Keep your best players across seasons. Contract years, price escalation & budget impact for any sport — MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA & more.
Everything you need to run your league the way you want.
Keeper leagues work across all eight supported sports — MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, NASCAR, NCAAF, NCAAB, and Soccer. One system, any sport.
Set max contract years. Players return to the draft pool when their contract expires. Track years kept per player automatically.
Flat dollar escalation or percentage-based. Keeper prices rise each year, making it costly to hoard elite talent.
Keeper prices count against your next auction draft budget. Strategic decisions — keep a bargain or let a pricey star go.
Set a deadline by which keepers must be declared. Lock keepers when ready — the roster persists into the next season as-is.
Auction drafts with open bidding, or traditional snake. Keeper costs subtract from your auction budget automatically.
A keeper fantasy league on Fantasy365 lets you retain a set number of players from your roster across seasons, with their keeper price counting against your next draft budget. Unlike a full dynasty league (where you keep your entire roster), keeper leagues let you choose a subset of players to keep — typically 3-6 — giving you continuity without the full commitment of a dynasty format. It's the most popular format for managers who want multi-season strategy without managing a 30+ player roster year-round.
Fantasy365's keeper system is fully configurable: your commissioner sets the max keepers, the price escalation type (flat dollars or percentage increase), the maximum contract years, and the keeper deadline. When you declare a keeper, their escalated price is deducted from your auction draft budget. After reaching the max contract years, the player returns to the draft pool — ensuring talent recirculates and the league stays competitive.
The benefits that make this format worth running for your league.
Plan ahead — keep your breakout stars and trade away aging veterans before they decline
Keeper prices count against your draft budget, rewarding smart drafting and value finds
Keeper costs rise each year, preventing one team from hoarding cheap talent forever
Players return to the pool after max years, keeping the league balanced
Commissioner controls max keepers, escalation type, deadline, and budget impact
Set a lock-in date so all keepers are declared before the draft
Different ways to use this format in your league.
This feature works across all 8 supported sports — pick yours and get started.
Create your league and enable the keeper system in league settings
Configure max keepers (e.g., 5), max contract years (e.g., 3), and price escalation (e.g., +$5/year)
Run your startup draft — snake or auction — to build your initial roster
At the end of each season, declare your keepers before the deadline
Your keeper prices are deducted from your next draft budget; the rest of the roster is redrafted
Keeper Fantasy League is available across all supported sports. Pick yours and get started.
A keeper league lets you retain a set number of players from season to season instead of redrafting from scratch. Fantasy365 supports full keeper contracts with price escalation, contract year limits, and budget impact for any sport.
The commissioner sets the max keepers per offseason (default 5). Each keeper's price counts against your next auction draft budget, so keeping too many expensive players limits your draft flexibility.
Choose flat (add a fixed dollar amount each year) or percentage (increase by a percentage each year). The escalated price is what counts against your next draft budget.
When a player reaches the max contract years (default 3), they return to the draft pool and can be drafted by any team. This prevents indefinite hoarding of elite talent.
Yes. Keeper leagues work across all eight supported sports — MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, NASCAR, NCAAF, NCAAB, and Soccer. Configure keeper rules per league.
Yes — sign up and create or join keeper leagues at no cost. Optional paid leagues and High Roller payout tiers are available for real-stakes competition.