Bubble Chart Analysis
Understand Your Team
The bubble chart is one of RotoBlue's most powerful visualization tools. Built using the average stats of each team's active roster players, it shows your team's position in every scoring category at a glance.
What is a Bubble Chart?
Each column is a category. Each bubble is a rotissori point indicating your position in that category. Solid bubbles are rotissori points you own. Faded bubbles are points you can potentially take over. The size of each bubble indicates the difficulty: larger bubbles mean bigger leads that are harder to flip, while smaller bubbles indicate tight races.
Now let's look at three case studies that show how to use the bubble chart to make smarter fantasy decisions.
Case 1: Small Bubbles
Small bubbles mean close battles. These categories are where one roster move can flip a point. Focus your efforts here.
Case 2: Big Bubbles
Big bubbles mean the gap is hard to change. Large solid bubbles are excess resources—you're winning by more than needed. Large faded bubbles mean you're far behind and unlikely to catch up. Either way, focus your efforts elsewhere on categories with small bubbles.
Case 3: Pick the Battle
When a category has many large faded bubbles that are hard to flip and only 2-3 solid bubbles at the bottom, consider punting it altogether. Allocate those resources to fight categories with small bubbles where you can actually win.
To summarize: small bubbles reveal close battles where your efforts matter most. Large faded bubbles signal categories to punt—stop chasing and reallocate those resources. Large solid bubbles indicate excess strength that isn't improving your ranking—trade it away for gains elsewhere. Understanding these patterns transforms how you approach trades, waiver pickups, and roster construction.
Ready to see your own bubble chart? Try RotoBlue and navigate to the ROTO section to analyze your team's categorical position.