Power Rank - 2011-2012


Year:
2011-12 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Charlotte .391 7 59 .106 .486 30 5739 6657 5-61 .080
2 Golden State .469 23 43 .348 .509 29 6453 6678 24-42 .362
3 Sacramento .464 22 44 .333 .508 28 6518 6893 19-47 .284
4 Washington .442 20 46 .303 .488 27 6180 6497 20-46 .305
5 Detroit .461 25 41 .379 .488 26 5997 6313 20-46 .300
6 Brooklyn .449 22 44 .333 .487 25 6144 6539 17-49 .263
7 Toronto .455 23 43 .348 .491 24 5986 6204 24-42 .357
8 Cleveland .448 21 45 .318 .491 23 6140 6615 15-51 .226
9 Minnesota .479 26 40 .394 .508 22 6464 6609 27-39 .409
10 Portland .485 28 38 .424 .506 21 6415 6456 31-35 .474
11 New Orleans .462 21 45 .318 .510 20 5916 6164 22-44 .337
12 Milwaukee .485 31 35 .470 .490 19 6535 6517 34-32 .511
13 Houston .508 34 32 .515 .506 18 6474 6459 34-32 .510
14 Orlando .512 37 29 .561 .495 17 6215 6163 35-31 .535
15 Philadelphia .502 35 31 .530 .493 16 6180 5900 45-21 .682
16 Phoenix .508 33 33 .500 .511 15 6492 6508 32-34 .490
17 Utah .515 36 30 .545 .505 14 6577 6536 35-31 .526
18 Dallas .526 36 30 .545 .520 13 6322 6259 36-30 .541
19 Atlanta .518 40 26 .606 .488 12 6375 6148 43-23 .645
20 Denver .523 38 28 .576 .505 11 6872 6682 41-25 .614
21 New York .502 36 30 .545 .488 10 6458 6247 42-24 .634
22 Boston .522 39 27 .591 .499 9 6062 5896 40-26 .613
23 LA Lakers .540 41 25 .621 .512 8 6422 6328 37-29 .561
24 Memphis .536 41 25 .621 .507 7 6269 6136 39-27 .588
25 Indiana .524 42 24 .636 .487 6 6449 6231 42-24 .638
26 LA Clippers .530 40 26 .606 .505 5 6438 6269 40-26 .608
27 Oklahoma City .562 47 19 .712 .512 4 6802 6398 48-18 .733
28 Miami .552 46 20 .697 .503 3 6500 6105 49-17 .738
29 Chicago .559 50 16 .758 .493 2 6359 5819 54-12 .812
30 San Antonio .570 50 16 .758 .508 1 6841 6368 51-15 .765
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.