The Nationals What If table presents playoff probabilities depended upon how the Nationals play future games. These games include either the next game, games of the current series, or all remaining games. Other unplayed future games are assumed won/lost with a probability based upon relative team strengths.
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Win Next Game | 11 | 13 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 74% |
| Current Standings | 10 | 13 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 74% |
| Lose Next Game | 10 | 14 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 75% |
| Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Nationals Sweeps | 11 | 13 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 74% |
| Current Standings | 10 | 13 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 74% |
| Dodgers Sweeps | 10 | 14 | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 75% |
| Remaining Games Won |
Winning Percentage of Remaining Games |
Resultant Record | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 139 of 139 | 100% | 149 | 13 | >99% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| 130 of 139 | 94% | 140 | 22 | >99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ^ |
| 120 of 139 | 86% | 130 | 32 | >99% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 110 of 139 | 79% | 120 | 42 | 98% | 2% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 108 of 139 | 78% | 118 | 44 | 95% | 4% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 107 of 139 | 77% | 117 | 45 | 93% | 5% | <1% | 2% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 106 of 139 | 76% | 116 | 46 | 91% | 7% | <1% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 105 of 139 | 76% | 115 | 47 | 88% | 8% | <1% | 4% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 104 of 139 | 75% | 114 | 48 | 84% | 10% | <1% | 6% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 103 of 139 | 74% | 113 | 49 | 80% | 13% | <1% | 7% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 102 of 139 | 73% | 112 | 50 | 74% | 16% | <1% | 9% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 101 of 139 | 73% | 111 | 51 | 68% | 19% | 1% | 11% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 100 of 139 | 72% | 110 | 52 | 63% | 22% | 1% | 13% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| 99 of 139 | 71% | 109 | 53 | 56% | 25% | 2% | 16% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 98 of 139 | 71% | 108 | 54 | 49% | 28% | 2% | 20% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 97 of 139 | 70% | 107 | 55 | 42% | 31% | 3% | 23% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| 96 of 139 | 69% | 106 | 56 | 36% | 31% | 4% | 26% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| 95 of 139 | 68% | 105 | 57 | 29% | 34% | 5% | 29% | 4% | <1% | <1% |
| 94 of 139 | 68% | 104 | 58 | 23% | 32% | 8% | 31% | 5% | <1% | <1% |
| 93 of 139 | 67% | 103 | 59 | 18% | 33% | 9% | 33% | 7% | 1% | <1% |
| 92 of 139 | 66% | 102 | 60 | 13% | 31% | 10% | 35% | 10% | 1% | <1% |
| 91 of 139 | 65% | 101 | 61 | 10% | 28% | 11% | 36% | 13% | 1% | <1% |
| 90 of 139 | 65% | 100 | 62 | 7% | 25% | 13% | 37% | 16% | 2% | <1% |
| 89 of 139 | 64% | 99 | 63 | 5% | 22% | 14% | 35% | 20% | 4% | <1% |
| 88 of 139 | 63% | 98 | 64 | 3% | 18% | 15% | 34% | 23% | 6% | 1% |
| 87 of 139 | 63% | 97 | 65 | 2% | 16% | 15% | 30% | 27% | 9% | 1% |
| 86 of 139 | 62% | 96 | 66 | 1% | 12% | 16% | 27% | 30% | 12% | 2% |
| 85 of 139 | 61% | 95 | 67 | 1% | 10% | 16% | 23% | 33% | 15% | 4% |
| 84 of 139 | 60% | 94 | 68 | <1% | 7% | 14% | 20% | 33% | 19% | 6% |
| 83 of 139 | 60% | 93 | 69 | <1% | 6% | 13% | 17% | 32% | 23% | 9% |
| 82 of 139 | 59% | 92 | 70 | <1% | 4% | 13% | 13% | 32% | 26% | 13% |
| 81 of 139 | 58% | 91 | 71 | <1% | 2% | 11% | 10% | 29% | 30% | 18% |
| 80 of 139 | 58% | 90 | 72 | <1% | 2% | 10% | 8% | 25% | 32% | 24% |
| 79 of 139 | 57% | 89 | 73 | <1% | 1% | 9% | 5% | 21% | 32% | 33% |
| 78 of 139 | 56% | 88 | 74 | <1% | 1% | 7% | 3% | 17% | 32% | 40% |
| 77 of 139 | 55% | 87 | 75 | <1% | <1% | 6% | 2% | 13% | 30% | 48% |
| 76 of 139 | 55% | 86 | 76 | <1% | <1% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 27% | 56% |
| 75 of 139 | 54% | 85 | 77 | <1% | <1% | 4% | 1% | 7% | 23% | 65% |
| 74 of 139 | 53% | 84 | 78 | <1% | <1% | 3% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 73% |
| 73 of 139 | 53% | 83 | 79 | <1% | <1% | 3% | <1% | 3% | 14% | 80% |
| 72 of 139 | 52% | 82 | 80 | <1% | <1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 10% | 87% |
| 71 of 139 | 51% | 81 | 81 | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 7% | 91% |
| 70 of 139 | 50% | 80 | 82 | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 94% |
| 60 of 139 | 43% | 70 | 92 | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 50 of 139 | 36% | 60 | 102 | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 40 of 139 | 29% | 50 | 112 | X | <1% | <1% | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| 30 of 139 | 22% | 40 | 122 | X | X | <1% | X | X | X | >99% |
| 20 of 139 | 14% | 30 | 132 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| 10 of 139 | 7% | 20 | 142 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |
| 0 of 139 | 0% | 10 | 152 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 100% |