Every 2023 WNBA playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Las Vegas Aces won the 2023 title from a regular season record of 34-6. 8 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 3 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com's WNBA statistics; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals | Las Vegas Aces | 2-0 in games | Chicago Sky | September 13 to September 17, 2023 |
| Quarterfinals | New York Liberty | 2-0 in games | Washington Mystics | September 15 to September 19, 2023 |
| Quarterfinals | Connecticut Sun | 2-1 in games | Minnesota Lynx | September 13 to September 20, 2023 |
| Quarterfinals | Dallas Wings | 2-0 in games | Atlanta Dream | September 15 to September 19, 2023 |
| Semifinals | Las Vegas Aces | 3-0 in games | Dallas Wings | September 24 to September 29, 2023 |
| Semifinals | New York Liberty | 3-1 in games | Connecticut Sun | September 24 to October 1, 2023 |
| The Finals | Las Vegas Aces | 3-1 in games | New York Liberty | October 8 to October 18, 2023 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: Playoff Race