Explained

Sports-Standings is attempting to determine who the greatest teams are in each league. We use a specific formula (explained below) to determine where each team is ranked.

Championships Are Not Equal

In 1941, the NFL had ten teams competing for a championship. In 2019, the NFL had 32 teams competing. Most would agree that Kansas City winning the title in 2019 is more impressive than Chicago winning the same title in 1941. Other sports have similar differences, such as the NHL starting with only six franchises. Given the varying level of difficultly and the fact that franchises begin at different times you can't simply count number of championships to determine the best team.

The Formula

Each year that a team wins the championship, they are awarded 1 point for each team that competed that year. In 2019, Kansas City would have earned 32 points. Take the total number of points earned by a franchise and divide it by the number of years they attempted to win the title.

Points / Years = Score

The higher the score, the better the franchise. An average team should have a score of 1.00 because if there are 32 teams in the league, your team should win the title once every 32 years.

Tiebreakers

Teams that have never won a championship will be ranked based on how close they have come to winning a championship. For example, the LA Clippers have made it as far as the Conference Finals (final 4 teams) so their score would be determined by adding up all the points from the years they reached the final four, dividing it by the number of teams that accomplish that goal each year, and dividing it by the number of years they have competed.

15 points because 15 teams compete in the Western Conference

Divide by 2 because two teams reach the Conference Finals each year

Divide by the number of years they have been in the league.

Ranking two teams that have the exact same score at the same level will be determined by their score at the next lower level. That number will be indicated in small text next to their score.