WNBA basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 1998-1999 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Houston Comets Houston Comets 90.0 30 27 3 2285 1904 76.2 63.5 12.7 92.7
2 Cleveland Rockers Cleveland Rockers 66.7 30 20 10 2193 2110 73.1 70.3 2.8 63.1
3 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 63.3 30 19 11 2217 2025 73.9 67.5 6.4 77.9
4 New York Liberty New York Liberty 60.0 30 18 12 2058 1966 68.6 65.5 3.1 65.4
5 Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting 60.0 30 18 12 2143 2051 71.4 68.4 3.0 64.8
6 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 56.7 30 17 13 2087 2078 69.6 69.3 0.3 51.5
7 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 40.0 30 12 18 2148 2169 71.6 72.3 -0.7 46.6
8 Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs 26.7 30 8 22 1916 2082 63.9 69.4 -5.5 23.9
9 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 26.7 30 8 22 2093 2292 69.8 76.4 -6.6 22.0
10 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 10.0 30 3 27 1952 2415 65.1 80.5 -15.4 4.9

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.