Updated Saturday Apr. 1

2023 Composite NBA Power Rankings

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

RankingsSoSWinsPlayoffsChamps
TEAM AVERAGE
RANKINGAVG		 1-WEEK
MOVE		 SOS
PLAYED
RANK		 WINS LOSSES MAKE
PLAYOFFSMAKE
PLAY-
OFFS		 WIN
FINALS
1
CelticsBOS54-24
1.2 - 25 56.8 25.3 >99% 29%
2
76ersPHI51-26
2.8 ↑ 1 23 53.9 28.1 >99% 12%
3
CavaliersCLE48-30
3.6 ↑ 1 13 51.0 31.0 >99% 7%
4
BucksMIL55-22
3.8 ↓ 2 26 58.0 24.1 >99% 13%
5
GrizzliesMEM49-28
5.0 - 30 51.9 30.1 >99% 13%
6
KnicksNY45-33
6.4 ↑ 1 9 47.8 34.3 >99% 3%
7
NuggetsDEN51-26
6.6 ↓ 1 29 54.0 28.0 >99% 9%
8
SunsPHX42-35
10.2 ↑ 3 15 45.1 37.0 >99% 3%
9
KingsSAC47-30
10.6 ↓ 1 27 49.6 32.4 >99% 2%
10
RaptorsTOR38-39
11.8 - 12 40.3 41.7 47% <1%
11
ClippersLAC41-37
13.0 ↑ 3 24 43.1 38.9 90% 3%
12
WarriorsGS41-37
13.2 ↓ 3 22 43.0 39.0 89% 2%
13
NetsBKN42-35
13.2 ↓ 1 3 45.2 36.8 >99% 1%
14
BullsCHI37-40
13.8 ↓ 1 11 39.8 42.2 35% <1%
15
LakersLAL39-38
14.0 - 17 41.9 40.1 72% 2%
16
PelicansNO39-38
14.2 ↑ 4 28 41.7 40.3 61% 1%
17
MavericksDAL37-40
15.2 - 21 40.0 42.1 16% <1%
18
TimberwolvesMIN39-39
16.8 - 18 41.6 40.5 62% <1%
19
HeatMIA40-37
18.4 ↓ 3 2 42.7 39.3 78% <1%
20
HawksATL38-39
18.4 ↓ 1 19 40.2 41.8 40% <1%
21
ThunderOKC38-40
20.2 - 20 39.8 42.2 8% <1%
22
WizardsWSH34-43
21.4 - 7 36.4 45.6 <1% <1%
23
JazzUTAH36-41
23.0 ↑ 1 16 38.0 44.0 1% <1%
24
MagicORL33-44
24.0 ↑ 2 8 35.1 47.0 <1% <1%
25
PacersIND34-44
24.6 - 5 35.6 46.4 <1% <1%
26
Trail BlazersPOR32-45
25.8 ↓ 3 14 33.5 48.5 <1% <1%
27
HornetsCHA26-52
26.8 - 4 27.3 54.7 <1% <1%
28
RocketsHOU19-59
28.6 - 6 20.1 62.0 <1% <1%
29
PistonsDET16-61
28.8 ↑ 1 1 17.3 64.7 <1% <1%
30
SpursSA19-58
29.6 ↓ 1 10 20.0 62.0 <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 FiveThirtyEight (538), numberFire (nF), Massey Ratings (MY), Team Rankings (TR) and ESPN.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM 538 numberFirenF MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 ESPN TEAM
RANKINGSTR		 AVERAGEAVG
CelticsBOS 1 1 2 1 1 1.2
76ersPHI 2 4 3 2 3 2.8
CavaliersCLE 4 2 6 4 2 3.6
BucksMIL 3 6 1 5 4 3.8
GrizzliesMEM 6 3 5 6 5 5.0
KnicksNY 5 5 8 7 7 6.4
NuggetsDEN 8 7 4 8 6 6.6
SunsPHX 12 12 9 10 8 10.2
KingsSAC 14 8 7 15 9 10.6
RaptorsTOR 10 15 13 9 12 11.8
ClippersLAC 17 18 12 3 15 13.0
WarriorsGS 9 20 11 13 13 13.2
NetsBKN 19 11 10 16 10 13.2
BullsCHI 15 10 18 12 14 13.8
LakersLAL 11 16 14 11 18 14.0
PelicansNO 18 9 16 17 11 14.2
MavericksDAL 13 13 20 14 16 15.2
TimberwolvesMIN 7 21 17 20 19 16.8
HeatMIA 16 23 15 18 20 18.4
HawksATL 20 17 19 19 17 18.4
ThunderOKC 21 14 21 24 21 20.2
WizardsWSH 22 19 23 21 22 21.4
JazzUTAH 25 22 22 23 23 23.0
MagicORL 23 24 24 25 24 24.0
PacersIND 24 26 25 22 26 24.6
Trail BlazersPOR 26 25 26 27 25 25.8
HornetsCHA 27 27 27 26 27 26.8
RocketsHOU 28 29 28 29 29 28.6
PistonsDET 30 28 30 28 28 28.8
SpursSA 29 30 29 30 30 29.6

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.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM 538 numberFirenF MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 ESPN TEAM
RANKINGSTR		 STAN DEVSTDEV
CelticsBOS 1 1 2 1 1 0.447
HornetsCHA 27 27 27 26 27 0.447
RocketsHOU 28 29 28 29 29 0.548
SpursSA 29 30 29 30 30 0.548
MagicORL 23 24 24 25 24 0.707
Trail BlazersPOR 26 25 26 27 25 0.837
76ersPHI 2 4 3 2 3 0.837
PistonsDET 30 28 30 28 28 1.095
GrizzliesMEM 6 3 5 6 5 1.225
JazzUTAH 25 22 22 23 23 1.225
HawksATL 20 17 19 19 17 1.342
KnicksNY 5 5 8 7 7 1.342
WizardsWSH 22 19 23 21 22 1.517
PacersIND 24 26 25 22 26 1.673
CavaliersCLE 4 2 6 4 2 1.673
NuggetsDEN 8 7 4 8 6 1.673
SunsPHX 12 12 9 10 8 1.789
BucksMIL 3 6 1 5 4 1.924
RaptorsTOR 10 15 13 9 12 2.387
MavericksDAL 13 13 20 14 16 2.950
BullsCHI 15 10 18 12 14 3.033
LakersLAL 11 16 14 11 18 3.082
HeatMIA 16 23 15 18 20 3.209
KingsSAC 14 8 7 15 9 3.647
ThunderOKC 21 14 21 24 21 3.701
PelicansNO 18 9 16 17 11 3.962
NetsBKN 19 11 10 16 10 4.087
WarriorsGS 9 20 11 13 13 4.147
TimberwolvesMIN 7 21 17 20 19 5.675
ClippersLAC 17 18 12 3 15 6.042