Updated Tuesday Jan. 13

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

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

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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
Trail BlazersPOR19-21
Northwest 20
13.97
2
JazzUTAH14-25
Northwest 27
13.99
3
SunsPHX24-15
Pacific 11
14.05
4
KingsSAC10-30
Pacific 29
14.10
5
76ersPHI22-16
Atlantic 12
14.13
6
MagicORL22-18
Southeast 13
14.15
7
RaptorsTOR24-17
Atlantic 16
14.39
8
ThunderOKC33-7
Northwest 1
14.45
9
SpursSA27-12
Southwest 3
14.46
10
PelicansNO9-32
Southwest 28
14.49
11
KnicksNY25-14
Atlantic 5
14.54
12
TimberwolvesMIN26-14
Northwest 7
14.63
13
WizardsWSH10-28
Southeast 30
14.64
14
GrizzliesMEM17-22
Southwest 19
14.65
15
HeatMIA20-19
Southeast 15
14.66
16
PacersIND9-31
Central 25
14.68
17
BucksMIL17-22
Central 21
14.68
18
ClippersLAC16-23
Pacific 18
14.71
19
LakersLAL23-14
Pacific 17
14.74
20
RocketsHOU22-14
Southwest 4
14.78
21
WarriorsGS21-19
Pacific 10
14.85
22
PistonsDET28-10
Central 2
14.95
23
HawksATL20-21
Southeast 14
15.01
24
NuggetsDEN26-13
Northwest 8
15.02
25
MavericksDAL15-25
Southwest 24
15.03
26
NetsBKN11-26
Atlantic 26
15.04
27
CavaliersCLE22-19
Central 9
15.04
28
CelticsBOS24-15
Atlantic 6
15.05
29
BullsCHI18-20
Central 23
15.05
30
HornetsCHA14-26
Southeast 22
15.08

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.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
ThunderOKC33-7
Northwest 1
13.16
2
NuggetsDEN26-13
Northwest 8
13.66
3
HornetsCHA14-26
Southeast 22
13.78
4
WarriorsGS21-19
Pacific 10
13.83
5
LakersLAL23-14
Pacific 17
14.00
6
MavericksDAL15-25
Southwest 24
14.12
7
PistonsDET28-10
Central 2
14.25
8
BucksMIL17-22
Central 21
14.33
9
BullsCHI18-20
Central 23
14.43
10
NetsBKN11-26
Atlantic 26
14.78
11
RocketsHOU22-14
Southwest 4
14.82
12
RaptorsTOR24-17
Atlantic 16
14.85
13
TimberwolvesMIN26-14
Northwest 7
14.94
14
PelicansNO9-32
Southwest 28
14.95
15
PacersIND9-31
Central 25
14.96
16
SunsPHX24-15
Pacific 11
15.00
17
SpursSA27-12
Southwest 3
15.10
18
76ersPHI22-16
Atlantic 12
15.18
19
JazzUTAH14-25
Northwest 27
15.21
20
HeatMIA20-19
Southeast 15
15.23
21
MagicORL22-18
Southeast 13
15.24
22
CelticsBOS24-15
Atlantic 6
15.36
23
KnicksNY25-14
Atlantic 5
15.49
24
GrizzliesMEM17-22
Southwest 19
15.59
25
HawksATL20-21
Southeast 14
15.68
26
WizardsWSH10-28
Southeast 30
15.70
27
KingsSAC10-30
Pacific 29
15.88
28
CavaliersCLE22-19
Central 9
15.95
29
ClippersLAC16-23
Pacific 18
15.95
30
Trail BlazersPOR19-21
Northwest 20
16.08