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1958–59 NBA ELO rankings

NBA team ratings for the 1958–59 season, reconstructed through the latest rated game available and including every franchise active in the selected period.

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Rankings as of Jul 31, 1959 Using the latest rated game available before that date: Apr 9, 1959.

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Showing the latest 120 of 310 matching completed games, newest first. ELO is shown as pre-rating → post-rating (change).

Date Competition Match Score ELO pre → post
Apr 9, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics 113–118
H 1641 → 1631 -11
A 1767 → 1778 +11
Apr 7, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics 110–123
H 1655 → 1641 -14
A 1754 → 1767 +14
Apr 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers 128–108
H 1745 → 1754 +9
A 1664 → 1655 -9
Apr 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers 118–115
H 1740 → 1745 +5
A 1669 → 1664 -5
Apr 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 130–125
H 1731 → 1740 +8
A 1701 → 1692 -8
Mar 29, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics 133–121
H 1686 → 1701 +15
A 1746 → 1731 -15
Mar 29, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 106–104
H 1661 → 1669 +8
A 1675 → 1666 -8
Mar 28, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 129–108
H 1735 → 1746 +10
A 1697 → 1686 -10
Mar 28, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers 97–98
H 1693 → 1675 -18
A 1642 → 1661 +18
Mar 26, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 108–98
H 1627 → 1642 +15
A 1708 → 1693 -15
Mar 25, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics 119–107
H 1682 → 1697 +15
A 1750 → 1735 -15
Mar 24, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers 127–97
H 1699 → 1708 +10
A 1637 → 1627 -10
Mar 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 106–98
H 1621 → 1637 +16
A 1714 → 1699 -16
Mar 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 133–111
H 1740 → 1750 +10
A 1692 → 1682 -10
Mar 21, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics 120–118
H 1680 → 1692 +12
A 1752 → 1740 -12
Mar 21, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers 124–90
H 1705 → 1714 +9
A 1630 → 1621 -9
Mar 18, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons 129–102
H 1621 → 1630 +9
A 1549 → 1540 -9
Mar 18, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 131–109
H 1743 → 1752 +10
A 1690 → 1680 -10
Mar 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers 117–103
H 1532 → 1549 +17
A 1638 → 1621 -17
Mar 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs New York Knicks 131–115
H 1680 → 1690 +10
A 1629 → 1619 -10
Mar 14, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons 92–89
H 1633 → 1638 +4
A 1537 → 1532 -4
Mar 13, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 123–129
H 1645 → 1629 -17
A 1663 → 1680 +17
Mar 11, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons 118–123
H 1656 → 1633 -23
A 1513 → 1537 +23
Mar 11, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Atlanta Hawks 130–132
H 1679 → 1663 -15
A 1690 → 1705 +15
Mar 10, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors 96–102
H 1496 → 1485 -10
A 1636 → 1646 +10
Mar 10, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks 116–138
H 1766 → 1743 -23
A 1622 → 1645 +23
Mar 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Sacramento Kings 141–131
H 1764 → 1766 +2
A 1498 → 1496 -2
Mar 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Detroit Pistons 127–120
H 1616 → 1622 +6
A 1520 → 1513 -6
Mar 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Golden State Warriors 133–103
H 1667 → 1679 +11
A 1647 → 1636 -11
Mar 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 120–104
H 1642 → 1656 +15
A 1704 → 1690 -15
Mar 7, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Detroit Pistons 137–128
H 1700 → 1704 +4
A 1524 → 1520 -4
Mar 7, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings 93–86
H 1642 → 1647 +4
A 1502 → 1498 -4
Mar 6, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Philadelphia 76ers 118–114
H 1630 → 1642 +12
A 1679 → 1667 -12
Mar 6, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers 98–99
H 1533 → 1524 -9
A 1633 → 1642 +9
Mar 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks 135–115
H 1620 → 1633 +12
A 1628 → 1616 -12
Mar 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics 142–118
H 1662 → 1679 +17
A 1781 → 1764 -17
Mar 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Atlanta Hawks 106–101
H 1615 → 1630 +15
A 1715 → 1700 -15
Mar 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Golden State Warriors 118–115
H 1619 → 1628 +9
A 1624 → 1615 -9
Mar 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 120–114
H 1776 → 1781 +5
A 1667 → 1662 -5
