Updated Saturday Mar. 14

2026 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	NetsBKN17-49	Atlantic	29	13.68
2	KingsSAC16-51	Pacific	28	13.92
3	Trail BlazersPOR32-35	Northwest	20	14.31
4	MagicORL37-28	Southeast	14	14.37
5	76ersPHI35-31	Atlantic	19	14.49
6	BucksMIL27-38	Central	22	14.50
7	SpursSA48-18	Southwest	2	14.59
8	PacersIND15-52	Central	27	14.63
9	SunsPHX39-28	Pacific	15	14.73
10	JazzUTAH20-47	Northwest	26	14.74
11	BullsCHI27-40	Central	24	14.76
12	ClippersLAC34-32	Pacific	9	14.77
13	MavericksDAL22-45	Southwest	25	14.86
14	HawksATL35-31	Southeast	17	14.87
15	RaptorsTOR37-29	Atlantic	16	14.98
16	CavaliersCLE41-26	Central	5	14.99
17	PelicansNO22-46	Southwest	23	15.03
18	WarriorsGS32-34	Pacific	18	15.12
19	GrizzliesMEM23-43	Southwest	21	15.14
20	KnicksNY43-25	Atlantic	4	15.27
21	HeatMIA38-29	Southeast	11	15.28
22	NuggetsDEN41-26	Northwest	7	15.31
23	RocketsHOU41-25	Southwest	8	15.32
24	HornetsCHA34-33	Southeast	13	15.44
25	WizardsWSH16-49	Southeast	30	15.47
26	ThunderOKC52-15	Northwest	1	15.66
27	CelticsBOS43-23	Atlantic	6	15.73
28	PistonsDET48-18	Central	3	15.76
29	LakersLAL41-25	Pacific	12	15.79
30	TimberwolvesMIN41-26	Northwest	10	15.83

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.