WNBA playoff standings: Updated standings, clinching scenarios as Fever, Sky battle for postseason

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The field for the 2024 WNBA playoffs are set. 

The regular season in the league is over, and now the fun begins. The eight teams left in the hunt for a WNBA title are locked in, with the fun starting on Sunday. 

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Take a look at the updated 2024 WNBA standings below.

Through Thursday, September 19.

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Updated WNBA playoff picture, standings

RankTeamW-LWin Pct.GB
1.x - New York Liberty32-8.800—
2.x - Minnesota Lynx30-10.7502
3.x - Connecticut Sun28-12.7004
4.x - Las Vegas Aces27-13.6755
5.x - Seattle Storm25-15.6257
6.x - Indiana Fever20-20.50012
7.x - Phoenix Mercury19-21.47513
8.x - Atlanta Dream15-25.37517
—Washington Mystics14-26.35018
—Chicago Sky13-27.32519
—Dallas Wings9-31.22523
—Los Angeles Sparks8-32.20024

X: Clinched playoffs

Eliminated from WNBA playoffs contention: Wings, Sparks, Sky, Mystics

WNBA playoff tiebreakers

The WNBA has five playoff seeding tiebreakers in place if two teams finish with the same record:

  1. Better record in head-to-head games
  2. Better winning percentage within own conference
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with .500 or better record at the end of the season
  4. Better point differential in head-to-head games
  5. Coin toss

If there are more than two teams tied for the same seed, the tiebreakers are similar but have a slightly different twist:

  1. Better winning percentage among all head-to-head games involving tied teams
  2. Better winning percentage against teams within the conference (if all teams are from the same conference) or better record against teams in the opposite conference (if one or more teams are in different conferences)
  3. Better winning percentage against all teams with a .500 or better record at the end of the season
  4. Better point differential in games involving tied teams
  5. Coin toss

WNBA remaining regular season schedule

The WNBA regular season concluded on Thursday, Sept. 19/

Fever remaining schedule

The Fever clinched a playoff berth on Tuesday, Sept. 3, ending the franchise's eight-year postseason drought.

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Sky remaining schedule

The Sky were fighting for the No. 8 seed, but lost the final playoff spot to the Dream. 

Kyle Irving

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You read that wrong – not Kyrie Irving. From Boston, graduated from the University of New Hampshire. Sixth season as a content producer for NBA.com's Global editions. Covering the NBA Draft has become his annual "dream come true" moment on the job. Irving has a soft spot for pass-first point guards, with Rajon Rondo and Steve Nash being two of his favorite players of all time.