Top 150: Fantasy Basketball Roto Rankings for 2018-2019

6 years ago by Trevor Crippen

Howdy fantasy basketball fans and fellow RotoBallers. Welcome back to another episode of our preseason rankings articles here at HQ. Below you'll find our top 150 overall player rankings for roto leagues. The NBA season is right around the corner, and RotoBaller continues to bring your our fantasy basketball rankings to help with your fantasy drafts. In case you missed it, you can find our other tiered rankings and analysis columns for head-to-head nin category formats:

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Intro

The most common type of fantasy basketball leagues are scored with head-to-head categories. In those leagues, a strong strategy involves concentrating your player's weaknesses into a few categories -- punting them -- so you can find surplus value in the other categories and dominate them on a week-to-week basis. Thus players with extreme strengths and extreme weaknesses have outstanding value in H2H leagues -- like Russell Westbrook with his insane counting stats and bad FG% and turnover totals, or Andre Drummond with his big time rebounding and terrible FT%. You can quarantine their weaknesses to become unbeatable in their strengths.

Roto leagues don't work like that. Selecting Dwight Howard and dropping from middle of the pack to dead last in FT% to jump from 3rd best in rebounds to 1st place isn't worth the tradeoff like it can be in H2H leagues. Instead, it's better to select players who brings balanced value across as many categories as possible without extreme weaknesses.

My philosophies in determining these roto rankings can be found in a prior post on scoring systems in fantasy basketball. In short, I have downgraded players with huge weaknesses in any one category, while I have upgraded players with a balanced stat line who don't have the individual category strengths that help them shine in H2H.

I have also taken into account the tendency of lower ranked teams not to max out their counting stats, which means you'll be competing with them in the percentages, but not counting stats -- so I've placed a little more weight on players who are a net positive in combined impact of FG% and FT%. Finally, I find assists and blocks can be particularly tricky to find without selecting players who are inefficient in categories -- so I like to put a little more weight on early picks who will deliver in those areas without poor percentages or a high turnover count. It's a little easier to find the other stats later, and to play catch-up in the regular season.

Without further ado, here are my 2018-19 fantasy basketball roto league rankings.

