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Cleveland Cavaliers

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2018 2017 2016
Also known as: Cleveland Cavaliers
Program History

2026 Team Stats (82 games)

118.6
PPG
114.8
Opp
+3.7
Margin
48.0%
FG%
35.6%
3P%
77.7%
FT%
44.6
RPG
27.8
APG
13.5
TO
113.7
Pace
118.3
AdjO
115.1
AdjD
#9
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1191 (#2) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1060 (#11) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +52 elo More → 1035 (#12) HCA +52 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +1.7 More → +5.5 (#12) HCA +1.7
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +1.8 More → +4.1 (#11) HCA +1.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.588 (#10) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +3.0 More → 0.575 (#9) NetEff +3.0
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +2.9 More → 0.581 (#8) AdjNet +2.9
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +2.9 More → 0.582 (#8) AdjNet +2.9
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 118.3 | AdjD 115.1 More → 0.573 (#9) AdjO 118.3 | AdjD 115.1
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 113.9 | AdjD 111.0 More → 0.566 (#11) AdjO 113.9 | AdjD 111.0
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.624 (#11) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.613 (#11) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 71 | GP 99 More → 1073 (#11) RD 71 | GP 99

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-10-22 @ NYK L 111 - 119
2025-10-24 @ BKN W 131 - 124
2025-10-26 vs MIL W 118 - 113
2025-10-27 @ DET W 116 - 95
2025-10-29 @ BOS L 105 - 125
2025-10-31 vs TOR L 101 - 112
2025-11-02 vs ATL W 117 - 109
2025-11-06 vs PHI W 132 - 121
2025-11-08 @ WAS W 148 - 114
2025-11-09 vs CHI W 128 - 122
2025-11-11 @ MIA L 138 - 140
2025-11-13 @ MIA W 130 - 116
2025-11-14 vs TOR L 113 - 126
2025-11-15 vs MEM W 108 - 100
2025-11-18 vs MIL W 118 - 106
2025-11-20 vs HOU L 104 - 114
2025-11-22 vs IND W 120 - 109
2025-11-23 vs LAC W 120 - 105
2025-11-25 @ TOR L 99 - 110
2025-11-29 @ ATL L 123 - 130
2025-11-30 vs BOS L 115 - 117
2025-12-02 @ IND W 135 - 119
2025-12-04 vs POR L 110 - 122
2025-12-06 vs SAS W 130 - 117
2025-12-07 vs GSW L 94 - 99
2025-12-13 @ WAS W 130 - 126
2025-12-14 vs CHA L 111 - 119
2025-12-18 @ CHI L 111 - 127
2025-12-20 vs CHI L 125 - 136
2025-12-23 vs CHA W 139 - 132
2025-12-24 vs NOP W 141 - 118
2025-12-25 @ NYK L 124 - 126
2025-12-28 @ HOU L 100 - 117
2025-12-30 @ SAS W 113 - 101
2025-12-31 vs PHX W 129 - 113
2026-01-03 vs DEN W 113 - 108
2026-01-04 vs DET L 110 - 114
2026-01-07 @ IND W 120 - 116
2026-01-09 @ MIN L 122 - 131
2026-01-10 vs MIN W 146 - 134
2026-01-13 vs UTA L 112 - 123
2026-01-15 @ PHI W 133 - 107
2026-01-17 @ PHI W 117 - 115
2026-01-19 vs OKC L 104 - 136
2026-01-21 @ CHA W 94 - 87
2026-01-24 vs SAC W 123 - 118
2026-01-25 @ ORL W 119 - 105
2026-01-27 vs ORL W 114 - 98
2026-01-29 vs LAL W 129 - 99
2026-01-31 @ PHX L 113 - 126
2026-02-02 @ POR W 130 - 111
2026-02-05 @ LAC W 124 - 91
2026-02-08 @ SAC W 132 - 126
2026-02-10 @ DEN W 119 - 117
2026-02-12 vs WAS W 138 - 113
2026-02-20 vs BKN W 112 - 84
2026-02-21 @ CHA W 118 - 113
2026-02-22 @ OKC L 113 - 121
2026-02-25 vs NYK W 109 - 94
2026-02-26 @ MIL L 116 - 118
2026-02-28 @ DET L 119 - 122
2026-03-01 @ BKN W 106 - 102
2026-03-04 vs DET W 113 - 109
2026-03-08 vs BOS L 98 - 109
2026-03-09 vs PHI W 115 - 101
2026-03-11 @ ORL L 122 - 128
2026-03-13 @ DAL W 138 - 105
2026-03-15 vs DAL L 120 - 130
2026-03-18 @ MIL W 123 - 116
2026-03-20 @ CHI W 115 - 110
2026-03-21 @ NOP W 111 - 106
2026-03-25 vs MIA L 103 - 120
2026-03-25 vs ORL W 136 - 131
2026-03-27 vs MIA W 149 - 128
2026-03-31 @ UTA W 122 - 113
2026-04-01 @ LAL L 113 - 127
2026-04-03 @ GSW W 118 - 111
2026-04-05 vs IND W 117 - 108
2026-04-07 @ MEM W 142 - 126
2026-04-08 vs ATL W 122 - 116
2026-04-10 @ ATL L 102 - 124
2026-04-12 vs WAS W 130 - 117
2026-04-18 vs TOR W 126 - 113
2026-04-20 vs TOR W 115 - 105
2026-04-24 @ TOR L 104 - 126
2026-04-26 @ TOR L 89 - 93
2026-04-29 vs TOR W 125 - 120
2026-05-01 @ TOR L 110 - 112
2026-05-03 vs TOR W 114 - 102
2026-05-05 @ DET L 101 - 111
2026-05-07 @ DET L 97 - 107
2026-05-09 vs DET W 116 - 109

