2026 · Rest edges and deficits per team

WNBA Rest Advantage

Updated Tue, Aug 11, 5:45 PM EDT

#	Team	GP	Edge	Even	Deficit	Net	Tired vs rested
1	PhoenixMercuryPHX	44	18	19	7	+11	1
2	Los AngelesSparksLAS	44	15	18	11	+4	2
2	MinnesotaLynxMIN	44	15	18	11	+4	1
4	ConnecticutSunCON	44	14	19	11	+3	1
4	IndianaFeverIND	44	19	9	16	+3	3
6	Golden StateValkyriesGSV	44	18	10	16	+2	3
6	SeattleStormSEA	44	15	16	13	+2	1
8	ChicagoSkyCHI	44	15	15	14	+1	0
8	WashingtonMysticsWAS	44	11	23	10	+1	1
10	New YorkLibertyNYL	45	15	14	16	−1	3
11	PortlandFirePDX	44	14	14	16	−2	2
12	AtlantaDreamATL	44	14	13	17	−3	1
13	Las VegasAcesLVA	45	11	17	17	−6	3
14	DallasWingsDAL	44	11	13	20	−9	1
15	TorontoTempoTOR	44	12	10	22	−10	2

What the columns mean

#: Rank on the column the board is sorted by, 1 = most. The rank belongs to the team, not the row, so flipping to low-to-high counts down to #1 at the foot. Ties share a rank.
GP: Main-slate games on the schedule — regular season plus in-season cup games.
Edge: Games the team enters with more days rest than its opponent.
Even: Games where both sides enter on the same days rest.
Deficit: Games the team enters with fewer days rest than its opponent. Season openers, where neither side has rest yet, are in none of these three.
Net: Edge games minus deficit games. Positive means the schedule hands this team the fresher legs more often than not.
Tired vs rested: Deficit games the team enters on a back-to-back against an opponent with at least a full day more rest — the worst spot the schedule can deal.

The extremes

The schedule's gift

The Phoenix Mercury's rest slate: 18 games with a rest edge, 19 even, 7 at a rest disadvantage — a net +11. 1 of the deficits is a back-to-back against a rested opponent.

The schedule's tax

The Toronto Tempo's rest slate: 12 games with a rest edge, 10 even, 22 at a rest disadvantage — a net −10. 2 of the deficits are a back-to-back against a rested opponent.

Most tired vs rested

The Las Vegas Aces play 3 games on a back-to-back against an opponent with at least a full day more rest — the most in the league.

Rest is counted in whole local calendar days off — the same days of rest every other travel-desk board prints, so a team playing on consecutive dates has none. A game is a rest edge when the team goes in with more days rest than its opponent, even when the two match, and a rest disadvantage when it goes in with fewer. Nothing is weighted: one day is one day, and the comparison is of whole days, not hours between tipoffs. A game where either side's rest is unknown — every team's season opener — counts in none of the three, so the three columns need not add up to games played. Tired vs rested is the subset that gets written about: the team is on a back-to-back and the opponent had at least a full day more. It is schedule tax, not a prediction — the board counts the spots the schedule deals, not what teams do with them, and every game appears twice in the league, once per side.