The 2025–26 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 18th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the second time in franchise history, and the first since relocating to Oklahoma City, the Thunder entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Indiana Pacers in seven games in the previous year's NBA Finals.
The Thunder started the season 24–1, tying the 2015–16 Golden State Warriors for the best 25-game start in NBA history. During this stretch, they set a franchise-record 16-game winning streak (surpassing their previous season's 15) and went 4–0 in 2025 NBA Cup group stage to win West Group A. In the knockout stage of the NBA Cup, they defeated the Phoenix Suns in the quarterfinals, but eventually lost to the San Antonio Spurs in the semifinals, ending their winning streak and their Cup run. After the All-Star break, the team later recorded a 12-game winning streak from February to March 2026, tying for the fourth-best in franchise history. Despite the success, forward Jalen Williams missed 49 games with a recurring hamstring injury.
The Thunder failed to improve on their 68–14 record from the previous season following a loss to the Detroit Pistons on February 25, 2026. On March 17, the Thunder clinched their third straight playoff berth following a 113–108 victory against the Orlando Magic. On March 18, the Thunder clinched their eighth Northwest Division title and their third consecutive one. On April 12, they won the Maurice Podoloff Trophy and home-court advantage throughout the entire NBA playoffs for the second straight year, and became the first team to do so, as they finished the regular season with a 64–18 record. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his second straight NBA Most Valuable Player Award.
In the first round, the Thunder swept the Phoenix Suns in four games, marking their third consecutive first-round sweep of the team. They faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference Semifinals, winning the series in another four-game sweep to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the third straight time to face the San Antonio Spurs; this marked the first time in franchise history that the Thunder swept the first two rounds of the playoffs. Combined with their victory in the previous year's NBA Finals Game 7, the sweeps extended their overall postseason winning streak to nine games, which ended with a Game 1 loss to San Antonio. Despite taking a 3–2 lead and being one win away from a second consecutive Western Conference championship, injuries to Jalen Williams and breakout guard Ajay Mitchell were too much to overcome. The Thunder were ultimately eliminated by San Antonio in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, ending their hopes of repeating as NBA champions and making them the seventh consecutive defending NBA champion to fail to reach the NBA Finals.
Previous season The Thunder finished the 2024–25 season with a 68–14 record, placing first in the Northwest division and securing the top seed in the Western Conference for the second consecutive year. In the playoffs, the Thunder swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, defeated the Denver Nuggets in seven games in the second round, and won the Western Conference Finals in five games against the Minnesota Timberwolves, advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time since the 2011–12 season. The Thunder went on to win the championship by defeating the Indiana Pacers in seven games.
Offseason Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 15 Center United States Georgetown 1 24 Shooting Guard United States Colorado State 2 44 Small Forward United States Northwestern The Thunder entered the draft with two first-round selections and one second-round selection, all acquired through previous trades. The team's mid-first-round pick was conveyed from the Miami Heat when Miami made the 2025 NBA playoffs which lifted its lottery protection, while the late first-round pick was obtained via a pick swap with the Los Angeles Clippers, stemming from the 2019 trade that brought Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to the Thunder. They had traded their original second-round selection to the Atlanta Hawks in 2018 and the pick was ultimately used by the Houston Rockets after triggering as a replacement to Oklahoma City's 2022 first-round pick that failed to convey due to lottery protection following the team's playoff miss that year.
Roster
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Standings Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
| 1 | October 5 | @ Charlotte | | Aaron Wiggins (23) | Malevy Leons (11) | Nikola Topić (7) | North Charleston Coliseum 11,371 | 1–0 |- | 2 | October 6 | @ Dallas | | Brooks Barnhizer (16) | Barnhizer, Dieng (7) | Ousmane Dieng (6) | Dickies Arena 12,159 | 1–1 |- | 3 | October 9 | Charlotte | | Isaiah Joe (19) | Cason Wallace (10) | Cason Wallace (8) | Paycom Center 0 | 2–1 |- | 4 | October 11 | @ Indiana | | Chris Youngblood (25) | Brooks Barnhizer (11) | Dieng, Mitchell, Youngblood (3) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11,311 | 2–2 |- | 5 | October 14 | @ Milwaukee | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (23) | Brooks Barnhizer (12) | Aaron Wiggins (7) | Fiserv Forum 12,489 | 3–2 |- | 6 | October 17 | Denver | | Ousmane Dieng (17) | Jaylin Williams (7) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) | Paycom Center0 | 4–2
Regular season
| 1 | October 21 | Houston | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35) | Isaiah Hartenstein (9) | (5) | Paycom Center18,203 | 1−0 |- | 2 | October 23 | @ Indiana | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (55) | Isaiah Hartenstein (14) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 2–0 |- | 3 | October 25 | @ Atlanta | | Chet Holmgren (31) | Chet Holmgren (12) | Ajay Mitchell (7) | State Farm Arena 16,450 | 3–0 |- | 4 | October 27 | @ Dallas | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (23) | Isaiah Hartenstein (12) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | American Airlines Center 19,303 | 4–0 |- | 5 | October 28 | Sacramento | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) | Isaiah Hartenstein (14) | Aaron Wiggins (6) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 5–0 |- | 6 | October 30 | Washington | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) | Jaylin Williams (9) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) | Paycom Center18,203 | 6–0