Fantasy Basketball Roto Rankings - Top 150

Rank	Player	Team	Positions	AVG ADP
1	Anthony Davis	NOR	PF,C	1.7
2	Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	C	6
3	James Harden	HOU	PG,SG	3
4	Kevin Durant	GSW	SF,PF	6.3
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	SF,PF	2.7
6	Stephen Curry	GSW	PG,SG	7
7	Nikola Jokic	DEN	PF,C	9.3
8	LeBron James	LAL	SF,PF	3.7
9	Kawhi Leonard	TOR	SG,SF	11.7
10	Damian Lillard	POR	PG	10.3
11	Paul George	OKC	SG,SF	19.3
12	Victor Oladipo	IND	PG,SG	16.3
13	Jimmy Butler	MIN	SG,SF	20.3
14	Ben Simmons	PHI	PG,SF	12.3
15	Chris Paul	HOU	PG	22.3
16	Kyrie Irving	BOS	PG,SG	18.7
17	Joel Embiid	PHI	PF,C	14.3
18	Russell Westbrook	OKC	PG	6.3
19	Rudy Gobert	UTH	C	31.7
20	Jrue Holiday	NOR	PG,SG	26.3
21	Khris Middleton	MIL	SG,SF	33.3
22	Otto Porter Jr.	WAS	SF,PF	57
23	Kevin Love	CLE	PF,C	26.3
24	Bradley Beal	WAS	SG	27.3
25	John Wall	WAS	PG	15.3
26	Kemba Walker	CHA	PG	21.7
27	Kyle Lowry	TOR	PG	19.3
28	Tobias Harris	LAC	SF,PF	46.3
29	Donovan Mitchell	UTH	PG,SG	22.3
30	LaMarcus Aldridge	SAS	PF,C	29.3
31	Eric Bledsoe	MIL	PG,SG	47
32	CJ McCollum	POR	PG,SG	33
33	Josh Richardson	MIA	PG,SG,SF	97.7
34	Deandre Ayton	PHO	C,PF	41.3
35	Draymond Green	GSW	PF,C	29
36	Andre Drummond	DET	PF,C	17.3
37	Clint Capela	HOU	PF,C	39.3
38	Devin Booker	PHO	PG,SG	24
39	Marc Gasol	MEM	C	37
40	Gary Harris	DEN	SG,SF	75.7
41	Jamal Murray	DEN	PG,SG	62.3
42	Klay Thompson	GSW	SG,SF	39.3
43	Robert Covington	PHI	SF,PF	93
44	Myles Turner	IND	PF,C	63
45	John Collins	ATL	PF,C	52.3
46	Jarrett Allen	BKN	PF,C	87
47	Mike Conley	MEM	PG	46
48	Al Horford	BOS	PF,C	46.7
49	DeMar DeRozan	SAS	SG,SF	24.3
50	Gordon Hayward	BOS	SG,SF	41.3
51	Nikola Vucevic	ORL	PF,C	53
52	Jayson Tatum	BOS	SF,PF	41.7
53	Taurean Prince	ATL	SF	101
54	Kyle Anderson	MEM	SG,SF,PF	119
55	Jeff Teague	MIN	PG	69.7
56	Jonas Valanciunas	TOR	C	73
57	Nikola Mirotic	NOR	SF,PF	87.7
58	Enes Kanter	NYK	C	68.3
59	Will Barton	DEN	SG,SF	64.7
60	Lou Williams	LAC	PG,SG	54.7
61	Aaron Gordon	ORL	SF,PF	48.7
62	Joe Ingles	UTH	SG,SF	92.7
63	Nicolas Batum	CHA	SG,SF	79.3
64	Kris Dunn	CHI	PG,SG	87.7
65	Buddy Hield	SAC	SG	115
66	Jonathan Isaac	ORL	PF,SF	143.7
67	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	PF	114.3
68	Ricky Rubio	UTH	PG	59.3
69	Brook Lopez	MIL	C	95
70	Darren Collison	IND	PG,SG	100.7
71	Lonzo Ball	LAL	PG	67.7
72	Hassan Whiteside	MIA	C	60
73	Larry Nance Jr.	CLE	PF,C	129
74	Tyreke Evans	IND	PG,SG	103
75	Luka Doncic	DAL	PG,SG	62.7
76	Tim Hardaway Jr.	NYK	SG,SF	83.3
77	Lauri Markkanen	CHI	PF,SG	61.7
78	Paul Millsap	DEN	PF,C	55.3
79	Julius Randle	NOR	PF,C	54
80	Evan Fournier	ORL	SG,SF	92.3
81	JJ Redick	PHI	SG	110.3
82	Allen Crabbe	BKN	SG,SF	142.7
83	Blake Griffin	DET	PF,C	35
84	Serge Ibaka	TOR	PF,C	99.7
85	Dario Saric	PHI	PF,C,SF	80.7
86	Steven Adams	OKC	C	72.3
87	Brandon Ingram	LAL	SG,SF	65.7
88	Cedi Osman	CLE	SF,PF	179
89	Jordan Bell	GSW	PF,C	122.7
90	Jusuf Nurkic	POR	C	78
91	Dewayne Dedmon	ATL	C	146.5
92	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	BKN	SF,PF	103.3
93	Trevor Ariza	PHO	SG,SF	140.7
94	Malcolm Brogdon	MIL	PG,SG	130
95	Thaddeus Young	IND	SF,PF	127.3
96	Rudy Gay	SAS	SF,PF	128.3
97	Goran Dragic	MIA	PG,SG	54.3
98	D'Angelo Russell	BKN	PG,SG	74.7
99	Wendell Carter Jr.	CHI	C	100
100	Jeremy Lamb	CHA	SG,SF	135
101	Derrick White	SAS	PG	#DIV/0!
102	Zach LaVine	CHI	PG,SG	66.7
103	Harrison Barnes	DAL	SF,PF	68.3
104	Jabari Parker	CHI	SF,PF	77.3
105	Andrew Wiggins	MIN	SG,SF	61.7
106	DeAndre Jordan	DAL	C	42.7
107	Josh Hart	LAL	SG,SF	160.7
108	Mario Hezonja	NYK	SG,SF	144
109	Danilo Gallinari	LAC	SF,PF	132.7
110	Bogdan Bogdanovic	SAC	SG,SF	140.7
111	Montrezl Harrell	LAC	PF,C	149
112	Willie Cauley-Stein	SAC	PF,C	96
113	Derrick Favors	UTH	PF,C	119
114	Kelly Olynyk	MIA	PF,C	144
115	James Johnson	MIA	SF,PF	111.3
116	Jerami Grant	OKC	SF,PF	122.5
117	Dennis Smith Jr.	DAL	PG,SG	57.3
118	Eric Gordon	HOU	SG	110.3
119	Elfrid Payton	NOR	PG	81.7
120	Trae Young	ATL	PG	75
121	Caris Levert	BKN	SF,SG	152.3
122	Jakob Poeltl	SAS	C,PF	167
123	DeMarcus Cousins	GSW	PF,C	97
124	Fred Vanvleet	TOR	PG	163.7
125	Trey Burke	NYK	PG	150.7
126	Pascal Siakam	TOR	PF	197
127	Kent Bazemore	ATL	SG,SF	141
128	Jaylen Brown	BOS	SG,SF	99.3
129	Terry Rozier	BOS	PG,SG	138.7
130	Malik Monk	CHA	SG,SF	180
131	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	LAL	SG,SF	143.3
132	Marvin Bagley III	SAC	PF	95.3
133	Markelle Fultz	PHI	PG,SG	111.3
134	TJ Warren	PHO	SF	115.7
135	Al-Farouq Aminu	POR	SF,PF	158
136	Taj Gibson	MIN	PF,C	127.7
137	Reggie Bullock	DET	SG,SF	#DIV/0!
138	Maurice Harkless	POR	SF	#DIV/0!
139	Kelly Oubre Jr.	WAS	SF	157
140	Joe Harris	BKN	SG,SF	183
141	De'Aaron Fox	SAC	PG	90.3
142	Mohamed Bamba	ORL	C	117.7
143	Carmelo Anthony	HOU	SF,PF	99
144	Reggie Jackson	DET	PG,SG	112.3
145	Markieff Morris	WAS	PF,C	154
146	Spencer Dinwiddie	BKN	PG	149
147	Bam Adebayo	MIA	PF,C	181
148	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	C	175
149	JaVale McGee	LAL	C	140.3
150	Patrick Beverley	LAC	PG,SG	168