Updated Wednesday Feb. 4

2026 Composite NBA Power Rankings

Calculated by aggregating computer generated power rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking.

TEAM AVERAGE
RANKING
AVG
1-WEEK
MOVE
SOS
PLAYED
RANK
WINS LOSSES MAKE
PLAYOFFS
MAKE
PLAY-
OFFS
WIN
FINALS
1
ThunderOKC40-11
1.0 - 27 64.3 17.7 >99% 62%
2
PistonsDET37-12
2.8 - 30 58.0 24.0 >99% 5%
3
RocketsHOU31-17
3.5 - 24 53.3 28.8 >99% 5%
4
KnicksNY32-18
3.5 ↑ 3 28 52.0 30.1 >99% 7%
5
CelticsBOS32-18
5.0 ↓ 1 29 51.3 30.8 >99% 6%
6
SpursSA33-16
6.0 ↓ 1 14 52.8 29.2 >99% 3%
7
NuggetsDEN33-18
7.5 ↑ 3 26 51.3 30.8 >99% 4%
8
TimberwolvesMIN31-20
7.8 ↓ 2 23 49.7 32.4 97% 3%
9
CavaliersCLE30-21
8.5 ↓ 1 16 49.7 32.3 >99% 2%
10
SunsPHX31-20
10.8 ↑ 1 9 47.9 34.2 92% <1%
11
WarriorsGS27-24
11.3 ↓ 2 20 43.8 38.3 70% <1%
12
76ersPHI29-21
13.0 ↑ 4 17 45.7 36.3 89% <1%
13
HeatMIA27-25
14.0 ↑ 2 12 43.9 38.1 75% <1%
14
LakersLAL30-19
14.5 - 25 46.6 35.4 84% <1%
15
ClippersLAC23-26
14.8 ↓ 3 13 40.6 41.4 38% <1%
16
RaptorsTOR30-21
15.5 ↓ 3 19 45.6 36.4 88% <1%
17
MagicORL25-24
16.0 - 3 42.9 39.1 67% <1%
18
HawksATL25-27
16.0 - 8 41.9 40.1 59% <1%
19
HornetsCHA23-28
19.0 - 22 37.9 44.1 18% <1%
20
Trail BlazersPOR23-28
20.3 - 2 37.5 44.5 10% <1%
21
GrizzliesMEM19-29
20.8 - 10 35.6 46.4 9% <1%
22
MavericksDAL19-31
22.5 - 15 32.3 49.8 1% <1%
23
BullsCHI24-27
23.3 - 21 35.1 46.9 4% <1%
24
BucksMIL19-29
24.0 - 11 33.1 49.0 2% <1%
25
PelicansNO13-39
25.3 - 4 24.2 57.9 <1% <1%
26
PacersIND13-38
25.3 - 6 24.0 58.1 <1% <1%
27
KingsSAC12-39
27.5 - 1 22.3 59.7 <1% <1%
28
JazzUTAH16-35
28.0 - 5 24.4 57.7 <1% <1%
29
NetsBKN13-36
28.0 - 7 22.6 59.4 <1% <1%
30
WizardsWSH13-36
30.0 - 18 20.4 61.6 <1% <1%

How We Calculate: Our NBA Power Rankings are calculated by aggregating computer rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking. Up or down movement within our rankings versus the previous week is provided for each team. Some of these sites also project teams’ future success. We collect this info and calculate each team’s average win/loss projection, playoff odds and NBA Finals odds.

Our heat chart below shows how each of the four sites we pull from ranks all 30 teams. We pull from Massey Ratings (MY), Team Rankings (TR), ESPN and Sagarin (SAG).

TEAM MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG AVERAGEAVG
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 1.0
PistonsDET 2 3 4 2 2.8
RocketsHOU 6 2 3 3 3.5
KnicksNY 4 4 2 4 3.5
CelticsBOS 5 5 5 5 5.0
SpursSA 3 6 9 6 6.0
NuggetsDEN 7 8 6 9 7.5
TimberwolvesMIN 9 7 8 7 7.8
CavaliersCLE 10 9 7 8 8.5
SunsPHX 8 11 13 11 10.8
WarriorsGS 14 10 11 10 11.3
76ersPHI 12 13 14 13 13.0
HeatMIA 15 12 17 12 14.0
LakersLAL 11 15 16 16 14.5
ClippersLAC 16 14 15 14 14.8
RaptorsTOR 13 16 18 15 15.5
MagicORL 17 18 12 17 16.0
HawksATL 18 17 10 19 16.0
HornetsCHA 20 19 19 18 19.0
Trail BlazersPOR 19 21 21 20 20.3
GrizzliesMEM 22 20 20 21 20.8
MavericksDAL 24 22 22 22 22.5
BullsCHI 21 24 25 23 23.3
BucksMIL 23 23 26 24 24.0
PelicansNO 27 25 24 25 25.3
PacersIND 26 26 23 26 25.3
KingsSAC 29 27 27 27 27.5
JazzUTAH 25 29 29 29 28.0
NetsBKN 28 28 28 28 28.0
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 30.0

Standard deviation is a statistical tool used to measure the variance within a set of numbers. In the table below, we use standard deviation to determine which teams are ranked the most and least consistently. A low number indicates that a team is ranked consistently across the four sites we pull from. A high number indicates an inconsistently ranked team.

TEAM MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
TEAM
RANKINGS
TR
ESPN SAGARINSAG STAN DEVSTDEV
ThunderOKC 1 1 1 1 0.000
NetsBKN 28 28 28 28 0.000
WizardsWSH 30 30 30 30 0.000
CelticsBOS 5 5 5 5 0.000
HornetsCHA 20 19 19 18 0.816
76ersPHI 12 13 14 13 0.816
ClippersLAC 16 14 15 14 0.957
PistonsDET 2 3 4 2 0.957
TimberwolvesMIN 9 7 8 7 0.957
GrizzliesMEM 22 20 20 21 0.957
Trail BlazersPOR 19 21 21 20 0.957
MavericksDAL 24 22 22 22 1.000
KnicksNY 4 4 2 4 1.000
KingsSAC 29 27 27 27 1.000
PelicansNO 27 25 24 25 1.258
CavaliersCLE 10 9 7 8 1.291
NuggetsDEN 7 8 6 9 1.291
BucksMIL 23 23 26 24 1.414
PacersIND 26 26 23 26 1.500
BullsCHI 21 24 25 23 1.708
RocketsHOU 6 2 3 3 1.732
WarriorsGS 14 10 11 10 1.893
JazzUTAH 25 29 29 29 2.000
SunsPHX 8 11 13 11 2.062
RaptorsTOR 13 16 18 15 2.082
LakersLAL 11 15 16 16 2.380
HeatMIA 15 12 17 12 2.449
SpursSA 3 6 9 6 2.449
MagicORL 17 18 12 17 2.708
HawksATL 18 17 10 19 4.082