How do you calculate winning percentage in sports, including tie games?

Answer 1

Most leagues consider ties something like a half-win. So if a team goes 5-3-2, you would add up with wins to get to six (5 + half + half) and divide it by the total number of games, 10, to get a winning percentage of .600.

The NFL used to do it so that ties did not count, and a percentage of wins and losses only was used for winning percentage. Therefore, a team that was 14-0 was just ahead of 13-0-1 -- which makes sense. The problem with that -- A team that went 1-0-13 was better than a team that went 13-1. The league finally realized that made no sense and went to the half-win system. Of course, with overtime ties are very rare in the NFL.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Add up all the games to get a total amount played. Then divide the number of games won by the total number played.

For instance, if a team went 9-5-1, you'd add up 9+5+1 = 15.

In order to add in the tied game, you break it into halves. Since a tie is neither a win nor a loss, you break each tie into 1/2 a win, 1/2 a loss.

So, you'd add half a win to the total wins: 9.5 divided by 15 total games.

The winning percentage of a 9-5-1 record would be .633 (or 63%).

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How do you calculate winning percentage in sports, including tie games?

Answer 5

The NFL 2013 regular season had two teams tie. The Green Bay Packers 8-7-1 (.531) and Minnesota Vikings 5-10-1(.344). The correct formula is:

(Wins + ties × 0.5) ÷ (wins + loses + ties)

Math is the language of the universe!

Answer 6

60wins 19 losses 1 tie

Answer 7

11-5-0 compared to 10-4-2

Answer 8

Here's the formula: (wins + ties/2) / (wins + losses + ties/2)