<P> In North America, winning percentages are expressed to three digits and read as whole numbers (e.g. 1.000, "a thousand" or . 500, "five hundred"). In this case, the name "winning percentage" is actually a misnomer, since it is not expressed as a percentage . A winning percentage such as . 536 ("five thirty - six") expressed as a percentage would be 53.6% . </P> <P> However, in soccer, a manager's abilities may be measured by win percentage . In this case, the formula is wins divided by total number of matches; draws are not considered as "half - wins", and the quotient is always in percentage form . </P> <P> In the National Football League, division winners and playoff qualifiers are technically determined by winning percentage and not by number of wins . Ties are currently counted as half a win and half a loss, however, prior to 1972 ties did not count for the purposes of this calculation . So, for example, one team finished 11 - 3 and another 10 - 2 - 2, there would have been no tiebreaker - the team with two ties would have been deemed the outright division winner . This made tie games (a fairly common occurrence in football before overtime was introduced) somewhat more valuable to teams compared to the half - win they are considered today . </P> <P> Some leagues and competitions may instead use a points percentage system, changing the nature of this statistic . In this type of method, used in many group tournament ranking systems, the competitors are awarded a certain number of points per win, fewer points per tie, and none for a loss . The teams are then ranked by the total number of these accumulated points . One such method is the "three points for a win", where three points are awarded for winning a game, one point is awarded for a draw, and no points are awarded for a loss . The National Hockey League (which uses an overtime and shootouts to break all ties) awards two points for a win in regulation or overtime / shootout, one point for an overtime loss, and none for a regulation loss . </P>

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