Expected Winning Percentage - 2022-2023


Year:
2022-23 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Boston .549 57 25 .695 .500 0 9671 9136 59-23 .719
2 Cleveland .531 51 31 .622 .501 0 9205 8764 57-25 .692
3 Philadelphia .543 54 28 .659 .504 0 9448 9094 54-28 .653
4 Memphis .527 51 31 .622 .495 0 9587 9264 52-30 .638
5 Milwaukee .552 58 24 .707 .501 0 9589 9291 51-31 .627
6 Denver .534 53 29 .646 .496 0 9495 9222 51-31 .618
7 New York .521 47 35 .573 .503 0 9514 9274 50-32 .604
8 Sacramento .518 48 34 .585 .496 0 9898 9681 48-34 .590
9 Phoenix .514 45 37 .549 .503 0 9319 9149 47-35 .575
10 New Orleans .501 42 40 .512 .497 0 9378 9223 47-35 .568
11 Golden State .508 44 38 .537 .499 0 9753 9605 46-36 .563
12 Toronto .503 41 41 .500 .504 0 9254 9133 45-37 .554
13 Chicago .499 40 42 .488 .503 0 9276 9170 45-37 .547
14 Oklahoma City .496 40 42 .488 .499 0 9633 9544 44-38 .538
15 Brooklyn .515 45 37 .549 .504 0 9295 9225 44-38 .531
16 LA Lakers .505 43 39 .524 .498 0 9608 9561 43-39 .520
17 LA .507 44 38 .537 .497 0 9314 9273 42-40 .518
18 Atlanta .500 41 41 .500 .500 0 9711 9687 42-40 .510
19 Dallas .489 38 44 .463 .498 0 9366 9360 41-41 .503
20 Minnesota .501 42 40 .512 .497 0 9494 9497 41-41 .499
21 Miami .511 44 38 .537 .503 0 8977 9003 40-42 .488
22 Utah .487 37 45 .451 .499 0 9600 9677 38-44 .467
23 Washington .484 35 47 .427 .503 0 9279 9378 37-45 .456
24 Orlando .479 34 48 .415 .500 0 9136 9346 33-49 .407
25 Indiana .484 35 47 .427 .503 0 9535 9796 32-50 .390
26 Portland .475 33 49 .402 .499 0 9299 9628 30-52 .360
27 Charlotte .458 27 55 .329 .500 0 9098 9610 24-58 .288
28 Houston .442 22 60 .268 .499 0 9081 9725 20-62 .244
29 Detroit .429 17 65 .207 .503 0 9045 9719 19-63 .234
30 San Antonio .440 22 60 .268 .497 0 9269 10092 16-66 .197
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.