--- description: Find out why Oura Ring is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Oura Ring: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb52ed148f16cc884/698a1444929fadc92fbf6c43/best-inventions-of-2020-Oura-ring-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # The NBA Bubble Booster Oura Ring by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Jessica Pettway for TIME; Prop styling by Stephanie L. Yeh This year, the NBA pulled off what few other sports leagues have been able to: a season without a single case of COVID-19 among players and staff inside its protective “bubble.” One of the tools it used to maintain good health? The [Oura Ring](https://ouraring.com/ "undefined") ($299). When slipped onto a finger, the sensor-packed wearable tracks heart rate, activity level, sleep—even body temperature. Oura’s app uses that data to generate a “readiness” score—“a holistic picture of your health,” says CEO Harpreet Singh Rai. In 2020, the NBA and Oura partnered; more than 2,000 people across the entire league ordered rings from the company, according to Oura, whose investors include former greats Shaquille O’Neal and Manu Ginóbili. Oura has also partnered with the WNBA and NASCAR, as well as the Las Vegas Sands casino company, to better monitor the health of athletes and employees. _—Mandy Oaklander_ **Buy now:** [Oura Ring](https://ouraring.com/product/heritage-black/step1 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911381/oura-ring/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911381/oura-ring/"},"headline":"The NBA Bubble Booster","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:51:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:02.100Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911381/oura-ring/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb52ed148f16cc884/698a1444929fadc92fbf6c43/best-inventions-of-2020-Oura-ring-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb52ed148f16cc884/698a1444929fadc92fbf6c43/best-inventions-of-2020-Oura-ring-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911381/oura-ring/","name":"The NBA Bubble Booster"}}]}] ```