Rolling waivers are a priority-order waiver system in which making a successful claim drops you to the bottom of the queue, so the order continuously rotates as the season goes on. The list is usually seeded worst-to-first by draft order, and every claim you win costs you your place near the top.

That trade-off is the whole strategy: burning your high priority on a marginal add leaves you behind everyone when the player who actually matters hits waivers three weeks later. Rolling waivers reward patience without requiring a budget to track.

Sleeper offers rolling waivers alongside reverse-standings priority, which resets weekly to favor the lowest-ranked teams, and FAAB, which replaces priority with blind budget bidding. The commissioner picks one system for the league, and the choice shapes how aggressively managers chase the wire.