Updated Monday Jan. 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
ThunderOKC32-6
1.0 - 11 66.2 15.8 >99% 45%
2
CavaliersCLE33-5
2.2 - 30 63.5 18.5 >99% 18%
3
CelticsBOS28-11
2.8 - 26 58.0 24.0 >99% 17%
4
GrizzliesMEM25-14
5.0 - 27 50.9 31.1 97% 3%
5
RocketsHOU25-12
5.2 ↑ 1 17 51.3 30.7 97% 2%
6
NuggetsDEN23-15
6.2 ↑ 1 19 50.2 31.8 96% 3%
7
KnicksNY26-14
6.6 ↓ 2 29 51.8 30.2 >99% 5%
8
MavericksDAL22-17
10.2 - 13 47.7 34.3 91% 3%
9
BucksMIL20-17
11.4 ↑ 2 28 44.5 37.5 90% <1%
10
TimberwolvesMIN20-18
12.0 ↑ 2 10 44.1 37.9 70% <1%
11
ClippersLAC20-17
12.0 ↓ 2 4 44.3 37.7 63% <1%
12
MagicORL23-18
12.4 ↑ 3 21 46.0 36.0 95% <1%
13
KingsSAC20-19
12.4 ↑ 1 24 41.6 40.4 44% <1%
14
HeatMIA20-17
12.6 ↑ 3 25 44.2 37.8 88% <1%
15
PacersIND22-18
13.0 ↑ 1 22 44.6 37.4 90% <1%
16
WarriorsGS19-19
15.0 ↓ 6 3 41.9 40.1 45% <1%
17
LakersLAL20-16
15.6 ↓ 4 14 43.4 38.6 56% <1%
18
SunsPHX19-19
17.4 ↑ 1 20 40.1 41.9 28% <1%
19
SpursSA18-19
19.0 ↓ 1 15 38.1 43.9 14% <1%
20
76ersPHI15-22
19.8 - 23 36.4 45.6 31% <1%
21
PistonsDET20-19
20.8 ↑ 2 18 38.3 43.7 39% <1%
22
HawksATL19-19
21.4 ↓ 1 16 38.2 43.8 40% <1%
23
BullsCHI18-21
22.0 ↓ 1 12 36.7 45.3 26% <1%
24
JazzUTAH10-28
25.8 ↑ 1 7 24.5 57.5 <1% <1%
25
HornetsCHA8-28
26.0 ↑ 4 9 24.5 57.5 <1% <1%
26
Trail BlazersPOR13-25
26.6 ↑ 1 8 28.0 54.0 <1% <1%
27
PelicansNO8-32
26.8 ↑ 1 6 22.1 59.9 <1% <1%
28
NetsBKN13-26
26.8 ↓ 4 5 28.3 53.7 <1% <1%
29
RaptorsTOR8-31
27.0 ↓ 3 2 23.7 58.3 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH6-31
30.0 - 1 16.8 65.2 <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 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 3 2 2 2.2
CelticsBOS 3 3 2 3 3 2.8
GrizzliesMEM 5 6 4 6 4 5.0
RocketsHOU 6 4 6 5 5 5.2
NuggetsDEN 7 5 8 4 7 6.2
KnicksNY 4 7 5 11 6 6.6
MavericksDAL 8 8 7 20 8 10.2
BucksMIL 11 10 15 9 12 11.4
TimberwolvesMIN 12 12 9 16 11 12.0
ClippersLAC 16 9 14 7 14 12.0
MagicORL 15 13 11 8 15 12.4
KingsSAC 9 17 10 17 9 12.4
HeatMIA 10 15 13 12 13 12.6
PacersIND 14 11 16 14 10 13.0
WarriorsGS 13 16 12 18 16 15.0
LakersLAL 19 14 18 10 17 15.6
SunsPHX 18 18 17 15 19 17.4
SpursSA 17 20 19 21 18 19.0
76ersPHI 22 23 20 13 21 19.8
PistonsDET 20 19 22 23 20 20.8
HawksATL 21 21 21 22 22 21.4
BullsCHI 23 22 23 19 23 22.0
JazzUTAH 26 26 24 29 24 25.8
HornetsCHA 24 28 25 26 27 26.0
Trail BlazersPOR 29 25 29 24 26 26.6
PelicansNO 28 29 27 25 25 26.8
NetsBKN 25 24 28 28 29 26.8
RaptorsTOR 27 27 26 27 28 27.0
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 2 3 3 0.500
HawksATL 21 21 21 22 22 0.500
RaptorsTOR 27 27 26 27 28 0.500
CavaliersCLE 2 2 3 2 2 0.500
GrizzliesMEM 5 6 4 6 4 0.957
RocketsHOU 6 4 6 5 5 0.957
SunsPHX 18 18 17 15 19 1.414
SpursSA 17 20 19 21 18 1.708
HornetsCHA 24 28 25 26 27 1.708
PelicansNO 28 29 27 25 25 1.708
PistonsDET 20 19 22 23 20 1.826
NuggetsDEN 7 5 8 4 7 1.826
BullsCHI 23 22 23 19 23 1.893
PacersIND 14 11 16 14 10 2.062
NetsBKN 25 24 28 28 29 2.062
JazzUTAH 26 26 24 29 24 2.062
HeatMIA 10 15 13 12 13 2.082
BucksMIL 11 10 15 9 12 2.630
Trail BlazersPOR 29 25 29 24 26 2.630
WarriorsGS 13 16 12 18 16 2.754
TimberwolvesMIN 12 12 9 16 11 2.872
MagicORL 15 13 11 8 15 2.986
KnicksNY 4 7 5 11 6 3.096
LakersLAL 19 14 18 10 17 4.113
ClippersLAC 16 9 14 7 14 4.203
KingsSAC 9 17 10 17 9 4.349
76ersPHI 22 23 20 13 21 4.509
MavericksDAL 8 8 7 20 8 6.185