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MLB Wild Card Standings

The 2026 MLB wild-card race, by current record: games back of the last place in each league, home and road splits, and what Kalshi's markets price each club's chance of getting there. Nine clubs are still mathematically alive for five places.
9 clubs chasing 5 placesUpdated Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026 · 12:31 AM ET
How this table works: Each league awards three wild cards to the best records that did not win a division, so the three division leaders are listed separately — they are not competing for these places. The race is ordered by winning percentage, and GB is games behind the club holding the last wild card, counted the league's own way: a half game exists because a club catches up one win and one loss at a time. The odds column is a Kalshi price, not a record.
The race

2026 MLB wild card standings

Division leaders excluded — they hold a postseason place already. The line under the third club is the cutoff.

American League wild card race

The American League wild-card race for 2026, ordered by winning percentage: each club with its division, whether it has clinched or been eliminated, its win-loss record and winning percentage, its games behind the last wild-card place, and Kalshi's market-derived price on it taking a wild card. Home and road records are in each club's expandable panel.
TeamStatusW-LPctWC GBWild card oddsSourceTrade
1New York YankeesAL EastClinched89-66.574+9.5—
2Boston Red SoxAL EastClinched84-72.538+4.0—
3Chicago White SoxAL CentralIn contention80-76.513—48%Trade
4Houston AstrosAL WestIn contention77-79.4943.01%Trade
5Toronto Blue JaysAL EastIn contention77-80.4903.52%Trade
6Baltimore OriolesAL EastIn contention76-81.4844.5<1%Trade
7Detroit TigersAL CentralEliminated74-83.4716.5—
8Seattle MarinersAL WestIn contention73-83.4687.00%Trade
9Minnesota TwinsAL CentralEliminated73-84.4657.5—
10Kansas City RoyalsAL CentralEliminated67-89.42913.0—
11AthleticsAL WestEliminated61-95.39119.0—
12Los Angeles AngelsAL WestEliminated60-96.38520.0—
The rule sits under the 3 clubs currently holding a wild card. WC GB is games behind the club on that line.

National League wild card race

The National League wild-card race for 2026, ordered by winning percentage: each club with its division, whether it has clinched or been eliminated, its win-loss record and winning percentage, its games behind the last wild-card place, and Kalshi's market-derived price on it taking a wild card. Home and road records are in each club's expandable panel.
TeamStatusW-LPctWC GBWild card oddsSourceTrade
1Chicago CubsNL CentralIn contention87-69.558+1.0100%Trade
2San Diego PadresNL WestIn contention87-69.558+1.098%Trade
3Philadelphia PhilliesNL EastIn contention86-70.551—98%Trade
4Arizona DiamondbacksNL WestIn contention82-74.5264.05%Trade
5Pittsburgh PiratesNL CentralEliminated79-77.5067.0—
6Miami MarlinsNL EastEliminated76-80.48710.0—
7St. Louis CardinalsNL CentralEliminated76-80.48710.0—
8Washington NationalsNL EastEliminated73-84.46513.5—
9Cincinnati RedsNL CentralEliminated72-84.46214.0—
10New York MetsNL EastEliminated71-85.45515.0—
11San Francisco GiantsNL WestEliminated65-92.41421.5—
12Colorado RockiesNL WestEliminated57-99.36529.0—
The rule sits under the 3 clubs currently holding a wild card. WC GB is games behind the club on that line.
Not in the race

Division leaders, for context

The three clubs in each league that are not in this race, and how close each is to making that official. A club that loses its division lead drops into the wild-card table above — which is why the two are worth reading together.
American League
AL East.613
Tampa BayRays95-60
Clinched a postseason spot99% →
AL Central.519
ClevelandGuardians81-75
Magic number 652% →
AL West.500
TexasRangers78-78
Magic number 660% →
National League
NL Central.628
MilwaukeeBrewers98-58
Clinched a postseason spot100% →
NL West.615
Los AngelesDodgers96-60
Clinched a postseason spot100% →
NL East.590
AtlantaBraves92-64
Clinched a postseason spot100% →
How it works

How to read the MLB wild card standings

Twelve clubs reach the MLB postseason, six per league: the three division winners, then the three best records left over. Those last three are the wild cards. A division winner is seeded above every wild card however good the wild card's record — so a 95-win wild card is still the No. 4 seed behind an 84-win division champion, and the two races are worth watching separately.

GB is games behind the club currently holding the third wild card. It moves in half games because there are two ways to close a gap: the club ahead loses, or the club behind wins. A club above the line carries a negative number — its cushion — and the club on the line itself reads zero, since it is the thing everyone else is measured against.

"Clinched" and "Eliminated" come from two places, and the page prefers the firmer one. Where Kalshi has settled a club's playoff-qualifier contract, that is a graded, paid-out fact and it wins. Otherwise the label is arithmetic: a club is out when its best possible finish — every remaining game won — falls short of both the club holding the last wild card and its own division leader, since winning a division is the other way in. The arithmetic usually gets there a day or two before settlement does.

The wild-card odds column is derived, and worth understanding. Kalshi lists no wild-card market — it lists one on reaching the postseason and one on winning each division — so this page subtracts: a wild card is reaching the postseason without winning the division, which makes the probability the difference between those two prices. The subtraction is exact rather than an estimate, because a club that qualifies either won its division or it didn't. Both source prices are shown when you expand a row.

Records come from the exchange's own standings feed. Games back, the wild-card order, the cutoff and the magic numbers are computed here from those records across the whole league — none of them are in the feed. Run differential, streaks and last-ten records are not shown because no feed available to this page carries them.

FAQ

MLB wild card questions

How many wild card teams make the MLB playoffs in 2026?
Three per league, six in total. They go to the best three records in each league that did not win a division. Together with the three division winners that makes six postseason clubs per league and twelve overall.
How is the MLB wild card decided?
By record, with MLB's tiebreakers settling a tie. The three division winners in each league are removed, and the three best records left take the wild cards, seeded 4 to 6. Clubs that finish level are separated by MLB's own tiebreakers — head-to-head first, then intradivision record — rather than by a play-in game. The top wild card hosts the second in a best-of-three Wild Card Series, and the third visits the lowest-seeded division winner, who is seeded 3. The top two division winners skip the round entirely, and there is no reseeding afterwards.
Who holds the last AL wild card?
Chicago White Sox, at 80-76. Houston Astros is the first club out, 3 games behind.
Who holds the last NL wild card?
Philadelphia Phillies, at 86-70. Arizona Diamondbacks is the first club out, 4 games behind.
Which team is most likely to take a wild card?
Chicago Cubs, at 100% on Kalshi. That figure is the difference between the club's price to reach the postseason (100%) and its price to win its division (0%) — a wild card being the first without the second.
What does GB mean in the wild card standings?
Games behind the club holding the last wild-card place. It moves in half games because a gap closes two ways — the club ahead losing, or the club behind winning — so each of those is worth half a game. A negative number means the club is above the line by that much.
Why are division leaders not in this table?
Because they are not competing for a wild card. A wild card goes to a club that did not win its division, so the three division leaders in each league are listed separately for context. If one of them loses its division lead it appears in the race table instead.
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