NBA · 1948-49

1948-49 season

🏆 Champion Minneapolis Lakers 8-2 playoffs
● Scoring leader George Mikan 28.3 PPG · 3.4× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Rochester Royals ROC 45 15 0.750
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 44 16 0.733
Washington Capitols WAS 38 22 0.633
Chicago Stags CHS 38 22 0.633
New York Knicks NYK 32 28 0.533
St. Louis Bombers BOM 29 31 0.483
Baltimore Bullets BAL 29 31 0.483
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 28 32 0.467
Boston Celtics BOS 25 35 0.417
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 22 38 0.367
Indianapolis Jets JET 18 42 0.300
Providence Steamrollers PRO 12 48 0.200

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Minneapolis Lakers 8 2
Washington Capitols 6 5
New York Knicks 3 3
Rochester Royals 2 2
Baltimore Bullets 1 2
St. Louis Bombers 0 2
Philadelphia Warriors 0 2
Chicago Stags 0 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 8.2 PPG 1.8 APG 32.8% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 George Mikan MNL 60 28.3 3.4× 0.0 3.6 2.0× 0.0 0.0 41.6% 0.0% 77.2%
2 Joe Fulks PHW 60 26.0 3.2× 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 31.3% 0.0% 78.7%
3 Arnie Risen ROC 60 16.6 2.0× 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 66.0%
4 Bob Davies ROC 60 15.1 1.8× 0.0 5.3 2.9× 0.0 0.0 36.4% 0.0% 77.6%
5 George Kaftan BOS 21 14.5 1.8× 0.0 2.9 1.6× 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 62.6%
6 Carl Braun NYK 57 14.2 1.7× 0.0 3.0 1.7× 0.0 0.0 33.0% 0.0% 76.0%
7 Johnny Logan BOM 57 14.1 1.7× 0.0 4.8 2.7× 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 79.1%
8 Ray Lumpp NYK 24 13.5 1.6× 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 37.6% 0.0% 80.4%
9 Horace McKinney WAS 57 12.7 1.5× 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 70.6%
10 John Palmer NYK 58 12.3 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 35.0% 0.0% 76.2%
11 Ray Lumpp JET 37 12.2 0.0 3.4 1.9× 0.0 0.0 33.1% 0.0% 75.4%
12 Clarence Hermsen WAS 60 11.8 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 31.2% 0.0% 68.2%
13 Jake Pelkington BAL 40 11.8 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 43.8% 0.0% 79.7%
14 Jack Nichols WAS 34 11.7 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 73.0%
15 Walter Budko BAL 60 11.5 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 34.8% 0.0% 79.0%
16 Chuck Halbert PRO 27 11.4 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 33.3% 0.0% 65.0%
17 Fred Lewis BAL 53 11.4 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 77.1%
18 Joseph Reiser BAL 57 11.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 73.2%
19 Ariel Maughan BOM 55 10.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 31.7% 0.0% 64.6%
20 Charlie Black JET 41 10.7 0.0 2.8 1.6× 0.0 0.0 28.8% 0.0% 53.7%
21 Red Rocha BOM 58 10.5 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 76.8%
22 Bill Henry FTW 32 9.9 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 32.0% 0.0% 61.6%
23 Ed Mikan CHS 60 9.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 31.4% 0.0% 74.3%
24 George Nostrand PRO 33 9.8 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 31.5% 0.0% 55.0%
25 George Nostrand BOS 27 9.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 34.1% 0.0% 61.5%
26 Dermie O'Connell BOS 21 9.7 0.0 3.1 1.7× 0.0 0.0 27.6% 0.0% 53.6%
27 Tommy Byrnes JET 22 9.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 32.5% 0.0% 67.6%
28 John Mahnken FTW 37 9.5 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 26.5% 0.0% 66.4%
29 Chuck Halbert BOS 33 9.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 29.3% 0.0% 59.6%
30 Bruce Hale FTW 34 9.4 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 31.3% 0.0% 75.0%
31 Don Carlson MNL 55 9.2 0.0 3.1 1.7× 0.0 0.0 33.4% 0.0% 66.2%
32 Red Holzman ROC 60 9.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 32.6% 0.0% 61.1%
33 Eddie Ehlers BOS 59 8.7 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 31.2% 0.0% 66.7%
34 Leo Mogus FTW 20 8.7 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 74.3%
35 Arnie Johnson ROC 60 8.5 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 41.6% 0.0% 70.1%
36 Gale Bishop PHW 56 8.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 32.5% 0.0% 65.1%
37 Harry Gallatin NYK 52 8.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 71.0%
38 Price Brookfield JET 54 8.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 27.6% 0.0% 72.0%
39 Angelo Musi PHW 58 8.2 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 31.4% 0.0% 75.6%
