WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2015-2016 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 70.0 10 7 3 732 707 73.2 70.7 2.5 61.9
2 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 54.6 11 6 5 814 811 74.0 73.7 0.3 51.3
3 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 50.0 4 2 2 310 261 77.5 65.3 12.2 91.6
4 New York Liberty New York Liberty 50.0 6 3 3 447 431 74.5 71.8 2.7 62.4
5 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 33.3 3 1 2 226 229 75.3 76.3 -1.0 45.4
6 Chicago Sky Chicago Sky 33.3 3 1 2 248 261 82.7 87.0 -4.3 32.9
7 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 33.3 3 1 2 228 248 76.0 82.7 -6.7 23.7
8 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 0.0 2 0 2 122 179 61.0 89.5 -28.5 0.5

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.