RotoWire.com, as part of our NBA betting analysis, looks at the NBA teams that are struggling the most with injuries this season. Throughout the season, we will use a point system to show how injured a team will be at that point in the campaign. This edition is as of Nov. 4.
The point system based on listings:
- Probable (1 point)
- Questionable (3 points)
- Doubtful (5 points)
- Out (10 points)
- Out for Season (25 points)
Most Injured NBA Teams In 2025-26
Rank | Team | # of Players On Report | Points |
1 |
| 8 | 71 |
2 |
| 7 | 64 |
3 |
| 4 | 55 |
4 |
| 4 | 40 |
5 |
| 6 | 37 |
6 |
| 6 | 35 |
7 |
| 4 | 33 |
8 |
| 3 | 30 |
T9 |
| 3 | 25 |
T9 |
| 4 | 25 |
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NBA Teams Battling Injuries The Most
When it comes to the injury bug, nobody has been hit harder than the defending Eastern Conference champions, the 
Indiana Pacers.
They have had eight players miss time this season, notching the club 71 points by our scoring system, including two key players pictured above -- All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton, right, and guard T.J. McConnell.
That cavalcade of injuries has pretty much derailed Indiana's season to date, with the Pacers losing six of the team's first seven regular season contests, putting them in an early hole when it comes to NBA Finals odds or even just making the playoffs for the third straight season in the Hoosier State.
Outside of Indianapolis, the NBA team battling the most injuries this year is the one that beat the Pacers in the NBA Finals.
The 
Oklahoma City Thunder has seven players on the injury report, notching 64 points by our metrics. But OKC has still rattled off seven straight wins to open the year and will be NBA odds favorites in most games.
Who Else Has Been Injured A Lot?
Outside of the two clubs that duked it out for seven games in June's NBA Finals, the club that has been bit hardest by the injury bug in the early going of the 2025-26 NBA season is the 
Portland Trail Blazers (four injuries/55 points).
The Memphis Grizzlies (four injuries/40 points) and the Los Angeles Lakers (six injuries/37 points) round out the top five. Watch how injuries affect teams with our RotoWire NBA starting lineups page.
Throw in the San Antonio Spurs (six injuries/35 points), Charlotte Hornets (four /33), Golden State Warriors (three /30), Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat (25 points each) and you have the NBA's most injured teams list covered.
Other than the Thunder, the Lakers (6-2), Spurs (5-1), Trail Blazers (4-3) and Warriors (4-3) have succeeded in a small sample of games despite being banged up. There's still plenty of basketball to be played at the sport's top level.
For now, the defending champs' early injury plague hasn't dented their odds at some of the nation's leading sportsbooks. FanDuel Sportsbook gives OKC +200 odds of winning it all in 2026, while DraftKings Sportsbook has the Thunder at +235 to repeat in 2026.
Outside of Oklahoma City, the consensus No. 2 and 3 teams on both sportsbooks are the Denver Nuggets (+550 on DraftKings & +700 on FanDuel) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (+700 on both).
The New York Knicks (+1200) are No. 4 on FanDuel, and the Houston Rockets (+1000) are in the same spot on DraftKings as the NBA approaches the quarter pole of its marathon 82-game regular season.
