When will the 2026-2027 regular season and in-season tournament schedule be out?
Based on previous NBA schedule release dates, the 2026/27 NBA Schedule will likely drop next Thursday on August 13th, 2026 at around 3:00 PM ET.
New NBA schedules are expected to be made public in the third week of August. Once the schedule is released, check out our NBA rest days analysis and downloadable spreadsheet of NBA regular season schedule and in-season tournament schedule. Expect in-season tournament’s (NBA Cup) schedule to come out first on 8/11 Tuesday, then the regular season schedule is expected on 8/13 Thursday.
NBA Schedule Release Dates For the Last 9 Seasons
* 2025-2026 Regular Season: August 14, 2025* 2024-2025 Regular Season: August 15, 2024
* 2023-2024 Regular Season: August 17, 2023
* 2022-2023 Regular Season: August 17, 2022
* 2021-2022 Regular Season: August 20, 2021
* 2020-2021 Regular Season: December 4, 2020
* 2019-2020 Regular Season: August 12, 2019
* 2018-2019 Regular Season: August 10, 2018
* 2017-2018 Regular Season: August 14, 2017
Updates About NBA 2026-27 Schedule Release
NBA plans to announce schedule on time in mid-August despite LeBron James' extended free agency, per @MikeVorkunov.
— Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) July 28, 2026
Download 2026-2027 NBA Schedule Spreadsheet
You can check out the sample in-season tournament format and download it in Excel. Start planning your NBA season with tournament games.