Standings (sports)

These lists are generally published in newspapers and other media, as well as the official web sites of the sports leagues and competitions.

Teams may be ranked in terms of simple winning percentage (the proportion of the games played to date which the team won), or based on total points, with differing numbers of points awarded for wins and ties (draws).

[1] As an example, below is the league table for the Northeast Division of the National Hockey League, as of March 31, 2004: In the above table, an "'X" placed before a team's name shows that the team has qualified for playoff position; other letters may be used to show that a team is guaranteed first place, has been eliminated from contention and so forth.

From this table, we can see that Boston, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are all guaranteed playoff positions; the absence of a " y" shows that the division championship is still to play for.

The following day, a new league table would appear in newspapers, updated based on the previous night's games.