Updated Friday Apr. 3

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
ThunderOKC61-16
1.0 - 22 64.9 17.1 >99% 48%
2
SpursSA59-18
2.0 - 19 62.7 19.3 >99% 20%
3
PistonsDET56-21
3.0 - 26 59.6 22.5 >99% 9%
4
CelticsBOS51-25
4.0 - 27 55.2 26.9 >99% 10%
5
KnicksNY49-28
5.3 - 28 52.2 29.8 >99% 5%
6
NuggetsDEN49-28
6.3 ↑ 1 30 51.7 30.4 >99% 3%
7
CavaliersCLE48-29
8.0 ↓ 1 24 51.7 30.4 >99% 1%
8
RocketsHOU47-29
8.8 ↑ 3 23 51.0 31.0 >99% 1%
9
HornetsCHA41-36
8.8 - 29 43.7 38.4 62% 2%
10
TimberwolvesMIN46-30
10.3 - 25 49.6 32.5 >99% 1%
11
LakersLAL50-27
10.3 ↓ 3 21 52.9 29.1 >99% <1%
12
HawksATL44-33
10.8 - 17 46.6 35.5 98% <1%
13
ClippersLAC39-38
13.8 - 20 42.0 40.1 56% <1%
14
RaptorsTOR42-34
14.3 ↑ 2 15 45.3 36.8 87% <1%
15
SunsPHX42-35
14.5 ↑ 2 12 44.5 37.5 84% <1%
16
HeatMIA40-37
15.3 ↓ 2 9 43.1 38.9 43% <1%
17
76ersPHI42-34
17.8 ↑ 1 16 44.8 37.3 78% <1%
18
WarriorsGS36-41
18.8 ↑ 1 4 38.9 43.2 17% <1%
19
Trail BlazersPOR40-38
18.8 ↑ 1 18 41.8 40.2 44% <1%
20
MagicORL40-36
18.8 ↓ 5 3 42.8 39.2 32% <1%
21
PelicansNO25-52
21.8 - 7 27.2 54.8 <1% <1%
22
BullsCHI29-47
22.3 - 10 31.7 50.3 <1% <1%
23
GrizzliesMEM25-51
23.3 - 14 27.0 55.0 <1% <1%
24
BucksMIL30-46
23.5 - 5 32.5 49.6 <1% <1%
25
MavericksDAL24-52
24.5 - 13 25.9 56.2 <1% <1%
26
PacersIND18-58
26.3 - 6 19.5 62.5 <1% <1%
27
JazzUTAH21-56
27.0 ↑ 1 8 22.1 60.0 <1% <1%
28
KingsSAC20-57
27.5 ↓ 1 2 21.4 60.7 <1% <1%
29
NetsBKN18-58
29.0 - 1 20.2 61.9 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH17-59
30.0 - 11 18.4 63.6 <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 3 3.0
CelticsBOS 4 4 4 4 4.0
KnicksNY 5 5 6 5 5.3
NuggetsDEN 6 6 7 6 6.3
CavaliersCLE 8 8 8 8 8.0
RocketsHOU 9 7 9 10 8.8
HornetsCHA 13 10 5 7 8.8
TimberwolvesMIN 10 9 10 12 10.3
LakersLAL 7 12 11 11 10.3
HawksATL 11 11 12 9 10.8
ClippersLAC 15 14 13 13 13.8
RaptorsTOR 14 15 14 14 14.3
SunsPHX 12 16 15 15 14.5
HeatMIA 16 13 16 16 15.3
76ersPHI 17 19 17 18 17.8
WarriorsGS 20 17 18 20 18.8
Trail BlazersPOR 18 20 20 17 18.8
MagicORL 19 18 19 19 18.8
PelicansNO 23 22 21 21 21.8
BullsCHI 22 23 22 22 22.3
GrizzliesMEM 24 21 24 24 23.3
BucksMIL 21 24 26 23 23.5
MavericksDAL 25 25 23 25 24.5
PacersIND 28 26 25 26 26.3
JazzUTAH 26 27 27 28 27.0
KingsSAC 27 28 28 27 27.5
NetsBKN 29 29 29 29 29.0
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
NetsBKN 29 29 29 29 0.000
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 0.000
CavaliersCLE 8 8 8 8 0.000
CelticsBOS 4 4 4 4 0.000
PistonsDET 3 3 3 3 0.000
SpursSA 2 2 2 2 0.000
KnicksNY 5 5 6 5 0.500
MagicORL 19 18 19 19 0.500
RaptorsTOR 14 15 14 14 0.500
BullsCHI 22 23 22 22 0.500
NuggetsDEN 6 6 7 6 0.500
KingsSAC 27 28 28 27 0.577
JazzUTAH 26 27 27 28 0.816
ClippersLAC 15 14 13 13 0.957
PelicansNO 23 22 21 21 0.957
76ersPHI 17 19 17 18 0.957
MavericksDAL 25 25 23 25 1.000
TimberwolvesMIN 10 9 10 12 1.258
RocketsHOU 9 7 9 10 1.258
PacersIND 28 26 25 26 1.258
HawksATL 11 11 12 9 1.258
GrizzliesMEM 24 21 24 24 1.500
Trail BlazersPOR 18 20 20 17 1.500
WarriorsGS 20 17 18 20 1.500
HeatMIA 16 13 16 16 1.500
SunsPHX 12 16 15 15 1.732
BucksMIL 21 24 26 23 2.082
LakersLAL 7 12 11 11 2.217
HornetsCHA 13 10 5 7 3.500