Relative Percent Index - 2018-2019


Year:
2018-19 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Milwaukee .551 60 22 .732 .491 0 9686 8959 64-18 .784
  Golden State .551 57 25 .695 .503 0 9650 9120 59-23 .717
3 Toronto .547 58 24 .707 .493 0 9384 8885 58-24 .711
4 Denver .545 54 28 .659 .507 0 9075 8751 53-29 .646
5 Portland .541 53 29 .646 .506 0 9402 9058 53-29 .649
  Houston .541 53 29 .646 .506 0 9342 8950 55-27 .670
7 Utah .530 50 32 .610 .503 0 9161 8730 56-26 .689
8 Oklahoma City .527 49 33 .598 .504 0 9387 9108 51-31 .622
9 Philadelphia .526 51 31 .622 .494 0 9445 9224 49-33 .596
10 LA .525 48 34 .585 .504 0 9442 9372 44-38 .531
11 San Antonio .523 48 34 .585 .503 0 9156 9018 46-36 .562
12 Boston .520 49 33 .598 .495 0 9218 8852 54-28 .661
13 Indiana .515 48 34 .585 .492 0 8857 8584 51-31 .626
14 Brooklyn .499 42 40 .512 .494 0 9204 9210 41-41 .497
15 Orlando .498 42 40 .512 .494 0 8800 8742 43-39 .527
16 Sacramento .496 39 43 .476 .503 0 9363 9455 38-44 .460
17 Detroit .495 41 41 .500 .494 0 8778 8798 40-42 .491
18 LA Lakers .493 37 45 .451 .506 0 9165 9307 36-46 .437
19 Charlotte .491 39 43 .476 .497 0 9081 9171 38-44 .459
  Miami .491 39 43 .476 .496 0 8668 8687 40-42 .491
  Minnesota .491 36 46 .439 .508 0 9223 9346 37-45 .446
22 Memphis .482 33 49 .402 .508 0 8490 8703 33-49 .399
23 Dallas .481 33 49 .402 .507 0 8927 9032 37-45 .452
24 New Orleans .478 33 49 .402 .503 0 9466 9575 37-45 .453
25 Washington .465 32 50 .390 .491 0 9350 9588 33-49 .398
26 Atlanta .460 29 53 .354 .495 0 9294 9788 24-58 .298
27 Chicago .440 22 60 .268 .498 0 8605 9295 18-64 .219
28 Phoenix .438 19 63 .232 .507 0 8815 9581 17-65 .202
29 Cleveland .432 19 63 .232 .499 0 8567 9357 16-66 .189
30 New York .427 17 65 .207 .501 0 8575 9330 16-66 .199
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.