The 2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season was the 67th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 48th in Atlanta.

In the off-season, the Hawks introduced a new logo and uniforms for the season.

In the regular season, the Hawks came 12 games short of tying their franchise-best 60–22 record from their previous season. They defeated the Boston Celtics in the opening round, but were swept in four games by the LeBron James-led and eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the Semifinals, who had also swept them in last season's Eastern Conference finals as well as the 2009 Eastern Conference Semi-finals.

Also, this season was the end of the Al Horford era in Atlanta, as he joined the Celtics during the following season.

Key dates June 25: The 2015 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. July 1: 2015 NBA free agency begins. November 24: The Atlanta Hawks would retire Dikembe Mutombo's number 55.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 15 Kelly Oubre Jr. SF United States Kansas 2 50 Marcus Eriksson SG Sweden Barcelona 2 59 Dimitrios Agravanis PF Greece Olympiacos

Roster

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 | October 7 | @ Cleveland | 98–96 | Jeff Teague (17) | Al Horford (8) | Shelvin Mack (5) | Cintas Center10,250 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | October 9 | @ New Orleans | 103–93 | Dennis Schröder (11) | Paul Millsap (8) | Patterson, Teague (3) | Veterans Memorial Arena7,628 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | October 14 | San Antonio | 100–86 | Jeff Teague (19) | Paul Millsap (9) | Horford, Schröder (4) | Philips Arena11,801 | 3–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | October 16 | @ Dallas | 91–84 | Al Horford (16) | Mike Scott (6) | Mack, Schröder (4) | American Airlines Center19,315 | 4–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 | October 18 | Miami | 92–101 | Mike Scott (19) | Mike Scott (8) | Lamar Patterson (4) | Philips Arena13,038 | 4–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 | October 21 | Memphis | 81–82 | Kent Bazemore (18) | Al Horford (14) | Jeff Teague (9) | Philips Arena11,273 | 4–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 | October 23 | @ Detroit | 87–115 | Mike Scott (20) | Walter Tavares (12) | Lamar Patterson (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills12,804 | 4–3

Standing

Regular season game log

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | October 27 | Detroit | | Dennis Schröder (20) | Paul Millsap (8) | Horford, Schröder, Teague (4) | Philips Arena19,187 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | October 29 | @ New York | | Jeff Teague (23) | Paul Millsap (11) | Jeff Teague (8) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 1–1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | October 30 | Charlotte | | Kent Bazemore (19) | Paul Millsap (10) | Millsap & Teague (4) | Philips Arena17,024 | 2–1 , |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | November 1 | @ Charlotte | | Kent Bazemore (20) | Al Horford (12) | Paul Millsap (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena18,691 | 3–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | November 3 | @ Miami | | Jeff Teague (29) | Al Horford (13) | Jeff Teague (9) | American Airlines Arena19,600 | 4–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | November 4 | Brooklyn | | Al Horford (21) | Paul Millsap (9) | Jeff Teague (6) | Philips Arena14,044 | 5–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 | November 6 | @ New Orleans | | Korver, Millsap (22) | Paul Millsap (12) | Jeff Teague (7) | Smoothie King Center16,983 | 6–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 | November 7 | Washington | | Kent Bazemore (25) | Al Horford (9) | Jeff Teague (8) | Philips Arena18,047 | 7–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 | November 9 | Minnesota | | Jeff Teague (24) | Bazemore, Horford (6) | Jeff Teague (9) | Philips Arena12,016 | 7–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 | November 11 | New Orleans | | Al Horford (26) | Paul Millsap (16) | Jeff Teague (10) | Philips Arena15,597 | 8–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 | November 13 | @ Boston | | Paul Millsap (14) | Paul Millsap (8) | Al Horford (8) | TD Garden17,138 | 8–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 | November 15 | Utah | | Paul Millsap (28) | Millsap, Schröder, Sefolosha (6) | Dennis Schröder (9) | Philips Arena14,436 | 8–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 13 | November 17 | @ Brooklyn | | Al Horford (18) | Thabo Sefolosha (7) | Dennis Schröder (10) | Barclays Center12,241 | 8–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 14 | November 18 | Sacramento | | Paul Millsap (23) | Paul Millsap (16) | Dennis Schröder (6) | Philips Arena13,008 | 9–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 | November 21 | @ Cleveland | | Korver, Millsap (14) | Paul Millsap (11) | Paul Millsap (5) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 9–6 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 | November 24 | Boston | | Paul Millsap (25) | Paul Millsap (9) | Jeff Teague (9) | Philips Arena18,968 | 10–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 | November 25 | @ Minnesota | | Millsap, Teague (22) | Al Horford (12) | Jeff Teague (5) | Target Center14,289 | 10–7 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 18 | November 27 | @ Memphis | | Paul Millsap (23) | Paul Millsap (14) | Jeff Teague (7) | FedExForum17,684 | 11–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 | November 28 | @ San Antonio | | Mike Scott (12) | Paul Millsap (8) | Dennis Schröder (6) | AT&T Center18,418 | 11–8 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 | November 30 | Oklahoma City | | Paul Millsap (26) | Al Horford (13) | Thabo Sefolosha (6) | Philips Arena17,768 | 12–8

