NBA playoff picture, 2025-26
Who is in if the season ended today?
The 2025-26 NBA regular season is over: the Detroit Pistons (60-22) finished first in the Eastern and the Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18) finished first in the Western. The seeds below are how it ended.
Eastern
| 1 |  DET | 60-22 | — | Clinched |
| 2 |  BOS | 56-26 | — | Clinched |
| 3 |  NY | 53-29 | — | Clinched |
| 4 |  CLE | 52-30 | — | Clinched |
| 5 |  TOR | 46-36 | — | Clinched |
| 6 |  ATL | 46-36 | — | Clinched |
| 7 |  PHI | 45-37 | 1.0 | Play-in |
| 8 |  ORL | 45-37 | 1.0 | Play-in |
| 9 |  CHA | 44-38 | 2.0 | Play-in |
| 10 |  MIA | 43-39 | 3.0 | Play-in |
| 11 |  MIL | 32-50 | 14.0 | Eliminated |
| 12 |  CHI | 31-51 | 15.0 | Eliminated |
| 13 |  BKN | 20-62 | 26.0 | Eliminated |
| 14 |  IND | 19-63 | 27.0 | Eliminated |
| 15 |  WSH | 17-65 | 29.0 | Eliminated |
Western
| 1 |  OKC | 64-18 | — | Clinched |
| 2 |  SA | 62-20 | — | Clinched |
| 3 |  DEN | 54-28 | — | Clinched |
| 4 |  LAL | 53-29 | — | Clinched |
| 5 |  HOU | 52-30 | — | Clinched |
| 6 |  MIN | 49-33 | — | Clinched |
| 7 |  POR | 42-40 | 7.0 | Play-in |
| 8 |  PHX | 45-37 | 4.0 | Play-in |
| 9 |  LAC | 42-40 | 7.0 | Play-in |
| 10 |  GS | 37-45 | 12.0 | Play-in |
| 11 |  NO | 26-56 | 23.0 | Eliminated |
| 12 |  DAL | 26-56 | 23.0 | Eliminated |
| 13 |  MEM | 25-57 | 24.0 | Eliminated |
| 14 |  SAC | 22-60 | 27.0 | Eliminated |
| 15 |  UTAH | 22-60 | 27.0 | Eliminated |
Seeds as ESPN ranks them, tiebreakers applied. “Back” counts games behind seed 6.