Relative Percent Index - 2015-2016


Year:
2015-16 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Golden State .597 73 9 .890 .500 0 9421 8539 68-14 .835
2 San Antonio .579 67 15 .817 .500 0 8490 7618 70-12 .857
3 Cleveland .544 57 25 .695 .493 0 8555 8063 60-22 .727
4 Oklahoma City .543 55 27 .671 .501 0 9038 8441 62-20 .755
5 Toronto .542 56 26 .683 .496 0 8422 8053 56-26 .677
6 LA .535 53 29 .646 .498 0 8569 8218 55-27 .666
7 Atlanta .523 48 34 .585 .502 2 8433 8137 53-29 .643
8 Miami .521 48 34 .585 .500 0 8204 8069 47-35 .568
9 Charlotte .518 48 34 .585 .495 0 8479 8256 50-32 .608
10 Boston .517 48 34 .585 .494 0 8669 8406 51-31 .624
11 Indiana .513 45 37 .549 .502 0 8377 8237 47-35 .569
12 Portland .512 44 38 .537 .503 0 8622 8554 44-38 .533
13 Detroit .507 44 38 .537 .498 0 8361 8311 43-39 .525
  Dallas .507 42 40 .512 .505 0 8388 8413 40-42 .488
15 Chicago .503 42 40 .512 .500 0 8335 8456 36-46 .441
  Memphis .503 42 40 .512 .499 0 8126 8310 34-48 .409
17 Houston .502 41 41 .500 .503 0 8737 8721 42-40 .508
18 Washington .501 41 41 .500 .501 0 8534 8575 39-43 .480
19 Utah .498 40 42 .488 .501 0 8010 7863 47-35 .576
20 Orlando .480 35 47 .427 .498 0 8369 8502 36-46 .435
21 Denver .477 33 49 .402 .503 0 8355 8609 31-51 .379
  Milwaukee .477 33 49 .402 .502 0 8122 8465 28-54 .336
23 Sacramento .476 33 49 .402 .500 0 8740 8943 33-49 .406
24 New York .472 32 50 .390 .499 0 8065 8289 32-50 .389
25 New Orleans .468 30 52 .366 .501 0 8423 8734 29-53 .355
26 Minnesota .463 29 53 .354 .499 0 8398 8688 30-52 .364
27 Phoenix .447 23 59 .280 .502 0 8271 8817 21-61 .258
28 Brooklyn .439 21 61 .256 .500 0 8089 8692 19-63 .234
29 LA Lakers .431 17 65 .207 .505 0 7982 8766 14-68 .176
30 Philadelphia .405 10 72 .122 .500 0 7988 8827 13-69 .161
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.

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