Updated Thursday Feb. 12

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
ThunderOKC42-13
1.0 - 25 63.1 18.9 >99% 58%
2
PistonsDET40-13
2.3 - 30 58.7 23.3 >99% 7%
3
SpursSA38-16
3.5 ↑ 3 14 55.9 26.1 >99% 5%
4
KnicksNY35-20
3.8 ↓ 1 26 52.3 29.8 >99% 8%
5
CavaliersCLE34-21
5.3 ↑ 3 18 51.5 30.6 >99% 3%
6
CelticsBOS35-19
5.8 ↓ 2 28 52.0 30.0 >99% 6%
7
RocketsHOU33-20
6.5 ↓ 2 21 51.7 30.4 >99% 3%
8
TimberwolvesMIN34-22
8.3 ↓ 1 27 49.3 32.7 98% 3%
9
NuggetsDEN35-20
8.8 - 29 50.7 31.3 >99% 4%
10
WarriorsGS29-26
11.8 ↑ 1 20 43.5 38.5 66% <1%
11
SunsPHX32-23
13.0 ↓ 1 3 45.8 36.2 81% <1%
12
HeatMIA29-27
13.3 ↑ 2 16 43.6 38.5 78% <1%
13
ClippersLAC26-28
13.8 ↑ 2 8 41.9 40.2 50% <1%
14
LakersLAL32-21
14.3 ↓ 1 24 46.8 35.2 87% <1%
15
RaptorsTOR32-23
15.0 ↑ 1 22 45.1 36.9 90% <1%
16
76ersPHI30-24
15.3 ↓ 4 13 44.1 37.9 82% <1%
17
MagicORL28-25
15.8 - 10 43.2 38.8 74% <1%
18
HornetsCHA26-29
16.8 ↑ 1 19 39.8 42.3 37% <1%
19
GrizzliesMEM20-33
19.0 ↑ 1 9 34.5 47.6 3% <1%
20
HawksATL26-30
19.5 ↓ 2 6 39.9 42.2 36% <1%
21
Trail BlazersPOR26-29
20.3 - 2 39.2 42.9 16% <1%
22
MavericksDAL19-34
21.5 - 12 31.4 50.6 <1% <1%
23
BucksMIL22-30
22.5 ↑ 1 15 34.5 47.6 3% <1%
24
BullsCHI24-31
24.3 ↓ 1 23 33.6 48.4 1% <1%
25
PelicansNO15-41
25.0 - 4 25.1 57.0 <1% <1%
26
PacersIND15-40
25.8 - 7 24.7 57.3 <1% <1%
27
JazzUTAH18-37
27.0 ↑ 1 5 25.9 56.1 <1% <1%
28
NetsBKN15-38
28.3 ↑ 1 11 22.9 59.1 <1% <1%
29
KingsSAC12-44
28.3 ↓ 2 1 20.1 61.9 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH14-39
30.0 - 17 19.8 62.2 <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
PistonsDET 2 2 3 2 2.3
SpursSA 3 3 5 3 3.5
KnicksNY 4 4 2 5 3.8
CavaliersCLE 6 7 4 4 5.3
CelticsBOS 5 6 6 6 5.8
RocketsHOU 7 5 7 7 6.5
TimberwolvesMIN 9 8 8 8 8.3
NuggetsDEN 8 9 9 9 8.8
WarriorsGS 14 10 13 10 11.8
SunsPHX 10 12 19 11 13.0
HeatMIA 13 11 15 14 13.3
ClippersLAC 16 13 10 16 13.8
LakersLAL 11 15 14 17 14.3
RaptorsTOR 12 14 21 13 15.0
76ersPHI 15 17 17 12 15.3
MagicORL 17 16 12 18 15.8
HornetsCHA 18 18 16 15 16.8
GrizzliesMEM 23 21 11 21 19.0
HawksATL 20 19 20 19 19.5
Trail BlazersPOR 19 20 22 20 20.3
MavericksDAL 24 22 18 22 21.5
BucksMIL 21 23 23 23 22.5
BullsCHI 22 24 26 25 24.3
PelicansNO 27 25 24 24 25.0
PacersIND 26 26 25 26 25.8
JazzUTAH 25 27 29 27 27.0
NetsBKN 28 28 28 29 28.3
KingsSAC 29 29 27 28 28.3
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
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 0.000
NetsBKN 28 28 28 29 0.500
PistonsDET 2 2 3 2 0.500
CelticsBOS 5 6 6 6 0.500
PacersIND 26 26 25 26 0.500
TimberwolvesMIN 9 8 8 8 0.500
NuggetsDEN 8 9 9 9 0.500
HawksATL 20 19 20 19 0.577
KingsSAC 29 29 27 28 0.957
SpursSA 3 3 5 3 1.000
BucksMIL 21 23 23 23 1.000
RocketsHOU 7 5 7 7 1.000
Trail BlazersPOR 19 20 22 20 1.258
KnicksNY 4 4 2 5 1.258
PelicansNO 27 25 24 24 1.414
CavaliersCLE 6 7 4 4 1.500
HornetsCHA 18 18 16 15 1.500
JazzUTAH 25 27 29 27 1.633
BullsCHI 22 24 26 25 1.708
HeatMIA 13 11 15 14 1.708
WarriorsGS 14 10 13 10 2.062
76ersPHI 15 17 17 12 2.363
LakersLAL 11 15 14 17 2.500
MavericksDAL 24 22 18 22 2.517
MagicORL 17 16 12 18 2.630
ClippersLAC 16 13 10 16 2.872
RaptorsTOR 12 14 21 13 4.082
SunsPHX 10 12 19 11 4.082
GrizzliesMEM 23 21 11 21 5.416