How Standings Are Calculated
Standings update automatically as scores are reported throughout your event. This article explains what each stat means and how rankings are determined.
Stats Tracked
Every player or team in your event has the following stats calculated from their match results:
Stat | Column Header | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
Wins | W | Total matches (or sets) won |
Losses | L | Total matches (or sets) lost |
Win Percentage | W% | Wins ÷ (Wins + Losses) |
Point Differential | PD | Total points scored minus total points allowed |
Total Points | TP | Sum of all points scored across all matches |
Point Percentage | PP% | Scoring efficiency — see formula below |
Average Point Differential | APD | Point Differential ÷ total matches played |
Average Points | AP | Total Points ÷ total sets played |
Sport-Specific Terminology
Standings terminology adapts based on your event's sport:
Pickleball: Uses "points" terminology throughout standings (for example, Point Differential, Total Points, Point Percentage).
Tennis and Padel: Use "games" instead of "points" in standings labels (for example, Game Differential, Total Games, Game Percentage).
This ensures the terminology matches how players and directors talk about scoring in each sport.
How Rankings Are Determined
Standings are ranked using a 3-tier sorting system:
Primary sort — All players/teams are first ranked by this stat (default: Wins)
Secondary tiebreaker — If two or more players/teams are tied on the primary stat, this breaks the tie (default: Head-to-Head)
Tertiary tiebreaker — If still tied after the secondary, this is the final tiebreaker (default: Point Differential)
You can customize all three tiers per division — see How to Modify Tiebreakers.
Custom Points Scoring
Hosts can configure a custom scoring system per division to track points beyond standard match wins and game wins. This is useful for leagues or tournaments that use unique point systems.
Key settings
Custom points label: Set a custom label for the points column in standings (for example, "Match Points" or "Performance Score").
Standings display: Custom points appear in all standings views—main standings, per-round standings, and individual standings.
Sort priority: You can sort divisions by custom points as a primary, secondary, or tertiary sort option alongside standard tiebreakers.
Configure custom points in Event settings for each division.
Standings Views
Depending on your event, you may see different ways to view standings:
View | What It Shows |
|---|---|
By Record (default) | Separate standings table for each group within the division |
By Division | All groups merged into a single ranked list across the entire division |
Per Round | Standings calculated for one round at a time, with a round selector to navigate between rounds |
Per-round standings are available for ladder and league formats (Up and Down the River, Ladder League, Humpty Dumpty, and Cream of the Crop). Use the left/right arrows to cycle through rounds.
Standings Refresh
Automatic: Standings refresh every 30 seconds while you're viewing them
Manual: Pull down on the standings screen to force a refresh
Standings recalculate in real time as scores are reported, so there's no delay between a match finishing and the rankings updating.
Walkovers and Forfeits
When a match is marked as a walkover (forfeit), it counts as a 1–0 win for the non-forfeiting team. Walkover matches do not count toward point-based stats (PD, TP, PP%, etc.) — only the win/loss record is affected.
Substitute Games and Standings
When a player uses a substitute, you can choose whether those games count toward the original player's standings. This is controlled by the Win Does Not Count toggle in the substitute dialog.
How to exclude substitute games from standings
Go to the Players tab and tap the swap icon on the player who needs a sub
Enter the substitute's name, select which rounds they'll play, and set any points deduction
Toggle on Win Does Not Count (orange toggle with a block icon). Its subtitle reads "Wins in rounds where the substitute plays will not count toward standings"
Tap Register — the summary will show "Wins will not count in rounds where substitute plays" in orange when enabled
A green SUB badge appears on the swap icon for any player who has an active sub registered.
How it works by format
The standings exclusion behaves differently depending on whether your league uses rotating or fixed partners:
Format | Standings Impact |
|---|---|
Rotating partner leagues | Only the individual player who has the sub gets skipped in standings. Their partner and opponents in those rounds still get full credit for wins, losses, and points. |
Same partner leagues | The entire team that used a sub gets 0 stats for those rounds. The opposing team still gets their win/loss counted normally. |
Key behaviors
Per-player setting: The toggle is set per player, not per match. If you enable it for a player, it applies to all rounds where that player's substitute is playing.
Round-specific: If a sub only plays rounds 2–3, only those rounds are excluded. The player's own rounds still count normally.
Multiple subs in one match: If two players in the same match both have subs with the toggle enabled, the exclusion stays active as long as any one of them still has it on. Deregistering one sub won't accidentally clear the flag for the other.
Independent of Penalize Wins: This toggle works separately from the Penalize Wins option — you can use either, both, or neither.
Rounds grouped by date: In leagues, the round selection dialog groups rounds by date, making it easier to pick the right session.
This setting controls whether results flow into the standings — it does not affect actual match scores or gameplay.
Penalize Wins
Penalize Wins is the narrower of the two options: it voids 1 win per match where both partners use a substitute. When only one player in a partnership has a sub, it does nothing.
This toggle appears only when the division uses individual-game scoring.
For rotating partner leagues specifically, see Substitutes and player swaps in Rotating Partner Round Robin.