Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 2016-2017 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA (W) USA (W) 100.0 8 8 0 817 519 102.1 64.9 37.2 99.8
2 Australia (W) Australia (W) 83.3 6 5 1 471 418 78.5 69.7 8.8 84.0
3 Spain (W) Spain (W) 75.0 8 6 2 591 550 73.9 68.8 5.1 73.1
4 Turkey (W) Turkey (W) 50.0 6 3 3 386 389 64.3 64.8 -0.5 47.3
5 Canada (W) Canada (W) 50.0 6 3 3 403 415 67.2 69.2 -2.0 39.9
6 France (W) France (W) 50.0 8 4 4 542 562 67.8 70.3 -2.5 37.7
7 Serbia (W) Serbia (W) 50.0 8 4 4 582 608 72.8 76.0 -3.2 35.3
8 Japan (W) Japan (W) 50.0 6 3 3 450 488 75.0 81.3 -6.3 24.5
9 Belarus (W) Belarus (W) 20.0 5 1 4 347 361 69.4 72.2 -2.8 36.6
10 China (W) China (W) 20.0 5 1 4 371 428 74.2 85.6 -11.4 12.0
11 Brazil (W) Brazil (W) 0.0 5 0 5 335 384 67.0 76.8 -9.8 13.0
12 Senegal (W) Senegal (W) 0.0 5 0 5 309 482 61.8 96.4 -34.6 0.2

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.