Updated Tuesday Apr. 7

2026 Composite NBA Power Rankings

Calculated by aggregating computer generated power rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking.

TEAM AVERAGE
RANKING
AVG
1-WEEK
MOVE
SOS
PLAYED
RANK
WINS LOSSES MAKE
PLAYOFFS
MAKE
PLAY-
OFFS
WIN
FINALS
1
ThunderOKC62-16
1.0 - 22 65.0 17.1 >99% 49%
2
SpursSA60-19
2.0 - 19 62.4 19.7 >99% 17%
3
PistonsDET57-22
3.3 - 23 59.2 22.8 >99% 10%
4
CelticsBOS53-25
3.8 ↑ 1 26 55.7 26.4 >99% 10%
5
KnicksNY51-28
5.3 ↓ 1 25 52.8 29.2 >99% 6%
6
NuggetsDEN51-28
6.8 - 30 52.5 29.5 >99% 3%
7
CavaliersCLE50-29
7.8 - 27 52.1 30.0 >99% <1%
8
HornetsCHA43-36
8.3 ↑ 3 29 44.3 37.7 65% 2%
9
RocketsHOU49-29
8.5 - 28 51.6 30.4 >99% 1%
10
HawksATL45-34
10.0 ↑ 2 17 46.4 35.6 99% <1%
11
TimberwolvesMIN46-32
10.8 ↓ 1 24 48.5 33.6 >99% <1%
12
LakersLAL50-28
11.8 ↓ 4 20 52.1 29.9 >99% <1%
13
RaptorsTOR43-35
13.8 ↑ 1 12 45.3 36.7 84% <1%
14
ClippersLAC40-38
14.0 ↓ 1 21 42.2 39.9 60% <1%
15
SunsPHX43-35
14.8 - 13 44.9 37.2 83% <1%
16
HeatMIA41-37
15.0 - 10 43.2 38.8 30% <1%
17
MagicORL43-36
16.8 - 4 44.3 37.7 49% <1%
18
76ersPHI43-36
18.3 - 7 44.7 37.3 73% <1%
19
WarriorsGS36-42
19.3 - 6 38.4 43.6 16% <1%
20
Trail BlazersPOR40-39
19.3 - 18 41.5 40.5 41% <1%
21
PelicansNO25-54
21.5 - 14 26.2 55.9 <1% <1%
22
BullsCHI29-49
23.0 - 8 31.2 50.9 <1% <1%
23
BucksMIL31-47
23.3 ↑ 2 3 32.7 49.4 <1% <1%
24
MavericksDAL25-53
23.3 ↓ 1 16 26.2 55.8 <1% <1%
25
GrizzliesMEM25-54
24.3 ↓ 1 15 25.9 56.1 <1% <1%
26
PacersIND18-60
26.0 - 2 19.3 62.8 <1% <1%
27
KingsSAC21-58
27.3 ↑ 1 9 21.7 60.3 <1% <1%
28
JazzUTAH21-58
27.8 ↓ 1 5 21.9 60.1 <1% <1%
29
NetsBKN19-59
28.8 - 1 20.4 61.7 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH17-61
30.0 - 11 17.9 64.1 <1% <1%

How We Calculate: Our NBA Power Rankings are calculated by aggregating computer rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking. Up or down movement within our rankings versus the previous week is provided for each team. Some of these sites also project teams’ future success. We collect this info and calculate each team’s average win/loss projection, playoff odds and NBA Finals odds.

Our heat chart below shows how each of the four sites we pull from ranks all 30 teams. We pull from Massey Ratings (MY), Team Rankings (TR), ESPN and Sagarin (SAG).

TEAM MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG AVERAGEAVG
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 1.0
SpursSA 2 2 2 2 2.0
PistonsDET 3 3 3 4 3.3
CelticsBOS 4 4 4 3 3.8
KnicksNY 5 5 6 5 5.3
NuggetsDEN 6 7 7 7 6.8
CavaliersCLE 7 8 8 8 7.8
HornetsCHA 12 10 5 6 8.3
RocketsHOU 9 6 9 10 8.5
HawksATL 10 11 10 9 10.0
TimberwolvesMIN 11 9 11 12 10.8
LakersLAL 8 12 16 11 11.8
RaptorsTOR 14 14 13 14 13.8
ClippersLAC 16 15 12 13 14.0
SunsPHX 13 16 15 15 14.8
HeatMIA 17 13 14 16 15.0
MagicORL 15 17 18 17 16.8
76ersPHI 18 19 17 19 18.3
WarriorsGS 20 18 19 20 19.3
Trail BlazersPOR 19 20 20 18 19.3
PelicansNO 23 21 21 21 21.5
BullsCHI 22 23 23 24 23.0
BucksMIL 21 25 25 22 23.3
MavericksDAL 24 24 22 23 23.3
GrizzliesMEM 25 22 24 26 24.3
PacersIND 27 26 26 25 26.0
KingsSAC 26 28 28 27 27.3
JazzUTAH 28 27 27 29 27.8
NetsBKN 29 29 29 28 28.8
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 30.0

Standard deviation is a statistical tool used to measure the variance within a set of numbers. In the table below, we use standard deviation to determine which teams are ranked the most and least consistently. A low number indicates that a team is ranked consistently across the four sites we pull from. A high number indicates an inconsistently ranked team.

TEAM MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG STAN DEVSTDEV
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 0.000
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 0.000
SpursSA 2 2 2 2 0.000
PistonsDET 3 3 3 4 0.500
CelticsBOS 4 4 4 3 0.500
KnicksNY 5 5 6 5 0.500
NuggetsDEN 6 7 7 7 0.500
CavaliersCLE 7 8 8 8 0.500
NetsBKN 29 29 29 28 0.500
RaptorsTOR 14 14 13 14 0.500
BullsCHI 22 23 23 24 0.816
PacersIND 27 26 26 25 0.816
HawksATL 10 11 10 9 0.816
KingsSAC 26 28 28 27 0.957
MavericksDAL 24 24 22 23 0.957
JazzUTAH 28 27 27 29 0.957
76ersPHI 18 19 17 19 0.957
WarriorsGS 20 18 19 20 0.957
Trail BlazersPOR 19 20 20 18 0.957
PelicansNO 23 21 21 21 1.000
MagicORL 15 17 18 17 1.258
SunsPHX 13 16 15 15 1.258
TimberwolvesMIN 11 9 11 12 1.258
GrizzliesMEM 25 22 24 26 1.708
RocketsHOU 9 6 9 10 1.732
HeatMIA 17 13 14 16 1.826
ClippersLAC 16 15 12 13 1.826
BucksMIL 21 25 25 22 2.062
HornetsCHA 12 10 5 6 3.304
LakersLAL 8 12 16 11 3.304