NBA · 1959-60

1959-60 season

🏆 Champion Boston Celtics 8-5 playoffs
★ MVP Wilt Chamberlain
● Scoring leader Wilt Chamberlain 37.6 PPG · 3.2× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Boston Celtics BOS 59 16 0.787
Philadelphia Warriors PHW 49 26 0.653
St. Louis Hawks STL 46 29 0.613
Syracuse Nationals SYR 45 30 0.600
Detroit Pistons DET 30 45 0.400
New York Knicks NYK 27 48 0.360
Minneapolis Lakers MNL 25 50 0.333
Cincinnati Royals CIN 19 56 0.253

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Boston Celtics 8 5
St. Louis Hawks 7 7
Minneapolis Lakers 5 4
Philadelphia Warriors 4 5
Syracuse Nationals 1 2
Detroit Pistons 0 2

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 11.8 PPG 6.7 RPG 2.3 APG 39.7% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Wilt Chamberlain PHW 72 37.6 3.2× 27.0 4.0× 2.3 0.0 0.0 46.1% 0.0% 58.2%
2 Elgin Baylor MNL 70 29.6 2.5× 16.4 2.4× 3.5 1.5× 0.0 0.0 42.4% 0.0% 73.2%
3 Bob Pettit STL 72 26.1 2.2× 17.0 2.5× 3.6 1.6× 0.0 0.0 43.8% 0.0% 75.3%
4 Cliff Hagan STL 75 24.8 2.1× 10.7 1.6× 4.0 1.7× 0.0 0.0 46.4% 0.0% 80.3%
5 Paul Arizin PHW 72 22.3 1.9× 8.6 2.3 0.0 0.0 42.4% 0.0% 79.8%
6 Richie Guerin NYK 74 21.8 1.9× 6.8 6.3 2.7× 0.0 0.0 42.0% 0.0% 77.3%
7 Tom Heinsohn BOS 75 21.7 1.8× 10.6 1.6× 2.3 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 73.3%
8 Willie Naulls NYK 65 21.4 1.8× 14.2 2.1× 2.1 0.0 0.0 42.8% 0.0% 83.6%
9 Clyde Lovellette STL 68 20.8 1.8× 10.6 1.6× 1.9 0.0 0.0 46.8% 0.0% 82.1%
10 Bob Cousy BOS 75 19.4 1.7× 4.7 9.5 4.1× 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 79.2%
11 Bailey Howell DET 75 17.8 1.5× 10.5 1.6× 0.8 0.0 0.0 45.6% 0.0% 73.9%
12 Frank Ramsey BOS 73 15.3 6.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 39.7% 0.0% 78.7%
13 Walter Dukes DET 66 15.2 13.4 2.0× 1.2 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 74.0%
14 Tom Gola PHW 75 15.0 10.4 1.5× 5.5 2.4× 0.0 0.0 43.3% 0.0% 79.4%
15 Johnny Kerr SYR 75 14.7 12.2 1.8× 2.2 0.0 0.0 39.2% 0.0% 75.2%
16 Larry Costello SYR 71 14.0 5.5 6.3 2.7× 0.0 0.0 45.3% 0.0% 86.2%
17 Rudy LaRusso MNL 71 13.7 9.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 74.2%
18 Phil Jordon CIN 75 13.4 8.3 2.8 0.0 0.0 39.3% 0.0% 71.6%
19 Carl Braun NYK 54 12.9 3.1 5.0 2.2× 0.0 0.0 43.2% 0.0% 83.8%
20 Rod Hundley MNL 73 12.8 5.3 4.6 2.0× 0.0 0.0 35.8% 0.0% 74.4%
21 Larry Foust MNL 72 12.2 8.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 40.7% 0.0% 79.1%
22 Dick Garmaker MNL 70 12.1 4.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.6% 0.0% 77.2%
23 Chuck Noble DET 58 11.3 3.5 4.6 2.0× 0.0 0.0 35.7% 0.0% 73.2%
24 Ed Conlin DET 70 11.2 4.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 36.1% 0.0% 76.1%
25 Wayne Embry CIN 73 10.6 9.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 51.4%
26 Arlen Bockhorn CIN 75 10.5 5.1 3.4 0.0 0.0 39.8% 0.0% 74.7%
27 Archie Dees DET 73 9.7 5.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 80.9%
28 Jack George NYK 69 9.5 2.9 3.5 1.5× 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 76.7%
29 Dave Piontek CIN 77 9.3 6.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 63.9%
30 Earl Lloyd DET 68 8.9 4.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 35.6% 0.0% 80.0%
31 Shellie McMillon DET 75 8.9 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 42.6% 0.0% 66.3%
32 Bob Hopkins SYR 75 8.7 6.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 78.2%
33 Medford Park CIN 74 8.7 4.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 72.7%
34 Al Ferrari STL 71 8.6 2.3 2.6 0.0 0.0 41.3% 0.0% 78.2%
35 Jim Palmer NYK 74 8.3 5.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 42.9% 0.0% 68.4%
36 Andy Johnson PHW 75 8.2 3.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 60.1%
37 Bob Leonard MNL 73 8.2 3.4 3.5 1.5× 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 70.5%
38 Tom Hawkins MNL 69 7.9 6.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 38.0% 0.0% 64.6%
39 Joe Graboski PHW 73 7.7 4.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 75.3%
40 Jim Krebs MNL 75 7.6 4.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 39.2% 0.0% 72.1%
41 Mike Farmer NYK 67 7.4 5.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 84.3%
42 Ray Felix MNL 47 7.3 7.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 38.3% 0.0% 62.5%
43 Dick McGuire DET 68 7.1 3.9 5.3 2.3× 0.0 0.0 44.5% 0.0% 61.7%
44 Gene Conley BOS 71 6.7 8.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 37.3% 0.0% 66.7%
45 Ed Fleming MNL 27 6.3 3.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 41.8% 0.0% 76.8%
46 K.C. Jones BOS 74 6.3 2.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 40.8% 0.0% 75.3%
47 Slater Martin STL 64 6.2 2.9 5.2 2.2× 0.0 0.0 37.1% 0.0% 72.9%
48 Si Green STL 70 6.1 3.7 1.9 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 63.4%
49 Bob Ferry STL 62 5.9 3.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 42.6% 0.0% 63.9%
50 Jim Loscutoff BOS 28 5.5 3.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 32.2% 0.0% 61.1%
51 William Bell NYK 31 5.4 2.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 65.1%
52 Bill Kenville DET 25 5.1 2.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 35.9% 0.0% 80.5%
53 Dave Gambee STL 61 5.0 3.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 40.2% 0.0% 65.1%
54 Barney Cable SYR 57 4.6 3.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 37.6% 0.0% 65.7%
55 Vern Hatton PHW 67 4.6 2.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 35.7% 0.0% 60.9%
56 John Richter BOS 66 4.3 4.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 34.0% 0.0% 50.4%
57 Gary Alcorn DET 58 4.0 4.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 29.2% 0.0% 57.1%
58 Ernie Beck PHW 66 3.9 1.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 84.4%
59 Alexander Ellis MNL 46 3.9 5.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 34.6% 0.0% 67.1%
60 Jack McMahon STL 25 3.3 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 35.5% 0.0% 55.2%
61 Gene Guarilia BOS 48 3.0 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 37.7% 0.0% 70.7%