Detroit Pistons
0 roto titles · 75 seasons (1951-52–2025-26) · FTW → DET
No Roto Champ title has reached the Detroit Pistons yet. The nearest miss came in 1952-53, 2nd of 10, the best of 75 seasons. They have finished in the top three five times without ever closing it out. Their average finish is 14.0 all time, against 23.1 over the last ten seasons, a steep fall from the franchise norm.
The best single roto season in franchise history belongs to Bob Lanier in 1973-74, worth a 14.7 z-score. He owns 7 of the franchise’s 50 best seasons outright. The All-Franchise Team below is strictly positional, which is hard on Larry Foust, Jalen Duren and Greg Monroe: each rates above somebody who made a team, but every slot at their position was already spoken for.
Roto championships
No Roto Champ titles yet. Their best finishes are in the graph below.
Roto finish by season
Where Detroit Pistons placed in each season’s Roto Champ standings (1st at the top). Gold dots are championship seasons; hover a point for detail.
Season by season
Where they finished each year, with a link to that season’s qualifying roster (top 10 by minutes).
| Season | Finish | Roster |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 10th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2024-25 | 11th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2023-24 | 30th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2022-23 | 30th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2021-22 | 28th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2020-21 | 26th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2019-20 | 27th of 30 | View roster → |
| 2018-19 | 26th of 30 | View roster → |
All-Franchise Team
Detroit Pistons’ all-time First, Second, and Third teams by z-score: 2 guards, 2 forwards, a center.
🏆 First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Who just missed
- CLarry Foustposition full6 seasons28.4
- CJalen Durenposition full4 seasons26.3
- F-CGreg Monroeposition full5 seasons25.7
- FTerry Tylerposition full7 seasons25.0
- FJerry Stackhouse5 seasons24.2
- GGene Shue6 seasons23.5
- FTobias Harris4 seasons23.4
- C-FTerry Mills6 seasons19.6
- FKelly Tripucka5 seasons18.1
- FDennis Rodman7 seasons17.7
Closest to making it, by z-score. Position full: rated above someone who did make a team, but every slot at their position was already taken.
Best roto seasons
The franchise’s top individual player-seasons by z-score, all-time.
| # | Player | Season | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DET1973-74 | 14.7 | |
22.5PTS13.3REB4.2AST1.4STL3.0BLK–3PM50.4%FG%79.7%FT%–TO | |||
| 2 | DET1974-75 | 14.1 | |
24.0PTS12.0REB4.6AST1.0STL2.3BLK–3PM51.0%FG%80.2%FT%–TO | |||
| 3 | DET1976-77 | 11.1 | |
25.3PTS11.6REB3.3AST1.1STL2.0BLK–3PM53.4%FG%81.8%FT%–TO | |||
| 4 | DET2005-06 | 11.0 | |
18.5PTS3.1REB8.6AST0.9STL0.1BLK2.33PM41.8%FG%89.4%FT%2.1TO | |||
| 5 | DET2007-08 | 10.2 | |
17.0PTS2.7REB6.8AST1.3STL0.2BLK1.83PM44.8%FG%91.8%FT%2.1TO | |||
| 6 | DET1984-85 | 9.8 | |
21.2PTS4.5REB13.9AST2.3STL0.3BLK0.43PM45.8%FG%80.9%FT%3.7TO | |||
| 7 | DET2024-25 | 9.8 | |
26.1PTS6.1REB9.1AST1.0STL0.8BLK2.13PM46.9%FG%84.6%FT%4.4TO | |||
| 8 | DET1999-00 | 9.8 | |
25.8PTS6.6REB5.2AST1.4STL0.6BLK0.53PM48.9%FG%79.5%FT%3.2TO | |||
| 9 | DET2025-26 | 9.7 | |
19.5PTS10.5REB2.0AST0.8STL0.8BLK0.03PM65.0%FG%74.7%FT%1.9TO | |||
| 10 | DET2001-02 | 9.5 | |
7.6PTS13.0REB1.4AST1.7STL3.5BLK0.03PM53.1%FG%42.3%FT%0.9TO | |||
| 11 | DET1982-83 | 9.4 | |
22.9PTS4.0REB7.8AST2.5STL0.4BLK0.43PM47.2%FG%71.0%FT%4.0TO | |||
| 12 | DET2025-26 | 9.2 | |
23.9PTS5.5REB9.9AST1.4STL0.8BLK2.03PM46.1%FG%81.2%FT%3.7TO | |||
