Relative Percent Index - 2023-2024


Year:
2023-24 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Boston .603 15 4 .789 .541 0 2218 2040 15-4 .799
2 Minnesota .590 14 4 .778 .527 0 2021 1895 13-5 .743
3 Philadelphia .562 12 7 .632 .539 0 2282 2149 14-5 .729
4 Orlando .546 14 5 .737 .483 0 2184 2070 13-6 .708
5 Denver .545 14 6 .700 .493 0 2288 2196 13-7 .663
6 Oklahoma City .541 12 6 .667 .500 0 2149 1996 14-4 .772
7 New York .533 12 7 .632 .500 0 2107 2004 13-6 .696
8 Milwaukee .530 13 6 .684 .479 0 2290 2241 11-8 .588
9 New Orleans .524 11 9 .550 .516 0 2276 2253 11-9 .542
10 Sacramento .523 10 7 .588 .502 0 1974 1984 8-9 .479
11 Golden State .522 9 10 .474 .538 0 2184 2176 10-9 .515
12 LA Lakers .521 11 9 .550 .511 0 2256 2286 9-11 .446
13 Houston .520 8 8 .500 .527 0 1774 1716 10-6 .634
14 Cleveland .516 10 9 .526 .513 0 2106 2122 9-10 .469
15 Brooklyn .513 9 9 .500 .517 0 2088 2065 10-8 .546
16 Dallas .507 11 7 .611 .472 0 2126 2116 9-9 .519
17 Atlanta .504 9 9 .500 .506 0 2219 2201 10-8 .534
18 Miami .501 11 8 .579 .475 0 2133 2096 11-8 .572
19 Toronto .498 9 11 .450 .514 0 2224 2250 9-11 .452
20 Indiana .489 9 8 .529 .476 0 2174 2138 10-7 .568
  Phoenix .489 11 8 .579 .459 0 2207 2156 11-8 .595
22 LA .473 8 10 .444 .483 0 2033 1972 11-7 .623
23 Chicago .462 6 14 .300 .516 0 2137 2257 6-14 .289
24 Charlotte .449 6 11 .353 .481 0 1932 2076 4-13 .234
25 Utah .446 6 13 .316 .490 0 2123 2256 5-14 .268
26 Portland .441 6 12 .333 .477 0 1885 2008 5-13 .261
27 Memphis .422 5 13 .278 .469 0 1903 2010 5-13 .289
28 San Antonio .421 3 16 .158 .508 0 2119 2355 3-16 .149
29 Washington .409 3 16 .158 .492 0 2219 2377 5-14 .243
30 Detroit .390 2 17 .105 .485 0 2082 2252 4-15 .215
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.