Updated Saturday Apr. 18

2026 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
NetsBKN20-62
Atlantic 29
14.31
2
PacersIND19-63
Central 25
14.41
3
MagicORL45-37
Southeast 14
14.50
4
HeatMIA43-39
Southeast 15
14.56
5
BucksMIL32-50
Central 24
14.62
6
JazzUTAH22-60
Northwest 27
14.71
7
SunsPHX45-37
Pacific 16
14.72
8
76ersPHI45-37
Atlantic 19
14.72
9
BullsCHI31-51
Central 23
14.78
10
WarriorsGS37-45
Pacific 20
14.79
11
KingsSAC22-60
Pacific 28
14.80
12
GrizzliesMEM25-57
Southwest 26
14.83
13
HawksATL46-36
Southeast 11
14.89
14
PelicansNO26-56
Southwest 21
14.95
15
MavericksDAL26-56
Southwest 22
14.96
16
RaptorsTOR46-36
Atlantic 13
15.05
17
WizardsWSH17-65
Southeast 30
15.08
18
Trail BlazersPOR42-40
Northwest 18
15.21
19
HornetsCHA44-38
Southeast 9
15.25
20
SpursSA62-20
Southwest 2
15.28
21
KnicksNY53-29
Atlantic 5
15.33
22
ThunderOKC64-18
Northwest 1
15.39
23
ClippersLAC42-40
Pacific 17
15.46
24
CelticsBOS56-26
Atlantic 4
15.48
25
CavaliersCLE52-30
Central 8
15.50
26
LakersLAL53-29
Pacific 10
15.53
27
NuggetsDEN54-28
Northwest 6
15.63
28
PistonsDET60-22
Central 3
15.70
29
TimberwolvesMIN49-33
Northwest 12
15.71
30
RocketsHOU52-30
Southwest 7
15.82

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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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
ThunderOKC64-18
Northwest 1
0.00
2
ClippersLAC42-40
Pacific 17
0.00
3
Trail BlazersPOR42-40
Northwest 18
0.00
4
76ersPHI45-37
Atlantic 19
0.00
5
WarriorsGS37-45
Pacific 20
0.00
6
PelicansNO26-56
Southwest 21
0.00
7
MavericksDAL26-56
Southwest 22
0.00
8
BullsCHI31-51
Central 23
0.00
9
BucksMIL32-50
Central 24
0.00
10
PacersIND19-63
Central 25
0.00
11
GrizzliesMEM25-57
Southwest 26
0.00
12
JazzUTAH22-60
Northwest 27
0.00
13
KingsSAC22-60
Pacific 28
0.00
14
NetsBKN20-62
Atlantic 29
0.00
15
SunsPHX45-37
Pacific 16
0.00
16
HeatMIA43-39
Southeast 15
0.00
17
SpursSA62-20
Southwest 2
0.00
18
PistonsDET60-22
Central 3
0.00
19
CelticsBOS56-26
Atlantic 4
0.00
20
KnicksNY53-29
Atlantic 5
0.00
21
NuggetsDEN54-28
Northwest 6
0.00
22
RocketsHOU52-30
Southwest 7
0.00
23
CavaliersCLE52-30
Central 8
0.00
24
HornetsCHA44-38
Southeast 9
0.00
25
LakersLAL53-29
Pacific 10
0.00
26
HawksATL46-36
Southeast 11
0.00
27
TimberwolvesMIN49-33
Northwest 12
0.00
28
RaptorsTOR46-36
Atlantic 13
0.00
29
MagicORL45-37
Southeast 14
0.00
30
WizardsWSH17-65
Southeast 30
0.00