# List of Colorado Rapids seasons

The Colorado Rapids are a professional American soccer team based in the Denver metropolitan area. They joined Major League Soccer (MLS) as one of the league's charter franchises when it was founded in 1996.

## Seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Position | Position | Playoffs | USOC | Continental | Continental | Average attendance | Top goalscorer(s) | Top goalscorer(s) |
| Season | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. | Overall | Playoffs | USOC | CCL | LC | Average attendance | Name(s) | Goals |
| 1996 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 29 | 0.92 | 5th | 10th | DNQ | SF | DNE | NH | 10,213 | Jean Harbor | 11 |
| 1997 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 38 | 1.19 | 4th | 7th | RU | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 11,835 | Paul Bravo | 13 |
| 1998 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 62 | 69 | –7 | 37 | 1.38 | 3rd | 5th | QF | DNE | PR | NH | 14,812 | Wolde Harris | 13 |
| 1999 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 39 | –1 | 48 | 1.50 | 4th | 5th | QF | RU | DNQ | NH | 14,029 | Jorge Dely Valdés | 10 |
| 2000 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 43 | 1.34 | 3rd | 8th | QF | R2 | DNQ | NH | 12,580 | Junior Agogo | 10 |
| 2001 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 23 | 0.88 | 4th | 11th | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | NH | 16,481 | John Spencer | 14 |
| 2002 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 48 | –5 | 43 | 1.54 | 4th | 4th | SF | QF | DNQ | NH | 20,690 | Chris Carrieri Mark Chung | 12 |
| 2003 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 45 | –5 | 40 | 1.33 | 3rd | 6th | QF | QF | DNQ | NH | 16,772 | John Spencer | 14 |
| 2004 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 32 | –3 | 41 | 1.37 | 3rd | 5th | QF | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 14,195 | Peguero Jean Philippe | 8 |
| 2005 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 45 | 1.41 | 3rd | 7th | SF | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 16,638 | Jeff Cunningham | 13 |
| 2006 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 49 | –13 | 41 | 1.28 | 4th | 7th | SF | QF | DNQ | NH | 12,056 | Nicolás Hernández | 8 |
| 2007 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 34 | –5 | 35 | 1.17 | 4th | 10th | DNQ | R2 | DNQ | NH | 14,749 | Jovan Kirovski | 7 |
| 2008 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 45 | –1 | 38 | 1.27 | 4th | 9th | DNQ | QR3 | DNQ | NH | 13,659 | Conor Casey | 12 |
| 2009 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | 1.33 | 6th | 9th | DNQ | QR2 | DNQ | NH | 13,018 | Conor Casey | 16 |
| 2010 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 46 | 1.53 | 5th | 7th | W | QR3 | DNQ | NH | 14,329 | Conor Casey | 15 |
| 2011 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 49 | 1.44 | 5th | 7th | QF | QR2 | GS | NH | 14,838 | Jeff Larentowicz | 8 |
| 2012 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 44 | 50 | –6 | 37 | 1.09 | 7th | 14th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 15,175 | Jaime Castrillón | 8 |
| 2013 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 | 1.50 | 5th | 8th | R1 | R3 | DNQ | NH | 15,440 | Deshorn Brown | 10 |
| 2014 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 32 | 0.94 | 8th | 17th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 15,082 | Deshorn Brown | 13 |
| 2015 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 37 | 1.09 | 10th | 19th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 15,657 | Kevin Doyle Dillon Serna | 5 |
| 2016 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 58 | 1.71 | 2nd | 2nd | SF | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 16,278 | Shkëlzen Gashi | 10 |
| 2017 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 31 | 51 | − 20 | 33 | 0.97 | 10th | 20th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | NH | 15,322 | Dominique Badji | 10 |
| 2018 | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 31 | 0.91 | 11th | 21st | DNQ | R4 | GS | NH | 15,333 | Dominique Badji | 7 |
| 2019 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 42 | 1.24 | 9th | 16th | DNQ | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 14,284 | Kei Kamara | 14 |
| 2020 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 28 | 1.56 | 5th | 10th | R1 | NH | DNQ | NH | 13,062 | Cole Bassett Jonathan Lewis | 5 |
| 2021 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 61 | 1.79 | 1st | 2nd | QF | NH | DNQ | DNQ | 12,014 | Michael Barrios | 8 |
| 2022 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 57 | –11 | 43 | 1.26 | 10th | 18th | DNQ | Ro32 | Ro16 | DNQ | 14,473 | Diego Rubio | 16 |
| 2023 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 54 | –28 | 27 | 0.79 | 14th | 28th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | GS | 15,409 | Cole Bassett | 6 |
| 2024 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 50 | 1.47 | 7th | 12th | R1 | DNE | DNQ | 3rd | 15,686 | Rafael Navarro | 15 |
| Total | 918 | 333 | 387 | 198 | 1,209 | 1,369 | -160 | 1,173 | 1.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Conor Casey | 53 |