NBA Standings & ATS Rankings

Against the Spread NBA Standings & Trends

Welcome to our NBA ATS Standings and Trends page here at OddsTrader. This is where you can find the current standings for how all the teams in the National Basketball Association are doing against the spread and the moneyline, as well as their over/under records, recent performance and more.

These factors can each have a major impact on the outcome of your bets. This means bettors need to have a strong grasp of how to leverage this information when planning out their NBA betting strategies.

Our standings and rankings are presented a bit differently from what you’ll normally see in non-betting contexts, whether online or in the newspapers. Instead of dividing the teams into NBA East and NBA West or into the six separate divisions with the division leader at the top, we’re putting all 30 teams together and ranking them from top to bottom.

As each new NBA season rolls around, the first rankings you’ll see will be based on the regular season results for each team; playoff standings will be provided once the postseason begins, with each of the teams eligible included in the mix.

What is “ATS” in NBA betting?

The point spread (or just “spread” for short) takes the betting favorites for each matchup and assigns them a certain number of points that they have to win by to “cover” the spread and pay out the sports bettors that backed them.

Example: Consider a basketball game between the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Suns are perceived as the stronger team and they are given a point spread of -14. This means that for them to cover the spread, they would need to defeat Oklahoma City by more than 14 points.

Conversely, the Thunder are positioned as +14 underdogs, implying that they could afford to lose by up to 13 points and still cover the spread. If the game were to end with the Thunder losing by exactly 14 points, it would result in a push, meaning all bets would be refunded.

In this scenario, if Phoenix were to triumph over Oklahoma City with a score like 117-96, it would mean they not only won the game but also beat the spread by winning by more than 14 points. This outcome illustrates what it means to win against the spread.

Understanding the ATS Standings

Once you’re familiar with the concept of spread betting, you should have no problem figuring out the ATS standings.

Again, we’ve chosen here at OddsTrader to avoid splitting the league between NBA East and NBA West, since conference affiliation doesn’t really affect how well a team performs against the spread.

All 30 teams are on the list for the regular season and all the eligible teams are there for the postseason, with each playoff team continuing to rack up wins and losses in our NBA playoff standings until they get eliminated.

Our ATS standings aren’t just about the spread, though. Results for all three “straight” or “single” bets are included: spreads, moneylines and totals. This allows you to leverage even more crucial basketball knowledge when betting.

Against the Spread (Spread)

The point spread is the most popular straight bet of the three and the one you’re most likely to need information on when you look at our standings. ATS will be shown by default when you load up our standings; you can switch to the others by tapping/clicking the button near the top-left of the page.

When you choose Spread from the drop-down menu, you’ll be shown each team’s record against the spread — not the standard regular season records, just their ATS records.

Example: Imagine if the Phoenix Suns concluded the season with an ATS record of 44-38. This performance could place them at No. 10 in the ATS standings. Meanwhile, if the Memphis Grizzlies had the best ATS record with 52-29-1, that would secure them the No. 1 spot.

Moneylines (Money)

The moneyline is the old-school way to bet on sports. With a moneyline bet, all you have to do is pick who will win straight-up (SU), no point spread attached; tap/click the Money tab to see how each team is doing against the moneyline.

Of course, anytime a team wins a basketball game straight-up, they also pay out on the moneyline, so the “SU” standings are the same as the overall NBA standings. The payouts change from game to game, depending on how heavily one team is favored by the oddsmakers and betting public.

This means you’ll also want to use the “Units” column when you refer to our moneyline standings. The numbers in this column show you how much money each team has won or lost against the moneyline for their supporters during the season.

If a team is up 1.00 units (a unit being any generic amount), that means they’ve earned one betting unit for every unit wagered on them, while -1.00 would mean they’ve lost one unit for every unit wagered.

Because the numbers in the Units column take into account the odds for each team as well as the winners and losers, they’ll give you a much better idea of who’s been profitable than just looking at their winning percentage against teams from the entire league as a whole.

Over/Under (Total)

Totals have become increasingly popular since they were introduced about 50 years ago. This is where you bet on whether the two teams in question will combine to score Over or Under a certain number of points, which is why this bet is also referred to as the over/under. Tap or click “Total” to reveal each team’s O/U record.

There is some correlation between how well teams do ATS and their records against the total. Teams who cover large spreads will be more likely to go over since they need to score points to achieve their required margin of victory. Conversely, teams with a high percentage of ATS losses as big favorites are more likely to go under, since they didn’t score the points they needed to cover.

Don’t forget that scores tend to go down across the NBA playoff brackets compared to when teams play a regular season game, especially as teams look to avoid injuries to their star players during these crucial tournament games, so that’s one more reason to treat the totals betting markets differently once the postseason starts.

NBA Standings: Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are NBA spreads?

NBA spreads, set by oddsmakers, aim to level the playing field between teams by predicting the margin of victory. While they are designed with extensive data and expert analysis, their accuracy can vary due to unpredictable factors such as player injuries and game-day decisions, meaning they are not always precise.

What happens if you beat the spread?

If you beat the spread in NBA betting, it means that the team you bet on either won the game by more points than the spread predicted or lost by fewer points than the spread. As a result, you would win your wager.

How does an underdog cover the spread?

An underdog covers the spread in the NBA by either winning the game outright or by losing by fewer points than the spread. This allows bettors who wagered on the underdog to win their bets.

Which NBA team has the least losses?

Accounting for previous seasons, the Golden State Warriors hold the record for the fewest losses in a single NBA season, with only 9 losses during the 2015-16 basketball season.

What is the longest losing streak in NBA history?

The longest losing streak in NBA history is 28 games, a record held by both the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and the 2021 Houston Rockets.