Mar 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 128–122
H 1484 → 1502 +18
A 1639 → 1620 -18
Mar 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Atlanta Hawks 127–97
H 1511 → 1533 +21
A 1737 → 1715 -21
Mar 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings 113–102
H 1734 → 1737 +3
A 1487 → 1484 -3
Mar 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Golden State Warriors 107–116
H 1525 → 1511 -14
A 1610 → 1624 +14
Mar 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 120–127
H 1636 → 1619 -17
A 1650 → 1667 +17
Mar 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers 119–112
H 1771 → 1776 +5
A 1643 → 1639 -5
Mar 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs New York Knicks 140–115
H 1638 → 1650 +12
A 1648 → 1636 -12
Mar 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors 100–98
H 1637 → 1643 +6
A 1617 → 1610 -6
Mar 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Sacramento Kings 117–101
H 1514 → 1525 +11
A 1498 → 1487 -11
Mar 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Boston Celtics 104–102
H 1722 → 1734 +12
A 1783 → 1771 -12
Feb 28, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Atlanta Hawks 124–122
H 1476 → 1498 +22
A 1745 → 1722 -22
Feb 28, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Los Angeles Lakers 112–107
H 1638 → 1648 +11
A 1647 → 1637 -11
Feb 27, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Philadelphia 76ers 128–113
H 1736 → 1745 +8
A 1646 → 1638 -8
Feb 27, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers 173–139
H 1775 → 1783 +8
A 1655 → 1647 -8
Feb 26, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Detroit Pistons 106–101
H 1463 → 1476 +13
A 1527 → 1514 -13
Feb 26, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Atlanta Hawks 130–111
H 1629 → 1646 +17
A 1754 → 1736 -17
Feb 26, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors 125–109
H 1769 → 1775 +6
A 1623 → 1617 -6
Feb 25, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs New York Knicks 134–123
H 1610 → 1623 +14
A 1651 → 1638 -14
Feb 25, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Atlanta Hawks 100–104
H 1532 → 1527 -5
A 1748 → 1754 +5
Feb 25, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 96–116
H 1473 → 1463 -11
A 1644 → 1655 +11
Feb 24, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 134–122
H 1633 → 1651 +19
A 1787 → 1769 -19
Feb 24, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Philadelphia 76ers 113–109
H 1454 → 1473 +19
A 1649 → 1629 -19
Feb 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Boston Celtics 112–129
H 1459 → 1454 -5
A 1782 → 1787 +5
Feb 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers 120–106
H 1740 → 1748 +8
A 1652 → 1644 -8
Feb 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Golden State Warriors 111–90
H 1621 → 1633 +12
A 1622 → 1610 -12
Feb 22, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Detroit Pistons 139–108
H 1640 → 1649 +8
A 1541 → 1532 -8
Feb 21, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Philadelphia 76ers 113–112
H 1613 → 1622 +9
A 1649 → 1640 -9
Feb 21, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks 114–101
H 1524 → 1541 +17
A 1638 → 1621 -17
Feb 21, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings 121–120
H 1738 → 1740 +2
A 1461 → 1459 -2
Feb 20, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks 116–106
H 1641 → 1652 +12
A 1650 → 1638 -12
Feb 20, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Boston Celtics 106–111
H 1528 → 1524 -4
A 1777 → 1782 +4
Feb 19, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics 113–105
H 1630 → 1649 +19
A 1796 → 1777 -19
Feb 18, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Detroit Pistons 105–95
H 1633 → 1641 +7
A 1536 → 1528 -7
Feb 18, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks 116–118
H 1467 → 1461 -6
A 1644 → 1650 +6
Feb 17, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors 95–84
H 1791 → 1796 +5
A 1618 → 1613 -5
Feb 17, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks 112–93
H 1626 → 1644 +18
A 1756 → 1738 -18
Feb 17, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers 90–97
H 1550 → 1536 -14
A 1619 → 1633 +14
Feb 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Detroit Pistons 120–94
H 1787 → 1791 +4
A 1554 → 1550 -4
Feb 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 109–98
H 1600 → 1619 +19
A 1775 → 1756 -19
Feb 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Sacramento Kings 124–97
H 1620 → 1626 +7
A 1473 → 1467 -7
Feb 15, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Golden State Warriors 121–101
H 1617 → 1630 +13
A 1631 → 1618 -13
Feb 14, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Los Angeles Lakers 139–96
H 1769 → 1775 +6
A 1606 → 1600 -6
Feb 14, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 124–121
H 1784 → 1787 +3
A 1620 → 1617 -3
