WNBA basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2002-2003 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 78.1 32 25 7 2452 2235 76.6 69.8 6.8 78.4
2 Houston Comets Houston Comets 75.0 32 24 8 2072 1892 64.8 59.1 5.7 78.0
3 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 62.5 32 20 12 2418 2344 75.6 73.3 2.3 60.6
4 Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting 56.3 32 18 14 2241 2133 70.0 66.7 3.3 66.5
5 New York Liberty New York Liberty 56.3 32 18 14 2089 2015 65.3 63.0 2.3 62.3
6 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 53.1 32 17 15 2188 2103 68.4 65.7 2.7 63.4
7 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 53.1 32 17 15 2135 2116 66.7 66.1 0.6 53.1
8 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 50.0 32 16 16 2254 2255 70.4 70.5 -0.1 49.8
9 Portland Fire Portland Fire 50.0 32 16 16 2195 2227 68.6 69.6 -1.0 45.0
10 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 50.0 32 16 16 2097 2129 65.5 66.5 -1.0 44.8
11 Miami Sol Miami Sol 46.9 32 15 17 2046 2088 63.9 65.3 -1.4 43.0
12 Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs 43.8 32 14 18 2166 2294 67.7 71.7 -4.0 31.0
13 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 34.4 32 11 21 2091 2291 65.3 71.6 -6.3 21.9
14 Cleveland Rockers Cleveland Rockers 31.3 32 10 22 2071 2140 64.7 66.9 -2.2 38.8
15 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 31.3 32 10 22 2003 2104 62.6 65.8 -3.2 33.5
16 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 28.1 32 9 23 2114 2266 66.1 70.8 -4.7 27.6

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.