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Ranking the NFL, NBA, MLB & NHL Teams
Weekly updates on Mondays for each sport during the selected sport's season

NBA

Games through 5/13/2012

Ratings show offensive and defensive team strengths in head to head competition.
... The average NBA team has an offensive and defensive rating of zero.
... Positive Offense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
... Negative Defense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
To predict future games, find rating differerence between teams and add home edge to home team.

Ranking

Team

Offense

Rank

Defense

Rank

Rating

1

San Antonio Spurs

8.71

1

-1.19

11

9.89

2

Oklahoma City Thunder

6.26

3

-0.18

16

6.44

3

Chicago Bulls

-1.67

20

-7.76

2

6.10

4

Miami Heat

0.17

15

-5.84

3

6.01

5

Boston Celtics

-4.06

27

-8.23

1

4.17

6

Indiana Pacers

2.62

8

-1.13

12

3.75

7

Denver Nuggets

6.54

2

3.18

23

3.36

8

Los Angeles Clippers

0.08

16

-2.97

7

3.05

9

Philadelphia 76ers

-2.63

22

-5.62

4

2.99

10

Atlanta Hawks

0.99

12

-1.68

9

2.67

11

Memphis Grizzlies

-1.89

21

-4.34

6

2.44

12

New York Knickerbockers

1.70

9

-0.63

14

2.33

13

Los Angeles Lakers

1.09

11

-0.41

15

1.51

14

Phoenix Suns

3.53

6

2.11

21

1.42

15

Utah Jazz

2.63

7

1.78

20

0.85

16

Dallas Mavericks

-0.10

18

-0.83

13

0.72

17

Houston Rockets

1.36

10

1.27

19

0.09

18

Milwaukee Bucks

4.53

4

4.47

25

0.06

19

Orlando Magic

-2.98

24

-1.62

10

-1.36

20

New Orleans Hornets

-6.92

29

-4.38

5

-2.54

21

Portland Trail Blazers

-0.01

17

2.56

22

-2.57

22

Washington Wizards

-1.50

19

1.17

18

-2.68

23

Toronto Raptors

-5.00

28

-2.24

8

-2.77

24

Golden State Warriors

0.93

14

4.48

26

-3.54

25

Minnesota Timberwolves

0.94

13

4.87

27

-3.93

26

Detroit Pistons

-3.95

26

0.07

17

-4.02

27

Sacramento Kings

4.21

5

8.44

30

-4.23

28

New Jersey Nets

-2.71

23

3.95

24

-6.66

29

Cleveland Cavaliers

-3.47

25

5.29

28

-8.75

30

Charlotte Bobcats

-9.41

30

5.41

29

-14.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average NBA Team Score

96.01

 

Home Court Edge

 

2.75

 


 

NHL Ratings
Games through 5/13/2012

Ratings show offensive and defensive team strengths in head to head competition.
... The average NHL team has an offensive and defensive rating of zero.
... Positive Offense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
... Negative Defense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
To predict future games, find rating differerence between teams and add home edge to home team.
 

CURRENT POWER RANKINGS

Ranking

Team

Offense

Offense Rank

Defense

Defense Rank

Team Rating

1

Los Angeles Kings

0.20

5

-0.69

1

0.89

2

Pittsburgh Penguins

1.14

1

0.42

26

0.72

3

New Jersey Devils

0.08

11

-0.52

4

0.59

4

Nashville Predators

0.14

8

-0.38

6

0.53

5

Phoenix Coyotes

-0.05

16

-0.52

3

0.47

6

St. Louis Blues

-0.18

22

-0.58

2

0.40

7

Vancouver Canucks

0.04

14

-0.35

7

0.39

8

Boston Bruins

0.25

3

-0.10

10

0.35

9

Philadelphia Flyers

0.46

2

0.13

20

0.33

10

New York Rangers

-0.28

27

-0.52

5

0.24

11

Ottawa Senators

0.09

9

-0.14

9

0.23

12

Detroit Red Wings

0.08

10

-0.09

11

0.17

13

Buffalo Sabres

0.06

13

-0.00

16

0.07

14

Chicago Blackhawks

0.20

4

0.19

22

0.02

15

San Jose Sharks

0.01

15

-0.00

15

0.02

16

Washington Capitals

-0.28

28

-0.26

8

-0.02

17

Colorado Avalanche

-0.21

25

-0.06

12

-0.15

18

Dallas Stars

-0.19

24

-0.02

14

-0.18

19

Anaheim Ducks

-0.17

19

0.01

17

-0.18

20

Montreal Canadiens

-0.22

26

0.03

18

-0.24

21

Florida Panthers

-0.30

29

-0.03

13

-0.26

22

Carolina Hurricanes

-0.18

21

0.09

19

-0.27

23

Calgary Flames

-0.13

18

0.15

21

-0.29

24

Columbus Blue Jackets

0.06

12

0.38

25

-0.32

25

Winnipeg Jets

0.19

7

0.51

28

-0.32

26

Edmonton Oilers

-0.18

20

0.23

23

-0.40

27

Tampa Bay Lightning

0.19

6

0.75

30

-0.55

28

New York Islanders

-0.07

17

0.48

27

-0.56

29

Toronto Maple Leafs

-0.19

23

0.64

29

-0.83

30

Minnesota Wild

-0.57

30

0.27

24

-0.84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average NHL Team Score

2.80

 

