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WNBA Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

WNBA Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Regular Season Finish
Team W L GPi
Games Played
44 game season
1*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
2*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7 8
Lynx 28 7 35 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Dream 23 13 36 4 8 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Aces 23 14 37 2 7 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Liberty 22 14 36 3 7 8 8 MW MW MW MW
Mercury 21 14 35 2 7 8 9 MW MW MW MW
Fever 19 16 35 1 5 6 7 8 9 9 MW
Valkyries 18 17 35 X 4 5 6 7 8 9 MW
Storm 18 18 36 X 3 4 5 6 7 8 8
 
Sparks 17 18 35 X 3 4 5 6 7 8 8
Mystics 16 20 36 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sky 9 26 35 X X X X X X X X
Wings 9 27 36 X X X X X X X X
Sun 8 27 35 X X X X X X X X
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • * denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs