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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 30 8 38 1 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Aces 26 14 40 X 4 4 3 1 0 ^ ^
Dream 24 14 38 DNCD DNCD 6 5 3 2 1 1
Mercury 24 14 38 X DNCD DNCD 6 3 2 1 1
Liberty 24 15 39 X DNCD DNCD DNCD 2 2 1 1
Storm 21 19 40 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4
Fever 20 18 38 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 6 6 5
Valkyries 19 18 37 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 7 7 6
 
Sparks 17 19 36 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 8 8
Mystics 16 23 39 X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD
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 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