WNBA Playoffs

Updated May 15, 2025

Recent Changes

NYL logo Liberty entered bracket (seed 7)
WAS logo Mystics left bracket
MIN logo Lynx left bracket
LAS logo Sparks (seed 5 → 3)
IND logo Fever (seed 3 → 1)
LVA logo Aces (seed 4 → 2)
CON logo Sun (seed 4 → 6)
DAL logo Wings (seed 7 → 8)
CHI logo Sky (seed 2 → 4)
ATL logo Dream (seed 1 → 5)

WNBA Playoff Format and Rules

Regular season records are used to seed the top 8 teams from across the league.

Tiebreakers

  1. Winning percentage among all head to head games
  2. Winning percentage against teams with above .500 record
  3. Point differential in head-to-head games
  4. Point differential against all opponents
  5. Coin toss