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title: "What Is Win Rate in Sales? Definition and Formula"
description: "Win rate is the share of sales opportunities that end in a closed won deal. Learn how to calculate win rate and how win-loss analysis improves it."
canonical: https://www.onegtmlab.dev/glossary/sales-win-rate
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# What Is Win Rate in Sales? Definition and Formula

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GTM Glossary

# Win Rate

Win rate is the percentage of sales opportunities that end in a closed won deal, usually calculated as deals won divided by all deals that were closed, won or lost, in a period.

Also called: sales win rate, close rate, win-loss analysis

## Why it matters

Win rate shows how well a team turns qualified opportunities into customers. Together with pipeline size and average deal value, it tells leaders how much pipeline they need to reach a revenue target. A falling win rate can signal weaker qualification, a new competitor or a pricing problem.

The definition matters. Some teams count only opportunities that reached a certain stage, while others include every opportunity created, and these give very different numbers. Many teams pair the figure with win-loss analysis, reviewing why deals were won or lost, often by interviewing buyers, to find what to change.

## Example

In one quarter a sales team closes 80 opportunities: 20 won and 60 lost, a win rate of 25 percent. A win-loss review shows that most losses came from deals where the economic buyer never joined a call. The team adds a rule that a deal cannot reach the proposal stage until that buyer has been met.

## Related terms

-   [Sales Pipeline](/glossary/sales-pipeline)
-   [Sales Cycle](/glossary/sales-cycle)
-   [Sales Forecast](/glossary/sales-forecast)
-   [Conversion Rate](/glossary/conversion-rate)
-   [Competitive Intelligence](/glossary/competitive-intelligence)

## Related service

[RevOps Clean CRM data, lead routing and reporting your team can trust.](/services/revops)

## Related playbook

-   [Outbound Sales Playbook From a signal or event list to the right buyers, one channel each, with every row explained.](/growth-playbooks/outbound-sales)

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