Win percentage calculator.
Enter a record to get the winning percentage the way standings show it, with ties counted the way your league counts them, and see how many wins it takes to reach a target.
Win percentage = wins ÷ games played. With ties counted as half a win, as the NFL does, it is (wins + ties ÷ 2) ÷ games. An 11-5-1 record is (11 + 0.5) ÷ 17 = .676. Enter your record above.
See also: How each league handles ties · Percentage of a number
How to calculate win percentage
Winning percentage is the share of games a team won, written as a decimal to three places. Divide wins by games played:
win % = wins ÷ (wins + losses) no ties
win % = (wins + ties ÷ 2) ÷ (wins + losses + ties) ties as half a winA 52-30 season is 52 ÷ 82 = .634. Sports tables drop the leading zero and say “six thirty-four”, so .634 means 63.4%. A perfect record is 1.000.
How ties are counted
Leagues treat ties differently, which is why the tool lets you choose:
- Half a win: the NFL’s tie-breaking rules state that tie games count as one-half win and one-half loss for both clubs. An 11-5-1 record is (11 + 0.5) ÷ 17 = .676.
- Not counted: ties are left out of both the wins and the games played, so 8-4-6 becomes 8 ÷ 12 = .667. Check your league’s rules before using this one.
- As a loss: useful when only an outright win matters, so 8-4-6 becomes 8 ÷ 18 = .444.
Some leagues rank teams by points instead of winning percentage. The NHL, for example, gives 2 points for a win and 1 point for an overtime or shootout loss. The win percentage explainer shows how this compares with a winning percentage.
How many wins do you need?
Enter a target and the games left. The tool finds the fewest wins that reach the target, assuming no more ties. A team at 6-6 that wants to finish at .600 with 8 games left needs 0.6 × 20 = 12 wins in total, so 6 more: a 6-2 finish. Leave the games-left box empty to see how many straight wins it would take.
Win percentage in a spreadsheet
With wins in B2, losses in C2 and ties in D2, use =(B2+D2/2)/(B2+C2+D2) and format the cell with three decimal places. Without ties it is =B2/(B2+C2).
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About this tool.
Divide wins by games played. A team that is 52-30 has won 52 of 82 games, so its win percentage is 52 ÷ 82 = .634, or 63.4%.
It depends on the league. The NFL counts a tie as half a win and half a loss, so 11-5-1 is (11 + 0.5) ÷ 17 = .676. Other leagues leave ties out or rank by points instead.
It means the team has won exactly half of its games, for example 8-8. Above .500 means more wins than losses.
It is a sports convention. Standings show the winning percentage as a three-place decimal such as .634, which is the same as 63.4%.
Multiply the target by the total games in the season, round up, and subtract the wins you already have, counting ties as half a win where that applies. For .600 over 20 games you need 12 wins in total.