MLC 2026 points table

San Francisco Unicorns, Los Angeles Knight Riders and Washington Freedom each won six and lost four of their ten league matches. San Francisco's +0.487 net run rate placed them first, ahead of Los Angeles on +0.245 and Washington on -0.399.

MI New York finished fourth with five wins and ten points. Seattle collected eight points and Texas six, leaving both outside the playoff positions when the league stage closed on 12 July.

The top three had identical played, won, lost and points records, so their official net run rates determined the seedings. San Francisco's +0.487 was the strongest, Los Angeles followed at +0.245 and Washington placed third at -0.399.

That order mattered to the playoff bracket. San Francisco and Los Angeles received the Qualifier route, while Washington entered the elimination side of the bracket despite matching their 12-point total.

First-placed San Francisco and second-placed Los Angeles met in the Qualifier, whose winner advanced directly to the Final. Third-placed Washington and fourth-placed MI New York met in the Eliminator.

Los Angeles won the Qualifier. Washington won the Eliminator and then beat San Francisco in the Challenger to reach the Final, but those three results and the Final did not change the league-stage table.

Seattle's +0.034 net run rate was better than MI New York's -0.165, but MI New York had ten points to Seattle's eight. Net run rate separates teams level on points; it does not move a lower-points team above a higher-points team.

The same rule explains why Texas remained sixth with an NRR of -0.151, even though that number was higher than Washington's -0.399. Washington had six wins and 12 points; Texas had three wins and six points.

No. The table closes after all six teams completed ten league matches. The Qualifier, Eliminator, Challenger and Final are knockout results and do not add played matches, wins, losses, points or net run rate to these standings.

Los Angeles therefore remains second in the final league table even though it won the championship. Washington remains third despite finishing runner-up, and San Francisco remains the league-stage leader despite losing both playoff matches.