Relative Percent Index - 2021-2022


Year:
2021-22 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Phoenix .565 64 18 .780 .493 0 9416 8803 62-20 .752
2 Memphis .544 56 26 .683 .498 0 9480 9014 57-25 .697
3 Golden State .540 53 29 .646 .504 0 9102 8648 57-25 .699
4 Miami .537 53 29 .646 .500 0 9019 8657 54-28 .663
5 Dallas .533 52 30 .634 .499 0 8858 8587 51-31 .625
6 Philadelphia .531 51 31 .622 .500 0 9015 8801 49-33 .598
7 Boston .530 51 31 .622 .499 0 9164 8567 62-20 .752
8 Milwaukee .529 51 31 .622 .498 0 9470 9195 51-31 .619
9 Utah .524 49 33 .598 .500 0 9316 8821 58-24 .711
10 Toronto .523 48 34 .585 .502 0 8970 8782 48-34 .586
11 Denver .520 48 34 .585 .498 0 9243 9054 48-34 .584
12 Minnesota .516 46 36 .561 .501 0 9509 9291 49-33 .595
13 Chicago .514 46 36 .561 .499 0 9152 9184 40-42 .486
14 Brooklyn .510 44 38 .537 .501 0 9258 9191 43-39 .530
15 Cleveland .509 44 38 .537 .500 0 8839 8665 48-34 .581
16 Charlotte .506 43 39 .524 .500 0 9457 9421 42-40 .516
  Atlanta .506 43 39 .524 .499 0 9343 9215 46-36 .557
  LA .506 42 40 .512 .503 0 8890 8888 41-41 .501
19 New York .489 37 45 .451 .501 0 8731 8741 41-41 .495
20 New Orleans .487 36 46 .439 .503 0 8962 9043 38-44 .463
21 Washington .481 35 47 .427 .499 0 8907 9184 31-51 .376
22 San Antonio .479 34 48 .415 .501 0 9279 9269 41-41 .504
23 LA Lakers .474 33 49 .402 .498 0 9192 9442 32-50 .391
24 Sacramento .467 30 52 .366 .501 0 9045 9493 25-57 .311
25 Portland .457 27 55 .329 .499 0 8711 9439 17-65 .210
26 Indiana .451 25 57 .305 .500 0 9140 9425 31-51 .376
27 Oklahoma City .448 24 58 .293 .499 0 8506 9170 18-64 .224
28 Detroit .446 23 59 .280 .502 0 8596 9229 19-63 .236
29 Orlando .443 22 60 .268 .501 0 8547 9203 19-63 .228
30 Houston .435 20 62 .244 .499 0 8997 9692 19-63 .227
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.