Updated Friday Dec. 5

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
ThunderOKC21-1
1st 59.8 68.7
+ 8.9
2
RocketsHOU14-5
2nd 50.9 60.1
+ 9.2
3
NuggetsDEN15-6
3rd 51.5 55.4
+ 3.9
4
KnicksNY14-7
4th 51.5 53.6
+ 2.1
5
PistonsDET17-5
6th 44.3 52.7
+ 8.4
6
LakersLAL16-5
7th 48.0 51.9
+ 3.9
7
MagicORL13-9
5th 48.8 50.9
+ 2.1
8
SpursSA15-6
10th 42.4 50.3
+ 7.9
9
CavaliersCLE13-10
8th 55.8 50.3
- 5.5
10
HeatMIA14-8
12th 37.8 49.4
+ 11.6
11
TimberwolvesMIN14-8
9th 47.9 48.6
+ 0.7
12
CelticsBOS13-9
11th 40.7 48.4
+ 7.7
13
RaptorsTOR15-8
13th 38.3 46.8
+ 8.5
14
HawksATL13-10
15th 47.5 45.9
- 1.6
15
WarriorsGS11-12
14th 46.4 43.8
- 2.6
16
76ersPHI12-9
17th 43.7 43.6
- 0.1
17
SunsPHX13-9
16th 32.0 42.4
+ 10.4
18
Trail BlazersPOR9-13
18th 34.4 38.4
+ 4
19
GrizzliesMEM9-13
19th 41.6 37.6
- 4
20
BucksMIL10-13
22nd 43.3 37.1
- 6.2
21
ClippersLAC6-16
20th 48.7 34.6
- 14.1
22
MavericksDAL8-15
21st 41.3 33.7
- 7.6
23
BullsCHI9-12
23rd 32.8 33.0
+ 0.2
24
HornetsCHA6-16
25th 28.5 25.2
- 3.3
25
KingsSAC5-17
24th 35.6 24.9
- 10.7
26
JazzUTAH8-13
27th 21.7 24.8
+ 3.1
27
PacersIND4-18
26th 38.0 23.8
- 14.2
28
PelicansNO3-20
28th 32.2 21.2
- 11
29
NetsBKN5-17
29th 23.0 20.5
- 2.5
30
WizardsWSH3-18
30th 22.5 13.9
- 8.6

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.