NPB 2006 Final Standings - Central League champion Chunichi DragonsPacific League champion Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Central League: the club standing above its place on runs was 6th-placed Yokohama, who came out 5th in the league, while below it was 5th-placed Hiroshima, who came out 6th. Chunichi clinched on Oct 10, 2006 with 4 games left.

Pacific League: the club standing above its place on runs was 3rd-placed SoftBank, who came out 2nd in the league, while below it was 2nd-placed Seibu, who came out 3rd.

The table order and the order by runs

The order by runs is the order by the record implied by run differential.

Final standings (official)

Central League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	PCT	GB	By runs
1	Chunichi DragonsChunichi Champion	146	87	54	5	.617	—	1st (0)
2	Hanshin TigersHanshin	146	84	58	4	.592	3.5	2nd (0)
3	Tokyo Yakult SwallowsYakult	146	70	73	3	.490	18.0	3rd (0)
4	Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri	146	65	79	2	.451	23.5	4th (0)
5	Hiroshima Toyo CarpHiroshima	146	62	79	5	.440	25.0	6th (-1)
6	Yokohama BayStarsYokohama	146	58	84	4	.408	29.5	5th (+1)

Pacific League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	PCT	By runs
1	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersNippon-Ham Champion	136	82	54	0	.603	1st (0)
2	Seibu LionsSeibu	136	80	54	2	.597	3rd (-1)
3	Fukuoka SoftBank HawksSoftBank	136	75	56	5	.573	2nd (+1)
4	Chiba Lotte MarinesLotte	136	65	70	1	.481	4th (0)
5	ORIX BuffaloesORIX	136	52	81	3	.391	5th (0)
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesRakuten	136	47	85	4	.356	6th (0)

Season highlights

Central League Longest win streak: Hanshin Tigers, 9 in a row Best games over .500 (in-season peak): Chunichi Dragons at +34 Days in first place: Chunichi Dragons (115 days)

Pacific League Longest win streak: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, 11 in a row Best games over .500 (in-season peak): Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters at +28 Days in first place: Seibu Lions (105 days)

Days in first place are counted per day with games played.

Games over .500

Balance = wins minus losses. The horizontal zero line is the .500 mark. The ▼ marks along the top of the plot show the days the lead changed hands, colored for the new leader.

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Standings over time

Daily standings ordered by winning percentage (wins over decisions) at the end of each day. Teams tied on percentage share the same rank, so lines can overlap. Official tiebreakers such as head-to-head records are not applied to the daily series.

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Win-loss calendar

A tall dark cell is a win, a short light cell a loss, and a thin line a tie - the heights keep the chart readable even without color. Doubleheaders split the day's cell vertically.

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Interleague records

Central League

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Team	W - L (T)
Chunichi DragonsChunichi	20 - 15 (1)
Hanshin TigersHanshin	21 - 15
Tokyo Yakult SwallowsYakult	22 - 14
Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri	13 - 23
Hiroshima Toyo CarpHiroshima	16 - 20
Yokohama BayStarsYokohama	15 - 21

Pacific League

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Team	W - L (T)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersNippon-Ham	17 - 19
Seibu LionsSeibu	19 - 16 (1)
Fukuoka SoftBank HawksSoftBank	20 - 16
Chiba Lotte MarinesLotte	23 - 13
ORIX BuffaloesORIX	12 - 24
Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesRakuten	17 - 19

Season rules and notes

Pacific League: The official standings for this season do not list games behind.
Beyond the league schedule, "パ PO 第1S" (Pacific League Playoffs First Stage) was held this season (3 games, 2006-10-07 to 2006-10-09). The standings and charts on this page cover the league schedule only.
Beyond the league schedule, "パ PO 第2S" (Pacific League Playoffs Second Stage) was held this season (2 games, 2006-10-11 to 2006-10-12). The standings and charts on this page cover the league schedule only.
Beyond the league schedule, "日本シリーズ" (Japan Series) was held this season (5 games, 2006-10-21 to 2006-10-26). The standings and charts on this page cover the league schedule only.

This page is reference material. Where it differs from the official records, the official records take precedence.