Free basketball rotation planner

Plan fair playing time for 5 to 20 players, shift by shift, with the rules you need and a printable bench sheet.

Basketball rotation planner

Get a fair substitution plan for any roster size, shift by shift, ready to print for the bench.

Showing the worked example: 9 players, four 8-minute quarters, subs at the half of each quarter. Change any value to use your own.

How many players?

Game format

Add player names (optional)

Player names, one per line

They print on your sheet. Names stay in this tab only: they aren't sent anywhere, saved in your draft, or saved with a team.

More options: title and player rules

Title for the printout (optional)

“Must play” and “Out” are hard rules. Minimums round up and maximums round down to whole shifts.

Player	Min	Max	Q1 8:00–4:00	Q1 4:00–0:00	Q2 8:00–4:00	Q2 4:00–0:00	Q3 8:00–4:00	Q3 4:00–0:00	Q4 8:00–4:00	Q4 4:00–0:00
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Player 4
Player 5
Player 6
Player 7
Player 8
Player 9

Result

Rotation

9 players · 8 shifts of 4 min

4 players get 5 shifts (20 min), 5 players get 4 shifts (16 min).

Who is on the floor in each shift. A filled cell means the player is in.
Player	Q1		Q2		Q3		Q4		Min
Player	Q1 8:00–4:00, starts 8:00	Q1 4:00–0:00, starts 4:00	Q2 8:00–4:00, starts 8:00	Q2 4:00–0:00, starts 4:00	Q3 8:00–4:00, starts 8:00	Q3 4:00–0:00, starts 4:00	Q4 8:00–4:00, starts 8:00	Q4 4:00–0:00, starts 4:00	Min
Player 1	In	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	20
Player 2	In	Out	In	In	Out	In	Out	In	20
Player 3	In	Out	In	Out	In	In	Out	In	20
Player 4	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	In	20
Player 5	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	16
Player 6	Out	In	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	16
Player 7	Out	In	Out	In	In	Out	In	Out	16
Player 8	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	In	Out	16
Player 9	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	Out	In	16

More: substitution calls, edit lineups, minutes, game changed?

4 players get 5 shifts (20 min), 5 players get 4 shifts (16 min). There are 40 player-shifts (5 on the floor × 8 shifts) for 9 players, and a shift can't be split, so exactly equal minutes aren't possible. This is as even as the game allows.

Shift 1 · Q1 8:00–4:00
On floor: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 5
Shift 2 · Q1 4:00–0:00
On floor: Player 1, Player 6, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9
In: Player 6, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9 · Out: Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 5
Shift 3 · Q2 8:00–4:00
On floor: Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 5, Player 6
In: Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 5 · Out: Player 1, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9
Shift 4 · Q2 4:00–0:00
On floor: Player 1, Player 2, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9
In: Player 1, Player 7, Player 8, Player 9 · Out: Player 3, Player 4, Player 5, Player 6
Shift 5 · Q3 8:00–4:00
On floor: Player 3, Player 4, Player 5, Player 6, Player 7
In: Player 3, Player 4, Player 5, Player 6 · Out: Player 1, Player 2, Player 8, Player 9
Shift 6 · Q3 4:00–0:00
On floor: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 8, Player 9
In: Player 1, Player 2, Player 8, Player 9 · Out: Player 4, Player 5, Player 6, Player 7
Shift 7 · Q4 8:00–4:00
On floor: Player 4, Player 5, Player 6, Player 7, Player 8
In: Player 4, Player 5, Player 6, Player 7 · Out: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 9
Shift 8 · Q4 4:00–0:00
On floor: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 9
In: Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 9 · Out: Player 5, Player 6, Player 7, Player 8

Minutes by player

Player	Shifts	Minutes	Longest on	Longest rest
Player 1	5	20	2	1
Player 2	5	20	2	1
Player 3	5	20	2	1
Player 4	5	20	2	1
Player 5	4	16	1	1
Player 6	4	16	2	1
Player 7	4	16	2	1
Player 8	4	16	2	1
Player 9	4	16	1	1

Game changed?

Keep the shifts already played as they happened, mark a player out, and replan the rest.

Shifts already played

Player out from here on

How this works

Five players are on the floor every shift. The planner finds the lineups that split playing time as evenly as your rules allow (it minimizes the spread of shifts per player, and proves no more even plan exists). Required and out shifts, minimums and maximums are hard rules: if they can't all be met, it tells you which one breaks instead of bending it. Minimums round up and maximums round down to whole shifts, and the plan says when that happens.

5 to 20 players, up to 16 shifts per game
Equal-length shifts; substitutions happen at shift changes
Player names are optional and stay in this tab: they print on the sheet but are never saved in your draft or with a team
No positions, foul trouble or overtime rules yet

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