Data courtesy ESPN.com. Ratings current through 21 June 2005 (1314 games).
Weight of tied games = 0
| Rk | Team | Div. | Z-Rating | BSWP | Record | Pct | Ratio | SOS | Rk | ||||
| 1 | Phoenix Suns | PF | 337.97 | .7596 | 71-26 | .732 | 2.731 | 123.77 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | San Antonio Spurs | SW | 325.67 | .7530 | 75-30 | .714 | 2.500 | 130.27 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Miami Heat | SE | 272.02 | .7191 | 70-27 | .722 | 2.593 | 104.92 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Dallas Mavericks | SW | 255.25 | .7066 | 64-31 | .674 | 2.065 | 123.64 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Detroit Pistons | CN | 212.10 | .6687 | 69-38 | .645 | 1.816 | 116.81 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | Seattle SuperSonics | NW | 199.88 | .6562 | 58-35 | .624 | 1.657 | 120.62 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | Houston Rockets | SW | 180.89 | .6346 | 54-35 | .607 | 1.543 | 117.24 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | Sacramento Kings | PF | 161.79 | .6100 | 51-36 | .586 | 1.417 | 114.20 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Denver Nuggets | NW | 152.89 | .5974 | 50-37 | .575 | 1.351 | 113.14 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Memphis Grizzlies | SW | 123.31 | .5484 | 45-41 | .523 | 1.098 | 112.35 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Chicago Bulls | CN | 122.88 | .5476 | 49-39 | .557 | 1.256 | 97.801 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Minnesota Timberwolves | NW | 122.27 | .5465 | 44-38 | .537 | 1.158 | 105.60 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | Indiana Pacers | CN | 116.37 | .5351 | 50-45 | .526 | 1.111 | 104.73 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | Washington Wizards | SE | 115.99 | .5343 | 49-43 | .533 | 1.140 | 101.79 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Boston Celtics | AT | 112.48 | .5272 | 48-41 | .539 | 1.171 | 96.081 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Philadelphia 76ers | AT | 102.51 | .5057 | 44-43 | .506 | 1.023 | 100.18 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Cleveland Cavaliers | CN | 97.868 | .4950 | 42-40 | .512 | 1.050 | 93.208 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | New Jersey Nets | AT | 94.733 | .4875 | 42-44 | .488 | 0.955 | 99.244 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Los Angeles Clippers | PF | 83.163 | .4575 | 37-45 | .451 | 0.822 | 101.14 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Los Angeles Lakers | PF | 74.685 | .4329 | 34-48 | .415 | 0.708 | 105.44 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Orlando Magic | SE | 73.363 | .4289 | 36-46 | .439 | 0.783 | 93.742 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Golden State Warriors | PF | 72.290 | .4255 | 34-48 | .415 | 0.708 | 102.06 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Toronto Raptors | AT | 64.058 | .3984 | 33-49 | .402 | 0.673 | 95.116 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | New York Knicks | AT | 61.971 | .3911 | 33-49 | .402 | 0.673 | 92.018 | 28 | ||||
| 25 | Milwaukee Bucks | CN | 54.273 | .3622 | 30-52 | .366 | 0.577 | 94.073 | 25 | ||||
| 26 | Portland Trailblazers | NW | 49.428 | .3423 | 27-55 | .329 | 0.491 | 100.69 | 17 | ||||
| 27 | Utah Jazz | NW | 46.047 | .3276 | 26-56 | .317 | 0.464 | 99.178 | 20 | ||||
| 28 | New Orleans Hornets | SW | 27.827 | .2322 | 18-64 | .220 | 0.281 | 98.940 | 21 | ||||
| 29 | Charlotte Bobcats | SE | 24.730 | .2125 | 18-64 | .220 | 0.281 | 87.929 | 30 | ||||
| 30 | Atlanta Hawks | SE | 16.888 | .1563 | 13-69 | .159 | 0.188 | 89.637 | 29 |
| Division | BSWP | Tms | Top Team | |
| 1 | Southwest (SW) | .5870 | 5 | San Antonio Spurs (2) |
| 2 | Pacific (PF) | .5431 | 5 | Phoenix Suns (1) |
| 3 | Central (CN) | .5252 | 5 | Detroit Pistons (5) |
| 4 | Northwest (NW) | .4930 | 5 | Seattle SuperSonics (6) |
| 5 | Atlantic (AT) | .4559 | 5 | Boston Celtics (15) |
| 6 | Southeast (SE) | .3959 | 5 | Miami Heat (3) |