WNBA (W) basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2008-2009 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 70.6 34 24 10 2546 2418 74.9 71.1 3.8 67.2
2 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 64.7 34 22 12 2672 2522 78.6 74.2 4.4 69.1
3 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 64.7 34 22 12 2493 2406 73.3 70.8 2.5 62.1
4 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 61.8 34 21 13 2690 2541 79.1 74.7 4.4 68.8
5 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 58.8 34 20 14 2598 2523 76.4 74.2 2.2 60.0
6 New York Liberty New York Liberty 55.9 34 19 15 2573 2538 75.7 74.6 1.1 54.7
7 Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs 52.9 34 18 16 2545 2571 74.9 75.6 -0.7 46.5
8 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 50.0 34 17 17 2473 2457 72.7 72.3 0.4 52.3
9 Houston Comets Houston Comets 50.0 34 17 17 2561 2606 75.3 76.6 -1.3 44.0
10 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 47.1 34 16 18 2767 2721 81.4 80.0 1.4 55.8
11 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 47.1 34 16 18 3010 3009 88.5 88.5 0.0 50.1
12 Chicago Sky Chicago Sky 35.3 34 12 22 2472 2510 72.7 73.8 -1.1 44.7
13 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 29.4 34 10 24 2368 2601 69.6 76.5 -6.9 21.3
14 Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream 11.8 34 4 30 2534 2879 74.5 84.7 -10.2 14.5

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.