WNBA basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 1997-1998 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Houston Comets Houston Comets 64.3 28 18 10 2012 1835 71.9 65.5 6.4 78.3
2 New York Liberty New York Liberty 60.7 28 17 11 1915 1844 68.4 65.9 2.5 62.8
3 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 57.1 28 16 12 1938 1830 69.2 65.4 3.8 68.9
4 Cleveland Rockers Cleveland Rockers 53.6 28 15 13 1965 1915 70.2 68.4 1.8 58.9
5 Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting 53.6 28 15 13 1885 1849 67.3 66.0 1.3 56.7
6 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 50.0 28 14 14 2081 2029 74.3 72.5 1.8 58.7
7 Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs 35.7 28 10 18 1924 2122 68.7 75.8 -7.1 20.4
8 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 25.0 28 7 21 1810 2106 64.6 75.2 -10.6 10.8

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.