NBA · 1950-51

1950-51 season

🏆 Champion Rochester Royals 9-5 playoffs
● Scoring leader George Mikan 28.4 PPG · 3.3× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 44 24 0.647
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 40 26 0.606
Rochester Royals ROC 41 27 0.603
Boston Celtics BOS 39 30 0.565
New York Knicks NYK 36 30 0.545
Syracuse Nationals SYR 32 34 0.485
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 32 36 0.471
Indianapolis Olympians INO 31 37 0.456
Tri-Cities Blackhawks TCB 25 43 0.368
Baltimore Bullets BAL 24 42 0.364
Washington Capitols WAS 10 25 0.286

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Rochester Royals 9 5
New York Knicks 8 6
Syracuse Nationals 4 3
Minneapolis Lakers 3 4
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons 1 2
Indianapolis Olympians 1 2
Boston Celtics 0 2
Philadelphia Warriors 0 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 8.6 PPG 4.9 RPG 2.1 APG 34.7% 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 68 28.4 3.3× 14.1 2.9× 3.1 0.0 0.0 42.8% 0.0% 80.3%
2 Ed Macauley BOS 68 20.4 2.4× 9.1 1.9× 3.7 1.8× 0.0 0.0 46.6% 0.0% 75.9%
3 Joe Fulks PHW 66 18.7 2.2× 7.9 1.6× 1.8 0.0 0.0 31.6% 0.0% 85.5%
4 Paul Arizin PHW 65 17.2 2.0× 9.8 2.0× 2.1 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 79.3%
5 Ralph Beard INO 66 16.8 2.0× 3.8 4.8 2.3× 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 77.5%
6 Frank Brian TCB 68 16.8 2.0× 3.6 3.9 1.9× 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 82.3%
7 Arnie Risen ROC 66 16.3 1.9× 12.0 2.5× 2.4 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 73.4%
8 Bob Cousy BOS 69 15.6 1.8× 6.9 4.9 2.3× 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 75.6%
9 Thomas Eddleman TCB 68 15.3 1.8× 6.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 35.5% 0.0% 69.9%
10 Bob Davies ROC 63 15.2 1.8× 3.1 4.6 2.2× 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 79.5%
11 Vince Boryla NYK 66 14.9 1.7× 3.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 40.6% 0.0% 83.7%
12 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 64 14.1 1.6× 10.2 2.1× 2.8 0.0 0.0 40.2% 0.0% 67.6%
13 Larry Foust FTW 68 13.5 1.6× 10.0 2.1× 1.3 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 65.9%
14 Red Rocha BAL 64 13.1 1.5× 8.0 1.6× 2.3 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 80.9%
15 Ken Murray FTW 66 12.9 1.5× 5.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 33.9% 0.0% 74.7%
16 Harry Gallatin NYK 66 12.8 12.1 2.5× 2.7 0.0 0.0 41.6% 0.0% 73.2%
17 Jack Coleman ROC 67 11.4 8.7 1.8× 2.9 0.0 0.0 42.1% 0.0% 77.9%
18 Billy Gabor SYR 61 11.3 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 34.2% 0.0% 74.0%
19 Wallace Jones INO 22 11.2 5.7 3.9 1.9× 0.0 0.0 39.2% 0.0% 79.2%
20 Jack Kerris FTW 68 10.5 7.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 37.0% 0.0% 68.1%
21 Noble Jorgensen SYR 63 10.0 5.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 68.7%
22 Sidney Hertzberg BOS 65 9.8 4.0 3.8 1.8× 0.0 0.0 31.6% 0.0% 82.6%
23 Arnie Johnson ROC 68 9.4 6.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 45.9% 0.0% 72.5%
24 Chuck Cooper BOS 66 9.3 8.5 1.8× 2.6 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 75.3%
25 Bill Closs PHW 65 8.8 6.2 1.7 0.0 0.0 32.0% 0.0% 74.4%
26 Bear, The Body Hoffman BAL 41 8.8 4.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 31.8% 0.0% 67.3%
27 Al Cervi SYR 53 8.6 2.9 3.9 1.9× 0.0 0.0 38.2% 0.0% 81.9%
28 Nat Clifton NYK 65 8.6 7.6 1.6× 2.5 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 53.2%
29 David Johnson FTW 68 8.6 4.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 31.9% 0.0% 70.4%
30 Ed Mikan PHW 61 8.6 5.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 72.5%
31 Slater Martin MNL 68 8.5 3.6 3.5 1.7× 0.0 0.0 36.2% 0.0% 68.4%
32 Don Otten FTW 67 8.5 6.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 33.8% 0.0% 79.9%
33 Dick McGuire NYK 64 8.4 5.2 6.2 3.0× 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 64.9%
34 Johnny Oldham FTW 68 8.4 3.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 33.3% 0.0% 58.6%
35 Bob Lavoy INO 63 8.3 4.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 35.7% 0.0% 63.2%
36 Leo Barnhorst INO 68 8.0 4.4 3.2 1.5× 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 68.9%
37 Walter Budko BAL 64 7.8 7.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.6% 0.0% 74.4%
