Thursday, September 24, 2026
2026 · Worst 10-game run per team
WNBA Hardest Stretches
Seattle Storm have the toughest 10-game run: Jul 9 – Aug 5, scored 83.1.
| # | Team | Worst stretch | Games | Opp margin | Avg fatigue | Score | Easiest stretch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SeattleStormSEA | Jul 9 – Aug 5 | 10 · 7 road | +3.5 | 3.0 | 21.7 · Aug 10 – Sep 23 | |
| 2 |  Las VegasAcesLVA | Jul 30 – Aug 18 | 10 · 5 road | +2.7 | 3.5 | 36.7 · Jun 15 – Jul 9 | |
| 3 |  DallasWingsDAL | May 22 – Jun 17 | 10 · 6 road | +3.0 | 3.0 | 40.8 · Jun 20 – Jul 19 | |
| 4 |  WashingtonMysticsWAS | Aug 9 – Aug 28 | 10 · 6 road | +1.8 | 3.8 | 31.4 · Jul 6 – Aug 5 | |
| 5 |  TorontoTempoTOR | Aug 10 – Sep 18 | 10 · 6 road | +1.4 | 3.9 | 14.3 · May 23 – Jun 19 | |
| 6 |  Los AngelesSparksLAS | Jun 15 – Jul 15 | 10 · 5 road | +3.1 | 2.6 | 37.9 · Aug 15 – Sep 22 | |
| 7 |  New YorkLibertyNYL | Jun 21 – Jul 18 | 10 · 7 road | +2.3 | 3.0 | 25.0 · Aug 3 – Aug 29 | |
| 8 |  Golden StateValkyriesGSV | Jun 19 – Jul 15 | 10 · 6 road | +2.8 | 2.5 | 19.5 · Jul 15 – Aug 17 | |
| 9 |  PhoenixMercuryPHX | May 24 – Jun 17 | 10 · 7 road | +2.3 | 2.7 | 24.0 · Jul 17 – Aug 11 | |
| 10 |  IndianaFeverIND | Jun 18 – Jul 15 | 10 · 5 road | +2.5 | 2.4 | 28.1 · Aug 8 – Sep 18 | |
| 11 |  ConnecticutSunCON | May 10 – Jun 2 | 10 · 6 road | +1.8 | 2.6 | 17.7 · Jun 2 – Jul 2 | |
| 12 |  PortlandFirePDX | May 20 – Jun 11 | 10 · 5 road | +1.3 | 2.7 | 41.5 · Jun 2 – Jun 28 | |
| 13 |  AtlantaDreamATL | Jun 11 – Jul 4 | 10 · 6 road | +1.3 | 2.7 | 16.7 · Jul 13 – Aug 13 | |
| 14 |  MinnesotaLynxMIN | Aug 12 – Sep 24 | 10 · 7 road | +1.0 | 2.8 | 17.7 · May 14 – Jun 9 | |
| 15 |  ChicagoSkyCHI | Aug 1 – Aug 23 | 10 · 3 road | +2.1 | 2.0 | 31.9 · Jun 2 – Jun 26 |
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.
- Worst stretch
- The dates of the team's hardest run of consecutive games — its first game to its last.
- Games
- Games in the stretch, and how many of them are on the road. Neutral floors do not count as road games.
- Opp margin
- The average point differential the stretch's opponents posted last season. An opponent with no prior-season row counts as zero.
- Avg fatigue
- The stretch's mean Fatigue Index — rest, the prior travel leg, body-clock shift, schedule density, and road games, scored 0–10 a night.
- Score
- 0–100 for the stretch: opponent strength and average fatigue, min-max normalized across every stretch in the league and blended 60/40.
- Easiest stretch
- The same team's softest run — its score and the dates it falls on.
The extremes
The toughest stretch
The Seattle Storm's hardest stretch: Jul 9 – Aug 5, scoring 83.1 — 7 of the 10 on the road, opponents averaging +3.5 a night, a 3.0 average Fatigue Index.
The softest stretch
The Toronto Tempo's easiest stretch: May 23 – Jun 19, scoring 14.3 — 5 of the 10 on the road, opponents averaging −2.7 a night, a 1.0 average Fatigue Index.
How it's counted
Every run of 10 consecutive games in a team's season is one stretch.
Each is scored on two things: the average point differential its opponents posted in 2025, and the average Fatigue Index of its 10 nights. Both are min-max normalized across every stretch in the league, then blended 60% opponent strength and 40% fatigue into a 0–100 score, so 100 is the league's single hardest run and 0 its softest.
An opponent with no prior-season row — an expansion team, or the league's first analyzed season — counts as a league-average opponent, a margin of zero.
Teams with fewer than 10 games on the schedule have no stretches and do not appear. The score measures schedule tax, not outcomes: it is not a prediction of how a team will play.
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