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 | December 2 | Toronto | | Paul Millsap (14) | Horford, Millsap (9) | Jeff Teague (10) | Philips Arena12,559 | 12–9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 22 | December 4 | L. A. Lakers | | Al Horford (16) | Al Horford (9) | Horford, Teague (5) | Philips Arena19,051 | 13–9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 23 | December 9 | @ Dallas | | Paul Millsap (20) | Paul Millsap (11) | Jeff Teague (6) | American Airlines Center19,936 | 14–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 | December 10 | @ Oklahoma City | | Kent Bazemore (22) | Paul Millsap (8) | Korver, Millsap, Teague (4) | Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203 | 14–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 | December 12 | San Antonio | | Paul Millsap (22) | Al Horford (7) | Dennis Schröder (7) | Philips Arena17,752 | 14–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 | December 14 | Miami | | Kent Bazemore (28) | Paul Millsap (9) | Dennis Schröder (7) | Philips Arena15,039 | 14–12 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 27 | December 16 | Philadelphia | | Paul Millsap (28) | Kent Bazemore (7) | Korver, Schröder (7) | Philips Arena14,827 | 15–12 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 28 | December 18 | @ Boston | | Dennis Schröder (22) | Al Horford (10) | Jeff Teague (6) | TD Garden18,624 | 16–12 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 | December 20 | @ Orlando | | Kyle Korver (19) | Paul Millsap (13) | Horford, Teague (6) | Amway Center16,982 | 17–12 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 30 | December 21 | Portland | | Dennis Schröder (18) | Kent Bazemore (7) | Jeff Teague (8) | Philips Arena18,373 | 18–12 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 31 | December 23 | Detroit | | Jeff Teague (23) | Bazemore, Teague (6) | Jeff Teague (9) | Philips Arena17,575 | 19–12 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 32 | December 26 | New York | | Paul Millsap (22) | Paul Millsap (7) | Horford, Millsap (7) | Philips Arena19,015 | 20–12 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 33 | December 28 | @ Indiana | | Paul Millsap (24) | Al Horford (10) | Kent Bazemore (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse18,165 | 20–13 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 34 | December 29 | @ Houston | | Al Horford (30) | Al Horford (14) | Jeff Teague (8) | Toyota Center18,211 | 21–13

