Standings & Tiebreaker Calculator

How to use it

1. Choose your points system. Soccer uses 3-1-0; many leagues use 2-1-0, or 2-0-0 with no draws.
2. Drag the tiebreakers into the order your rules use.
3. Add each team with its wins, draws, losses, and points for and against.
4. Click Calculate to see the sorted table, then print it or download it as a CSV.

Example

Two teams finish 6-2. Team A has scored 40 and allowed 28 (+12); Team B has scored 35 and allowed 30 (+5). With point difference as the first tiebreaker, Team A takes the higher seed.

Reading the table

GP is games played, W, D and L are wins, draws and losses, PF and PA are points (or goals, or runs) for and against, PD is the difference between them, and Pts is the total from your points system. Teams are sorted by Pts first unless you move another tiebreaker above it.

Choosing a points system

3-1-0 rewards teams for going for the win and is standard in soccer. 2-1-0 is the traditional system in hockey and many rec leagues. Use 2-0-0 for sports where games cannot end level, such as basketball, volleyball and softball played with a tiebreaker.

Publish your tiebreakers before the season

Most standings arguments come from tiebreakers nobody wrote down. Put the order in your league rules before week one, set the same order here, and the table will match what you told the captains.

Recording forfeits

Many leagues record a forfeit as a set score, such as 3-0 in soccer or 7-0 in softball, so one no-show does not distort point difference for the rest of the division. Enter it like any other result.

When teams have played different numbers of games

Rainouts and byes can leave teams on different game counts partway through a season. Points flatter the teams that have played more, so compare teams on an equal number of games, or use win percentage until the makeup games are played.