WNBA Playoff Tracker & Lottery Odds Simulator

10 Matchups Remaining: Click any team to pick a winner and watch magic numbers and lottery odds recalibrate dynamically.

1: Clinched #1 X: Clinched Top 8 Bubble / Seed Hunt E: In Draft Lottery

Final Week Matchups

Select game outcomes to trigger clinching formulas

Top 8 advance to playoffs. Seeds 9–12 enter the Draft Lottery (combined 2-year non-playoff records determine odds).

Seed	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Status	Magic # (Playoff)	Magic # (#1 Seed)

WNBA 1-8 Unseeded Tournament Format: Round 1 is Best-of-3 (2-1 format: higher seed hosts Games 1 & 2).

Home-Court Edge Note: The higher seed hosts the first two games in the WNBA 2-1 first-round structure. If the lower seed wins Game 1 on the road, Game 3 shifts to the lower seed's home floor.

The 4 teams that do not make the postseason qualify for the Draft Lottery. Per WNBA rules, 2-year cumulative records dictate the odds distribution (44.2%, 27.6%, 17.8%, 10.4%).

Official 4-Team Lottery Ping Pong Draw

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Weighted by simulated cumulative standings

WNBA Playoff & Lottery Rules Guide

How Magic Numbers Are Formatted in the Final Week

A team's Playoff Magic Number represents the total combination of wins by that team and losses by the 9th-place team (the highest non-playoff seed) needed to guarantee a postseason berth. Formula: Magic Number = Games Remaining + 1 + Losses (Chaser) - Losses (Target). Once the number hits 0, the team has mathematically clinched.

How WNBA Draft Lottery Odds Work (2-Year Cumulative Record)

Unlike the NBA which uses single-season records, the WNBA Draft Lottery weights odds based on the combined records of the past two regular seasons for the four teams that miss the playoffs. The team with the worst two-year record receives 442 out of 1,000 chances (44.2%), the second worst receives 276 (27.6%), third receives 178 (17.8%), and fourth receives 104 (10.4%).

WNBA Playoff Seeding & Tiebreakers

The top 8 teams qualify regardless of conference affiliation (unseeded 1 through 8). Ties are resolved by: (1) Head-to-head record, (2) Better record against teams .500 and above, (3) Cumulative point differential in head-to-head games, (4) Overall point differential across all regular-season games.