Updated Monday Nov. 3

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

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	PelicansNO0-6	Southwest	27	10.65
2	CelticsBOS3-4	Atlantic	17	10.73
3	NetsBKN0-6	Atlantic	30	11.78
4	Trail BlazersPOR4-2	Northwest	19	12.00
5	MavericksDAL2-4	Southwest	22	12.30
6	BucksMIL4-2	Central	10	12.30
7	BullsCHI5-1	Central	15	12.30
8	PistonsDET4-2	Central	9	12.48
9	RaptorsTOR3-4	Atlantic	20	12.53
10	PacersIND1-5	Central	24	13.15
11	KnicksNY3-3	Atlantic	6	13.20
12	HeatMIA3-3	Southeast	16	13.82
13	WarriorsGS4-3	Pacific	5	13.99
14	WizardsWSH1-5	Southeast	29	14.18
15	TimberwolvesMIN3-3	Northwest	12	14.37
16	KingsSAC2-4	Pacific	23	14.62
17	RocketsHOU3-2	Southwest	2	14.96
18	LakersLAL5-2	Pacific	7	15.06
19	MagicORL3-4	Southeast	13	15.13
20	HawksATL3-4	Southeast	18	15.40
21	CavaliersCLE4-3	Central	4	15.41
22	NuggetsDEN3-2	Northwest	3	17.28
23	HornetsCHA3-4	Southeast	26	17.37
24	GrizzliesMEM3-4	Southwest	21	17.84
25	SunsPHX3-4	Pacific	25	17.89
26	ThunderOKC7-0	Northwest	1	18.20
27	76ersPHI5-1	Atlantic	11	18.82
28	ClippersLAC3-2	Pacific	14	20.48
29	JazzUTAH2-4	Northwest	28	21.22
30	SpursSA5-1	Southwest	8	23.13

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.