Best NBA teams

30 ELO points separate Los Angeles Lakers from San Antonio Spurs at the top of the NBA ranking, after 7793 duels.

Los Angeles Lakers command the podium with 1342 ELO points and a 61% win rate across 496 duels, establishing the ranking's widest gap ahead of San Antonio Spurs at 1312 points. Minnesota Timberwolves claim third place with 1311 points despite a more modest 54% win rate, edging out New York Knicks by just 3 points. Golden State Warriors round out the top 5 at 1302 points. The bottom tells a harsher story: New Orleans Pelicans anchor the ranking at 1004 points with a 40% win rate, trailing Washington Wizards and Utah Jazz, who manage 1022 and 1040 points respectively despite lower win rates in the high 30s.

This ranking draws from 7793 duels submitted by 66 players across all 30 NBA franchises. The figures reflect community preferences as of 11 October 2026, capturing which teams resonate most strongly with basketball fans. Whether your loyalties lie with the league's storied franchises or its underdogs, the ranking remains open: cast your votes in head-to-head duels to shape the standings and see how your favorite team measures up against the competition.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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