Updated Saturday Dec. 20

2025 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
KingsSAC6-21
Pacific 26
11.58
2
MagicORL15-12
Southeast 9
12.00
3
PelicansNO6-22
Southwest 25
12.59
4
Trail BlazersPOR11-16
Northwest 19
13.04
5
CelticsBOS16-11
Atlantic 8
13.15
6
MavericksDAL11-17
Southwest 20
13.34
7
JazzUTAH10-16
Northwest 28
13.90
8
ClippersLAC6-21
Pacific 21
13.91
9
SunsPHX15-12
Pacific 16
13.96
10
HeatMIA15-13
Southeast 13
14.37
11
HawksATL15-14
Southeast 18
14.48
12
BucksMIL11-17
Central 23
14.50
13
SpursSA20-7
Southwest 5
14.68
14
NetsBKN7-19
Atlantic 29
14.68
15
76ersPHI15-11
Atlantic 14
14.77
16
WizardsWSH4-21
Southeast 30
14.80
17
GrizzliesMEM13-14
Southwest 17
14.86
18
PacersIND6-21
Central 27
14.86
19
WarriorsGS13-15
Pacific 11
14.95
20
RocketsHOU16-8
Southwest 3
15.35
21
HornetsCHA9-18
Southeast 24
15.73
22
BullsCHI12-15
Central 22
15.80
23
KnicksNY19-8
Atlantic 4
16.32
24
CavaliersCLE15-14
Central 12
16.53
25
TimberwolvesMIN18-10
Northwest 7
16.56
26
RaptorsTOR17-11
Atlantic 15
16.62
27
LakersLAL19-7
Pacific 10
16.92
28
PistonsDET21-6
Central 6
17.13
29
NuggetsDEN20-6
Northwest 2
17.54
30
ThunderOKC25-3
Northwest 1
18.15

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
ThunderOKC25-3
Northwest 1
13.14
2
NuggetsDEN20-6
Northwest 2
13.89
3
JazzUTAH10-16
Northwest 28
13.89
4
HornetsCHA9-18
Southeast 24
14.15
5
NetsBKN7-19
Atlantic 29
14.21
6
SpursSA20-7
Southwest 5
14.31
7
LakersLAL19-7
Pacific 10
14.35
8
RaptorsTOR17-11
Atlantic 15
14.39
9
SunsPHX15-12
Pacific 16
14.41
10
PacersIND6-21
Central 27
14.53
11
WarriorsGS13-15
Pacific 11
14.54
12
BullsCHI12-15
Central 22
14.59
13
TimberwolvesMIN18-10
Northwest 7
14.59
14
GrizzliesMEM13-14
Southwest 17
14.75
15
PistonsDET21-6
Central 6
14.83
16
CavaliersCLE15-14
Central 12
14.89
17
HawksATL15-14
Southeast 18
14.91
18
ClippersLAC6-21
Pacific 21
14.92
19
HeatMIA15-13
Southeast 13
15.02
20
PelicansNO6-22
Southwest 25
15.06
21
MavericksDAL11-17
Southwest 20
15.06
22
BucksMIL11-17
Central 23
15.07
23
76ersPHI15-11
Atlantic 14
15.12
24
Trail BlazersPOR11-16
Northwest 19
15.14
25
KnicksNY19-8
Atlantic 4
15.16
26
KingsSAC6-21
Pacific 26
15.33
27
RocketsHOU16-8
Southwest 3
15.57
28
WizardsWSH4-21
Southeast 30
15.76
29
CelticsBOS16-11
Atlantic 8
16.30
30
MagicORL15-12
Southeast 9
16.39