2025-26 · Rest edges and deficits per team

NBA Rest Advantage

Updated Tue, Aug 11, 5:45 PM EDT

#	Team	GP	Edge	Even	Deficit	Net	Tired vs rested
1	PortlandTrail BlazersPOR	82	21	50	11	+10	9
2	ClevelandCavaliersCLE	82	18	52	12	+6	6
2	TorontoRaptorsTOR	82	22	44	16	+6	10
4	WashingtonWizardsWAS	82	23	41	18	+5	12
5	Oklahoma CityThunderOKC	82	25	36	21	+4	11
5	Philadelphia76ersPHI	82	23	40	19	+4	12
7	DallasMavericksDAL	81	21	42	18	+3	8
7	IndianaPacersIND	82	20	45	17	+3	9
7	San AntonioSpursSAS	83	22	42	19	+3	10
10	CharlotteHornetsCHA	82	18	48	16	+2	10
10	MilwaukeeBucksMIL	82	19	46	17	+2	6
10	New YorkKnicksNYK	83	19	47	17	+2	10
13	ChicagoBullsCHI	82	14	55	13	+1	5
13	DenverNuggetsDEN	82	20	43	19	+1	13
13	Golden StateWarriorsGSW	82	22	39	21	+1	14
13	OrlandoMagicORL	80	20	41	19	+1	12
17	New OrleansPelicansNOP	82	18	46	18	0	11
17	UtahJazzUTA	82	23	36	23	0	11
19	LAClippersLAC	82	21	39	22	−1	11
19	PhoenixSunsPHX	82	16	49	17	−1	11
21	AtlantaHawksATL	82	14	51	17	−3	9
22	MiamiHeatMIA	82	17	44	21	−4	12
22	SacramentoKingsSAC	82	22	34	26	−4	11
24	BrooklynNetsBKN	82	16	45	21	−5	12
24	MemphisGrizzliesMEM	80	13	49	18	−5	6
26	BostonCelticsBOS	82	17	42	23	−6	10
26	DetroitPistonsDET	81	19	37	25	−6	11
26	Los AngelesLakersLAL	82	15	46	21	−6	9
26	MinnesotaTimberwolvesMIN	82	22	32	28	−6	12
30	HoustonRocketsHOU	82	13	49	20	−7	8

What the columns mean

#: Rank on the column the board is sorted by, 1 = most. The rank belongs to the team, not the row, so flipping to low-to-high counts down to #1 at the foot. Ties share a rank.
GP: Main-slate games on the schedule — regular season plus in-season cup games.
Edge: Games the team enters with more days rest than its opponent.
Even: Games where both sides enter on the same days rest.
Deficit: Games the team enters with fewer days rest than its opponent. Season openers, where neither side has rest yet, are in none of these three.
Net: Edge games minus deficit games. Positive means the schedule hands this team the fresher legs more often than not.
Tired vs rested: Deficit games the team enters on a back-to-back against an opponent with at least a full day more rest — the worst spot the schedule can deal.

The extremes

The schedule's gift

The Portland Trail Blazers' rest slate: 21 games with a rest edge, 50 even, 11 at a rest disadvantage — a net +10. 9 of the deficits are a back-to-back against a rested opponent.

The schedule's tax

The Houston Rockets' rest slate: 13 games with a rest edge, 49 even, 20 at a rest disadvantage — a net −7. 8 of the deficits are a back-to-back against a rested opponent.

Most tired vs rested

The Golden State Warriors play 14 games on a back-to-back against an opponent with at least a full day more rest — the most in the league.

Rest is counted in whole local calendar days off — the same days of rest every other travel-desk board prints, so a team playing on consecutive dates has none. A game is a rest edge when the team goes in with more days rest than its opponent, even when the two match, and a rest disadvantage when it goes in with fewer. Nothing is weighted: one day is one day, and the comparison is of whole days, not hours between tipoffs. A game where either side's rest is unknown — every team's season opener — counts in none of the three, so the three columns need not add up to games played. Tired vs rested is the subset that gets written about: the team is on a back-to-back and the opponent had at least a full day more. It is schedule tax, not a prediction — the board counts the spots the schedule deals, not what teams do with them, and every game appears twice in the league, once per side.