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. Note that this definition is slightly different than the one traditionally used with MLB. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Record Rcrd | Games Behind | Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | DivisionDiv | W | L | GPi Games Played 162 game season |
DV | WC | 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 15 | 8 | 23 | - | - | 137 | 133 | 133 | 129 | 124 | 120 | 0 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 15 | 9 | 24 | ½ | - | 137 | 133 | 132 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 14 | 10 | 24 | 1½ | - | 138 | 134 | 134 | 130 | 125 | 121 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 13 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1½ | 137 | 134 | 134 | 130 | 125 | 122 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 11 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 3½ | DNCD | 136 | 135 | 131 | 127 | 123 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 17 | 6 | 23 | - | - | 136 | 132 | 132 | 127 | 122 | 118 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 15 | 10 | 25 | 3 | - | 137 | 134 | 134 | 129 | 124 | 120 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 13 | 11 | 24 | 4½ | 1 | 138 | 136 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 122 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 10 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 3½ | DNCD | 138 | 136 | 133 | 128 | 124 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 6 | 20 | 26 | 12½ | 9 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 135 | 131 | 127 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 15 | 11 | 26 | - | - | 136 | 133 | 131 | 127 | 122 | 118 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1½ | 1½ | DNCD | 134 | 132 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 12 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | DNCD | 136 | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 12 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | DNCD | 135 | 134 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8½ | 8½ | DNCD | DNCD | 137 | 135 | 130 | 126 | 0 |