Updated Saturday Nov. 15

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

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

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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
KingsSAC3-10
Pacific 24
9.86
2
BullsCHI6-5
Central 20
10.52
3
NetsBKN1-11
Atlantic 29
11.58
4
Trail BlazersPOR6-6
Northwest 19
11.86
5
WizardsWSH1-11
Southeast 30
12.63
6
HeatMIA7-6
Southeast 14
12.87
7
RaptorsTOR7-5
Atlantic 15
13.31
8
GrizzliesMEM4-9
Southwest 22
13.41
9
CelticsBOS6-7
Atlantic 16
13.66
10
CavaliersCLE8-5
Central 4
14.36
11
PelicansNO2-10
Southwest 28
14.51
12
PacersIND1-11
Central 26
14.56
13
WarriorsGS8-6
Pacific 11
14.66
14
MavericksDAL3-10
Southwest 23
14.84
15
LakersLAL9-4
Pacific 8
14.84
16
MagicORL7-6
Southeast 13
15.05
17
76ersPHI7-5
Atlantic 12
15.07
18
RocketsHOU8-3
Southwest 3
15.52
19
ClippersLAC4-8
Pacific 21
15.60
20
KnicksNY8-4
Atlantic 5
15.85
21
BucksMIL8-5
Central 17
16.18
22
JazzUTAH4-8
Northwest 27
16.20
23
HornetsCHA4-8
Southeast 25
16.62
24
HawksATL8-5
Southeast 9
16.72
25
PistonsDET11-2
Central 7
16.80
26
SpursSA8-4
Southwest 10
17.08
27
ThunderOKC12-1
Northwest 1
17.67
28
NuggetsDEN9-2
Northwest 2
18.11
29
TimberwolvesMIN8-4
Northwest 6
18.78
30
SunsPHX8-5
Pacific 18
19.97

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.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
JazzUTAH4-8
Northwest 27
13.51
2
SunsPHX8-5
Pacific 18
13.58
3
HornetsCHA4-8
Southeast 25
14.22
4
MavericksDAL3-10
Southwest 23
14.28
5
PelicansNO2-10
Southwest 28
14.36
6
PacersIND1-11
Central 26
14.43
7
SpursSA8-4
Southwest 10
14.60
8
NetsBKN1-11
Atlantic 29
14.70
9
ThunderOKC12-1
Northwest 1
14.76
10
BucksMIL8-5
Central 17
14.83
11
ClippersLAC4-8
Pacific 21
14.83
12
GrizzliesMEM4-9
Southwest 22
14.84
13
76ersPHI7-5
Atlantic 12
14.91
14
MagicORL7-6
Southeast 13
14.91
15
TimberwolvesMIN8-4
Northwest 6
14.96
16
NuggetsDEN9-2
Northwest 2
14.97
17
WarriorsGS8-6
Pacific 11
15.07
18
Trail BlazersPOR6-6
Northwest 19
15.10
19
HawksATL8-5
Southeast 9
15.13
20
HeatMIA7-6
Southeast 14
15.30
21
PistonsDET11-2
Central 7
15.31
22
CelticsBOS6-7
Atlantic 16
15.37
23
BullsCHI6-5
Central 20
15.49
24
WizardsWSH1-11
Southeast 30
15.60
25
CavaliersCLE8-5
Central 4
15.61
26
RaptorsTOR7-5
Atlantic 15
15.64
27
KingsSAC3-10
Pacific 24
15.66
28
LakersLAL9-4
Pacific 8
15.71
29
KnicksNY8-4
Atlantic 5
15.83
30
RocketsHOU8-3
Southwest 3
16.09