NBA 2019-20 Win Percentage
Actual vs Expected
Team Games Win Percentage
Won Lost Actual Expected
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee Bucks (1) 22 3 88.0 85.54189
Miami Heat (2) 18 6 75.0 69.08300
Philadelphia 76ers (3) 19 7 73.1 70.35448
Boston Celtics (4) 17 7 70.8 71.97268
Toronto Raptors (5) 16 8 66.7 67.72406
Indiana Pacers (6) 16 9 64.0 64.06265
Brooklyn Nets (7) 13 11 54.2 48.32286
Orlando Magic (8) 11 13 45.8 48.52530
Charlotte Hornets (9) 11 16 40.7 28.35927
Detroit Pistons (10) 10 15 40.0 49.65242
Chicago Bulls (11) 9 17 34.6 44.04778
Washington Wizards (12) 7 16 30.4 36.47226
Cleveland Cavaliers (13) 6 19 24.0 20.23500
Atlanta Hawks (13) 6 19 24.0 21.15493
New York Knicks (15) 5 20 20.0 18.10894
Western Conference
Los Angeles Lakers (1) 22 3 88.0 79.83681
Los Angeles Clippers (2) 19 7 73.1 72.94054
Dallas Mavericks (3) 17 7 70.8 78.51339
Houston Rockets (4) 16 8 66.7 66.69467
Denver Nuggets (5) 15 8 65.2 66.13962
Utah Jazz (6) 14 11 56.0 51.06413
Oklahoma City Thunder (7) 11 13 45.8 52.10852
Phoenix Suns (7) 11 13 45.8 54.60078
Sacramento Kings (7) 11 13 45.8 39.19524
Minnesota Timberwolves (10) 10 14 41.7 39.73757
Portland Trail Blazers (11) 10 16 38.5 43.36661
San Antonio Spurs (12) 9 15 37.5 36.98364
Memphis Grizzlies (13) 8 16 33.3 28.06775
New Orleans Pelicans (14) 6 19 24.0 28.41954
Golden State Warriors (15) 5 21 19.2 22.42323
Source of Wins, Losses, and Actual: www.basketball-reference.com
Note: Expected calculated using the Pythagorean expectation model The exponent used was 15.12
Reference: The Pythagorean expectation model was taken from *Analyzing Baseball Data with R, Second Edition*, 2019.