Updated Saturday Apr. 15

2023 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
PistonsDET17-65
Central 30
14.69
2
PacersIND35-47
Central 25
14.95
3
RocketsHOU22-60
Southwest 28
15.00
4
HornetsCHA27-55
Southeast 27
15.00
5
MagicORL34-48
Southeast 26
15.12
6
HeatMIA44-38
Southeast 20
15.14
7
WizardsWSH35-47
Southeast 22
15.18
8
NetsBKN45-37
Atlantic 14
15.20
9
BullsCHI40-42
Central 19
15.24
10
SpursSA22-60
Southwest 29
15.24
11
RaptorsTOR41-41
Atlantic 12
15.27
12
JazzUTAH37-45
Northwest 23
15.29
13
Trail BlazersPOR33-49
Northwest 24
15.36
14
ThunderOKC40-42
Northwest 21
15.41
15
SunsPHX45-37
Pacific 9
15.45
16
HawksATL41-41
Southeast 16
15.51
17
KnicksNY47-35
Atlantic 7
15.55
18
PelicansNO42-40
Southwest 15
15.69
19
76ersPHI54-28
Atlantic 2
15.70
20
TimberwolvesMIN42-40
Northwest 17
15.70
21
MavericksDAL38-44
Southwest 18
15.70
22
ClippersLAC44-38
Pacific 13
15.78
23
LakersLAL43-39
Pacific 11
15.79
24
WarriorsGS44-38
Pacific 8
15.81
25
BucksMIL58-24
Central 3
15.90
26
CavaliersCLE51-31
Central 4
15.94
27
KingsSAC48-34
Pacific 10
15.95
28
CelticsBOS57-25
Atlantic 1
15.96
29
NuggetsDEN53-29
Northwest 6
16.23
30
GrizzliesMEM51-31
Southwest 5
16.28

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
CelticsBOS57-25
Atlantic 1
0.00
2
TimberwolvesMIN42-40
Northwest 17
0.00
3
MavericksDAL38-44
Southwest 18
0.00
4
BullsCHI40-42
Central 19
0.00
5
HeatMIA44-38
Southeast 20
0.00
6
ThunderOKC40-42
Northwest 21
0.00
7
WizardsWSH35-47
Southeast 22
0.00
8
JazzUTAH37-45
Northwest 23
0.00
9
Trail BlazersPOR33-49
Northwest 24
0.00
10
PacersIND35-47
Central 25
0.00
11
MagicORL34-48
Southeast 26
0.00
12
HornetsCHA27-55
Southeast 27
0.00
13
RocketsHOU22-60
Southwest 28
0.00
14
SpursSA22-60
Southwest 29
0.00
15
HawksATL41-41
Southeast 16
0.00
16
PelicansNO42-40
Southwest 15
0.00
17
76ersPHI54-28
Atlantic 2
0.00
18
BucksMIL58-24
Central 3
0.00
19
CavaliersCLE51-31
Central 4
0.00
20
GrizzliesMEM51-31
Southwest 5
0.00
21
NuggetsDEN53-29
Northwest 6
0.00
22
KnicksNY47-35
Atlantic 7
0.00
23
WarriorsGS44-38
Pacific 8
0.00
24
SunsPHX45-37
Pacific 9
0.00
25
KingsSAC48-34
Pacific 10
0.00
26
LakersLAL43-39
Pacific 11
0.00
27
RaptorsTOR41-41
Atlantic 12
0.00
28
ClippersLAC44-38
Pacific 13
0.00
29
NetsBKN45-37
Atlantic 14
0.00
30
PistonsDET17-65
Central 30
0.00