Week 2 of my rankings are out! Oklahoma City continues to be the top team. They are followed by Detroit and Denver. Chicago had a rough week and falls out of the top 10. Houston moves up to #4 in my rankings and the Lakers stay at #5.

Miami, Houston, Portland, Denver and Chicago are the top 5 offenses this week. Indiana is now the lowest rated offense.

Oklahoma City, Boston, Detroit, Denver and San Antonio are the top 5 defenses this week. Washington continues to have the worst defense in the league so far.

Top 10:

Rank Team W L PF PA Rating SoS
1 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 13 1 1702 1487 104.465 98.511
2 DETROIT PISTONS 11 2 1536 1458 104.039 99.542
3 DENVER NUGGETS 10 2 1493 1335 103.576 99.118
4 HOUSTON ROCKETS 9 3 1497 1359 103.225 99.818
5 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 10 4 1628 1602 102.642 100.183
6 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 9 5 1696 1636 102.122 100.294
7 NEW YORK KNICKS 8 4 1465 1383 102.105 99.778
8 SAN ANTONIO SPURS 9 4 1544 1457 102.079 99.494
9 ATLANTA HAWKS 9 5 1646 1596 101.600 99.876
10 TORONTO RAPTORS 8 5 1567 1504 101.421 99.962

Top 10 Offense:

Rank Team Offense
1 Miami Heat 9.371
2 Houston Rockets 8.796
3 Portland Trail Blazers 6.186
4 Denver Nuggets 5.776
5 Chicago Bulls 5.074
6 Toronto Raptors 3.649
7 Philadelphia 76ers 3.436
8 Cleveland Cavaliers 3.227
9 New York Knicks 2.803
10 Oklahoma City Thunder 2.105

Top 10 Defense:

Rank Team Defense
1 Oklahoma City Thunder 9.038
2 Boston Celtics 8.500
3 Detroit Pistons 5.279
4 Denver Nuggets 5.257
5 San Antonio Spurs 4.354
6 Los Angeles Lakers 3.922
7 Orlando Magic 3.879
8 Houston Rockets 3.212
9 New York Knicks 3.088
10 Atlanta Hawks 2.906

Complete rankings

NBA 2026 Power Ratings

NBA 2026 Adjusted Scoring

NBA 2026 Adjusted Scoring Offense

NBA 2026 Adjusted Scoring Defense