Relative Percent Index - 2026-2027


Year:
2026-27 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Houston .642 7 2 .778 .597 0 1061 968 7-2 .820
2 Detroit .611 6 2 .750 .565 0 889 814 6-2 .811
3 Philadelphia .609 8 1 .889 .516 0 999 947 6-3 .707
4 Oklahoma City .607 6 2 .750 .559 0 880 870 4-4 .547
5 San Antonio .587 6 2 .750 .532 0 935 869 6-2 .770
6 Portland .575 6 1 .857 .481 0 853 775 6-1 .830
7 Denver .560 4 3 .571 .556 0 808 803 4-3 .526
8 Dallas .555 4 4 .500 .573 0 897 898 4-4 .495
9 Golden State .537 5 3 .625 .507 0 940 917 5-3 .601
10 LA Lakers .532 7 2 .778 .451 0 1096 1025 7-2 .751
11 Minnesota .530 6 3 .667 .485 0 1069 968 8-1 .837
12 Cleveland .523 4 4 .500 .531 0 954 937 5-3 .574
13 Boston .515 6 2 .750 .437 0 914 866 6-2 .709
14 Phoenix .513 1 5 .167 .628 0 680 746 1-5 .178
15 Memphis .509 6 2 .750 .429 0 964 878 7-1 .824
16 Atlanta .505 5 4 .556 .489 0 1042 1017 5-4 .599
17 New York .503 4 4 .500 .505 0 880 841 5-3 .679
18 Miami .464 3 5 .375 .493 0 944 983 3-5 .339
19 Utah .462 1 7 .125 .575 0 862 952 1-7 .163
20 Orlando .451 2 5 .286 .506 0 740 803 1-6 .206
21 Charlotte .448 3 6 .333 .486 0 883 983 1-8 .146
22 Toronto .443 4 4 .500 .424 0 943 908 5-3 .651
23 Sacramento .432 1 7 .125 .535 0 874 986 1-7 .120
24 New Orleans .429 4 4 .500 .406 0 973 954 5-3 .581
25 Indiana .413 3 6 .333 .440 0 1001 1028 4-5 .392
  LA .413 1 7 .125 .509 0 873 925 2-6 .278
27 Milwaukee .412 1 7 .125 .508 0 880 978 1-7 .149
28 Washington .409 4 4 .500 .378 0 871 872 4-4 .495
29 Brooklyn .399 2 6 .250 .449 0 853 903 2-6 .281
30 Chicago .384 1 7 .125 .471 0 893 1037 1-7 .078
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.