2026 · Red-eye games per team

WNBA Fatigue Index

Updated Fri, Aug 7, 2:04 PM EDT

#	Team	Red-eye games	Avg index	Toughest spot
1	LVA	1	2.6	8 · @ NYL · Aug 9
2	DAL	1	2.5	7 · @ PDX · Jul 22
3	GSV	1	2.2	7 · @ NYL · Aug 27
4	IND	1	2.2	7 · @ CHI · Aug 23
5	TOR	1	2.2	7 · @ PHX · Aug 29
6	WAS	1	2.1	8 · @ LAS · Aug 28
7	ATL	1	2.0	8 · @ SEA · Jun 27
8	LAS	0	2.4	6 · @ NYL · Aug 13
9	PDX	0	2.4	6 · @ ATL · Jul 11
10	MIN	0	2.3	6 · @ LAS · Jun 17
11	NYL	0	2.3	6 · @ LAS · Jun 21
12	SEA	0	2.3	6 · @ CON · May 10
13	PHX	0	2.1	6 · @ DAL · Sep 19
14	CHI	0	2.0	6 · @ SEA · Aug 10
15	CON	0	2.0	6 · @ LVA · Aug 20

What the columns mean

#: Rank by red-eye games, 1 = the most brutal slate. Ties break by average index, then tricode.
Red-eye games: Team-games scoring 7 or higher on the Fatigue Index — the schedule's true red-eye spots.
Avg index: The team's mean Fatigue Index across all of its season team-games.
Toughest spot: The team's single highest-scoring team-game — its index, the matchup, and the date, linked to the game.

The toughest spots

LVA at NYL, Aug 9 — 8/10: second night of a back-to-back, after a 1,019-mile leg, three hours of body-clock shift, capping a 3-in-4 stretch, on the road.

ATL at SEA, Jun 27 — 8/10: second night of a back-to-back, three hours of body-clock shift, capping a 4-in-6 stretch, on the road.

WAS at LAS, Aug 28 — 8/10: second night of a back-to-back, three hours of body-clock shift, capping a 4-in-6 stretch, on the road.

DAL at PDX, Jul 22 — 7/10: on one day of rest, after a 1,620-mile leg, two hours of body-clock shift, capping a 3-in-4 stretch, on the road.

IND at CHI, Aug 23 — 7/10: second night of a back-to-back, an hour of body-clock shift, capping a 4-in-6 stretch, on the road.

TOR at PHX, Aug 29 — 7/10: second night of a back-to-back, three hours of body-clock shift, capping a 3-in-4 stretch, on the road.

GSV at NYL, Aug 27 — 7/10: second night of a back-to-back, three hours of body-clock shift, capping a 3-in-4 stretch, on the road.

SEA at CON, May 10 — 6/10: on one day of rest, after a 2,466-mile leg, three hours of body-clock shift, on the road.

LAS at NYL, Aug 13 — 6/10: on one day of rest, after a 2,450-mile leg, three hours of body-clock shift, on the road.

NYL at LAS, Jun 21 — 6/10: on one day of rest, after a 2,449-mile leg, three hours of body-clock shift, on the road.

Red-eye games are team-games scoring 7 or higher on the Fatigue Index — the schedule's true red-eye spots. The Fatigue Index is a point-based, additive score from 0–10, computed from each team's own schedule: rest, the prior travel leg, body-clock shift, whether the game ends a dense stretch, and whether it's on the road. It measures schedule tax, not outcomes — it is not a prediction of how a team will play, and games can share a night (one team's tough spot is often the other's rest). The toughest spots below are team-games, so one game can appear twice, once per side.