Updated Wednesday Feb. 4

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
KingsSAC12-39
Pacific 27
12.35
2
Trail BlazersPOR23-28
Northwest 20
13.17
3
MagicORL25-24
Southeast 17
13.87
4
PelicansNO13-39
Southwest 25
13.89
5
JazzUTAH16-35
Northwest 28
13.92
6
PacersIND13-38
Central 26
14.05
7
NetsBKN13-36
Atlantic 29
14.15
8
HawksATL25-27
Southeast 18
14.18
9
SunsPHX31-20
Pacific 10
14.27
10
GrizzliesMEM19-29
Southwest 21
14.35
11
BucksMIL19-29
Central 24
14.45
12
HeatMIA27-25
Southeast 13
14.65
13
ClippersLAC23-26
Pacific 15
14.70
14
SpursSA33-16
Southwest 6
14.91
15
MavericksDAL19-31
Southwest 22
15.06
16
CavaliersCLE30-21
Central 9
15.15
17
76ersPHI29-21
Atlantic 12
15.20
18
WizardsWSH13-36
Southeast 30
15.38
19
RaptorsTOR30-21
Atlantic 16
15.50
20
WarriorsGS27-24
Pacific 11
15.80
21
BullsCHI24-27
Central 23
15.87
22
HornetsCHA23-28
Southeast 19
15.95
23
TimberwolvesMIN31-20
Northwest 8
16.05
24
RocketsHOU31-17
Southwest 3
16.20
25
LakersLAL30-19
Pacific 14
16.48
26
NuggetsDEN33-18
Northwest 7
16.54
27
ThunderOKC40-11
Northwest 1
16.57
28
KnicksNY32-18
Atlantic 4
16.58
29
CelticsBOS32-18
Atlantic 5
16.59
30
PistonsDET37-12
Central 2
16.84

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
ThunderOKC40-11
Northwest 1
12.89
2
NuggetsDEN33-18
Northwest 7
13.03
3
LakersLAL30-19
Pacific 14
13.08
4
BullsCHI24-27
Central 23
13.55
5
WarriorsGS27-24
Pacific 11
13.65
6
HornetsCHA23-28
Southeast 19
13.69
7
CelticsBOS32-18
Atlantic 5
13.95
8
KnicksNY32-18
Atlantic 4
14.29
9
MavericksDAL19-31
Southwest 22
14.37
10
PistonsDET37-12
Central 2
14.38
11
RaptorsTOR30-21
Atlantic 16
14.42
12
SpursSA33-16
Southwest 6
14.63
13
TimberwolvesMIN31-20
Northwest 8
14.89
14
76ersPHI29-21
Atlantic 12
14.96
15
NetsBKN13-36
Atlantic 29
15.07
16
JazzUTAH16-35
Northwest 28
15.08
17
WizardsWSH13-36
Southeast 30
15.08
18
RocketsHOU31-17
Southwest 3
15.29
19
BucksMIL19-29
Central 24
15.43
20
HeatMIA27-25
Southeast 13
15.59
21
SunsPHX31-20
Pacific 10
15.61
22
PacersIND13-38
Central 26
15.65
23
PelicansNO13-39
Southwest 25
15.69
24
GrizzliesMEM19-29
Southwest 21
15.82
25
ClippersLAC23-26
Pacific 15
15.88
26
MagicORL25-24
Southeast 17
15.98
27
HawksATL25-27
Southeast 18
16.18
28
CavaliersCLE30-21
Central 9
16.72
29
Trail BlazersPOR23-28
Northwest 20
17.40
30
KingsSAC12-39
Pacific 27
17.80