Updated Wednesday Mar. 4

2026 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
ThunderOKC48-15
1.0 - 26 62.4 19.7 >99% 49%
2
PistonsDET45-15
2.0 - 24 60.3 21.7 >99% 8%
3
SpursSA44-17
3.8 - 17 57.8 24.2 >99% 8%
4
KnicksNY40-22
4.3 ↑ 2 19 53.3 28.8 >99% 8%
5
CelticsBOS41-20
4.5 ↓ 1 30 54.2 27.8 >99% 10%
6
CavaliersCLE39-24
5.8 ↓ 1 15 52.3 29.8 >99% 4%
7
RocketsHOU38-22
7.3 - 25 51.9 30.2 >99% 3%
8
NuggetsDEN38-24
8.0 - 28 50.3 31.7 >99% 4%
9
TimberwolvesMIN39-23
8.5 - 29 50.5 31.5 >99% 2%
10
HeatMIA33-29
11.8 ↑ 1 20 44.2 37.9 77% <1%
11
HornetsCHA31-31
12.5 ↑ 3 23 41.9 40.1 55% <1%
12
LakersLAL37-24
12.5 ↑ 3 27 47.6 34.5 93% <1%
13
ClippersLAC29-31
13.0 - 12 42.4 39.6 62% <1%
14
WarriorsGS31-30
14.8 ↓ 4 21 42.2 39.9 52% <1%
15
RaptorsTOR35-26
14.8 ↓ 3 14 45.5 36.6 89% <1%
16
SunsPHX35-26
15.8 ↑ 2 4 45.4 36.7 79% <1%
17
HawksATL31-31
16.5 ↑ 2 9 41.4 40.7 41% <1%
18
MagicORL32-28
16.8 ↓ 1 5 43.1 39.0 63% <1%
19
76ersPHI33-28
17.3 ↓ 3 13 43.9 38.2 73% <1%
20
GrizzliesMEM23-37
20.0 ↑ 2 22 32.9 49.2 <1% <1%
21
Trail BlazersPOR29-33
21.3 ↓ 1 2 38.8 43.2 14% <1%
22
BucksMIL26-34
21.5 ↓ 1 6 35.8 46.2 2% <1%
23
MavericksDAL21-40
23.3 - 16 28.4 53.6 <1% <1%
24
PelicansNO19-44
24.3 ↑ 1 11 26.4 55.7 <1% <1%
25
BullsCHI25-37
24.3 ↓ 1 10 32.2 49.8 <1% <1%
26
PacersIND15-46
26.5 - 7 21.2 60.9 <1% <1%
27
JazzUTAH18-43
27.3 - 8 23.5 58.6 <1% <1%
28
NetsBKN15-46
28.0 - 3 20.8 61.2 <1% <1%
29
KingsSAC14-49
28.3 - 1 19.9 62.1 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH16-45
30.0 - 18 20.3 61.8 <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).

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 TEAM
RANKINGSTR		 ESPN SAGARINSAG AVERAGEAVG
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 1.0
PistonsDET 2 2 2 2 2.0
SpursSA 3 3 6 3 3.8
KnicksNY 5 5 3 4 4.3
CelticsBOS 4 4 5 5 4.5
CavaliersCLE 6 7 4 6 5.8
RocketsHOU 7 6 9 7 7.3
NuggetsDEN 9 8 7 8 8.0
TimberwolvesMIN 8 9 8 9 8.5
HeatMIA 12 10 14 11 11.8
HornetsCHA 17 12 11 10 12.5
LakersLAL 10 15 12 13 12.5
ClippersLAC 16 14 10 12 13.0
WarriorsGS 18 11 15 15 14.8
RaptorsTOR 13 13 19 14 14.8
SunsPHX 11 17 17 18 15.8
HawksATL 19 18 13 16 16.5
MagicORL 14 16 20 17 16.8
76ersPHI 15 19 16 19 17.3
GrizzliesMEM 22 20 18 20 20.0
Trail BlazersPOR 20 21 23 21 21.3
BucksMIL 21 22 21 22 21.5
MavericksDAL 24 23 22 24 23.3
PelicansNO 25 25 24 23 24.3
BullsCHI 23 24 25 25 24.3
PacersIND 28 26 26 26 26.5
JazzUTAH 26 27 29 27 27.3
NetsBKN 27 29 27 29 28.0
KingsSAC 29 28 28 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.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 TEAM
RANKINGSTR		 ESPN SAGARINSAG STAN DEVSTDEV
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 0.000
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 0.000
PistonsDET 2 2 2 2 0.000
KingsSAC 29 28 28 28 0.500
CelticsBOS 4 4 5 5 0.577
BucksMIL 21 22 21 22 0.577
TimberwolvesMIN 8 9 8 9 0.577
NuggetsDEN 9 8 7 8 0.816
MavericksDAL 24 23 22 24 0.957
PelicansNO 25 25 24 23 0.957
KnicksNY 5 5 3 4 0.957
BullsCHI 23 24 25 25 0.957
PacersIND 28 26 26 26 1.000
NetsBKN 27 29 27 29 1.155
JazzUTAH 26 27 29 27 1.258
CavaliersCLE 6 7 4 6 1.258
RocketsHOU 7 6 9 7 1.258
Trail BlazersPOR 20 21 23 21 1.258
SpursSA 3 3 6 3 1.500
GrizzliesMEM 22 20 18 20 1.633
HeatMIA 12 10 14 11 1.708
76ersPHI 15 19 16 19 2.062
LakersLAL 10 15 12 13 2.082
MagicORL 14 16 20 17 2.500
ClippersLAC 16 14 10 12 2.582
HawksATL 19 18 13 16 2.646
RaptorsTOR 13 13 19 14 2.872
WarriorsGS 18 11 15 15 2.872
HornetsCHA 17 12 11 10 3.109
SunsPHX 11 17 17 18 3.202