List of Colorado Rapids seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Colorado Rapids in North American soccer competitions from 1996, when the club was formed, to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitive competitions.

Key

Key to competitions

• Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
• U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914.
• CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier club competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.
• Leagues Cup (LC) – The premier club competition between MLS and Liga MX, first contested in 2019.

Key to colors and symbols

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
Last	Wooden Spoon
♦	MLS Golden Boot
	Highest average attendance
Italics	Ongoing competition

Key to league record

• Season = The year and article of the season
• Div = Division/level on pyramid
• League = League name
• Pld = Games played
• W = Games won
• L = Games lost
• D = Games drawn
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goal difference
• Pts = Points
• PPG = Points per game
• Conf. = Conference position
• Overall = League position

Key to cup record

• DNE = Did not enter
• DNQ = Did not qualify
• NH = Competition not held or canceled
• QR = Qualifying round
• PR = Preliminary round
• GS = Group stage
• R1 = First round
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R4 = Fourth round
• R5 = Fifth round
• Ro16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarterfinals
• SF = Semifinals
• F = Final
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Seasons

Season	League									Position		Playoffs	USOC	Continental		Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall			CCL	LC		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		11,835	Paul Bravo	13
1998	32	16	16	0	62	69	–7	37	1.38	3rd	5th	QF	DNE	PR		14,812	Wolde Harris	13
1999	32	20	12	0	38	39	–1	48	1.50	4th	5th	QF	RU	DNQ		14,029	Jorge Dely Valdés	10
2000	32	13	15	4	43	59	−16	43	1.34	3rd	8th	QF	R2			12,580	Junior Agogo	10
2001	26	5	13	8	36	47	−11	23	0.88	4th	11th	DNQ	R2			16,481	John Spencer	14
2002	28	13	11	4	43	48	–5	43	1.54	4th	4th	SF	QF			20,690	Chris Carrieri Mark Chung	12
2003	30	11	12	7	40	45	–5	40	1.33	3rd	6th	QF	QF			16,772	John Spencer	14
2004	30	10	9	11	29	32	–3	41	1.37	3rd	5th	QF	Ro16			14,195	Peguero Jean Philippe	8
2005	32	13	13	6	40	37	+3	45	1.41	3rd	7th	SF	Ro16			16,638	Jeff Cunningham	13
2006	32	11	13	8	36	49	–13	41	1.28	4th	7th	SF	QF			12,056	Nicolás Hernández	8
2007	30	9	13	8	29	34	–5	35	1.17	4th	10th	DNQ	R2			14,749	Jovan Kirovski	7
2008	30	11	14	5	44	45	–1	38	1.27	4th	9th		QR3			13,659	Conor Casey	12
2009	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40	1.33	6th	9th		QR2			13,018	Conor Casey	16
2010	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46	1.53	5th	7th	W	QR3			14,329	Conor Casey	15
2011	34	12	9	13	46	42	+4	49	1.44	5th	7th	QF	QR2	GS		14,838	Jeff Larentowicz	8
2012	34	11	19	4	44	50	–6	37	1.09	7th	14th	DNQ	Ro16	DNQ		15,175	Jaime Castrillón	8
2013	34	14	11	9	45	38	+7	51	1.50	5th	8th	R1	R3			15,440	Deshorn Brown	10
2014	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19	32	0.94	8th	17th	DNQ	Ro16			15,082	Deshorn Brown	13
2015	34	9	15	10	33	43	−10	37	1.09	10th	19th		Ro16			15,657	Kevin Doyle Dillon Serna	5
2016	34	15	6	13	39	32	+7	58	1.71	2nd	2nd	SF	Ro16			16,278	Shkëlzen Gashi	10
2017	34	9	19	6	31	51	− 20	33	0.97	10th	20th	DNQ	Ro16			15,322	Dominique Badji	10
2018	34	8	19	7	36	63	−27	31	0.91	11th	21st		R4	GS		15,333	Dominique Badji	7
2019	34	12	16	6	58	63	−5	42	1.24	9th	16th		R4	DNQ	DNQ	14,284	Kei Kamara	14
2020	18	8	6	4	32	28	+4	28	1.56	5th	10th	R1	NH		NH	13,062	Cole Bassett Jonathan Lewis	5
2021	34	17	7	10	51	35	+16	61	1.79	1st	2nd	QF	NH		DNQ	12,014	Michael Barrios	8
2022	34	11	13	10	46	57	–11	43	1.26	10th	18th	DNQ	Ro32	Ro16		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
Total	884	318	373	193	1150	1310	–160	1089	1.23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Conor Casey	53

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.