Relative Percent Index - 2011-2012


Year:
2011-12 NBA RPI Rankings
RKTEAMRPIWLPCTSOSPWRPFPAEWLEWP
1 Oklahoma City .577 20 5 .800 .503 7 2529 2411 17-8 .687
2 San Antonio .570 18 9 .667 .538 5 2641 2522 18-9 .682
3 LA Clippers .559 15 8 .652 .528 6 2278 2237 13-10 .574
4 Miami .555 19 7 .731 .497 1 2672 2486 20-6 .767
5 Chicago .547 22 6 .786 .468 2 2726 2455 24-4 .849
6 Indiana .544 17 8 .680 .498 3 2354 2283 16-9 .624
7 LA Lakers .538 14 11 .560 .530 9 2329 2274 15-10 .597
8 Dallas .537 15 11 .577 .524 13 2450 2373 16-10 .629
9 Philadelphia .528 18 8 .692 .473 4 2507 2266 22-4 .841
10 Atlanta .527 17 9 .654 .485 14 2498 2373 18-8 .700
11 Houston .525 15 11 .577 .508 20 2555 2502 15-11 .586
12 Memphis .524 13 13 .500 .532 18 2404 2383 14-12 .536
13 Orlando .520 16 10 .615 .489 16 2416 2381 15-11 .560
14 Denver .516 15 11 .577 .496 8 2696 2588 17-9 .663
15 Minnesota .514 13 13 .500 .519 12 2501 2465 15-11 .560
16 Utah .513 13 11 .542 .504 15 2328 2332 12-12 .493
17 Portland .512 14 12 .538 .504 10 2560 2415 19-7 .724
18 Boston .497 14 10 .583 .468 11 2179 2077 17-7 .688
19 Milwaukee .485 11 14 .440 .499 19 2370 2395 11-14 .457
20 Golden State .480 8 14 .364 .519 21 2168 2219 9-13 .405
21 Phoenix .470 11 14 .440 .481 24 2334 2414 9-16 .364
22 Cleveland .467 10 14 .417 .483 17 2247 2326 9-15 .361
23 Sacramento .465 9 16 .360 .500 22 2295 2515 5-20 .181
24 New Jersey .449 8 19 .296 .500 26 2496 2687 6-21 .229
25 New York .446 11 15 .423 .453 25 2483 2467 14-12 .527
26 Detroit .443 7 20 .259 .505 27 2342 2585 4-23 .164
  Toronto .443 8 19 .296 .491 23 2380 2550 7-20 .243
28 New Orleans .437 4 22 .154 .531 28 2266 2426 6-20 .245
29 Washington .419 5 21 .192 .494 29 2342 2600 4-22 .151
30 Charlotte .392 3 22 .120 .483 30 2180 2519 2-23 .084
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.