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Donovan Mitchell Donovan Mitchell G 80 33.2 27.5 4.6 5.3 1.4 0.3 2.8 20.2 16.2 - - - 48.0 35.8 86.2 - 60.5 55.8
James Harden James Harden G 36 34.3 20.2 4.9 7.2 1.1 0.5 3.7 13.6 16.7 - - - 45.8 40.8 84.4 - 62.6 56.2
Darius Garland Darius Garland G 26 30.0 18.0 2.4 6.9 0.8 0.1 2.8 14.5 10.9 - - - 45.1 36.0 86.1 - 56.7 52.9
Evan Mobley Evan Mobley C 75 31.7 17.9 8.9 3.6 0.7 1.7 1.9 12.9 18.1 - - - 54.8 30.5 60.8 - 60.0 58.6
Jarrett Allen Jarrett Allen C 66 26.8 14.9 8.3 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.3 9.1 16.5 - - - 64.1 10.0 68.3 - 66.7 64.2
De'Andre Hunter De'Andre Hunter F 43 25.7 14.0 4.2 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.7 11.2 8.3 - - - 42.3 30.8 86.9 - 55.3 49.9
Jaylon Tyson Jaylon Tyson G 76 25.0 12.2 4.9 2.2 0.8 0.4 1.4 9.5 9.5 - - - 48.5 43.6 72.6 - 60.0 58.4
Sam Merrill Sam Merrill G 61 24.7 11.9 2.4 2.2 0.6 0.1 0.8 8.6 7.8 - - - 45.9 41.8 85.5 - 64.4 62.1
Max Strus Max Strus G 22 24.1 10.7 5.2 2.0 0.4 0.1 1.0 8.3 9.1 - - - 44.3 38.7 83.3 - 60.7 58.7
Dennis Schröder Dennis Schröder G 40 19.4 7.9 2.0 3.8 0.7 0.2 1.5 6.6 6.4 - - - 40.3 30.6 87.6 - 52.3 45.2
Keon Ellis Keon Ellis G 35 21.7 7.1 2.7 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.6 5.3 7.1 - - - 47.8 35.0 79.5 - 61.5 58.9
Thomas Bryant Thomas Bryant C 64 11.4 5.9 3.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 4.3 5.7 - - - 50.0 34.8 81.2 - 61.9 58.6
Dean Wade Dean Wade F 69 22.0 5.8 4.1 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 4.8 7.3 - - - 44.2 35.9 67.5 - 57.9 56.9
Nae'Qwan Tomlin Nae'Qwan Tomlin F 66 14.7 5.7 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 4.8 5.2 - - - 47.8 23.5 77.0 - 54.8 52.1
Tyrese Proctor Tyrese Proctor G 51 10.3 5.4 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.8 4.4 3.4 - - - 41.3 35.1 89.4 - 55.8 51.6
Lonzo Ball Lonzo Ball G 35 20.3 4.6 4.0 3.9 1.3 0.3 1.5 5.0 7.5 - - - 30.1 27.2 66.7 - 43.2 41.5
Craig Porter Jr. Craig Porter Jr. G 66 16.9 4.4 3.3 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.9 3.9 7.5 - - - 44.8 35.1 60.0 - 52.2 51.2
Riley Minix - 6 7.7 4.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.8 2.7 - - - 58.8 33.3 100.0 - 71.0 67.6
Tristan Enaruna Tristan Enaruna - 9 8.9 4.1 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.3 3.1 3.6 - - - 50.0 30.0 75.0 - 58.7 55.4
Larry Nance Jr. Larry Nance Jr. F 37 11.8 3.5 2.5 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.6 3.4 3.8 - - - 41.9 33.3 46.2 - 50.5 50.4
Olivier Sarr Olivier Sarr - 4 9.5 3.5 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.8 6.5 - - - 71.4 66.7 40.0 - 76.1 85.7
Chris Livingston Chris Livingston F 3 5.3 3.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.3 - - - 57.1 0.0 100.0 - 60.5 57.1
Luke Travers Luke Travers F 12 8.1 2.3 2.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 3.0 2.8 - - - 25.0 6.2 100.0 - 35.0 26.4
Darius Brown Darius Brown - 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG