Win Percentage Calculator
Enter your wins, losses, and ties to get your winning percentage in sports notation and as a percent.
Winning percentage
.727
= 72.7% · 8-3 over 11 games
8 ÷ 11 = 0.727
How Win Percentage Is Calculated
Win percentage is wins divided by total games played, written to three decimals in standings (the PCT column). The only wrinkle is ties, and leagues handle them two different ways:
Ties = half a win (NFL, fantasy)
(W + 0.5 × T) ÷ (W + L + T)
The NFL has counted ties as half a win since 1972, and fantasy platforms follow the same rule. An 8-4-2 team works out to (8 + 1) ÷ 14 = .643.
Ties not counted (MLB)
W ÷ (W + L)
Baseball divides wins by decisions only. A 90-72 season is 90 ÷ 162 = .556 — and any suspended or tied exhibition simply doesn't enter the math.
The NHL is the odd one out: it ranks teams by points percentage (points earned ÷ points available) rather than win percentage, because overtime losses still earn a point.
Worked Examples
| Record | Math | PCT | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-3 | 7 ÷ 10 | .700 | 70.0% |
| 8-3 | 8 ÷ 11 | .727 | 72.7% |
| 8-4-2 (NFL rule) | (8 + 1) ÷ 14 | .643 | 64.3% |
| 41-41 | 41 ÷ 82 | .500 | 50.0% |
| 11-0 | 11 ÷ 11 | 1.000 | 100% |
Running a fantasy league? The fantasy standings calculator computes PCT for your whole league, plus PF/PA tiebreakers and games behind.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Divide wins by total games played. A team that has won 8 of 11 games has a win percentage of 8 ÷ 11 = .727, or 72.7%. In standings this is usually written in three-decimal sports notation (.727) under the PCT column.
It depends on the league's convention. The NFL counts each tie as half a win and half a loss, so an 8-4-2 team is (8 + 1) ÷ 14 = .643. MLB simply excludes ties from the calculation, dividing wins by wins plus losses. This calculator supports both conventions with a single toggle.
A .500 record means you've won exactly as many games as you've lost. Being 'above .500' means more wins than losses — the traditional dividing line between a winning and losing season. The notation is read aloud as 'five hundred' because win percentage is conventionally written to three decimals.
PCT is short for percentage — specifically winning percentage. It's the column standings are sorted by in leagues where teams may have played different numbers of games, since raw win totals wouldn't be a fair comparison.
MLB winning percentage is wins divided by total decisions (wins plus losses) — ties are not part of the modern game, and historically they were excluded from the math. A 90-72 team has a winning percentage of 90 ÷ 162 = .556.
No. The NHL ranks teams by points percentage — points earned divided by points available — because its system awards 2 points for a win and 1 for an overtime or shootout loss. Win percentage only counts wins; points percentage credits those single points too.
Fantasy standings sort teams by win percentage first (ties count as half a win), then break ties with total Points For. If you want the whole standings picture — PF, PA, point differential, and games behind — our fantasy football standings calculator computes the full table.
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