Updated Sunday Mar. 8

2026 NBA Playoff Odds

NBA team playoff odds tracked from the preseason to current day.

TEAM GURU
RANK
PRESEASON
PROJECTION
PRESEASON
PROJ
CURRENT
PROJECTION
CURRENT
PROJ
CHANGE
1
SpursSA46-17
3rd 51.4% >99%
+ 47.6%
2
CelticsBOS42-21
5th 55.9% >99%
+ 43.1%
3
PistonsDET45-17
4th 76.4% >99%
+ 22.6%
4
TimberwolvesMIN40-24
9th 82.0% >99%
+ 17%
5
RocketsHOU39-23
7th 90.7% >99%
+ 8.3%
6
NuggetsDEN39-25
8th 92.1% >99%
+ 6.9%
7
KnicksNY41-23
2nd 95.5% >99%
+ 3.5%
8
CavaliersCLE39-24
6th 98.6% >99%
+ 0.4%
9
ThunderOKC50-15
1st 99.0% >99%
0.0%
10
LakersLAL38-25
13th 81.9% 94.1%
+ 12.2%
11
HeatMIA35-29
11th 39.5% 83.8%
+ 44.3%
12
RaptorsTOR35-27
16th 41.4% 81.5%
+ 40.1%
13
SunsPHX36-27
18th 8.1% 73.3%
+ 65.2%
14
MagicORL34-28
14th 92.1% 72.9%
- 19.2%
15
ClippersLAC31-32
12th 85.0% 62.4%
- 22.6%
16
76ersPHI34-29
19th 74.9% 61.7%
- 13.2%
17
WarriorsGS32-31
15th 74.8% 57.7%
- 17.1%
18
HornetsCHA32-32
10th 6.2% 52.6%
+ 46.4%
19
HawksATL33-31
17th 88.7% 47.3%
- 41.4%
20
Trail BlazersPOR30-34
20th 13.3% 14.0%
+ 0.7%
21
JazzUTAH19-45
26th <1% <1%
0.0%
22
WizardsWSH16-46
30th 1.1% <1%
- 0.1%
23
NetsBKN16-47
28th 1.2% <1%
- 0.2%
24
PelicansNO20-45
23rd 8.3% <1%
- 7.3%
25
BullsCHI26-37
24th 16.0% <1%
- 15%
26
KingsSAC14-50
29th 16.5% <1%
- 15.5%
27
PacersIND15-48
27th 39.8% <1%
- 38.8%
28
MavericksDAL21-42
25th 47.7% <1%
- 46.7%
29
GrizzliesMEM23-39
21st 48.7% <1%
- 47.7%
30
BucksMIL27-35
22nd 73.0% <1%
- 72%

How We Calculate: Our NBA playoff probabilities are calculated by averaging predictions from Team Rankings and ESPN. The table above shows the preseason and current playoff probabilities for each team. The change in these two probabilities is also shown.