WNBA Play-Offs basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2016-2017 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 66.7 9 6 3 741 695 82.3 77.2 5.1 70.9
2 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 62.5 8 5 3 682 634 85.3 79.3 6.0 73.4
3 Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream 50.0 2 1 1 192 193 96.0 96.5 -0.5 48.2
4 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 40.0 5 2 3 438 463 87.6 92.6 -5.0 31.6
5 Chicago Sky Chicago Sky 40.0 5 2 3 412 453 82.4 90.6 -8.2 21.1
6 New York Liberty New York Liberty 0.0 1 0 1 94 101 94.0 101.0 -7.0 26.9
7 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 0.0 1 0 1 85 94 85.0 94.0 -9.0 19.8
8 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 0.0 1 0 1 78 89 78.0 89.0 -11.0 13.8

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.