The objectives of the current study were to compare the difference between standardized ileal digestibility (SID) and standardized total tract digestibility (STTD) of phosphorus (P) in pigs using published data and investigate the factors that affect the hindgut disappearance of P in pigs. A total of 156 observations from 32 experiments that determined the apparent ileal digestibility and total tract digestibility of P in pigs were collected. The SID and STTD of P were calculated by accounting for basal endogenous losses of P. Standardized hindgut disappearance (SHD) of P was determined by subtracting the SID of P from the STTD of P. The Chi-square test was performed to investigate the association between SHD of P and categorical variables, including the use of phytase, the use of inorganic P sources, the use of corn-soybean meal-based diets, and body weight (BW) of pigs. To determine the effects of the SID of P on the SHD of P, a linear equation for the SHD of P was developed using the SID of P as an independent variable. The BW of pigs ranged from 10.0 to 104.8 kg and the SHD of P ranged from -22.8% to 39.8%. The STTD of P was greater than the SID of P (47.1% vs. 49.7%