Los Angeles Clippers
Western Conference · ELO profile, season simulation & model record
Season ELO trajectory
One point per game day: the team's ELO rating after that day's result, including playoffs. NBA ratings are season-scoped in our engine (every team re-seeds at 1500 each October, then the rating updates after every game), so trajectories are shown one season at a time and seasons are compared through their peak and final values in the table below. Hover a point for the date and the team's league-wide ELO position.
How predictable are the Los Angeles Clippers?
In line with the league 2025-26 · 76 predicted games
We grade every game forecast like a weather forecast: say 70% and it happens, good grade; say 70% and it does not, bad grade, with bigger penalties the more confident we were. Averaged over the season, the Los Angeles Clippers were 0.7% harder to call than the NBA average. How this is measured.
| Season | Games | Winner acc | NBA avg | Confident calls (≥65%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 76 | 64.5% | 67.4% | 78.8% (NBA 80.1%) |
| 2024-25 | 83 | 71.1% | 67.3% | 86.8% (NBA 75.5%) |
Share of predicted games our published game-day prediction called correctly, next to the league-wide average of the same season. In 2025-26 the Los Angeles Clippers won 4 games as a clear underdog (we gave them under 35%) and lost 3 as a clear favorite (65% or more).
Season by season
| Season | GP | Pos | Start | Peak | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | #15 | 1489 | 1568 | 1537 |
| 2024-25 | 89 | #7 | 1489 | 1640 | 1613 |
| 2023-24 | 88 | #12 | 1510 | 1644 | 1546 |
| 2022-23 | 87 | #15 | 1511 | 1557 | 1517 |
| 2021-22 | 82 | #15 | 1492 | 1542 | 1524 |
| 2020-21 | 91 | #3 | 1511 | 1642 | 1626 |
| 2019-20 | 85 | #5 | 1510 | 1652 | 1613 |
| 2018-19 | 88 | #12 | 1489 | 1585 | 1551 |
| 2017-18 | 82 | #16 | 1512 | 1570 | 1508 |
| 2016-17 | 89 | #5 | 1512 | 1609 | 1586 |
| 2015-16 | 88 | #7 | 1511 | 1629 | 1583 |
| 2014-15 | 96 | #4 | 1509 | 1690 | 1654 |
| 2013-14 | 95 | #3 | 1490 | 1676 | 1633 |
| 2012-13 | 88 | #7 | 1510 | 1651 | 1596 |
| 2011-12 | 77 | #10 | 1512 | 1600 | 1560 |
| 2010-11 | 82 | #21 | 1489 | 1489 | 1452 |
| 2009-10 | 82 | #26 | 1490 | 1502 | 1361 |
| 2008-09 | 82 | #29 | 1486 | 1486 | 1294 |
| 2007-08 | 82 | #28 | 1510 | 1541 | 1324 |
| 2006-07 | 82 | #14 | 1490 | 1537 | 1509 |
| 2005-06 | 94 | #8 | 1511 | 1581 | 1571 |
| 2004-05 | 82 | #20 | 1512 | 1542 | 1465 |
| 2003-04 | 82 | #26 | 1490 | 1516 | 1349 |
| 2002-03 | 82 | #25 | 1489 | 1500 | 1392 |
| 2001-02 | 82 | #18 | 1490 | 1547 | 1463 |
| 2000-01 | 82 | #20 | 1490 | 1490 | 1470 |
| 1999-00 | 82 | #29 | 1488 | 1488 | 1250 |
| 1998-99 | 50 | #28 | 1489 | 1489 | 1336 |
| 1997-98 | 82 | #28 | 1490 | 1490 | 1276 |
| 1996-97 | 85 | #18 | 1512 | 1519 | 1440 |
GP counts every game in the corpus including playoffs. Pos is the team's league-wide ELO rank at the last computed game day of that season. Start, Peak and End are ELO values within the season (each season re-seeds at 1500).
Covered players: projection predictability
| Player | Pos | Starts | Predictability score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Lopez | C | 40 | 10.9 |
| Darius Garland | PG | 43 | 7.4 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | SF | 23 | 6.5 |
| Kris Dunn | PG | 68 | 3.9 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | SF | 39 | 2.8 |
| John Collins | PF | 56 | 2.0 |
| Kawhi Leonard | SF | 59 | 0.1 |
Every Los Angeles Clippers player with a predictability profile: started games only, 20-start minimum. The score measures how well our projections call the player's points and rebounds against a naive rolling average (higher is more predictable). Players without projection coverage are not listed.
Recent games: model vs reality
| Date | Opponent | Model said | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2026 | vs Golden State Warriors | W Los Angeles Clippers 77.9% | W 115-110 ✓ |
| Apr 10, 2026 | at Portland Trail Blazers | L Los Angeles Clippers 44.3% | L 97-116 ✓ |
| Apr 08, 2026 | vs Oklahoma City Thunder | L Los Angeles Clippers 37.3% | L 110-128 ✓ |
| Apr 07, 2026 | vs Dallas Mavericks | W Los Angeles Clippers 76.1% | W 116-103 ✓ |
| Apr 05, 2026 | at Sacramento Kings | W Los Angeles Clippers 82.8% | W 138-109 ✓ |
| Apr 02, 2026 | vs San Antonio Spurs | L Los Angeles Clippers 35.9% | L 99-118 ✓ |
| Mar 31, 2026 | vs Portland Trail Blazers | W Los Angeles Clippers 74.7% | L 104-114 ✗ |
| Mar 29, 2026 | at Milwaukee Bucks | W Los Angeles Clippers 91.1% | W 127-113 ✓ |
| Mar 27, 2026 | at Indiana Pacers | W Los Angeles Clippers 77.3% | W 114-113 ✓ |
| Mar 25, 2026 | vs Toronto Raptors | W Los Angeles Clippers 56.3% | W 119-94 ✓ |
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