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 |
| Cubs | CentralCntr | 12 | 9 | 21 | - | - | DNCD | 139 | 135 | 134 | 129 | 124 | 0 |
| Brewers | CentralCntr | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1½ | 143 | 140 | 139 | 135 | 130 | 126 | 0 |
| Reds | CentralCntr | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1½ | 2 | DNCD | 142 | 140 | 137 | 132 | 127 | 0 |
| Cardinals | CentralCntr | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1½ | 2 | 143 | 142 | 138 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 0 |
| Pirates | CentralCntr | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 4½ | DNCD | 142 | 140 | 137 | 132 | 128 | 0 |
| Mets | East | 11 | 7 | 18 | - | - | 143 | 141 | 140 | 134 | 128 | 124 | 0 |
| Phillies | East | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 141 | 138 | 135 | 130 | 125 | 0 |
| Marlins | East | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2½ | 2½ | 145 | 143 | 143 | 137 | 131 | 127 | 0 |
| Nationals | East | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 4 | DNCD | 142 | 141 | 138 | 133 | 128 | 0 |
| Braves | East | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 6 | DNCD | 143 | 142 | 140 | 135 | 130 | 0 |
| Padres | West | 15 | 4 | 19 | - | - | 139 | 137 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 121 | 0 |
| Dodgers | West | 14 | 6 | 20 | 1½ | - | 140 | 137 | 137 | 131 | 127 | 122 | 0 |
| Giants | West | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1½ | - | 141 | 139 | 138 | 133 | 128 | 123 | 0 |
| DiamondbacksD. Backs | West | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3½ | - | 142 | 139 | 139 | 134 | 129 | 125 | 0 |
| Rockies | West | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11½ | 8 | DNCD | DNCD | DNCD | 140 | 136 | 132 | 0 |