NBA Basketball Ratings

Below are listed the current NBA basketball power ratings as computed by the Donchess Inference Index.
More information on how these NBA computer ratings are computed can be found on the Methodology page.

DII Rating– This is a NBA power ratings system that is a combination of the Standard Rating and the Aegis Rating. The Aegis Rating is weighted more highly in the beginning of the season whereas the Standard Rating is weighted more highly at the end of the season. This is the final rating that is used to rank the teams.

Standard Rating– Looks at game outcome and score differential only. Record is the most important factor in this rating system.

Aegis Rating– Also looks at game outcome and score differential only, but score outcome is the most important factor in this rating system. This is the more predictive of the rating systems.

Vegas Rating– A rating system based on what the Vegas line is on each game. This rating system is a strong predictor of future games, but does not heavily weight the outcomes of previous games. This rating is used for predictions, but not used for the overall rating.

For our daily projected outcomes of games, check out NBA Basketball Predictions.

Updated 4/12/2018.

Donchess Inference Ratings (DII) – NBA Basketball

Rank	Team	Rec	Rating	Chg	SOS (Rank)	Standard (Rank)	Aegis (Rank)	Vegas (Rank)
1	Houston	65-17	0.8543	0	-0.02 (24)	0.911 (1)	0.720 (2)	0.800 (1)
2	Toronto	59-23	0.5953	0	-0.04 (30)	0.608 (2)	0.564 (4)	0.597 (2)
3	Philadelphia	52-30	0.5772	0	-0.03 (26)	0.489 (3)	0.782 (1)	0.593 (4)
4	Utah	48-34	0.4908	3	0.018 (6)	0.397 (5)	0.707 (3)	0.594 (3)
5	Portland	49-33	0.3895	0	0.002 (16)	0.351 (6)	0.477 (5)	0.383 (6)
6	Golden State	58-24	0.3593	2	-0.00 (20)	0.466 (4)	0.108 (15)	0.344 (7)
7	Oklahoma City	48-34	0.3422	3	-0.00 (17)	0.315 (8)	0.405 (6)	0.444 (5)
8	Boston	55-27	0.3052	2	-0.03 (27)	0.335 (7)	0.235 (11)	0.173 (14)
9	New Orleans	48-34	0.3042	5	0.009 (10)	0.292 (9)	0.331 (7)	0.245 (11)
10	Indiana	48-34	0.2768	2	-0.02 (25)	0.287 (10)	0.251 (9)	0.200 (13)
11	Denver	46-36	0.2282	2	0.004 (14)	0.224 (12)	0.236 (10)	0.259 (10)
12	Cleveland	50-32	0.2252	3	-0.04 (29)	0.260 (11)	0.144 (13)	0.279 (9)
13	San Antonio	47-35	0.2096	1	0.003 (15)	0.188 (14)	0.258 (8)	0.311 (8)
14	Minnesota	47-35	0.1886	1	0.018 (5)	0.192 (13)	0.179 (12)	0.228 (12)
15	Miami	44-38	0.0758	1	-0.03 (28)	0.054 (17)	0.125 (14)	0.136 (15)
16	Milwaukee	44-38	0.0506	1	-0.02 (23)	0.078 (16)	-0.01 (17)	0.088 (16)
17	LA Clippers	42-40	0.0503	6	0.015 (7)	0.097 (15)	-0.05 (19)	-0.03 (19)
18	Washington	43-39	-0.041	0	-0.00 (18)	0.011 (18)	-0.16 (21)	0.053 (17)
19	LA Lakers	35-47	-0.094	0	0.008 (12)	-0.15 (20)	0.038 (16)	-0.10 (21)
20	Detroit	39-43	-0.113	0	-0.00 (19)	-0.12 (19)	-0.08 (20)	-0.05 (20)
21	Charlotte	36-46	-0.122	0	-0.01 (22)	-0.16 (21)	-0.03 (18)	0.035 (18)
22	Brooklyn	28-54	-0.410	3	0.007 (13)	-0.42 (23)	-0.36 (22)	-0.35 (22)
23	Sacramento	27-55	-0.430	1	0.031 (4)	-0.42 (22)	-0.44 (24)	-0.56 (24)
24	New York	29-53	-0.516	2	0.008 (11)	-0.50 (24)	-0.53 (25)	-0.61 (25)
25	Dallas	24-58	-0.534	3	0.044 (3)	-0.58 (27)	-0.41 (23)	-0.45 (23)
26	Atlanta	24-58	-0.540	2	0.010 (9)	-0.53 (26)	-0.55 (26)	-0.61 (26)
27	Chicago	27-55	-0.598	4	0.012 (8)	-0.52 (25)	-0.77 (29)	-0.74 (28)
28	Orlando	25-57	-0.626	1	-0.00 (21)	-0.64 (28)	-0.58 (27)	-0.61 (27)
29	Memphis	22-60	-0.724	0	0.048 (2)	-0.73 (29)	-0.69 (28)	-0.76 (29)
30	Phoenix	21-61	-0.780	0	0.054 (1)	-0.74 (30)	-0.86 (30)	-0.85 (30)

NBA Basketball Team Rank Over Time