Home Ice Edge

0.24

 



MLB

Regular Season 2012: Updated 5/13
Rankings By Team and Division (scroll down)

Major League Baseball Pythagorean Ratings (Projected Winning %)*
2012 Regular Season Rating
-  Updated Each Monday  -

 

 

 

MLB TEAM PYTHAGOREAN RANKINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT STATISTICS

PYTHAGOREAN FORECAST

Rank

Team

Scored

Allowed

Ratio

Wins

Losses

Pct.

Pyth. Pct

Expect Wins

Difference

Frcst Wins

Frcst Losses

1

Texas

207

127

1.630

23

12

0.657

0.727

25

-2

115

47

2

St. Louis

187

122

1.533

20

14

0.588

0.701

24

-4

110

52

3

LA Dodgers

151

117

1.291

23

11

0.676

0.625

21

2

103

59

4

Atlanta

189

155

1.219

22

13

0.629

0.598

21

1

98

64

5

Toronto

163

141

1.156

19

16

0.543

0.572

20

-1

92

70

6

Washington

121

106

1.142

21

13

0.618

0.566

19

2

93

69

7

NY Yankees

166

149

1.114

19

15

0.559

0.554

19

0

90

72

8

Baltimore

163

148

1.101

22

13

0.629

0.548

19

3

92

70

9

Tampa Bay

158

149

1.060

21

14

0.600

0.529

19

2

88

74

10

Houston

143

137

1.044

15

19

0.441

0.521

18

-3

82

80

11

Cincinnati

129

125

1.032

17

16

0.515

0.516

17

-0

84

78

12

Boston

188

186

1.011

15

19

0.441

0.505

17

-2

80

82

13

Miami

128

128

1.000

18

16

0.529

0.500

17

1

82

80

14

Chicago Sox

135

136

0.993

16

19

0.457

0.496

17

-1

79

83

15

Philadelphia

133

138

0.964

16

19

0.457

0.482

17

-1

77

85

16

San Francisco

126

131

0.962

17

17

0.500

0.481

16

1

79

83

17

Detroit

142

148

0.959

17

17

0.500

0.479

16

1

78

84

18

Seattle

135

143

0.944

16

20

0.444

0.471

17

-1

75

87

19

Oakland

127

138

0.920

18

17

0.514

0.459

16

2

76

86

20

Arizona

142

156

0.910

15

20

0.429

0.453

16

-1

73

89

21

LA Angels

130

143

0.909

15

20

0.429

0.452

16

-1

72

90

22

Colorado

164

181

0.906

13

20

0.394

0.451

15

-2

71

91

23

Cleveland

147

163

0.902

18

16

0.529

0.449

15

3

75

87

24

NY Mets

146

163

0.896

19

15

0.559

0.445

15

4

76

86

25

Chicago Cubs

122

142

0.859

14

20

0.412

0.425

14

-0

68

94

26

Kansas City

133

157

0.847

13

20

0.394

0.418

14

-1

67

95

27

Milwaukee

141

170

0.829

15

19

0.441

0.408

14

1

67

95

28

Pittsburgh

97

119

0.815

16

18

0.471

0.399

14

2

67

95

29

San Diego

109

138

0.790

12

23

0.343

0.384

13

-1

61

101

30

Minnesota

116

182

0.637

10

24

0.294

0.289

10

0

47

115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLB TEAM PYTHAGOREAN RANKINGS BY DIVISION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EAST

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

Toronto

19

16

0.543

3

163

141

1.156

0.572

93

69

0

 

NY Yankees

19

15

0.559

2.5

166

149

1.114

0.554

90

72

3

 

Baltimore

22

13

0.629

-

163

148

1.101

0.548

89

73

4

 

Tampa Bay

21

14

0.600

1

158

149

1.060

0.529

86

76

7

 

Boston

15

19

0.441

6.5

188

186

1.011

0.505

82

80

11

 

CENTRAL

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

Chicago Sox

16

19

0.457

2.5

135

136

0.993

0.496

80

82

0

 

Detroit

17

17

0.500

1

142

148

0.959

0.479

78

84

3

 

Cleveland

18

16

0.529

-

147

163

0.902

0.449

73

89

8

 

Kansas City

13

20

0.394

4.5

133

157

0.847

0.418

68

94

13

 

Minnesota

10

24

0.294

8

116

182

0.637

0.289

47

115

34

 