38 Bill Calhoun ROC 66 7.7 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 70.6%
39 Johnny Logan TCB 29 7.7 4.6 4.4 2.1× 0.0 0.0 31.5% 0.0% 74.7%
40 Alex Hannum SYR 63 7.5 4.8 1.9 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 54.3%
41 Clarence Hermsen BOS 71 7.5 6.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 29.3% 0.0% 65.4%
42 Chuck Halbert BAL 68 7.4 7.9 1.6× 2.3 0.0 0.0 36.5% 0.0% 69.4%
43 Duane Klueh FTW 61 7.4 3.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 34.3% 0.0% 73.4%
44 Red Holzman ROC 68 7.3 2.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 32.6% 0.0% 72.6%
45 Ariel Maughan WAS 35 7.3 4.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 31.2% 0.0% 84.2%
46 Don Rehfeldt BAL 59 7.3 4.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 74.1%
47 Dick Mehen FTW 66 7.2 3.4 2.8 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 73.2%
48 Frank Kudelka BOS 62 7.1 2.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 69.7%
49 Joe Holland INO 67 7.0 5.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 33.0% 0.0% 56.9%
50 Harry Boykoff TCB 48 6.8 4.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 37.5% 0.0% 74.0%
51 Ed Peterson TCB 53 6.8 5.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 33.9% 0.0% 66.0%
52 Ray Lumpp NYK 64 6.7 2.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 40.4% 0.0% 77.5%
53 Cal Christensen TCB 67 6.6 7.8 1.6× 2.4 0.0 0.0 30.1% 0.0% 71.4%
54 Bob Donham BOS 68 6.1 3.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 50.7% 0.0% 49.8%
55 Horace McKinney BOS 44 6.0 4.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 31.2% 0.0% 71.6%
56 Warren Perkins TCB 66 6.0 4.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 31.5% 0.0% 64.6%
57 Bob Harrison MNL 68 5.9 2.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 78.9%
58 Bob Carpenter TCB 56 5.8 4.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 30.7% 0.0% 82.0%
59 Vern Gardner PHW 61 5.4 3.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 33.7% 0.0% 71.1%
60 Arnie Ferrin MNL 68 5.2 4.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 31.9% 0.0% 69.5%
61 Norm Mager BAL 24 5.2 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 28.2% 0.0% 78.6%
62 Bob Harris BOS 56 5.0 5.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 33.2% 0.0% 67.7%
63 George Kaftan NYK 61 4.9 2.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 62.4%
64 Tommy Byrnes TCB 48 4.6 1.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 30.2% 0.0% 65.5%
65 John Mahnken INO 58 4.6 3.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 31.6% 0.0% 64.3%
66 Ron Livingstone PHW 63 4.5 4.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 29.5% 0.0% 69.7%
67 Gerry Calabrese SYR 46 4.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 35.5% 0.0% 69.3%
68 Billy Hassett BAL 31 4.3 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 28.1% 0.0% 68.3%
69 Gene James BAL 48 4.2 2.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 33.6% 0.0% 62.0%
70 Don Lofgran INO 61 3.9 2.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 29.3% 0.0% 62.2%
71 Tony Jaros MNL 63 3.8 2.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 30.7% 0.0% 63.1%
72 Bruce Hale INO 26 3.6 1.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 29.6% 0.0% 60.9%
73 Tony Lavelli NYK 30 3.3 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 85.4%
74 Chuck Mrazovich INO 23 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 32.9% 0.0% 60.9%
75 Nelson Bobb PHW 53 2.8 1.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 32.9% 0.0% 55.7%
76 Cliff Barker INO 56 2.7 1.8 2.1 0.0 0.0 25.2% 0.0% 64.9%
77 Costic Borsavage PHW 24 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 35.1% 0.0% 66.7%
78 Bud Grant MNL 61 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 28.8% 0.0% 62.7%
79 Joe Hutton MNL 60 2.5 1.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 67.4%
80 Paul Noel ROC 52 2.5 1.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 28.2% 0.0% 71.1%
81 Leo Mogus PHW 57 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 61.6%
82 Art Burris FTW 33 2.3 3.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 24.8% 0.0% 58.3%
83 Joe McNamee ROC 60 2.0 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 28.7% 0.0% 64.3%