NBA · 1956-57

1956-57 season

🏆 Champion Boston Celtics 7-3 playoffs
★ MVP Bob Cousy
● Scoring leader Paul Arizin 25.6 PPG · 2.5× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Boston Celtics BOS 44 28 0.611
Syracuse Nationals SYR 38 34 0.528
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 37 35 0.514
New York Knicks NYK 36 36 0.500
St. Louis Hawks STL 36 38 0.486
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons FTW 34 39 0.466
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 34 39 0.466
Rochester Royals ROC 31 41 0.431

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Boston Celtics 7 3
St. Louis Hawks 6 4
Syracuse Nationals 2 3
Minneapolis Lakers 2 3
Philadelphia Warriors 0 2
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons 0 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 10.2 PPG 5.7 RPG 1.9 APG 37.3% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Paul Arizin PHW 71 25.6 2.5× 7.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 42.2% 0.0% 82.9%
2 Bob Pettit STL 71 24.7 2.4× 14.6 2.6× 1.9 0.0 0.0 41.5% 0.0% 77.3%
3 Neil Johnston PHW 69 22.8 2.2× 12.4 2.2× 2.9 0.0 0.0 44.7% 0.0% 82.6%
4 Clyde Lovellette MNL 69 20.8 2.0× 13.5 2.4× 2.0 0.0 0.0 42.6% 0.0% 71.7%
5 Bob Cousy BOS 64 20.6 2.0× 4.8 7.5 3.9× 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 82.1%
6 Ed Macauley STL 72 16.5 1.6× 6.1 2.8 0.0 0.0 41.9% 0.0% 74.9%
7 Dick Garmaker MNL 72 16.3 1.6× 4.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 40.0% 0.0% 83.9%
8 Tom Heinsohn BOS 72 16.2 1.6× 9.8 1.7× 1.6 0.0 0.0 39.7% 0.0% 79.0%
9 Harry Gallatin NYK 72 15.0 10.1 1.8× 1.2 0.0 0.0 40.6% 0.0% 80.0%
10 Joe Graboski PHW 72 14.3 8.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 78.3%
11 Carl Braun NYK 72 13.9 3.6 3.6 1.9× 0.0 0.0 38.1% 0.0% 80.9%
12 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 72 13.7 8.8 1.5× 1.7 0.0 0.0 37.7% 0.0% 80.7%
13 Ed Conlin SYR 71 13.4 6.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 76.9%
14 Larry Foust FTW 61 12.4 9.1 1.6× 1.2 0.0 0.0 39.4% 0.0% 71.8%
15 Mel Hutchins FTW 72 12.4 7.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 38.7% 0.0% 73.8%
16 Johnny Kerr SYR 72 12.4 11.2 2.0× 1.2 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 71.9%
17 Ray Felix NYK 72 12.0 8.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 41.6% 0.0% 74.7%
18 Frank Ramsey BOS 35 11.9 5.1 1.9 0.0 0.0 39.3% 0.0% 79.1%
19 Dick Ricketts ROC 72 11.2 6.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 69.4%
20 Bob Leonard MNL 72 11.0 3.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 77.2%
21 Slater Martin STL 66 10.9 4.4 4.1 2.1× 0.0 0.0 33.2% 0.0% 79.0%
22 Nat Clifton NYK 71 10.7 7.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 37.7% 0.0% 67.3%
23 Jim Loscutoff BOS 70 10.6 10.4 1.8× 1.3 0.0 0.0 34.5% 0.0% 70.6%
24 Jack Coleman STL 72 10.5 9.0 1.6× 2.2 0.0 0.0 40.8% 0.0% 76.4%
25 Jack George PHW 67 10.5 4.7 4.6 2.4× 0.0 0.0 33.7% 0.0% 68.3%
26 Walter Dukes MNL 71 10.1 11.2 2.0× 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.4% 0.0% 68.9%
27 Willie Naulls NYK 71 10.1 8.7 1.5× 1.2 0.0 0.0 35.7% 0.0% 67.7%
28 Richie Guerin NYK 72 9.7 4.6 2.5 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 62.0%
29 Chuck Mencel MNL 72 9.2 3.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 35.3% 0.0% 74.6%
30 Earl Lloyd SYR 72 9.0 6.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 74.9%
31 Dave Piontek ROC 71 9.0 4.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 66.7%
32 Bob Harrison SYR 66 8.8 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 38.6% 0.0% 71.5%
33 Chuck Noble FTW 54 8.8 2.5 3.3 1.7× 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 74.5%
34 Togo Palazzi SYR 63 8.8 4.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 77.7%
35 Jack McMahon STL 72 8.6 3.1 5.1 2.6× 0.0 0.0 33.0% 0.0% 63.1%
36 Ed Kalafat MNL 65 8.5 6.5 1.6 0.0 0.0 35.1% 0.0% 66.1%
37 Bill Kenville FTW 71 8.2 4.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 33.6% 0.0% 79.8%
38 Jack Nichols BOS 61 8.2 6.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 36.3% 0.0% 79.4%
39 Arnie Risen BOS 43 8.0 6.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 67.9%
40 Larry Costello PHW 72 7.6 4.5 3.3 1.7× 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 78.8%
41 Joe Holup SYR 71 7.4 3.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 32.9% 0.0% 80.6%
42 Ernie Beck PHW 72 7.0 4.3 2.6 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 70.7%
43 Ed Fleming ROC 51 7.0 3.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 29.9% 0.0% 72.8%
44 Walter Devlin FTW 71 6.7 2.1 2.0 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 67.8%
45 Walt Davis PHW 65 6.6 4.7 0.8 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 69.8%
46 Jim Paxson MNL 71 6.3 3.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 28.5% 0.0% 72.0%
47 Bob Burrow ROC 67 6.0 4.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 37.4% 0.0% 61.6%
48 Bob Hopkins SYR 62 5.7 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 37.9% 0.0% 74.6%
49 Cliff Hagan STL 67 5.5 3.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 69.0%
50 Dick Hemric BOS 67 5.4 4.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 69.5%
51 Dick McGuire NYK 72 5.3 2.0 3.1 1.6× 0.0 0.0 38.3% 0.0% 64.4%
52 Red Rocha FTW 72 5.3 3.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 75.7%
53 Medford Park STL 66 5.2 3.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 36.4% 0.0% 74.0%
54 Irv Bemoras STL 62 5.1 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 68.0%
55 Jim Baechtold NYK 45 4.8 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 38.1% 0.0% 75.0%
56 George Dempsey PHW 71 4.5 3.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 44.4% 0.0% 53.9%
57 Lew Hitch PHW 68 4.2 3.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 37.5% 0.0% 71.6%
58 Tom Marshall ROC 40 4.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 34.4% 0.0% 81.0%
59 Alex Hannum STL 59 3.2 2.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 34.5% 0.0% 66.1%
60 Jackie Moore PHW 57 2.2 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 40.6% 0.0% 80.4%