NBA · 1954-55

1954-55 season

🏆 Champion Syracuse Nationals 7-4 playoffs
● Scoring leader Neil Johnston 22.7 PPG · 2.1× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 43 29 0.597
Syracuse Nationals SYR 43 29 0.597
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 40 32 0.556
New York Knicks NYK 38 34 0.528
Boston Celtics BOS 36 36 0.500
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 33 39 0.458
Rochester Royals ROC 29 43 0.403
Milwaukee Hawks MIH 26 46 0.361

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Syracuse Nationals 7 4
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons 6 5
Boston Celtics 3 4
Minneapolis Lakers 3 4
New York Knicks 1 2
Rochester Royals 1 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 10.6 PPG 6.3 RPG 2.7 APG 38.1% 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 22.7 2.1× 15.1 2.4× 3.0 0.0 0.0 44.0% 0.0% 76.6%
2 Bob Cousy BOS 71 21.2 2.0× 6.0 7.8 2.9× 0.0 0.0 39.7% 0.0% 80.7%
3 Paul Arizin PHW 72 21.0 2.0× 9.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 77.6%
4 Bob Pettit MIH 72 20.4 1.9× 13.8 2.2× 3.2 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 75.1%
5 Clyde Lovellette MNL 70 18.7 1.8× 11.5 1.8× 1.4 0.0 0.0 43.5% 0.0% 68.6%
6 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 71 18.7 1.8× 10.2 1.6× 2.0 0.0 0.0 42.2% 0.0% 74.7%
7 Ed Macauley BOS 71 17.6 1.7× 8.5 3.9 0.0 0.0 42.4% 0.0% 79.2%
8 Larry Foust FTW 70 17.0 1.6× 10.0 1.6× 1.7 0.0 0.0 48.7% 0.0% 76.6%
9 Carl Braun NYK 71 15.1 4.2 3.9 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 80.1%
10 Harry Gallatin NYK 72 14.6 13.8 2.2× 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 81.4%
11 Ray Felix NYK 72 14.4 11.4 1.8× 0.9 0.0 0.0 43.8% 0.0% 62.2%
12 Jim Baechtold NYK 72 13.9 4.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 82.3%
13 Joe Graboski PHW 70 13.6 9.1 2.6 0.0 0.0 34.0% 0.0% 68.6%
14 Slater Martin MNL 72 13.6 3.6 5.9 2.2× 0.0 0.0 38.1% 0.0% 76.9%
15 Nat Clifton NYK 72 13.1 8.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 38.6% 0.0% 68.3%
16 Jack Coleman ROC 72 12.8 10.1 1.6× 3.2 0.0 0.0 46.2% 0.0% 67.8%
17 Bob Davies ROC 72 12.1 2.8 4.9 1.8× 0.0 0.0 41.5% 0.0% 75.1%
18 Mel Hutchins FTW 72 12.0 9.2 3.4 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 70.8%
19 Arnie Risen ROC 69 11.6 10.2 1.6× 1.6 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 74.4%
20 Jack George PHW 68 11.4 4.4 5.3 2.0× 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 66.0%
21 Red Rocha SYR 72 11.3 6.8 2.5 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 78.2%
22 Frank Ramsey BOS 64 11.2 6.3 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 75.5%
23 Don Barksdale BOS 72 10.5 7.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 38.2% 0.0% 65.1%
24 Johnny Kerr SYR 72 10.5 6.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 41.9% 0.0% 68.2%
25 Earl Lloyd SYR 72 10.2 7.7 2.1 0.0 0.0 36.5% 0.0% 75.0%
26 Bob Harrison MIH 72 10.1 3.1 3.5 0.0 0.0 34.2% 0.0% 68.1%
27 Jack Nichols BOS 64 9.9 8.3 2.2 0.0 0.0 38.0% 0.0% 78.0%
28 Frank Brian FTW 71 9.7 1.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 38.0% 0.0% 85.1%
29 Dick McGuire NYK 71 9.1 4.5 7.6 2.8× 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 64.4%
30 Jack McMahon ROC 72 9.0 2.9 3.4 0.0 0.0 34.8% 0.0% 63.6%
31 George King SYR 67 8.9 3.4 4.9 1.8× 0.0 0.0 37.7% 0.0% 61.1%
32 Chuck Cooper MIH 70 8.2 5.5 2.2 0.0 0.0 33.9% 0.0% 75.1%
33 Tom Marshall ROC 72 8.0 3.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 44.2% 0.0% 67.5%
34 George Dempsey PHW 48 7.3 4.9 3.6 0.0 0.0 35.3% 0.0% 69.5%
35 Ken Murray PHW 66 7.2 2.7 3.4 0.0 0.0 35.0% 0.0% 76.0%
36 Bill Kenville SYR 70 7.1 3.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.7% 0.0% 76.6%
37 Bill Calhoun MIH 69 6.6 4.2 3.4 0.0 0.0 30.0% 0.0% 70.3%
38 Bob Brannum BOS 71 6.2 6.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 70.9%
39 Lew Hitch MNL 74 6.1 5.9 1.7 0.0 0.0 40.0% 0.0% 68.0%
40 Dick Farley SYR 69 5.9 2.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 67.7%
41 Alex Hannum MIH 53 5.9 4.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 57.0%
42 Don Henriksen ROC 70 5.9 6.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 34.2% 0.0% 70.3%
43 Don Meineke FTW 68 5.8 3.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 70.0%
44 Bear, The Body Hoffman PHW 38 5.1 3.3 2.5 0.0 0.0 30.1% 0.0% 68.8%
45 Cal Christensen ROC 71 5.0 5.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 60.2%
46 Danny Finn PHW 43 4.8 3.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 29.1% 0.0% 61.6%
47 Ed Kalafat MNL 72 4.8 4.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 31.5% 0.0% 66.1%
48 Jackie Moore PHW 23 4.8 4.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 38.3% 0.0% 46.8%
49 Togo Palazzi BOS 53 4.7 2.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 75.0%
50 Jim Holstein MNL 62 4.5 3.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 32.4% 0.0% 71.3%
51 Bob Peterson NYK 37 4.2 4.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.7% 0.0% 66.7%
52 Walt Davis PHW 61 2.9 3.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 72.9%