Hoop Impact Bench: Live Standings for NBA Impact Metrics, 2026

PRESEASON DYNAMIC·through Oct 31·88 games·10 metrics·ratings from before Oct 20

Standings

Each metric’s record on every 2026–27 NBA game so far (2026–27 is the current season), computed using its ratings from before opening night, Oct 20.

rk	metric	w	l	pct	gb	l10	strk	last	net err ↓	margin r²	win % r	avg miss
1–9	xPMGeorge Berry, VORP.app↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	W4	5–2	11.049.07–12.71	.201.122–.292	.558	11.64
1–9	LOKI †LUMA Basketball Research↗	63	25	.716	–	8–2	W4	6–1	11.069.23–12.61	.170.085–.280	.546	11.65
1–8	DARKOKostya Medvedovsky↗	60	28	.682	3	8–2	W4	6–1	11.099.12–12.69	.181.093–.288	.520	11.79
1–9	OpenRAPMNathan Walker↗	60	28	.682	3	7–3	L1	5–2	11.149.14–12.83	.149.080–.232	.537	11.95
1–9	PulseCourtSignal↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	W4	5–2	11.189.35–12.71	.151.075–.244	.544	11.82
1–9	xRAPMJeremias Engelmann↗	58	30	.659	5	6–4	L1	4–3	11.229.34–12.80	.149.075–.243	.551	11.80
2–9	LEBRONBBall Index↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	L1	5–2	11.229.31–12.80	.134.060–.222	.539	11.97
1–10	EPMTaylor Snarr, Dunks & Threes↗	59	29	.670	4	8–2	W4	6–1	11.269.48–12.72	.156.080–.254	.553	11.84
2–9	EPM projectionDanny Harlan↗	61	27	.693	2	8–2	W4	6–1	11.309.43–12.83	.184.107–.277	.584	11.59
7–10	BPMBasketball-Reference↗	62	26	.705	1	7–3	L1	5–2	11.719.97–13.21	.152.080–.239	.594	11.87

? What this table shows

Pick: The team with the higher rating. A team’s rating is the sum of each player’s rating × minutes ÷ 48, for the players who played. No home-court points.
W, L, PCT: Correct picks, wrong picks, share correct.
GB: Games behind the leader.
L10: Record over the last 10 games.
STRK: Current streak of correct (W) or wrong (L) picks.
LAST: Record on the latest game day.
RK: Sorted by net err (the default): the range of places in the middle 90% of resamples. Sorted by W: place by record.
▲ ▼: Sorted by W: places moved since the previous game day. Equal records share a place (T5), ordered by margin r².
Margin r²: The share of the variation in final margins that the predicted margins explain. Small numbers: the 90% interval.
Win % r: The correlation between team rating and team win %.
Net err: The error between team rating and the team’s margin adjusted for opponent and home court, in points.
Avg miss: The average points between predicted and final margin.

With few games the intervals overlap, so the order can still change. Method →

PRESEASON DYNAMIC·through Oct 31·88 games·10 metrics·ratings from before Oct 20

Each metric’s record on every 2026–27 NBA game so far (2026–27 is the current season), computed using its ratings from before opening night, Oct 20.

rk	metric	w	l	pct	gb	l10	strk	last	net err ↓	margin r²	win % r	avg miss
1–9	xPMGeorge Berry, VORP.app↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	W4	5–2	11.049.07–12.71	.201.122–.292	.558	11.64
1–9	LOKI †LUMA Basketball Research↗	63	25	.716	–	8–2	W4	6–1	11.069.23–12.61	.170.085–.280	.546	11.65
1–8	DARKOKostya Medvedovsky↗	60	28	.682	3	8–2	W4	6–1	11.099.12–12.69	.181.093–.288	.520	11.79
1–9	OpenRAPMNathan Walker↗	60	28	.682	3	7–3	L1	5–2	11.149.14–12.83	.149.080–.232	.537	11.95
1–9	PulseCourtSignal↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	W4	5–2	11.189.35–12.71	.151.075–.244	.544	11.82
1–9	xRAPMJeremias Engelmann↗	58	30	.659	5	6–4	L1	4–3	11.229.34–12.80	.149.075–.243	.551	11.80
2–9	LEBRONBBall Index↗	58	30	.659	5	7–3	L1	5–2	11.229.31–12.80	.134.060–.222	.539	11.97
1–10	EPMTaylor Snarr, Dunks & Threes↗	59	29	.670	4	8–2	W4	6–1	11.269.48–12.72	.156.080–.254	.553	11.84
2–9	EPM projectionDanny Harlan↗	61	27	.693	2	8–2	W4	6–1	11.309.43–12.83	.184.107–.277	.584	11.59
7–10	BPMBasketball-Reference↗	62	26	.705	1	7–3	L1	5–2	11.719.97–13.21	.152.080–.239	.594	11.87

? What this table shows

Pick: The team with the higher rating. A team’s rating is the sum of each player’s rating × minutes ÷ 48, for the players who played. No home-court points.
W, L, PCT: Correct picks, wrong picks, share correct.
GB: Games behind the leader.
L10: Record over the last 10 games.
STRK: Current streak of correct (W) or wrong (L) picks.
LAST: Record on the latest game day.
RK: Sorted by net err (the default): the range of places in the middle 90% of resamples. Sorted by W: place by record.
▲ ▼: Sorted by W: places moved since the previous game day. Equal records share a place (T5), ordered by margin r².
Margin r²: The share of the variation in final margins that the predicted margins explain. Small numbers: the 90% interval.
Win % r: The correlation between team rating and team win %.
Net err: The error between team rating and the team’s margin adjusted for opponent and home court, in points.
Avg miss: The average points between predicted and final margin.

With few games the intervals overlap, so the order can still change. Method →