Updated Tuesday Mar. 18

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
PelicansNO18-51
Southwest 28
14.20
2
TimberwolvesMIN40-30
Northwest 7
14.53
3
MavericksDAL33-36
Southwest 16
14.54
4
RaptorsTOR24-45
Atlantic 24
14.55
5
WarriorsGS39-29
Pacific 11
14.76
6
WizardsWSH15-52
Southeast 29
14.88
7
JazzUTAH15-54
Northwest 30
14.97
8
Trail BlazersPOR30-39
Northwest 21
15.01
9
RocketsHOU44-25
Southwest 6
15.18
10
76ersPHI23-45
Atlantic 25
15.20
11
SpursSA28-39
Southwest 22
15.25
12
ThunderOKC56-12
Northwest 1
15.26
13
NetsBKN23-45
Atlantic 26
15.28
14
ClippersLAC38-30
Pacific 10
15.31
15
HawksATL32-36
Southeast 19
15.37
16
HeatMIA29-39
Southeast 20
15.65
17
KingsSAC34-33
Pacific 14
15.69
18
SunsPHX32-37
Pacific 17
15.70
19
BullsCHI29-39
Central 23
15.84
20
NuggetsDEN44-25
Northwest 4
15.84
21
HornetsCHA17-50
Southeast 27
15.85
22
LakersLAL42-25
Pacific 8
15.85
23
GrizzliesMEM43-26
Southwest 5
16.04
24
MagicORL32-37
Southeast 18
16.18
25
CelticsBOS49-19
Atlantic 3
16.18
26
PistonsDET38-31
Central 15
16.32
27
KnicksNY43-24
Atlantic 9
16.46
28
BucksMIL38-29
Central 12
16.59
29
PacersIND38-29
Central 13
16.64
30
CavaliersCLE56-11
Central 2
16.82

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
SunsPHX32-37
Pacific 17
9.65
2
JazzUTAH15-54
Northwest 30
9.78
3
SpursSA28-39
Southwest 22
12.57
4
LakersLAL42-25
Pacific 8
12.79
5
KingsSAC34-33
Pacific 14
13.25
6
GrizzliesMEM43-26
Southwest 5
13.31
7
PistonsDET38-31
Central 15
13.32
8
NuggetsDEN44-25
Northwest 4
13.72
9
ClippersLAC38-30
Pacific 10
13.87
10
RocketsHOU44-25
Southwest 6
13.92
11
Trail BlazersPOR30-39
Northwest 21
14.40
12
PelicansNO18-51
Southwest 28
14.48
13
BucksMIL38-29
Central 12
14.96
14
HornetsCHA17-50
Southeast 27
15.44
15
BullsCHI29-39
Central 23
15.44
16
NetsBKN23-45
Atlantic 26
15.53
17
WarriorsGS39-29
Pacific 11
15.74
18
MavericksDAL33-36
Southwest 16
15.85
19
CavaliersCLE56-11
Central 2
15.94
20
PacersIND38-29
Central 13
15.95
21
ThunderOKC56-12
Northwest 1
16.36
22
KnicksNY43-24
Atlantic 9
16.49
23
MagicORL32-37
Southeast 18
16.99
24
WizardsWSH15-52
Southeast 29
17.98
25
HeatMIA29-39
Southeast 20
18.34
26
76ersPHI23-45
Atlantic 25
18.49
27
HawksATL32-36
Southeast 19
18.88
28
TimberwolvesMIN40-30
Northwest 7
19.03
29
CelticsBOS49-19
Atlantic 3
20.14
30
RaptorsTOR24-45
Atlantic 24
22.23