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New Orleans Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

Western Conference · power rating #21

Elo

1442

Projected

34.8–47.2

Playoffs

15%

Title

0.0%

Last season · 2025-26

Record

26–56

Home

17–24

Away

9–32

Net rating

-4.5

Conference

#11

Rating history

New Orleans Pelicansleague 10th–90th percentile
15002004: 14812005: 13272006: 14242007: 15022008: 16502009: 14712010: 14262011: 14962012: 14362013: 14062014: 14402015: 15212016: 13712017: 14842018: 15822019: 13882020: 14982021: 14732022: 15392023: 15272024: 15502025: 13052026: 140314030407101316192225
End-of-season rating. 1500 is the league mean by construction — Elo is zero-sum, so the average team is always 1500 and a rising line means rising relative to everyone else, not in absolute terms. Gaps are seasons the franchise did not play under this name.

Where they finish

#1
0.0%
#2
0.0%
#3
0.2%
#4
0.5%
#5
1.2%
#6
2.1%
#7
3.6%
#8
5.9%
#9
10.8%
#10
17.3%

Conference seed at the end of the regular season. Seeds 1–6 qualify directly; 7–10 enter the play-in.

Next games

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