Relative Percent Index - 2018-2019


Year:
2018-19 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Milwaukee .594 11 4 .733 .547 0 1817 1646 13-2 .836
2 LA .590 10 5 .667 .564 0 1759 1686 10-5 .668
3 Portland .565 10 5 .667 .531 0 1719 1618 11-4 .731
4 Toronto .551 13 4 .765 .480 0 1985 1843 13-4 .773
5 Houston .548 8 7 .533 .553 0 1581 1585 7-8 .490
6 Utah .545 8 8 .500 .560 0 1708 1724 7-9 .462
  Boston .545 9 7 .563 .539 0 1687 1641 10-6 .612
8 Golden State .542 12 5 .706 .487 0 2006 1884 13-4 .738
9 Philadelphia .541 11 7 .611 .517 0 2032 2031 9-9 .502
10 Memphis .539 9 5 .643 .504 0 1450 1425 8-6 .571
11 New Orleans .531 9 7 .563 .521 0 1892 1860 9-7 .570
12 Denver .530 10 6 .625 .498 0 1781 1673 12-4 .737
13 Sacramento .521 8 8 .500 .528 0 1819 1861 7-9 .407
14 Oklahoma City .520 10 5 .667 .472 0 1664 1583 10-5 .695
  LA Lakers .520 8 7 .533 .516 0 1754 1750 8-7 .509
16 Minnesota .518 7 9 .438 .544 0 1776 1839 6-10 .360
17 Indiana .511 10 6 .625 .473 0 1676 1622 10-6 .632
18 San Antonio .501 7 7 .500 .501 0 1511 1523 7-7 .467
19 Orlando .496 8 8 .500 .494 0 1696 1745 6-10 .385
20 Detroit .478 7 6 .538 .458 0 1427 1439 6-7 .466
21 Brooklyn .460 7 10 .412 .477 0 1869 1892 8-9 .450
22 Dallas .457 7 8 .467 .454 0 1662 1639 8-7 .557
23 Phoenix .456 3 12 .200 .541 0 1531 1697 2-13 .155
24 Washington .454 5 10 .333 .494 0 1666 1751 5-10 .306
25 Charlotte .453 7 8 .467 .449 0 1723 1654 10-5 .662
26 Miami .443 6 9 .400 .458 0 1652 1657 7-8 .488
27 Chicago .423 4 13 .235 .485 0 1752 1929 3-14 .170
28 New York .415 4 12 .250 .470 0 1716 1819 4-12 .277
29 Atlanta .370 3 13 .188 .430 0 1706 1883 3-13 .164
30 Cleveland .367 2 12 .143 .441 0 1447 1565 3-11 .215
Glossary
  • RK: Rank
  • RPI: Relative Percent Index
  • W: Wins
  • L: Losses
  • PCT: Win Percentage
  • PA: Points Against
  • EWL: Expected Win-Loss
  • EWP: Expected Winning Percentage
  • Relative Percent Index: The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage.
  • Expected Winning Percentage and Win-Loss: Derived the Pythagorean 16.5 Method, the basketball adaptation of Bill James' Pythagorean theorem of baseball: Runs scored ^16.5 / (Runs scored ^16.5 + runs allowed ^16.5). This formula was designed to relate a team's points scored and points allowed to its won-lost record.