Updated Sunday Mar. 22

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
NetsBKN17-53
Atlantic 29
13.55
2
KingsSAC18-53
Pacific 27
14.09
3
MagicORL38-32
Southeast 16
14.13
4
PacersIND15-56
Central 28
14.39
5
SunsPHX39-32
Pacific 17
14.58
6
BucksMIL29-41
Central 23
14.59
7
WarriorsGS33-38
Pacific 19
14.65
8
WizardsWSH16-54
Southeast 30
14.72
9
BullsCHI28-42
Central 24
14.73
10
Trail BlazersPOR35-36
Northwest 20
14.74
11
RaptorsTOR39-30
Atlantic 13
14.74
12
MavericksDAL23-48
Southwest 25
14.81
13
SpursSA53-18
Southwest 2
14.85
14
76ersPHI39-32
Atlantic 18
14.99
15
ClippersLAC35-36
Pacific 15
15.04
16
HeatMIA38-33
Southeast 12
15.04
17
PelicansNO25-47
Southwest 21
15.05
18
GrizzliesMEM24-46
Southwest 22
15.08
19
HawksATL39-32
Southeast 14
15.10
20
JazzUTAH21-50
Northwest 26
15.13
21
RocketsHOU43-27
Southwest 9
15.27
22
HornetsCHA37-34
Southeast 11
15.35
23
NuggetsDEN43-28
Northwest 7
15.39
24
CavaliersCLE44-27
Central 6
15.42
25
LakersLAL46-25
Pacific 8
15.59
26
KnicksNY46-25
Atlantic 5
15.78
27
ThunderOKC56-15
Northwest 1
15.81
28
PistonsDET51-19
Central 3
15.83
29
CelticsBOS47-23
Atlantic 4
15.92
30
TimberwolvesMIN43-28
Northwest 10
16.00

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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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
JazzUTAH21-50
Northwest 26
11.64
2
HawksATL39-32
Southeast 14
12.09
3
HeatMIA38-33
Southeast 12
12.14
4
ThunderOKC56-15
Northwest 1
12.40
5
KnicksNY46-25
Atlantic 5
12.43
6
CelticsBOS47-23
Atlantic 4
12.59
7
76ersPHI39-32
Atlantic 18
12.72
8
PelicansNO25-47
Southwest 21
13.46
9
TimberwolvesMIN43-28
Northwest 10
13.51
10
HornetsCHA37-34
Southeast 11
13.63
11
PacersIND15-56
Central 28
13.73
12
BullsCHI28-42
Central 24
14.21
13
MavericksDAL23-48
Southwest 25
14.44
14
PistonsDET51-19
Central 3
14.55
15
GrizzliesMEM24-46
Southwest 22
14.58
16
SunsPHX39-32
Pacific 17
14.78
17
BucksMIL29-41
Central 23
15.00
18
LakersLAL46-25
Pacific 8
15.25
19
WarriorsGS33-38
Pacific 19
15.50
20
MagicORL38-32
Southeast 16
16.03
21
RaptorsTOR39-30
Atlantic 13
16.14
22
NuggetsDEN43-28
Northwest 7
16.38
23
Trail BlazersPOR35-36
Northwest 20
16.89
24
WizardsWSH16-54
Southeast 30
16.90
25
CavaliersCLE44-27
Central 6
16.94
26
SpursSA53-18
Southwest 2
17.39
27
RocketsHOU43-27
Southwest 9
18.13
28
ClippersLAC35-36
Pacific 15
18.29
29
KingsSAC18-53
Pacific 27
18.46
30
NetsBKN17-53
Atlantic 29
19.10