OPTIMAL FIVE

Every team's best five-man unit by Net Rating — points outscored per 100 possessions. Each unit's rating is possession-weighted so a small hot streak can't top a season-long anchor. Sorted by the league's best fives.

2025-26 · as of 2026-07-31

CLE CLE first apron
+40.1
Net / 100
Mitchell Mitchell
Hunter Hunter
Merrill Merrill
Mobley Mobley
Tyson Tyson
120.9 ORtg · 80.8 DRtg · 110 poss · small sample Thinnest at Forward
CHA CHA under apron
+19.5
Net / 100
Bridges Bridges
Ball Ball
Diabaté Diabaté
Miller Miller
Knueppel Knueppel
112.9 ORtg · 93.4 DRtg · 504 poss Thinnest at Center
PHI PHI first apron
+26.0
Net / 100
Embiid Embiid
Oubre Jr. Oubre Jr.
Maxey Maxey
Barlow Barlow
Edgecombe Edgecombe
112.9 ORtg · 86.9 DRtg · 201 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +28.2 net.
SAS SAS under apron
+19.5
Net / 100
Fox Fox
Vassell Vassell
Champagnie Champagnie
Wembanyama Wembanyama
Castle Castle
107.4 ORtg · 87.9 DRtg · 380 poss Thinnest at Center
NYK NYK second apron
+26.6
Net / 100
Towns Towns
Hart Hart
Bridges Bridges
Brunson Brunson
McBride McBride
112.6 ORtg · 86.0 DRtg · 175 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +26.7 net.
DET DET under apron
+23.6
Net / 100
Harris Harris
Robinson Robinson
Duren Duren
Thompson Thompson
Jenkins Jenkins
101.9 ORtg · 78.3 DRtg · 216 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +26.7 net.
OKC OKC under apron
+21.7
Net / 100
Gilgeous-Alexander Gilgeous-Alexander
Dort Dort
Holmgren Holmgren
Williams Williams
Wallace Wallace
103.3 ORtg · 81.6 DRtg · 212 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +6.4 net.
MIA MIA under apron
+21.3
Net / 100
Wiggins Wiggins
Powell Powell
Adebayo Adebayo
Mitchell Mitchell
Larsson Larsson
104.4 ORtg · 83.1 DRtg · 206 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +17.7 net.
ORL ORL under apron
+18.1
Net / 100
Carter Jr. Carter Jr.
Bane Bane
Wagner Wagner
Suggs Suggs
Banchero Banchero
102.1 ORtg · 84.0 DRtg · 286 poss Thinnest at Center
Beats their most-used five by +9.1 net.
ATL ATL under apron
+13.5
Net / 100
Alexander-Walker Alexander-Walker
Okongwu Okongwu
Johnson Johnson
Daniels Daniels
Risacher Risacher
103.0 ORtg · 89.5 DRtg · 506 poss Thinnest at Center
Beats their most-used five by +6.8 net.
PHX PHX under apron
+20.8
Net / 100
Booker Booker
O'Neale O'Neale
Green Green
Gillespie Gillespie
Ighodaro Ighodaro
122.0 ORtg · 101.2 DRtg · 168 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +17.0 net.
TOR TOR under apron
+19.7
Net / 100
Barnes Barnes
Mamukelashvili Mamukelashvili
Dick Dick
Walter Walter
Shead Shead
82.4 ORtg · 62.7 DRtg · 187 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +15.6 net.
DEN DEN under apron
+13.5
Net / 100
Hardaway Jr. Hardaway Jr.
Jokić Jokić
Murray Murray
Brown Brown
Braun Braun
102.0 ORtg · 88.5 DRtg · 201 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +7.9 net.
HOU HOU under apron
+9.7
Net / 100
Durant Durant
Sengun Sengun
Smith Jr. Smith Jr.
Eason Eason
Thompson Thompson
