NBA · 1953-54

1953-54 season

🏆 Champion Syracuse Nationals 9-4 playoffs
● Scoring leader Neil Johnston 24.4 PPG · 2.8× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 46 26 0.639
Rochester Royals ROC 44 28 0.611
New York Knicks NYK 44 28 0.611
Syracuse Nationals SYR 42 30 0.583
Boston Celtics BOS 42 30 0.583
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 40 32 0.556
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 29 43 0.403
Milwaukee Hawks MIH 20 51 0.282
Baltimore Bullets BAL 16 55 0.225

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Syracuse Nationals 9 4
Minneapolis Lakers 9 4
Rochester Royals 3 3
Boston Celtics 2 4
New York Knicks 0 4
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons 0 4

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 8.7 PPG 5.5 RPG 2.2 APG 36.3% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Neil Johnston PHW 72 24.4 2.8× 11.1 2.0× 2.8 0.0 0.0 44.9% 0.0% 74.7%
2 Bob Cousy BOS 72 19.2 2.2× 5.5 7.2 3.3× 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 78.7%
3 Ed Macauley BOS 71 18.9 2.2× 8.0 3.8 1.7× 0.0 0.0 48.6% 0.0% 75.8%
4 George Mikan MNL 72 18.1 2.1× 14.3 2.6× 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.0% 0.0% 77.7%
5 Ray Felix BAL 72 17.6 2.0× 13.3 2.4× 1.1 0.0 0.0 41.7% 0.0% 63.8%
6 Larry Foust FTW 72 15.1 1.7× 13.4 2.5× 2.2 0.0 0.0 40.9% 0.0% 71.2%
7 Carl Braun NYK 72 14.8 1.7× 3.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 40.0% 0.0% 82.5%
8 Joe Graboski PHW 71 13.3 1.5× 9.4 1.7× 2.3 0.0 0.0 35.4% 0.0% 67.4%
9 Harry Gallatin NYK 72 13.2 1.5× 15.2 2.8× 2.1 0.0 0.0 40.4% 0.0% 78.4%
10 Arnie Risen ROC 72 13.2 1.5× 10.1 1.8× 1.7 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 71.4%
11 Bob Davies ROC 72 12.3 2.7 4.5 2.1× 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 71.8%
12 Jack Molinas FTW 29 12.1 7.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 76.1%
13 George King SYR 72 11.3 3.7 3.8 1.7× 0.0 0.0 37.6% 0.0% 62.7%
14 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 72 11.1 8.5 1.6× 1.7 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 74.2%
15 Mel Hutchins FTW 72 10.3 9.7 1.8× 2.9 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 67.7%
16 Bear, The Body Hoffman BAL 72 10.0 6.8 4.0 1.8× 0.0 0.0 33.2% 0.0% 71.6%
17 Jack McMahon ROC 71 10.0 3.0 3.4 1.6× 0.0 0.0 36.2% 0.0% 69.6%
18 Eddie Miller BAL 72 10.0 7.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 72.9%
19 Slater Martin MNL 69 9.9 2.4 3.7 1.7× 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 72.4%
20 Jack Coleman ROC 71 9.7 8.3 1.5× 2.2 0.0 0.0 40.5% 0.0% 59.7%
21 Nat Clifton NYK 72 9.6 7.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 62.8%
22 Jack George PHW 71 9.5 5.4 4.4 2.0× 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 59.0%
23 Earl Lloyd SYR 72 9.1 7.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 74.6%
24 Dick McGuire NYK 68 9.1 4.6 5.2 2.4× 0.0 0.0 40.8% 0.0% 63.8%
25 Billy Gabor SYR 61 9.0 1.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 37.0% 0.0% 71.6%
26 Wally Osterkorn SYR 70 8.8 7.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 57.9%
27 Bill Calhoun MIH 72 8.2 3.8 2.6 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 73.3%
28 Clyde Lovellette MNL 72 8.2 5.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 69.5%
29 Vince Boryla NYK 52 8.1 2.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 33.3% 0.0% 86.4%
30 Lew Hitch MIH 72 8.0 9.6 1.8× 2.0 0.0 0.0 36.7% 0.0% 63.9%
31 Irv Bemoras MIH 69 7.4 3.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 36.6% 0.0% 66.8%
32 Don Barksdale BOS 63 7.3 5.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 37.6% 0.0% 66.2%
33 Rollen Hans BAL 67 7.2 2.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 56.1%
34 Danny Finn PHW 68 6.9 3.2 3.9 1.8× 0.0 0.0 34.3% 0.0% 64.3%
35 Jim Baechtold NYK 70 6.8 2.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 36.6% 0.0% 75.7%
36 Leo Barnhorst FTW 72 6.4 4.1 3.1 0.0 0.0 33.8% 0.0% 71.6%
37 Frank Brian FTW 64 6.3 1.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 37.5% 0.0% 75.3%
38 Alex Hannum ROC 72 6.3 4.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 34.8% 0.0% 62.2%
39 Bob Harrison MIH 64 6.0 2.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 32.1% 0.0% 59.5%
40 Bill Kenville SYR 72 6.0 3.4 1.7 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 74.7%
41 Cal Christensen ROC 70 5.9 5.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 52.9%
42 Walt Davis PHW 68 5.9 6.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 36.7% 0.0% 64.4%
43 Bob Donham BOS 68 5.9 3.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 44.8% 0.0% 55.4%
44 Bob Harris BOS 71 5.9 7.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 38.1% 0.0% 62.8%
45 Jack Nichols BOS 75 5.9 4.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 30.9% 0.0% 74.3%
46 Bob Brannum BOS 71 5.8 7.2 2.0 0.0 0.0 30.9% 0.0% 62.6%
47 Don Meineke FTW 71 5.7 5.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 80.5%
48 Bob Lavoy SYR 68 5.4 4.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 37.9% 0.0% 72.9%
49 Don Lofgran MIH 21 4.9 3.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 31.3% 0.0% 65.3%
50 Jim Neal SYR 67 4.7 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 31.7% 0.0% 59.1%
51 Jim Fritsche BAL 68 4.1 3.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 30.6% 0.0% 72.1%
52 Red Holzman MIH 51 3.8 0.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 33.0% 0.0% 65.8%
53 Jim Holstein MNL 70 3.4 2.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 30.6% 0.0% 57.1%
54 Chuck Cooper BOS 70 3.3 4.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 29.9% 0.0% 67.2%
55 Bato Govedarica SYR 23 3.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 31.6% 0.0% 67.6%
56 Al Masino SYR 27 3.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 41.9% 0.0% 61.2%
57 Ken Murray FTW 49 3.0 1.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 27.2% 0.0% 71.7%
58 Jim Luisi BAL 31 2.9 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 32.6% 0.0% 65.9%
59 Bill Bolger BAL 20 2.8 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 61.5%
60 Al McGuire NYK 64 2.7 1.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 43.6%
61 Joe Fulks PHW 61 2.5 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 26.6% 0.0% 57.1%
62 Ernie Barrett BOS 59 2.3 1.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 31.4% 0.0% 56.0%
63 Donald Ackerman NYK 28 1.5 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 22.2% 0.0% 53.6%
64 Connie Rea BAL 20 1.1 1.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 20.9% 0.0% 31.3%