rookies who improved team records the most

9 teams are tied for the best record in their rookie season, with a record of 12-0. The first three are the Boston Celtics in 2023-24 and the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers in 2022-23.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	W%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Celtics	12-0	2023-24	1.000	12	8.8	2.2	1.8	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.8	47.6	0.4	1.2	35.7	0.1	0.2	50.0	59.4	0.4	1.3	0.3	106	26	21	6	7	1	4	12	+55
2	Knicks	3-0	2022-23	1.000	3	2.7	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.0	0.0		37.5	0.0	0.7	0.0	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	-18
3	76ers	3-0	2022-23	1.000	3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-6
4	Heat	8-0	2012-13	1.000	8	5.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	40	2	6	2	0	2	5	9	-22
5	Heat	2-0	2010-11	1.000	2	5.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	0.5	1.0	1.0	11	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	+8
6	Magic	6-0	2007-08	1.000	6	6.8	3.0	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.3	2.8	47.1	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.5	66.7	49.1	1.3	1.3	0.3	41	18	16	2	1	1	2	4	0
7	Nuggets	1-0	2004-05	1.000	1	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		75.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2
8	Heat	3-0	2004-05	1.000	3	9.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.7	27.3	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	30.6	0.0	0.3	1.0	27	7	1	3	4	0	3	2	-7
9	Spurs	5-0	2003-04	1.000	5	7.0	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.4	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	50.0	30.7	0.2	0.4	1.0	35	9	3	1	3	0	5	5	+13
10	Mavericks	2-0	2001-02	1.000	2	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.5	0.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-3
11	Hawks	6-0	1986-87	1.000	6	1.7	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.2	100.0	46.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	10	5	3	0	0	0	1	1
12	SuperSonics	19-1	1994-95	.950	20	4.1	2.3	1.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.9	2.6	35.3	0.1	0.6	16.7	0.4	0.5	80.0	41.5	0.6	1.0	0.4	81	46	30	3	5	3	8	15
13	Heat	18-1	1996-97	.947	19	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.2	22.7	0.1	0.4	12.5	0.4	0.8	43.8	31.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	60	18	11	6	2	2	5	8	-33
14	Bulls	14-1	1991-92	.933	15	4.5	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.5	45.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.5	75.0	50.9	0.3	0.3	0.4	67	26	9	7	0	0	6	8
15	Celtics	11-1	2022-23	.917	12	5.5	1.6	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.6	42.1	0.2	0.6	28.6	0.1	0.2	50.0	47.8	0.2	0.6	0.3	66	19	9	11	2	2	4	5	-6
16	Raptors	11-1	2018-19	.917	12	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.5	44.4	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.8	0.9	81.8	63.5	0.1	0.7	0.2	55	29	9	6	0	0	2	5	-20
17	Heat	10-1	1997-98	.909	11	2.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.6	22.2	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.1	0.2	50.0	26.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	32	10	8	2	2	1	6	3	-22
18	Celtics	58-6	1972-73	.906	64	7.8	3.9	1.1	1.1			1.4	3.4	41.7				1.1	1.4	77.8	48.9				502	250	71	71				93
19	Pistons	18-2	2025-26	.900	20	8.6	3.1	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.9	36.8	0.8	2.3	33.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.4	0.4	0.6	0.1	171	62	19	13	5	0	2	7	+20
20	Lakers	9-1	2008-09	.900	10	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.1	27.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0		27.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	28	6	0	2	1	1	3	10	-47
21	Bucks	43-5	1971-72	.896	48	4.9	1.7	0.8	0.4			0.7	1.5	43.2				0.3	0.6	57.1	46.3				236	80	39	21				37
22	Lakers	34-4	1971-72	.895	38	5.3	2.6	1.0	0.9			0.9	2.6	35.0				0.7	0.9	77.8	42.3				201	98	39	35				21
23	SuperSonics	8-1	1982-83	.889	9	2.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.4	53.8	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.7	83.3	60.7	0.2	0.4	0.2	26	19	6	0	0	1	2	4
24	Trail Blazers	31-4	2018-19	.886	35	7.2	3.3	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.3	3.2	38.9	0.4	1.4	30.0	0.3	0.7	52.2	46.7	0.1	0.6	0.4	252	115	24	18	2	2	15	13	-62
25	Thunder	132-18	2024-25	.880	150	10.3	3.5	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	1.3	3.0	44.3	0.5	1.4	33.6	0.4	0.6	73.6	54.7	0.5	1.3	0.5	1,542	531	273	142	51	29	69	160	+206

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.3

Brown

RPG

8.3

Queta

APG

5.6

White

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.7

2nd

DRTG

113.5

8th

NETRTG

7.2

3rd

3P%

36.3

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	BOS	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sun 2/22	BOS	@	LAL	6:30 PM
Tue 2/24	BOS	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Wed 2/25	BOS	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Fri 2/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM

Last Game

Bulls

24 - 31

105

Final

124

Celtics

35 - 19

Wed 11 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.9

Jokić

69.8

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.7

120.0

119.4

118.4

118.1

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

8.0

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

12-44

14-39

15-41

15-40

15-38

18-38

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

35-20

33-22

32-24

30-23-1

31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0