98.2 ORtg · 88.5 DRtg · 441 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +12.1 net.
LAC LAC under apron
+8.4
Net / 100
Harden Harden
Leonard Leonard
Dunn Dunn
Zubac Zubac
Collins Collins
100.0 ORtg · 91.6 DRtg · 328 poss Thinnest at Guard
POR POR under apron
+11.4
Net / 100
Avdija Avdija
Sharpe Sharpe
Murray Murray
Camara Camara
Clingan Clingan
100.6 ORtg · 89.2 DRtg · 155 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +9.5 net.
LAL LAL under apron
+7.1
Net / 100
James James
Smart Smart
Ayton Ayton
Dončić Dončić
Reaves Reaves
108.9 ORtg · 101.8 DRtg · 158 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +8.1 net.
NOP NOP under apron
+5.7
Net / 100
Bey Bey
Jones Jones
Murphy III Murphy III
Fears Fears
Queen Queen
91.8 ORtg · 86.1 DRtg · 158 poss Thinnest at Center
Beats their most-used five by +13.1 net.
MIN MIN first apron
+4.4
Net / 100
Conley Conley
Randle Randle
Reid Reid
Edwards Edwards
Clark Clark
94.1 ORtg · 89.7 DRtg · 185 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +2.2 net.
BOS BOS under apron
+3.0
Net / 100
Brown Brown
White White
Queta Queta
Pritchard Pritchard
Hauser Hauser
101.5 ORtg · 98.5 DRtg · 261 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +3.1 net.
DAL DAL under apron
+3.7
Net / 100
Washington Washington
Gafford Gafford
Marshall Marshall
Christie Christie
Flagg Flagg
84.2 ORtg · 80.5 DRtg · 120 poss · small sample Thinnest at Center
MEM MEM under apron
+2.5
Net / 100
Jackson Jr. Jackson Jr.
Landale Landale
Spencer Spencer
Wells Wells
Coward Coward
101.2 ORtg · 98.7 DRtg · 162 poss Thinnest at Guard
Beats their most-used five by +16.0 net.
MIL MIL under apron
+0.7
Net / 100
Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo
Turner Turner
Porter Jr. Porter Jr.
Rollins Rollins
Green Green
96.2 ORtg · 95.5 DRtg · 158 poss Thinnest at Center
Beats their most-used five by +5.7 net.
CHI CHI under apron
-1.6
Net / 100
Vučević Vučević
White White
Okoro Okoro
Giddey Giddey
Buzelis Buzelis
104.7 ORtg · 106.3 DRtg · 129 poss · small sample Thinnest at Center
BKN BKN under apron
-2.3
Net / 100
Porter Jr. Porter Jr.
Mann Mann
Claxton Claxton
Clowney Clowney
Dëmin Dëmin
98.5 ORtg · 100.8 DRtg · 270 poss Thinnest at Guard
GSW GSW second apron
-4.9
Net / 100
Curry Curry
Butler III Butler III
Green Green
Moody Moody
Post Post
99.4 ORtg · 104.3 DRtg · 167 poss Thinnest at Center
WAS WAS under apron
-7.5
Net / 100
Middleton Middleton
Coulibaly Coulibaly
Sarr Sarr
George George
Johnson Johnson
89.3 ORtg · 96.8 DRtg · 150 poss Thinnest at Forward
IND IND under apron
-8.2
Net / 100
Siakam Siakam
Nembhard Nembhard
Huff Huff
Thompson Thompson
Mathurin Mathurin
86.2 ORtg · 94.4 DRtg · 160 poss Thinnest at Center
SAC SAC under apron
-10.7
Net / 100
Westbrook Westbrook
DeRozan DeRozan
LaVine LaVine
Achiuwa Achiuwa
Raynaud Raynaud
89.3 ORtg · 100.0 DRtg · 178 poss Thinnest at Forward
Beats their most-used five by +17.4 net.
UTA UTA under apron
-15.9
Net / 100
Nurkić Nurkić
Markkanen Markkanen
Mykhailiuk Mykhailiuk
George George
Bailey Bailey
82.4 ORtg · 98.3 DRtg · 244 poss Thinnest at Guard