|-style="background:#fbb;" | 35 | January 3 | @ New York | | Paul Millsap (19) | Paul Millsap (9) | Paul Millsap (6) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 21–14 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 36 | January 5 | New York | | Paul Millsap (19) | Al Horford (8) | Horford, Schröder (8) | Philips Arena15,082 | 21–15 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 37 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | | Kent Bazemore (22) | Al Horford (9) | Dennis Schröder (6) | Wells Fargo Center12,611 | 22–15 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 38 | January 9 | Chicago | | Al Horford (33) | Al Horford (10) | Dennis Schroder (8) | Philips Arena19,010 | 23–15 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 39 | January 13 | @ Charlotte | | Al Horford (20) | Millsap, Muscala, Schröder (10) | Dennis Schroder (6) | Time Warner Cable Arena15,334 | 23–16 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 40 | January 15 | @ Milwaukee | | Paul Millsap (23) | Paul Millsap (10) | Jeff Teague (10) | BMO Harris Bradley Center15,144 | 23–17 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 41 | January 16 | Brooklyn | | Paul Millsap (21) | Millsap, Schröder (6) | Dennis Schroder (10) | Philips Arena17,052 | 24–17 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 42 | January 18 | Orlando | | Al Horford (15) | Paul Millsap (12) | Dennis Schröder (8) | Philips Arena17,460 | 25–17 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 43 | January 20 | @ Portland | | Bazemore, Millsap (23) | Paul Millsap (9) | Jeff Teague (6) | Moda Center18,783 | 26–17 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 | January 21 | @ Sacramento | | Paul Millsap (14) | Paul Millsap (14) | Schröder, Teague (4) | Sleep Train Arena17,019 | 26–18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 | January 23 | @ Phoenix | | Kent Bazemore (21) | Al Horford (16) | Horford, Schröder (5) | Talking Stick Resort Arena17,034 | 26–19 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 46 | January 25 | @ Denver | | Paul Millsap (22) | Paul Millsap (9) | Jeff Teague (10) | Pepsi Center10,280 | 27–19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 | January 27 | L. A. Clippers | | Jeff Teague (16) | Paul Millsap (12) | Al Horford (6) | Philips Arena17,664 | 27–20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 48 | January 28 | @ Indiana | | Jeff Teague (20) | Kent Bazemore (9) | Jeff Teague (5) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse15,196 | 27–21 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 49 | January 31 | @ Miami | | Horford, Millsap (17) | Kent Bazemore (10) | Jeff Teague (6) | American Airlines Arena19,937 | 27–22

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 | February 1 | Dallas | | Jeff Teague (32) | Paul Millsap (12) | Jeff Teague (8) | Philips Arena15,455 | 28–22 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 | February 3 | @ Philadelphia | | Hardaway Jr., Scott (13) | Scott (9) | Hardaway Jr., Horford (4) | Wells Fargo Center10,429 | 29–22 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 52 | February 5 | Indiana | | Paul Millsap (24) | Al Horford (7) | Kent Bazemore (8) | Philips Arena17,225 | 30–22 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 | February 7 | @ Orlando | | Jeff Teague (24) | Paul Millsap (9) | Al Horford (6) | Amway Center16,021 | 30–23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 54 | February 8 | Orlando | | Al Horford (27) | Bazemore, Millsap (13) | Millsap, Schröder (6) | Philips Arena13,057 | 30–24 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 55 | February 10 | @ Chicago | | Dennis Schröder (18) | Bazemore, Hardaway Jr., Muscala (6) | Jeff Teague (8) | United Center21,709 | 31–24 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 | February 19 | Miami | | Jeff Teague (23) | Paul Millsap (13) | Jeff Teague (7) | Philips Arena19,043 | 31–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 | February 20 | Milwaukee | | Paul Millsap (27) | Paul Millsap (11) | Dennis Schröder (10) | Philips Arena18,653 | 31–26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 58 | February 22 | Golden State | | Al Horford (23) | Al Horford (16) | Horford, Teague (6) | Philips Arena18,717 | 31–27 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 59 | February 26 | Chicago | | Jeff Teague (19) | Paul Millsap (13) | Jeff Teague (9) | Philips Arena18,123 | 32–27 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 60 | February 28 | Charlotte | | Kent Bazemore (14) | Al Horford (16) | Al Horford (6) | Philips Arena17,156 | 33–27

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 61 | March 1 | @ Golden State | | Paul Millsap (19) | Bazemore, Horford (9) | Dennis Schröder (9) | Oracle Arena19,596 | 33–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 62 | March 4 | @ L.A. Lakers | | Dennis Schröder (16) | Kris Humphries (8) | Jeff Teague (8) | Staples Center18,997 | 34–28 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 63 | March 5 | @ L.A. Clippers