Predict Women's Basketball Since 1997
Women's National Basketball Association Dataset since 1997
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About this Dataset
Predict Women's Basketball Since 1997
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July (except in Olympic years) and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October.
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About Files:
- wnba_elo.csv contains game-by-game Elo ratings and forecasts since 1997.
- wnba_elo_latest.csv contains game-by-game Elo ratings and forecasts for only the latest season.
Data Dictionary
| Column | Definition |
|---|---|
| season | Year of season |
| date | Date of game |
| playoff | Whether game was in playoffs |
| neutral | Whether game was on a neutral site |
| status | post if the game already happened; pre if it hasn't happened yet; live if it is being played at the time of data export |
| home_team | Home team name |
| away_team | Away team name |
| home_team_abbr | Home team abbreviation. Multiple team names can fall under the same team_abbr because of name changes or moves. Interactive is grouped by team_abbr. |
| away_team_abbr | Away team abbreviation. Multiple team names can fall under the same team_abbr because of name changes or moves. Interactive is grouped by team_abbr. |
| home_team_pregame_rating | Home team's Elo rating before the game |
| away_team_pregame_rating | Away team's Elo rating before the game |
| home_team_winprob | Home team's probability of winning according to team ratings |
| away_team_winprob | Away team's probability of winning according to team ratings |
| home_team_score | Home team's score (will be blank for pre and live games) |
| away_team_score | Away team's score (will be blank for pre and live games) |
| home_team_postgame_rating | Home team's rating after the game (will be blank for pre and live games) |
| away_team_postgame_rating | Away team's rating after the game (will be blank for pre and live games) |
| commissioners_cup_final | Whether this game was the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Championship Game. All Championship Games shift teams' Elo ratings but are excluded from Monte Carlo simulations, as they do not count towards teams' regular season records. |