WEST

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

Texas

23

12

0.657

-

207

127

1.630

0.727

118

44

0

 

Seattle

16

20

0.444

7.5

135

143

0.944

0.471

76

86

41

 

Oakland

18

17

0.514

5

127

138

0.920

0.459

74

88

43

 

LA Angels

15

20

0.429

8

130

143

0.909

0.452

73

89

44

 

EAST

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

Atlanta

22

13

0.629

-

189

155

1.219

0.598

97

65

0

 

Washington

21

13

0.618

0.5

121

106

1.142

0.566

92

70

5

 

Miami

18

16

0.529

3.5

128

128

1.000

0.500

81

81

16

 

Philadelphia

16

19

0.457

6

133

138

0.964

0.482

78

84

19

 

NY Mets

19

15

0.559

2.5

146

163

0.896

0.445

72

90

25

 

CENTRAL

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

St. Louis

20

14

0.588

-

187

122

1.533

0.701

114

48

0

 

Houston

15

19

0.441

5

143

137

1.044

0.521

84

78

29

 

Cincinnati

17

16

0.515

2.5

129

125

1.032

0.516

84

78

30

 

Chicago Cubs

14

20

0.412

6

122

142

0.859

0.425

69

93

45

 

Milwaukee

15

19

0.441

5

141

170

0.829

0.408

66

96

48

 

Pittsburgh

16

18

0.471

4

97

119

0.815

0.399

65

97

49

 

WEST

W

L

PCT

GB

RS

RA

Scoring Ratio

Projected PCT

Projected Wins

Projected Losses

Projected GB

 

LA Dodgers

23

11

0.676

-

151

117

1.291

0.625

101

61

0

 

San Francisco

17

17

0.500

6

126

131

0.962

0.481

78

84

23

 

Arizona

15

20

0.429

8.5

142

156

0.910

0.453

73

89

28

 

Colorado

13

20

0.394

9.5

164

181

0.906

0.451

73

89

28

 

San Diego

12

23

0.343

11.5

109

138

0.790

0.384

62

100

39

 


 

NFL Ratings
2011-2012 Season Finale Power Ratings

 2/5/2012

Ratings show offensive and defensive team strengths in head to head competition.
... The average NFL team has an offensive and defensive rating of zero.
... Positive Offense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
... Negative Defense Rating is better than league average by points shown.
To predict future games, find rating differerence between teams and add home edge to home team.

Ranking

Team

Offense

Offense Rank

Defense

Defense Rank

Rating

1

New Orleans Saints

11.55

1

0.17

19

11.38

2

New England Patriots

9.05

3

-0.87

16

9.93

3

Green Bay Packers

10.60

2

1.00

22

9.59

4

San Francisco 49ers

2.11

10

-6.16

1

8.28

5

Baltimore Ravens

2.20

9

-4.10

3

6.30

6

New York Giants

3.65

5

-1.90

8

5.55

7

Philadelphia Eagles

3.61

6

-1.87

9

5.48

8

Detroit Lions

6.58

4

1.52

23

5.06

9

Houston Texans

1.26

13

-3.64

4

4.90

10

Pittsburgh Steelers

-0.62

19

-5.05

2

4.44

11

Atlanta Falcons

0.80

15

-1.75

10

2.55

12

Dallas Cowboys

1.22

14

-1.19

14

2.41

13

Miami Dolphins

-1.86

22

-3.34

5

1.48

14

New York Jets

1.58

11

0.15

18

1.43

15

Seattle Seahawks

-0.37

18

-1.40

12

1.04

16

Chicago Bears

-1.80

21

-2.59

6

0.79

17

San Diego Chargers

2.55

7

1.94

25

0.61

18

Cincinnati Bengals

0.18

16

0.56

21

-0.38

19

Tennessee Titans

-2.28

24

-1.06

15

-1.22

20

Carolina Panthers

2.34

8

4.02

27

-1.68

21

Arizona Cardinals

-1.50

20

0.43

20

-1.93

22

Buffalo Bills

1.49

12

4.40

29

-2.91

23

Washington Redskins

-3.76

26

-0.44

17

-3.31

24

Oakland Raiders

0.02

17

5.19

30

-5.17

25

Cleveland Browns

-7.22

30

-1.69

11

-5.53

26

Denver Broncos

-3.30

25

2.49

26

-5.79

27

Jacksonville Jaguars

-7.13

29

-1.29

13

-5.85

28

Minnesota Vikings

-1.95

23

4.36

28

-6.31

29

Kansas City Chiefs

-10.43

32

-2.01

7

-8.42

30

St. Louis Rams

-8.30

31

1.91

24

-10.21

31

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

-4.31

27

6.71

32

-11.02

32

Indianapolis Colts

-5.97

28

5.51

31

-11.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average NFL Team Score

22.3

 

HomeField Advantage

3.4

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