Updated Thursday Feb. 13

2024 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
ThunderOKC44-9
1.0 - 15 66.8 15.2 >99% 49%
2
CavaliersCLE44-10
2.0 - 28 64.1 17.9 >99% 20%
3
CelticsBOS39-16
3.0 - 24 58.3 23.7 >99% 14%
4
NuggetsDEN36-19
4.6 ↑ 3 26 52.5 29.5 >99% 4%
5
GrizzliesMEM36-18
4.8 ↓ 1 25 53.2 28.8 >99% 3%
6
KnicksNY36-18
6.8 ↓ 1 29 52.7 29.3 >99% 3%
7
RocketsHOU34-20
9.2 ↓ 1 6 50.8 31.2 99% 1%
8
ClippersLAC30-23
9.2 ↑ 1 11 45.7 36.3 77% <1%
9
LakersLAL32-20
9.2 ↓ 1 23 48.6 33.4 91% 2%
10
TimberwolvesMIN30-25
10.2 - 5 45.0 37.0 78% <1%
11
BucksMIL29-24
12.2 - 30 44.0 38.0 96% <1%
12
PacersIND30-23
12.6 ↑ 1 27 45.8 36.2 99% <1%
13
MavericksDAL29-26
13.0 ↓ 1 7 44.2 37.8 69% <1%
14
WarriorsGS27-27
13.2 - 4 42.2 39.8 37% <1%
15
KingsSAC28-26
13.6 - 20 42.1 39.9 39% <1%
16
PistonsDET29-26
16.2 ↑ 5 21 42.0 40.0 85% <1%
17
SunsPHX26-28
17.6 - 16 38.0 44.0 7% <1%
18
HeatMIA25-27
17.8 ↓ 2 19 40.1 41.9 72% <1%
19
MagicORL27-29
18.4 ↓ 1 22 40.0 42.0 73% <1%
20
SpursSA23-29
18.6 ↓ 1 10 36.7 45.3 4% <1%
21
HawksATL26-29
20.2 ↑ 2 14 38.5 43.5 55% <1%
22
76ersPHI20-34
21.2 ↓ 2 13 33.3 48.7 13% <1%
23
Trail BlazersPOR23-32
23.0 ↓ 1 9 33.1 48.9 <1% <1%
24
BullsCHI22-33
24.0 - 18 32.1 49.9 5% <1%
25
RaptorsTOR17-38
24.8 - 1 29.1 52.9 1% <1%
26
NetsBKN20-34
25.8 ↑ 1 12 29.8 52.2 1% <1%
27
JazzUTAH13-40
27.4 ↑ 2 8 22.4 59.6 <1% <1%
28
HornetsCHA13-39
27.4 - 17 22.1 59.9 <1% <1%
29
PelicansNO12-42
28.0 ↓ 3 3 20.6 61.4 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH9-45
30.0 - 2 16.1 65.9 <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 five sites we pull from ranks all 30 teams. We pull from numberFire (nF), Massey Ratings (MY), Team Rankings (TR), ESPN and Sagarin (SAG).

TEAM numberFirenF MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG AVERAGEAVG
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 1 1.0
CavaliersCLE 2 2 2 2 2 2.0
CelticsBOS 3 3 3 3 3 3.0
NuggetsDEN 4 4 5 5 5 4.6
GrizzliesMEM 5 5 4 6 4 4.8
KnicksNY 6 7 6 8 7 6.8
RocketsHOU 7 6 7 18 8 9.2
ClippersLAC 10 9 10 7 10 9.2
LakersLAL 11 8 14 4 9 9.2
TimberwolvesMIN 8 10 8 19 6 10.2
BucksMIL 12 12 11 13 13 12.2
PacersIND 13 13 15 10 12 12.6
MavericksDAL 9 11 9 25 11 13.0
WarriorsGS 15 14 12 9 16 13.2
KingsSAC 14 15 13 12 14 13.6
PistonsDET 16 16 19 15 15 16.2
SunsPHX 19 17 18 14 20 17.6
HeatMIA 17 18 16 21 17 17.8
MagicORL 21 20 17 11 23 18.4
SpursSA 18 21 20 16 18 18.6
HawksATL 20 19 21 22 19 20.2
76ersPHI 22 23 22 17 22 21.2
Trail BlazersPOR 27 22 25 20 21 23.0
BullsCHI 23 25 24 23 25 24.0
RaptorsTOR 25 26 23 26 24 24.8
NetsBKN 26 24 28 24 27 25.8
JazzUTAH 28 27 26 27 29 27.4
HornetsCHA 24 29 29 29 26 27.4
PelicansNO 29 28 27 28 28 28.0
WizardsWSH 30 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 five sites we pull from. A high number indicates an inconsistently ranked team.

TEAM numberFirenF MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG STAN DEVSTDEV
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 1 0.000
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 30 0.000
CelticsBOS 3 3 3 3 3 0.000
CavaliersCLE 2 2 2 2 2 0.000
NuggetsDEN 4 4 5 5 5 0.577
BucksMIL 12 12 11 13 13 0.816
PelicansNO 29 28 27 28 28 0.816
JazzUTAH 28 27 26 27 29 0.816
GrizzliesMEM 5 5 4 6 4 0.816
BullsCHI 23 25 24 23 25 0.957
KnicksNY 6 7 6 8 7 0.957
HawksATL 20 19 21 22 19 1.291
KingsSAC 14 15 13 12 14 1.291
ClippersLAC 10 9 10 7 10 1.414
RaptorsTOR 25 26 23 26 24 1.414
PistonsDET 16 16 19 15 15 1.732
NetsBKN 26 24 28 24 27 1.915
PacersIND 13 13 15 10 12 2.062
SunsPHX 19 17 18 14 20 2.160
HeatMIA 17 18 16 21 17 2.160
SpursSA 18 21 20 16 18 2.217
HornetsCHA 24 29 29 29 26 2.500
WarriorsGS 15 14 12 9 16 2.646
76ersPHI 22 23 22 17 22 2.708
Trail BlazersPOR 27 22 25 20 21 3.109
LakersLAL 11 8 14 4 9 4.272
MagicORL 21 20 17 11 23 4.500
TimberwolvesMIN 8 10 8 19 6 5.252
RocketsHOU 7 6 7 18 8 5.686
MavericksDAL 9 11 9 25 11 7.724