Updated Wednesday Jan. 14

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
ThunderOKC34-7
1st 59.8 65.8
+ 6
2
PistonsDET28-10
2nd 44.3 55.5
+ 11.2
3
RocketsHOU23-14
3rd 50.9 53.1
+ 2.2
4
NuggetsDEN27-13
8th 51.5 52.9
+ 1.4
5
SpursSA27-13
4th 42.4 52.6
+ 10.2
6
KnicksNY25-14
6th 51.5 52.0
+ 0.5
7
TimberwolvesMIN27-14
5th 47.9 51.6
+ 3.7
8
CelticsBOS24-15
7th 40.7 50.0
+ 9.3
9
LakersLAL24-14
16th 48.0 46.7
- 1.3
10
76ersPHI22-16
12th 43.7 46.4
+ 2.7
11
SunsPHX24-16
11th 32.0 46.3
+ 14.3
12
CavaliersCLE22-19
10th 55.8 46.0
- 9.8
13
MagicORL22-18
13th 48.8 45.6
- 3.2
14
WarriorsGS22-19
9th 46.4 45.2
- 1.2
15
HeatMIA21-19
14th 37.8 44.9
+ 7.1
16
RaptorsTOR24-17
18th 38.3 44.3
+ 6
17
HawksATL20-22
15th 47.5 42.4
- 5.1
18
ClippersLAC16-23
17th 48.7 39.4
- 9.3
19
GrizzliesMEM17-22
19th 41.6 38.5
- 3.1
20
Trail BlazersPOR19-22
20th 34.4 38.2
+ 3.8
21
BucksMIL17-23
21st 43.3 35.3
- 8
22
BullsCHI18-21
24th 32.8 34.5
+ 1.7
23
HornetsCHA14-26
22nd 28.5 31.8
+ 3.3
24
MavericksDAL15-25
23rd 41.3 31.2
- 10.1
25
JazzUTAH14-25
28th 21.7 26.7
+ 5
26
NetsBKN11-26
26th 23.0 25.4
+ 2.4
27
KingsSAC10-30
29th 35.6 23.7
- 11.9
28
PacersIND9-31
25th 38.0 23.0
- 15
29
PelicansNO9-33
27th 32.2 21.9
- 10.3
30
WizardsWSH10-28
30th 22.5 19.8
- 2.7

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.