Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 2016-2017 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 8 8 0 807 627 100.9 78.4 22.5 97.1
2 Spain Spain 62.5 8 5 3 689 594 86.1 74.3 11.8 88.7
3 Australia Australia 62.5 8 5 3 683 608 85.4 76.0 9.4 83.5
4 Serbia Serbia 50.0 8 4 4 665 627 83.1 78.4 4.7 69.4
5 France France 50.0 6 3 3 490 470 81.7 78.3 3.4 64.1
6 Croatia Croatia 50.0 6 3 3 483 493 80.5 82.2 -1.7 42.9
7 Argentina Argentina 50.0 6 3 3 519 533 86.5 88.8 -2.3 40.8
8 Lithuania Lithuania 50.0 6 3 3 456 518 76.0 86.3 -10.3 14.5
9 Brazil Brazil 40.0 5 2 3 411 407 82.2 81.4 0.8 53.4
10 Nigeria Nigeria 20.0 5 1 4 392 441 78.4 88.2 -9.8 16.3
11 Venezuela Venezuela 20.0 5 1 4 315 444 63.0 88.8 -25.8 0.8
12 China China 0.0 5 0 5 318 466 63.6 93.2 -29.6 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.