NBA · 1958-59

1958-59 season

★ MVP Bob Pettit
● Scoring leader Bob Pettit 29.2 PPG · 2.6× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Boston Celtics BOS 52 20 0.722
St. Louis Hawks STL 49 23 0.681
New York Knicks NYK 40 32 0.556
Syracuse Nationals SYR 35 37 0.486
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 33 39 0.458
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 32 40 0.444
Detroit Pistons DET 28 44 0.389
Cincinnati Royals CIN 19 53 0.264

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 11.0 PPG 6.2 RPG 2.1 APG 38.5% 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 29.2 2.6× 16.4 2.6× 3.1 0.0 0.0 43.8% 0.0% 75.9%
2 Paul Arizin PHW 70 26.4 2.4× 9.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 43.1% 0.0% 81.3%
3 Elgin Baylor MNL 70 24.9 2.3× 15.0 2.4× 4.1 1.9× 0.0 0.0 40.8% 0.0% 77.7%
4 Cliff Hagan STL 72 23.7 2.1× 10.9 1.8× 3.4 1.6× 0.0 0.0 45.6% 0.0% 77.4%
5 Bob Cousy BOS 65 20.0 1.8× 5.5 8.6 4.0× 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 85.5%
6 Tom Heinsohn BOS 66 18.8 1.7× 9.7 1.6× 2.5 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 79.8%
7 Richie Guerin NYK 71 18.2 1.7× 7.3 5.1 2.4× 0.0 0.0 42.4% 0.0% 80.2%
8 Johnny Kerr SYR 72 17.8 1.6× 14.0 2.3× 2.0 0.0 0.0 44.1% 0.0% 76.6%
9 Larry Costello SYR 70 15.8 5.2 5.4 2.5× 0.0 0.0 43.7% 0.0% 80.2%
10 Willie Naulls NYK 68 15.7 10.6 1.7× 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 83.0%
11 Frank Ramsey BOS 72 15.4 6.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 78.2%
12 Joe Graboski PHW 72 14.7 10.4 1.7× 2.1 0.0 0.0 35.3% 0.0% 75.0%
13 Clyde Lovellette STL 70 14.4 8.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 45.4% 0.0% 82.0%
14 Phil Jordon DET 72 14.3 8.2 1.2 0.0 0.0 41.3% 0.0% 76.2%
15 Tom Gola PHW 64 14.1 11.1 1.8× 4.2 2.0× 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 78.7%
16 Vern Mikkelsen MNL 72 13.8 7.9 2.2 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 80.6%
17 Dick Garmaker MNL 72 13.7 4.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.5% 0.0% 77.2%
18 Walter Dukes DET 72 13.0 13.3 2.1× 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 65.7%
19 Larry Foust MNL 72 12.2 8.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 76.5%
20 Ed Conlin SYR 72 11.9 5.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 36.9% 0.0% 71.9%
21 Wayne Embry CIN 66 11.4 9.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 38.7% 0.0% 65.6%
22 Dave Piontek CIN 72 10.6 5.3 1.7 0.0 0.0 37.5% 0.0% 68.7%
23 Carl Braun NYK 72 10.5 3.5 4.8 2.2× 0.0 0.0 42.0% 0.0% 82.6%
24 Ray Felix NYK 72 10.4 7.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 71.3%
25 Jim Palmer CIN 67 10.3 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.4% 0.0% 72.4%
26 Arlen Bockhorn CIN 71 10.2 6.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 38.1% 0.0% 70.4%
27 Bob Hopkins SYR 67 10.0 6.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 75.2%
28 Slater Martin STL 71 9.7 3.6 4.7 2.2× 0.0 0.0 34.7% 0.0% 77.6%
29 Rod Hundley MNL 71 9.6 3.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 75.2%
30 Bob Leonard MNL 58 9.2 3.1 3.2 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 75.0%
31 Dick McGuire DET 71 9.2 4.0 6.2 2.9× 0.0 0.0 42.7% 0.0% 74.0%
32 Jim Krebs MNL 72 8.8 6.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 74.8%
33 Jack George PHW 71 8.7 4.1 3.1 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 75.4%
34 Si Green STL 46 8.6 5.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 35.2% 0.0% 65.0%
35 Joe Holup DET 68 8.4 5.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 36.0% 0.0% 76.0%
36 Earl Lloyd DET 72 8.4 6.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 34.9% 0.0% 75.3%
37 Togo Palazzi SYR 71 8.4 3.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 39.2% 0.0% 72.8%
38 Jim Loscutoff BOS 66 8.3 7.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.3% 0.0% 73.8%
39 Archie Dees CIN 68 8.2 5.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 35.6% 0.0% 77.9%
40 Jack McMahon STL 72 8.2 2.3 4.1 1.9× 0.0 0.0 35.8% 0.0% 61.5%
41 Chuck Noble DET 65 7.1 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 33.8% 0.0% 73.5%
42 Dick Farley DET 70 7.0 2.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 39.5% 0.0% 73.7%
43 Andy Johnson PHW 67 6.9 3.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 60.2%
44 Ed Fleming MNL 71 6.5 4.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 38.7% 0.0% 72.1%
45 Medford Park CIN 62 6.5 3.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 40.2% 0.0% 76.7%
46 Shellie McMillon DET 48 6.4 5.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 52.9%
47 Neil Johnston PHW 28 6.3 5.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 32.9% 0.0% 78.4%
48 Mike Farmer NYK 72 6.0 4.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 35.3% 0.0% 83.8%
49 Alexander Ellis MNL 72 5.9 5.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 43.0% 0.0% 70.8%
50 Vern Hatton PHW 64 5.9 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 35.6% 0.0% 73.3%
51 Al Ferrari STL 72 5.7 2.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 34.8% 0.0% 72.9%
52 Ernie Beck PHW 70 5.3 2.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 66.2%
53 George Dempsey SYR 57 4.6 2.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.8% 0.0% 76.4%
54 Steve Hamilton MNL 67 4.4 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 67.9%
55 Gene Conley BOS 50 4.2 5.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 32.8% 0.0% 57.8%
56 Jack Parr CIN 66 4.0 4.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 35.5% 0.0% 60.3%
57 Barney Cable DET 31 3.5 2.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 34.1% 0.0% 79.3%
58 K.C. Jones BOS 49 3.5 2.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 33.9% 0.0% 60.3%