WNBA basketball (WNBA)

Standings for 2012-2013 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx 79.4 34 27 7 2923 2590 86.0 76.2 9.8 84.3
2 Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun 73.5 34 25 9 2774 2631 81.6 77.4 4.2 67.6
3 Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks 70.6 34 24 10 2857 2661 84.0 78.3 5.7 72.9
4 Indiana Fever Indiana Fever 64.7 34 22 12 2663 2459 78.3 72.3 6.0 75.2
5 Las Vegas Aces Las Vegas Aces 61.8 34 21 13 2790 2616 82.1 76.9 5.2 71.0
6 Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream 55.9 34 19 15 2672 2576 78.6 75.8 2.8 62.5
7 Seattle Storm Seattle Storm 47.1 34 16 18 2422 2436 71.2 71.6 -0.4 48.0
8 New York Liberty New York Liberty 44.1 34 15 19 2484 2625 73.1 77.2 -4.1 31.7
9 Chicago Sky Chicago Sky 41.2 34 14 20 2558 2566 75.2 75.5 -0.3 48.9
10 Dallas Wings Dallas Wings 26.5 34 9 25 2626 2863 77.2 84.2 -7.0 23.1
11 Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury 20.6 34 7 27 2533 2949 74.5 86.7 -12.2 10.8
12 Washington Mystics Washington Mystics 14.7 34 5 29 2331 2661 68.6 78.3 -9.7 13.7

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.