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WNBA Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

WNBA Winning 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 4 2 2 1 1 0 ^ ^
Dream 23 13 36 DNCD 8 7 7 6 5 4 3
Aces 23 14 37 DNCD DNCD 7 7 6 4 3 3
Liberty 22 14 36 DNCD 8 8 8 7 5 4 4
Mercury 21 14 35 DNCD DNCD DNCD 9 8 7 6 5
Fever 19 16 35 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 9 8 7
Valkyries 18 17 35 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 9 8
Storm 18 18 36 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 8 8
 
Sparks 17 18 35 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 9
Mystics 16 20 36 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD
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 numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • * denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs