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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 30 8 38 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Aces 26 14 40 X MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Dream 24 14 38 1 4 6 MW MW MW MW MW
Mercury 24 14 38 X 5 6 6 MW MW MW MW
Liberty 24 15 39 X 4 5 MW MW MW MW MW
Storm 21 19 40 X X 1 2 2 4 MW MW
Fever 20 18 38 X 1 2 3 3 6 6 MW
Valkyries 19 18 37 X X 1 3 3 6 7 MW
 
Sparks 17 19 36 X X 1 2 2 5 5 6
Mystics 16 23 39 X X X X X 1 1 2
Sun 10 28 38 X X X X X X X X
Sky 9 29 38 X X X X X X X X
Wings 9 30 39 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