40 Bob Doll BOS 47 7.9 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 33.1% 0.0% 68.4%
41 Stan Miasek CHS 58 7.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 52.3%
42 Howie Dallmar PHW 38 7.7 0.0 3.1 1.7× 0.0 0.0 30.7% 0.0% 71.6%
43 Les Pugh PRO 60 7.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 30.2% 0.0% 74.9%
44 Andy Duncan ROC 55 7.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 41.4% 0.0% 61.5%
45 Sidney Hertzberg WAS 60 7.4 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 28.5% 0.0% 81.7%
46 Leo Klier FTW 47 7.4 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 25.4% 0.0% 70.8%
47 Lee Knorek NYK 60 7.4 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 34.1% 0.0% 71.6%
48 Johnny Norlander WAS 60 7.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 67.8%
49 Arnie Ferrin MNL 47 7.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 66.4%
50 Tom Kelly BOS 27 7.1 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 61.6%
51 Bill Calhoun ROC 56 6.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 35.8% 0.0% 57.3%
52 John Niemiera FTW 55 6.6 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 80.0%
53 Ralph Hamilton JET 38 6.5 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 25.7% 0.0% 65.4%
54 Lionel Malamed JET 35 6.5 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 84.1%
55 Bill Roberts BOM 22 6.3 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 79.5%
56 Tony Jaros MNL 59 5.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 34.3% 0.0% 71.8%
57 Tommy Byrnes NYK 35 5.7 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 28.5% 0.0% 56.8%
58 Estes Parham BOM 60 5.7 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 30.7% 0.0% 55.8%
59 Buddy Jeannette BAL 56 5.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 36.7% 0.0% 78.4%
60 Jerry Fleishman PHW 59 5.5 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 29.0% 0.0% 65.3%
61 Mike Novak ROC 60 5.3 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 34.2% 0.0% 58.1%
62 Chuck Gilmur CHS 56 5.1 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 39.1% 0.0% 54.5%
63 Fred Nagy JET 50 5.1 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 67.0%
64 Coulby Gunther BOM 32 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 31.5% 0.0% 63.4%
65 John Mandic JET 56 4.8 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 32.1% 0.0% 65.2%
66 Johnny Ezersky BAL 27 4.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 29.5% 0.0% 70.9%
67 Francis O'Grady BOM 30 4.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 29.5% 0.0% 73.9%
68 Grady Lewis BOM 34 4.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 38.7% 0.0% 60.0%
69 Leo Katkaveck WAS 53 4.2 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 33.2% 0.0% 74.6%
70 Donnie Forman MNL 44 4.1 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 29.4% 0.0% 64.2%
71 Francis Crossin PHW 44 4.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 61.9%
72 Paul Noel NYK 47 3.8 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 25.3% 0.0% 61.7%
73 Fran Curran ROC 57 3.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 36.3% 0.0% 67.5%
74 Johnny Bach BOS 34 3.5 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 28.6% 0.0% 68.0%
75 Mike Bloom CHS 21 3.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 24.7% 0.0% 79.4%
76 Phil Farbman BOS 21 3.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 26.9% 0.0% 78.9%
77 Andrew Levane ROC 36 3.4 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 28.5% 0.0% 61.9%
78 Jack Eskridge JET 20 3.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 36.2% 0.0% 70.0%
79 Phil Farbman PHW 27 3.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 34.1% 0.0% 58.1%
80 Bill Roberts BOS 26 3.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 33.0% 0.0% 47.4%
81 Joe Graboski CHS 45 2.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 34.7%
82 Stan Noszka BOS 30 2.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 24.4% 0.0% 50.0%
83 Mike Bloom MNL 24 2.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 14.1% 0.0% 72.5%
84 Johnny Jorgensen MNL 48 2.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 72.7%
85 Bob Hubbard PRO 34 2.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 18.5% 0.0% 64.7%
86 Elmo Morgenthaler PHW 20 2.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 66.7%
87 Edwin Kachan CHS 33 2.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 22.0% 0.0% 61.8%
88 Earl Gardner MNL 50 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 37.6% 0.0% 46.4%