Updated Tuesday Apr. 7

2026 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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
NetsBKN19-59
Atlantic 29
14.03
2
PacersIND18-60
Central 26
14.41
3
BucksMIL31-47
Central 23
14.44
4
MagicORL43-36
Southeast 17
14.51
5
JazzUTAH21-58
Northwest 28
14.55
6
WarriorsGS36-42
Pacific 19
14.56
7
76ersPHI43-36
Atlantic 18
14.58
8
BullsCHI29-49
Central 22
14.61
9
KingsSAC21-58
Pacific 27
14.63
10
HeatMIA41-37
Southeast 16
14.73
11
WizardsWSH17-61
Southeast 30
14.93
12
RaptorsTOR43-35
Atlantic 13
14.93
13
SunsPHX43-35
Pacific 15
14.97
14
PelicansNO25-54
Southwest 21
14.97
15
GrizzliesMEM25-54
Southwest 25
14.98
16
MavericksDAL25-53
Southwest 24
15.01
17
HawksATL45-34
Southeast 10
15.16
18
Trail BlazersPOR40-39
Northwest 20
15.17
19
SpursSA60-19
Southwest 2
15.25
20
LakersLAL50-28
Pacific 12
15.46
21
ClippersLAC40-38
Pacific 14
15.57
22
ThunderOKC62-16
Northwest 1
15.60
23
PistonsDET57-22
Central 3
15.61
24
TimberwolvesMIN46-32
Northwest 11
15.61
25
KnicksNY51-28
Atlantic 5
15.67
26
CelticsBOS53-25
Atlantic 4
15.68
27
CavaliersCLE50-29
Central 7
15.69
28
RocketsHOU49-29
Southwest 9
15.71
29
HornetsCHA43-36
Southeast 8
15.78
30
NuggetsDEN51-28
Northwest 6
15.87

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
HornetsCHA43-36
Southeast 8
4.13
2
KnicksNY51-28
Atlantic 5
8.63
3
NuggetsDEN51-28
Northwest 6
9.10
4
HawksATL45-34
Southeast 10
10.20
5
SunsPHX43-35
Pacific 15
11.15
6
ThunderOKC62-16
Northwest 1
11.85
7
CavaliersCLE50-29
Central 7
12.27
8
MagicORL43-36
Southeast 17
12.53
9
CelticsBOS53-25
Atlantic 4
12.98
10
MavericksDAL25-53
Southwest 24
13.45
11
HeatMIA41-37
Southeast 16
13.60
12
PelicansNO25-54
Southwest 21
14.13
13
GrizzliesMEM25-54
Southwest 25
14.37
14
Trail BlazersPOR40-39
Northwest 20
14.43
15
PacersIND18-60
Central 26
15.30
16
LakersLAL50-28
Pacific 12
15.73
17
ClippersLAC40-38
Pacific 14
15.73
18
RaptorsTOR43-35
Atlantic 13
16.03
19
SpursSA60-19
Southwest 2
16.47
20
RocketsHOU49-29
Southwest 9
17.05
21
WizardsWSH17-61
Southeast 30
17.20
22
TimberwolvesMIN46-32
Northwest 11
18.20
23
BullsCHI29-49
Central 22
18.43
24
JazzUTAH21-58
Northwest 28
19.20
25
PistonsDET57-22
Central 3
19.20
26
76ersPHI43-36
Atlantic 18
19.27
27
KingsSAC21-58
Pacific 27
19.30
28
BucksMIL31-47
Central 23
19.80
29
WarriorsGS36-42
Pacific 19
20.10
30
NetsBKN19-59
Atlantic 29
21.60