The 2025-26 NBA is making history, good and bad

How each 2025-26 NBA team’s PPG differential stacks up against every past team at the same leaguewide ranking since 2004-05 — from historically great (left) to historically bad (right)

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Tied teams were each awarded the highest possible rank, so a No. 1 team from the top could be 22nd or 23rd from the bottom due to ties, etc.

Chart: Neil PaineSource: Basketball-ReferenceGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper