NBA · 1955-56

1955-56 season

🏆 Champion Philadelphia Warriors 7-3 playoffs
★ MVP Bob Pettit
● Scoring leader Bob Pettit 25.7 PPG · 2.6× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 45 27 0.625
Boston Celtics BOS 39 33 0.542
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 37 35 0.514
Syracuse Nationals SYR 36 37 0.493
New York Knicks NYK 35 38 0.479
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 34 39 0.466
St. Louis Hawks STL 33 40 0.452
Rochester Royals ROC 31 41 0.431

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Philadelphia Warriors 7 3
Syracuse Nationals 4 4
St. Louis Hawks 4 4
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons 4 6
Boston Celtics 1 2
Minneapolis Lakers 1 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 9.9 PPG 5.6 RPG 2.4 APG 37.7% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Bob Pettit STL 72 25.7 2.6× 16.2 2.9× 2.6 0.0 0.0 42.9% 0.0% 73.6%
2 Paul Arizin PHW 72 24.2 2.4× 7.5 2.6 0.0 0.0 44.8% 0.0% 81.0%
3 Neil Johnston PHW 70 22.1 2.2× 12.5 2.2× 3.2 0.0 0.0 45.7% 0.0% 80.1%
4 Clyde Lovellette MNL 71 21.5 2.2× 14.0 2.5× 2.3 0.0 0.0 43.4% 0.0% 72.1%
5 Bob Cousy BOS 72 18.8 1.9× 6.8 8.9 3.7× 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 84.4%
6 Ed Macauley BOS 71 17.5 1.8× 5.9 3.0 0.0 0.0 42.2% 0.0% 79.4%
7 Larry Foust FTW 72 16.2 1.6× 9.0 1.6× 1.8 0.0 0.0 44.7% 0.0% 77.8%
8 Carl Braun NYK 72 15.4 1.6× 3.6 4.1 1.7× 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 83.8%
9 Joe Graboski PHW 72 14.4 8.9 1.6× 2.6 0.0 0.0 36.9% 0.0% 70.6%
10 Jack Nichols BOS 60 14.3 10.4 1.9× 2.7 0.0 0.0 41.3% 0.0% 79.1%
11 Harry Gallatin NYK 72 13.9 10.3 1.8× 2.3 0.0 0.0 38.6% 0.0% 78.7%
12 Jack George PHW 72 13.9 4.3 6.3 2.6× 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 75.7%
13 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 72 13.4 8.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.6% 0.0% 80.4%
14 Johnny Kerr SYR 72 13.3 8.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 65.5%
15 Slater Martin MNL 72 13.2 3.6 6.2 2.5× 0.0 0.0 35.8% 0.0% 83.3%
16 Jack Coleman STL 75 12.8 9.2 1.6× 3.9 1.6× 0.0 0.0 41.2% 0.0% 71.1%
17 Ed Fleming ROC 71 12.5 6.9 2.8 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 74.5%
18 Ray Felix NYK 72 12.3 8.7 1.5× 0.7 0.0 0.0 41.5% 0.0% 70.6%
19 Mel Hutchins FTW 66 12.0 7.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 42.5% 0.0% 64.3%
20 Jim Baechtold NYK 70 11.0 3.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 38.6% 0.0% 80.1%
21 Tom Gola PHW 68 10.8 9.1 1.6× 5.9 2.4× 0.0 0.0 41.2% 0.0% 73.3%
22 George Mikan MNL 37 10.5 8.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 39.5% 0.0% 77.0%
23 George King SYR 72 10.3 3.5 5.7 2.3× 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 64.0%
24 Red Rocha SYR 72 10.0 5.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 78.3%
25 Chuck Noble FTW 72 9.5 3.6 3.9 1.6× 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 74.9%
26 Dick Ricketts ROC 68 8.9 7.2 3.0 0.0 0.0 31.3% 0.0% 70.8%
27 Nat Clifton NYK 64 8.8 6.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 39.4% 0.0% 70.7%
28 Bob Harrison STL 72 8.6 2.7 3.8 1.6× 0.0 0.0 35.9% 0.0% 66.4%
29 Earl Lloyd SYR 72 8.5 6.8 1.6 0.0 0.0 33.5% 0.0% 77.2%
30 Jim Loscutoff BOS 71 8.3 8.8 1.6× 0.9 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 67.1%
31 Ed Conlin SYR 66 8.2 4.9 2.2 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 68.0%
32 Arnie Risen BOS 68 8.1 8.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 38.3% 0.0% 70.8%
33 Al Ferrari STL 68 8.0 2.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 35.8% 0.0% 69.5%
34 Ed Kalafat MNL 72 8.0 6.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 35.9% 0.0% 73.8%
35 Walter Devlin FTW 69 7.9 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 37.0% 0.0% 76.0%
36 Walter Dukes NYK 60 7.8 7.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 70.8%
37 Bill Kenville SYR 72 7.4 3.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 37.9% 0.0% 75.9%
38 Jack McMahon STL 70 7.3 2.6 3.2 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 59.5%
39 Don Meineke ROC 69 7.1 4.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 78.0%
40 Ernie Barrett BOS 72 7.0 3.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 78.8%
41 Dick Hemric BOS 71 7.0 5.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 64.8%
42 Dick McGuire NYK 62 6.9 3.5 5.8 2.4× 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 62.7%
43 Dick Farley SYR 72 6.7 2.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 69.1%
44 Frank Brian FTW 37 6.2 2.4 2.0 0.0 0.0 29.7% 0.0% 81.8%
45 Togo Palazzi BOS 63 6.0 2.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 68.5%
46 Dick Garmaker MNL 68 5.7 1.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.0% 0.0% 80.6%
47 Alex Hannum STL 71 5.4 4.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 60.4%
48 Bob Peterson NYK 58 5.3 3.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 65.4%
49 Ernie Beck PHW 67 5.2 2.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.7% 0.0% 71.7%
50 Jesse Arnelle FTW 31 4.7 5.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 31.7% 0.0% 62.3%
51 George Dempsey PHW 72 4.7 3.7 2.8 0.0 0.0 47.5% 0.0% 63.3%
52 Walt Davis PHW 70 4.6 3.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.9% 0.0% 68.8%
53 Chuck Mencel MNL 69 4.6 1.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 32.0% 0.0% 81.3%
54 Chuck Cooper FTW 67 4.5 3.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 75.2%
55 Lew Hitch MNL 69 4.2 4.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 40.0% 0.0% 75.8%
56 Medford Park STL 40 3.8 2.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 62.9%
57 Richard Atha NYK 25 3.7 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 40.9% 0.0% 77.8%
58 Larry Hennessy PHW 53 3.7 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 81.3%
59 Jim Holstein FTW 27 2.7 2.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 27.0% 0.0% 64.9%
60 Chris Harris ROC 41 2.5 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 24.8% 0.0% 60.0%
61 Jackie Moore PHW 54 2.4 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 60.4%