| 7 | November 2 | New Orleans | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Isaiah Hartenstein (14) | Hartenstein, Mitchell (8) | Paycom Center18,203 | 7–0 |- | 8 | November 4 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Isaiah Hartenstein (7) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (12) | Intuit Dome17,195 | 8–0 |- | 9 | November 5 | @ Portland | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35) | Isaiah Hartenstein (11) | Cason Wallace (5) | Moda Center16,822 | 8–1 |- | 10 | November 7 | @ Sacramento | | Isaiah Hartenstein (33) | Isaiah Hartenstein (19) | Ajay Mitchell (10) | Golden 1 Center15,767 | 9–1 |- | 11 | November 9 | @ Memphis | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35) | Isaiah Hartenstein (13) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) | FedExForum14,532 | 10–1 |- | 12 | November 11 | Golden State | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28) | Chet Holmgren (11) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (11) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 11–1 |- | 13 | November 12 | L.A. Lakers | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Isaiah Hartenstein (8) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) | Paycom Center18,203 | 12–1 |- | 14 | November 15 | @ Charlotte | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) | Isaiah Hartenstein (11) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) | Spectrum Center 19,469 | 13–1 |- | 15 | November 17 | @ New Orleans | | Chet Holmgren (26) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | Smoothie King Center13,757 | 14–1 |- | 16 | November 19 | Sacramento | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) | Isaiah Hartenstein (12) | Ajay Mitchell (6) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 15–1 |- | 17 | November 21 | @ Utah | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) | Hartenstein, Jay. Williams (6) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | Delta Center 18,186 | 16–1 |- | 18 | November 23 | Portland | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (37) | Isaiah Hartenstein (15) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) | Paycom Center18,203 | 17–1 |- | 19 | November 26 | Minnesota | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (40) | Isaiah Hartenstein (7) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 18–1 |- | 20 | November 28 | Phoenix | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (37) | Chet Holmgren (8) | Gilgeous-Alexander, Jal. Williams (8) | Paycom Center18,203 | 19–1 |- | 21 | November 30 | @ Portland | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (26) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Gilgeous-Alexander, Mitchell, Jal. Williams (5) | Moda Center 17,597 | 20–1
| 22 | December 2 | @ Golden State | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (38) | Jaylen Williams (9) | Jalen Williams (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 21–1 |- | 23 | December 5 | Dallas | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) | Holmgren, Jal. Williams (8) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 22–1 |- | 24 | December 7 | @ Utah | | Holmgren, Jal. Williams (25) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Jalen Williams (8) | Delta Center18,186 | 23–1 |- | 25 | December 10 | Phoenix | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28) | Chet Holmgren (8) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | Paycom Center18,203 | 24–1 |- | 26 | December 13 | San Antonio | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) | Caruso, Hartenstein (8) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) | T-Mobile Arena18,519 | 24–2 |- | 27 | December 17 | L.A. Clippers | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32) | (7) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 25–2 |- | 28 | December 19 | @ Minnesota | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (35) | Alex Caruso (12) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) | Target Center18,978 | 25–3 |- | 29 | December 22 | Memphis | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (10) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 26–3 |- | 30 | December 23 | @ San Antonio | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) | Isaiah Hartenstein (12) | Gilgeous-Alexander, Jal. Williams (8) | Frost Bank Center19,133 | 26–4 |- | 31 | December 25 | San Antonio | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (22) | Hartenstein, Holmgren (12) | Jalen Williams (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 26–5 |- | 32 | December 28 | Philadelphia | | Chet Holmgren (29) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Jalen Williams (6) | Paycom Center 18,203 | 27–5 |- | 33 | December 29 | Atlanta | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (39) | (9) | Jalen Williams (7) | Paycom Center18,203 | 28–5 |- | 34 | December 31 | Portland | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Chet Holmgren (10) | Jalen Williams (7) | Paycom Center18,203 | 29–5
| 35 | January 2 | @ Golden State | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Chet Holmgren (15) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) | Chase Center18,064 | 30–5 |- | 36 | January 4 | @ Phoenix | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (25) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Jalen Williams (7) | Mortgage Matchup Center17,071 | 30–6 |- | 37 | January 5 | Charlotte | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21) | Chet Holmgren (6) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) | Paycom Center18,203 | 30–7 |- | 38 | January 7 | Utah | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (46) | Chet Holmgren (12) | Jalen Williams (8) | Paycom Center18,203 | 31–7 |- | 39 | January 9 | @ Memphis | | Jalen Williams (26) | Kenrich Williams (8) | Jalen Williams (10) | FedExForum15,717 | 32–7 |- | 40 | January 11 | Miami | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) | Chet Holmgren (10) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) | Paycom Center18,203 | 33–7 |- | 41 | January 13 | San Antonio | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (34) | Holmgren, Jay. Williams (10) | Gilgeous-Alexander, Jay. Williams (5) | Paycom Center18,203 | 34–7 |- | 42 | January 15 | @ Houston | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (20) | Chet Holmgren (9) | Jalen Williams (10) | Toyota Center18,055 | 35–7 |- | 43 | January 17 | @ Miami | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (39) | Chet Holmgren (11) | Jaylin Williams (4) | Kaseya Center19,704 | 35–8 |- | 44 | January 19 | @ Cleveland | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) | Chet Holmgren (8) | Ajay Mitchell (9) | Rocket Arena19,432 | 36–8 |- | 45 | January 21 | @ Milwaukee | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (40) | Kenrich Williams (8) | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (11) | Fiserv Forum16,594 | 37–8 |- | 46 | January 23 | Indiana |