Updated Saturday Dec. 6

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	KingsSAC5-17	Pacific	26	11.55
2	Trail BlazersPOR9-14	Northwest	19	12.06
3	CelticsBOS14-9	Atlantic	7	12.62
4	PelicansNO3-20	Southwest	28	12.87
5	MagicORL14-9	Southeast	5	12.97
6	MavericksDAL8-16	Southwest	21	13.07
7	NetsBKN5-17	Atlantic	29	13.39
8	HeatMIA14-9	Southeast	12	13.73
9	JazzUTAH8-14	Northwest	27	14.09
10	76ersPHI13-9	Atlantic	17	14.10
11	BucksMIL10-14	Central	22	14.25
12	PacersIND5-18	Central	25	14.28
13	WizardsWSH3-18	Southeast	30	14.31
14	GrizzliesMEM10-13	Southwest	18	14.55
15	ClippersLAC6-17	Pacific	20	14.75
16	HawksATL13-11	Southeast	14	14.92
17	RocketsHOU15-5	Southwest	2	14.99
18	BullsCHI9-13	Central	23	15.02
19	CavaliersCLE14-10	Central	6	15.03
20	WarriorsGS11-12	Pacific	13	15.07
21	SunsPHX13-10	Pacific	16	15.47
22	HornetsCHA7-16	Southeast	24	15.72
23	SpursSA15-7	Southwest	11	15.78
24	PistonsDET18-5	Central	8	15.99
25	KnicksNY15-7	Atlantic	4	16.38
26	RaptorsTOR15-9	Atlantic	15	16.55
27	TimberwolvesMIN14-8	Northwest	9	17.05
28	LakersLAL16-6	Pacific	10	17.50
29	NuggetsDEN16-6	Northwest	3	18.11
30	ThunderOKC22-1	Northwest	1	18.78

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.