Updated Thursday Dec. 25

2025 NBA Team Win Projections

NBA team win projections tracked from the preseason to current day.

TEAM GURU
RANK
PRESEASON
PROJECTION
CURRENT
PROJECTION
CHANGE
1
ThunderOKC26-4
1st 59.8 67.4
+ 7.6
2
NuggetsDEN21-8
2nd 51.5 56.4
+ 4.9
3
PistonsDET24-6
6th 44.3 56.0
+ 11.7
4
RocketsHOU17-10
3rd 50.9 55.4
+ 4.5
5
KnicksNY20-9
4th 51.5 54.9
+ 3.4
6
SpursSA22-7
5th 42.4 54.8
+ 12.4
7
TimberwolvesMIN20-10
7th 47.9 50.2
+ 2.3
8
CelticsBOS18-11
8th 40.7 50.1
+ 9.4
9
MagicORL17-13
10th 48.8 49.2
+ 0.4
10
LakersLAL19-9
11th 48.0 48.3
+ 0.3
11
CavaliersCLE17-14
12th 55.8 45.9
- 9.9
12
WarriorsGS15-15
9th 46.4 45.6
- 0.8
13
76ersPHI16-12
15th 43.7 44.2
+ 0.5
14
HeatMIA15-15
14th 37.8 43.6
+ 5.8
15
RaptorsTOR18-13
16th 38.3 43.4
+ 5.1
16
SunsPHX16-13
13th 32.0 42.5
+ 10.5
17
HawksATL15-16
18th 47.5 41.0
- 6.5
18
GrizzliesMEM14-16
17th 41.6 40.0
- 1.6
19
Trail BlazersPOR12-18
20th 34.4 35.4
+ 1
20
BucksMIL12-18
22nd 43.3 35.0
- 8.3
21
BullsCHI14-15
23rd 32.8 34.8
+ 2
22
ClippersLAC8-21
19th 48.7 34.4
- 14.3
23
MavericksDAL12-19
21st 41.3 33.8
- 7.5
24
HornetsCHA10-20
24th 28.5 29.0
+ 0.5
25
NetsBKN9-19
26th 23.0 26.0
+ 3
26
PelicansNO8-23
25th 32.2 25.8
- 6.4
27
KingsSAC7-23
27th 35.6 24.9
- 10.7
28
JazzUTAH10-19
28th 21.7 24.2
+ 2.5
29
PacersIND6-24
29th 38.0 22.2
- 15.8
30
WizardsWSH5-23
30th 22.5 16.2
- 6.3

How We Calculate: Our NBA win projections are calculated by averaging predictions from Team Rankings and ESPN. The table above shows the preseason and current win projections for each team. The change in these two predictions is also shown.