Feb 14, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors 94–106
H 1485 → 1473 -12
A 1618 → 1631 +12
Feb 13, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks 96–90
H 1539 → 1554 +15
A 1635 → 1620 -15
Feb 12, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks 106–105
H 1766 → 1769 +3
A 1638 → 1635 -3
Feb 12, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 119–114
H 1468 → 1485 +18
A 1624 → 1606 -18
Feb 11, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 105–106
H 1474 → 1468 -7
A 1617 → 1624 +7
Feb 11, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors 120–118
H 1781 → 1784 +3
A 1621 → 1618 -3
Feb 11, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Detroit Pistons 114–118
H 1643 → 1620 -23
A 1516 → 1539 +23
Feb 10, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 100–118
H 1487 → 1474 -13
A 1604 → 1617 +13
Feb 9, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics 121–113
H 1601 → 1621 +20
A 1801 → 1781 -20
Feb 9, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Philadelphia 76ers 99–94
H 1761 → 1766 +4
A 1647 → 1643 -4
Feb 9, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks 128–122
H 1591 → 1604 +13
A 1652 → 1638 -13
Feb 9, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Detroit Pistons 97–122
H 1505 → 1487 -18
A 1498 → 1516 +18
Feb 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs New York Knicks 113–104
H 1635 → 1647 +13
A 1664 → 1652 -13
Feb 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers 103–115
H 1513 → 1498 -15
A 1575 → 1591 +15
Feb 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Golden State Warriors 100–93
H 1758 → 1761 +4
A 1605 → 1601 -4
Feb 8, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Sacramento Kings 136–117
H 1798 → 1801 +3
A 1509 → 1505 -3
Feb 7, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 116–124
H 1677 → 1664 -12
A 1786 → 1798 +12
Feb 7, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Golden State Warriors 109–97
H 1561 → 1575 +15
A 1619 → 1605 -15
Feb 6, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks 122–95
H 1774 → 1786 +12
A 1769 → 1758 -12
Feb 6, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Philadelphia 76ers 103–122
H 1527 → 1513 -14
A 1621 → 1635 +14
Feb 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Golden State Warriors vs Atlanta Hawks 106–95
H 1599 → 1619 +20
A 1789 → 1769 -20
Feb 5, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 111–98
H 1666 → 1677 +10
A 1631 → 1621 -10
Feb 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Golden State Warriors 119–117
H 1514 → 1527 +14
A 1613 → 1599 -14
Feb 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Philadelphia 76ers vs Atlanta Hawks 111–113
H 1638 → 1631 -7
A 1782 → 1789 +7
Feb 4, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks 126–129
H 1797 → 1774 -23
A 1643 → 1666 +23
Feb 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors 120–103
H 1491 → 1509 +18
A 1631 → 1613 -18
Feb 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 115–114
H 1636 → 1643 +7
A 1645 → 1638 -7
Feb 3, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks 104–97
H 1786 → 1797 +11
A 1793 → 1782 -11
Feb 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers 139–137
H 1783 → 1786 +3
A 1649 → 1645 -3
Feb 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Detroit Pistons 130–96
H 1790 → 1793 +4
A 1517 → 1514 -4
Feb 1, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Golden State Warriors 105–113
H 1656 → 1636 -20
A 1612 → 1631 +20
Jan 31, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Sacramento Kings 103–88
H 1505 → 1517 +12
A 1502 → 1491 -12
Jan 31, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors 137–102
H 1776 → 1783 +6
A 1618 → 1612 -6
Jan 31, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Atlanta Hawks 96–120
H 1570 → 1561 -9
A 1780 → 1790 +9
Jan 31, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers 119–117
H 1647 → 1656 +8
A 1657 → 1649 -8
Jan 30, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers 86–88
H 1519 → 1505 -14
A 1556 → 1570 +14
Jan 30, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings 118–87
H 1777 → 1780 +4
A 1506 → 1502 -4
Jan 29, 1959 NBAUnited States · 1958-1959 Los Angeles Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers 91–117
H 1571 → 1556 -15
A 1642 → 1657 +15

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How the NBA ELO rankings are calculated

NBA teams gain or lose ELO points after each rated game according to the result, opponent strength, home-court advantage, and score margin. The live ranking reflects current franchise strength; switch to historical franchises or the graph to explore the longer record.

Ratings start at 1,500 and update after every rated result using a versioned, published model. Read the basketball ELO formula and assumptions.

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