British Basketball basketball (UK-1)

Standings for 2016-2017 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Leicester Riders Leicester Riders 81.3 32 26 6 2824 2396 88.3 74.9 13.4 90.8
2 Newcastle Eagles Newcastle Eagles 69.7 33 23 10 3075 2787 93.2 84.5 8.7 79.7
3 Caledonia Gladiators (M) Caledonia Gladiators (M) 63.6 33 21 12 2724 2523 82.5 76.5 6.0 74.4
4 Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Sharks 61.8 34 21 13 2661 2619 78.3 77.0 1.3 55.5
5 Worcester Wolves Worcester Wolves 60.6 33 20 13 2911 2745 88.2 83.2 5.0 69.4
6 London Lions (M) London Lions (M) 54.6 33 18 15 2871 2774 87.0 84.1 2.9 61.7
7 Bristol Flyers Bristol Flyers 48.5 33 16 17 2564 2659 77.7 80.6 -2.9 37.6
8 Surrey Scorchers Surrey Scorchers 45.5 33 15 18 2651 2762 80.3 83.7 -3.4 36.1
9 Plymouth Raiders Plymouth Raiders 42.4 33 14 19 2916 2912 88.4 88.2 0.2 50.5
10 Cheshire Phoenix Cheshire Phoenix 33.3 33 11 22 2894 2962 87.7 89.8 -2.1 42.0
11 Leeds Force Leeds Force 24.2 33 8 25 2466 2881 74.7 87.3 -12.6 10.3
12 Manchester Giants Manchester Giants 15.2 33 5 28 2465 3002 74.7 91.0 -16.3 6.1

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.