If any claims were submitted for that player, they would be process in the 48th hour.
We typically recommend using the 1 or 2-day option.
Sleeper 24- Hour Rule
We also have a default platform rule to prevent waiver abuse.
Any player added via free agency must be rostered for at least 24 hours before being dropped. If they are dropped before that window expires, they will return directly to free agency instead of going to waivers.
This helps prevent managers from rapidly cycling through multiple players before kickoff (for example, Sunday morning adds/drops), making those players unavailable to everyone else.
How These Settings Work Together
For most leagues, the combination of:
Time Players Are on Waivers After Drop
creates the most common waiver setup.
In this setup:
Players remain available as free agents until their individual games begin
Once their game starts, they lock and move to waivers
Waivers process on your selected waiver clear day
Players become available again after processing
This creates the familiar weekly waiver cycle that many fantasy leagues use.
If your league wants more control, Custom Daily Waivers lets you set waiver behavior for each individual day of the week.
Available options:
FA
All players are available on a first-come, first-served basis for the full day.
The exception would be players who were recently dropped, if your Time Players Are On Waivers After Drop setting is enabled.
Waivers
All players remain on waivers for the full day.
They will process at your selected waiver processing time, then immediately return to waivers again for at least the remainder of that day.
Locked
No players can be added via waivers or free agency for the entire day.
Waivers → FA
Players remain on waivers until your selected processing time.
Once waivers process, all eligible players become free agents for the rest of the day.
Custom Daily Waivers are most commonly used in dynasty or keeper leagues, especially during the offseason.
Playoff Waivers
If you've made it this far, your league is probably heading into the playoffs 👀
Playoff waivers work a bit differently than regular season waivers.
Because league standings no longer update during the playoffs, Reverse Standings waiver priority is no longer available.
Instead, playoff leagues will use:
FAAB
Rolling Waivers
or in some cases, a combination of both
With Rolling Waivers, every successful claim moves that team to the back of the waiver order, allowing the next team to move up in priority.
Good luck in your playoffs and your pursuit to the championship!
