Phoenix Mercury
vs Washington Mystics

SEASON CONTEXT · 2026

Locating both teams through standings and head-to-head results

In the current table, Phoenix Mercury are 11-19, No. 12 overall and No. 7 in the West, 13 games behind the conference leader. Washington Mystics are 16-12, No. 7 overall and No. 3 in the East, 2.5 games back. Their cumulative point differentials are -100 and -47.

Counting only completed standard-season results before this tip, Phoenix Mercury stood at 11-19 across 30 games and Washington Mystics at 16-12 across 28. Their most recent sets of up to five finals were 3-2 and 4-1. Scoring in those short windows was 424-424 for the away team and 432-414 for the home team, keeping recent form separate from the full-season record.

There were zero completed meetings between these teams earlier in the same season. The teams are separated by 5 places in the overall order and by 5 cumulative wins. Standings, the recent five-game window and the season series cover different sample sizes, so they are presented as three numerical views of the same matchup rather than collapsed into one rating.