Updated Monday Mar. 18

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
CelticsBOS53-14
1.0 - 22 65.5 16.5 >99% 59%
2
ThunderOKC47-20
2.0 - 21 56.9 25.1 >99% 8%
3
TimberwolvesMIN46-21
3.6 - 12 56.3 25.7 >99% 7%
4
PelicansNO41-26
5.0 ↑ 1 19 50.2 31.8 98% 2%
5
CavaliersCLE42-25
6.0 ↑ 2 27 51.1 30.9 >99% 3%
6
NuggetsDEN47-21
6.0 - 14 56.5 25.5 >99% 6%
7
ClippersLAC42-25
6.4 ↓ 3 10 52.1 29.9 >99% 4%
8
BucksMIL44-24
7.8 - 26 51.9 30.1 >99% 7%
9
KnicksNY40-27
8.2 - 20 48.6 33.4 >99% 1%
10
SunsPHX39-29
10.6 - 30 46.2 35.8 72% <1%
11
MavericksDAL39-29
11.2 ↑ 1 7 47.1 34.9 81% 1%
12
WarriorsGS35-31
12.4 ↓ 1 6 44.3 37.7 40% <1%
13
PacersIND38-30
14.2 ↑ 5 17 45.2 36.8 89% <1%
14
KingsSAC38-28
14.2 ↑ 1 3 46.6 35.4 78% <1%
15
MagicORL40-28
14.6 ↓ 2 25 47.8 34.2 98% <1%
16
76ersPHI37-30
15.4 ↓ 2 24 44.8 37.2 89% <1%
17
HeatMIA37-30
16.6 ↓ 1 29 45.2 36.8 89% <1%
18
LakersLAL36-32
16.8 ↓ 1 1 43.5 38.5 28% <1%
19
RocketsHOU32-35
18.2 - 8 39.7 42.3 3% <1%
20
BullsCHI33-35
20.0 - 16 39.7 42.3 22% <1%
21
HawksATL30-37
21.0 - 23 36.3 45.7 13% <1%
22
NetsBKN26-42
22.2 - 13 32.3 49.7 1% <1%
23
JazzUTAH29-38
22.8 - 9 33.9 48.1 <1% <1%
24
RaptorsTOR23-45
24.8 - 18 28.2 53.8 <1% <1%
25
GrizzliesMEM23-45
25.2 - 5 27.6 54.4 <1% <1%
26
SpursSA15-53
26.2 - 4 19.1 62.9 <1% <1%
27
Trail BlazersPOR19-48
26.4 - 2 22.8 59.2 <1% <1%
28
PistonsDET12-55
27.4 - 15 15.9 66.1 <1% <1%
29
HornetsCHA17-51
29.0 ↑ 1 28 19.7 62.3 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH11-57
29.8 ↓ 1 11 15.1 66.9 <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
CelticsBOS 1 1 1 1 1 1.0
ThunderOKC 2 2 2 2 2 2.0
TimberwolvesMIN 3 4 3 5 3 3.6
PelicansNO 4 7 5 4 5 5.0
CavaliersCLE 5 8 7 3 7 6.0
NuggetsDEN 7 3 4 12 4 6.0
ClippersLAC 6 5 6 9 6 6.4
BucksMIL 8 6 9 8 8 7.8
KnicksNY 9 9 8 6 9 8.2
SunsPHX 10 12 10 11 10 10.6
MavericksDAL 13 10 14 7 12 11.2
WarriorsGS 15 15 11 10 11 12.4
PacersIND 14 14 15 14 14 14.2
KingsSAC 18 11 13 16 13 14.2
MagicORL 12 13 16 17 15 14.6
76ersPHI 11 18 12 20 16 15.4
HeatMIA 16 17 18 15 17 16.6
LakersLAL 19 16 17 13 19 16.8
RocketsHOU 17 19 19 18 18 18.2
BullsCHI 20 20 21 19 20 20.0
HawksATL 22 21 20 21 21 21.0
NetsBKN 21 23 22 23 22 22.2
JazzUTAH 24 22 23 22 23 22.8
RaptorsTOR 23 25 24 28 24 24.8
GrizzliesMEM 25 24 25 27 25 25.2
SpursSA 27 27 26 25 26 26.2
Trail BlazersPOR 28 26 27 24 27 26.4
PistonsDET 26 29 28 26 28 27.4
HornetsCHA 30 28 29 29 29 29.0
WizardsWSH 29 30 30 30 30 29.8

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
CelticsBOS 1 1 1 1 1 0.000
ThunderOKC 2 2 2 2 2 0.000
WizardsWSH 29 30 30 30 30 0.500
PacersIND 14 14 15 14 14 0.500
HornetsCHA 30 28 29 29 29 0.816
HawksATL 22 21 20 21 21 0.816
BullsCHI 20 20 21 19 20 0.816
NetsBKN 21 23 22 23 22 0.957
RocketsHOU 17 19 19 18 18 0.957
TimberwolvesMIN 3 4 3 5 3 0.957
JazzUTAH 24 22 23 22 23 0.957
SpursSA 27 27 26 25 26 0.957
SunsPHX 10 12 10 11 10 0.957
GrizzliesMEM 25 24 25 27 25 1.258
BucksMIL 8 6 9 8 8 1.258
HeatMIA 16 17 18 15 17 1.291
KnicksNY 9 9 8 6 9 1.414
PelicansNO 4 7 5 4 5 1.414
PistonsDET 26 29 28 26 28 1.500
Trail BlazersPOR 28 26 27 24 27 1.708
ClippersLAC 6 5 6 9 6 1.732
RaptorsTOR 23 25 24 28 24 2.160
CavaliersCLE 5 8 7 3 7 2.217
MagicORL 12 13 16 17 15 2.380
LakersLAL 19 16 17 13 19 2.500
WarriorsGS 15 15 11 10 11 2.630
KingsSAC 18 11 13 16 13 3.109
MavericksDAL 13 10 14 7 12 3.162
NuggetsDEN 7 3 4 12 4 4.041
76ersPHI 11 18 12 20 16 4.425