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NBA Rankings 1997-1998 | Last updated through games completed on Dec 21, 2025

By StatBy Category

1997-19982025-20262024-20252023-20242022-20232021-20222020-20212019-20202018-20192017-20182016-20172015-20162014-20152013-20142012-20132011-20122010-20112009-20102008-20092007-20082006-20072005-20062004-20052003-20042002-20032001-20022000-20011999-20001998-1999

Rank

Team

Eff

Pts

Reb

Ast

Stl

Blk

To

Pf

Dreb

Oreb

Fgm

Fga

Pct

3gm

3ga

Pct

Ftm

Fta

Pct

1

Atlanta

10

15

6

26

17

4

9

26

10

9

19

23

11

13

13

21

4

5

7

2

Boston

18

14

26

14

1

21

22

1

29

4

8

1

25

8

6

20

26

25

21

3

Charlotte

8

10

21

8

11

27

11

23

14

23

11

24

6

12

19

3

11

10

10

4

Chicago

6

9

2

7

10

23

1

25

6

3

5

7

16

17

14

23

19

24

14

5

Cleveland

17

24

24

10

2

15

29

5

17

27

27

27

12

21

26

4

10

9

8

6

Dallas

27

26

23

28

20

7

4

28

21

20

21

8

27

7

8

8

29

29

9

7

Denver

29

28

28

27

16

17

14

6

26

16

29

18

28

24

21

25

9

14

2

8

Detroit

21

20

16

25

14

25

8

21

16

15

23

22

18

22

16

26

6

6

12

9

Golden State

28

29

1

21

25

9

24

11

3

2

25

3

29

29

28

29

28

27

25

10

Houston

9

7

19

15

13

28

20

27

12

22

14

14

13

2

1

16

13

18

4

11

Indiana

7

12

27

11

21

20

2

12

13

29

16

26

4

9

12

2

14

17

6

12

L.A.Clippers

25

13

22

29

24

8

19

17

22

17

15

10

23

4

4

7

22

23

22

13

L.A.Lakers

1

1

5

4

7

3

17

13

4

13

2

13

2

5

5

12

2

1

29

14

Miami

12

16

10

18

15

11

10

2

9

19

24

25

17

3

3

10

17

21

17

15

Milwaukee

23

18

25

24

8

22

25

8

23

18

17

20

10

26

27

11

8

11

5

16

Minnesota

4

2

7

3

22

13

3

9

8

14

1

4

8

19

22

15

7

7

16

17

New Jersey

14

5

8

23

4

26

7

7

28

1

6

2

22

18

17

22

3

4

13

18

New York

22

25

13

16

23

29

13

4

7

25

22

17

19

10

9

19

27

28

3

19

Orlando

26

27

17

22

18

10

16

29

25

6

28

16

26

23

18

24

16

16

20

20

Philadelphia

19

21

12

20

9

5

23

10

20

7

26

19

20

28

24

28

5

3

18

21

Phoenix

3

6

11

1

6

12

12

22

5

21

3

9

7

6

7

9

24

26

11

22

Portland

16

19

4

17

28

6

27

14

2

11

20

21

15

15

11

27

12

8

19

23

Sacramento

24

22

14

13

27

14

18

19

19

10

13

11

21

25

25

13

25

20

28

24

San Antonio

11

23

3

12

29

2

21

24

1

24

18

28

5

20

23

14

20

12

27

25

Seattle

5

4

29

5

3

19

6

18

24

28

7

15

3

1

2

1

18

19

23

26

Toronto

20

17

20

19

5

1

26

15

27

5

12

5

24

11

10

17

23

22

24

27

Utah

2

3

18

2

19

16

15

3

11

26

10

29

1

27

29

5

1

2

1

28

Vancouver

15

11

15

6

26

24

28

20

18

12

9

12

9

14

20

6

15

15

15

29

Washington

13

8

9

9

12

18

5

16

15

8

4

6

14

16

15

18

21

13

26

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