{"id":711669,"date":"2026-04-16T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711669\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:42:25","slug":"most-dominant-seasons-in-new-orleans-pelicans-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711669\/","title":{"rendered":"Most dominant seasons in New Orleans Pelicans history"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stacker<\/a>Wed, April 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC\"<\/p>\n

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Most dominant seasons in New Orleans Pelicans history<\/p>\n

While championships often define legacy, regular-season dominance can reveal just as much about a team’s peak performance. From record-setting win totals to historically efficient offenses and suffocating defenses, these seasons represent the highest sustained levels of excellence each franchise has reached.<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the most dominant seasons in New Orleans Pelicans history using data from Stathead<\/a>. Seasons are ranked by Simple Rating System (SRS), which measures point differential adjusted for strength of schedule. Developed by Sports Reference, SRS measures a team’s average point differential while adjusting for strength of schedule, making it one of the clearest ways to compare teams across eras.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the five most dominant seasons in team history.<\/p>\n

#5. 2017-18 Season
– Record: 48-34
– SRS: 1.48 (#676 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Alvin Gentry
– Leading Scorer: Anthony Davis (28.1 PPG)<\/p>\n

#4. 2002-03 Season
– Record: 47-35
– SRS: 1.52 (#671 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Paul Silas
– Leading Scorer: Jamal Mashburn (21.6 PPG)<\/p>\n

#3. 2022-23 Season
– Record: 42-40
– SRS: 1.63 (#656 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Willie Green
– Leading Scorer: Zion Williamson (26.0 PPG)<\/p>\n

#2. 2023-24 Season
– Record: 49-33
– SRS: 4.46 (#265 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Willie Green
– Leading Scorer: Zion Williamson (22.9 PPG)<\/p>\n

#1. 2007-08 Season
– Record: 56-26
– SRS: 5.46 (#184 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Byron Scott
– Leading Scorer: Chris Paul (21.1 PPG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, April 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC – Most dominant seasons in New Orleans Pelicans history While…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[495,7,6,478,470,4073,4072,675,8844,814],"class_list":{"0":"post-711669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanspelicans","15":"tag-pelicans","16":"tag-seasons","17":"tag-zion-williamson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116413738058789894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}