Expected Win-Loss - 2026-2027


Year:
2026-27 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Memphis .581 6 0 1.000 .442 0 727 636 5-1 .901
2 Houston .682 6 1 .857 .624 0 845 758 6-1 .857
  Philadelphia .605 6 1 .857 .522 0 761 734 5-2 .645
4 Detroit .593 5 1 .833 .513 0 659 611 5-1 .777
5 Portland .569 4 1 .800 .492 0 603 546 4-1 .837
  Boston .498 4 1 .800 .398 0 604 558 4-1 .787
7 Dallas .652 4 2 .667 .648 0 686 671 4-2 .590
  Oklahoma City .604 4 2 .667 .583 0 639 642 3-3 .481
  San Antonio .581 4 2 .667 .553 0 704 661 4-2 .739
  LA Lakers .524 4 2 .667 .476 0 711 680 4-2 .676
  Cleveland .511 4 2 .667 .459 0 726 696 4-2 .667
12 Denver .499 3 2 .600 .465 0 570 576 2-3 .457
  Toronto .464 3 2 .600 .419 0 584 531 4-1 .828
14 Minnesota .516 4 3 .571 .498 0 840 761 6-1 .836
15 Golden State .568 3 3 .500 .591 0 700 692 3-3 .547
  Washington .431 3 3 .500 .408 0 663 658 3-3 .531
17 Atlanta .502 3 4 .429 .527 0 814 808 4-3 .530
  Charlotte .470 3 4 .429 .483 0 688 745 1-6 .212
19 Orlando .480 2 3 .400 .506 0 549 592 1-4 .224
20 New York .519 2 4 .333 .581 0 642 646 3-3 .474
  Miami .473 2 4 .333 .519 0 710 729 2-4 .393
  Indiana .379 2 4 .333 .394 0 700 719 2-4 .391
  New Orleans .328 2 4 .333 .326 0 718 707 3-3 .563
24 Phoenix .505 1 3 .250 .590 0 448 498 1-3 .149
25 LA .388 1 4 .200 .451 0 527 559 1-4 .274
26 Utah .502 1 5 .167 .614 0 652 713 1-5 .186
  Milwaukee .413 1 5 .167 .495 0 678 757 1-5 .140
  Chicago .369 1 5 .167 .437 0 681 776 1-5 .104
29 Sacramento .393 0 6 .000 .524 0 656 770 0-6 .066
  Brooklyn .374 0 5 .000 .499 0 551 606 1-4 .172
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.