2025–26 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2025–26 Atlanta Hawks season was the 77th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 58th in Atlanta.

This was former All-Star and franchise icon Trae Young's final season with the Hawks, as he was traded to the Washington Wizards on January 9, 2026, in exchange for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. Following Young’s injury during the game against the Brooklyn Nets on October 29, the Hawks' performance metrics improved, establishing a pattern of success without him before his trade. Forward Jalen Johnson earned his first NBA All-Star selection in February 2026.

There was controversy on the season when the team announced a Magic City night, in partnership with the famous Atlanta strip club. However, the NBA cancelled the planned night after outrage and concern from many across the league.

After seemingly looking to be in the play-in tournament for a fifth consecutive season with a 26–30 record, the Hawks suddenly exploded after the All-Star Break, going 20–6 and had an 11-game winning streak, which is tied for the fourth longest in franchise history. With their win against the Detroit Pistons on March 25, the Hawks surpassed their win total from the 2024–25 season. Atlanta clinched a playoff berth and the Southeast Division title on April 10 with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time since the 2022–23 season and first to do so without entering the play-in since 2020–21 season. They finished the regular season with a 46–36 record, the same as the Toronto Raptors, and secured the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference since they lost the tiebreaker to Toronto via a 0–4 season series sweep.

The Hawks faced the third-seeded (and eventual NBA champion) New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs. Despite taking a 2–1 lead in the series, the Hawks would suffer three straight blowout losses, including a season-ending Game 6 where they set an NBA playoff record for the largest halftime deficit (47 points), resulting in a 51-point defeat that marked the franchise's worst playoff loss since 1956.