NBA · 1962-63

1962-63 season

🏆 Champion Boston Celtics 8-5 playoffs
★ MVP Bill Russell
● Scoring leader Wilt Chamberlain 44.8 PPG · 3.9× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Boston Celtics BOS 58 22 0.725
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 53 27 0.662
St. Louis Hawks STL 48 32 0.600
Syracuse Nationals SYR 48 32 0.600
Cincinnati Royals CIN 42 38 0.525
Detroit Pistons DET 34 46 0.425
San Francisco Warriors SFW 31 49 0.388
Chicago Zephyrs CHZ 25 55 0.312
New York Knicks NYK 21 59 0.263

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Boston Celtics 8 5
Cincinnati Royals 6 6
St. Louis Hawks 6 5
Los Angeles Lakers 6 7
Syracuse Nationals 2 3
Detroit Pistons 1 3

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 11.6 PPG 5.9 RPG 2.2 APG 42.4% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Wilt Chamberlain SFW 80 44.8 3.9× 24.3 4.1× 3.4 1.5× 0.0 0.0 52.8% 0.0% 59.3%
2 Elgin Baylor LAL 80 34.0 2.9× 14.3 2.4× 4.8 2.1× 0.0 0.0 45.3% 0.0% 83.7%
3 Bob Pettit STL 79 28.4 2.5× 15.1 2.5× 3.1 0.0 0.0 44.6% 0.0% 77.4%
4 Oscar Robertson CIN 80 28.3 2.4× 10.4 1.8× 9.5 4.3× 0.0 0.0 51.8% 0.0% 81.0%
5 Walt Bellamy CHZ 80 27.9 2.4× 16.4 2.8× 2.9 0.0 0.0 52.7% 0.0% 67.4%
6 Terry Dischinger CHZ 57 25.5 2.2× 8.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 51.2% 0.0% 77.0%
7 Bailey Howell DET 79 22.7 2.0× 11.5 1.9× 2.9 0.0 0.0 51.6% 0.0% 79.8%
8 Richie Guerin NYK 79 21.5 1.9× 4.2 4.4 2.0× 0.0 0.0 43.2% 0.0% 84.8%
9 Don Ohl DET 80 19.3 1.7× 3.0 4.1 1.8× 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 72.4%
10 Tom Heinsohn BOS 76 18.9 1.6× 7.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 83.5%
11 Wayne Embry CIN 76 18.6 1.6× 12.3 2.1× 2.3 0.0 0.0 45.8% 0.0% 66.7%
12 Tom Meschery SFW 64 16.0 9.8 1.7× 1.6 0.0 0.0 42.5% 0.0% 72.8%
13 Johnny Kerr SYR 80 15.7 13.0 2.2× 2.7 0.0 0.0 47.4% 0.0% 75.3%
14 Cliff Hagan STL 79 15.5 4.3 2.4 0.0 0.0 46.5% 0.0% 80.0%
15 Bob Boozer CIN 79 14.3 11.1 1.9× 1.3 0.0 0.0 44.4% 0.0% 71.4%
16 John Havlicek BOS 80 14.2 6.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 44.5% 0.0% 72.8%
17 Bob Ferry DET 79 13.6 6.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 43.3% 0.0% 64.9%
18 Bob Cousy BOS 76 13.2 2.5 6.8 3.0× 0.0 0.0 39.7% 0.0% 73.5%
19 Willie Naulls SFW 70 12.9 7.4 1.5 0.0 0.0 41.7% 0.0% 80.2%
20 Dave DeBusschere DET 80 12.7 8.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 43.0% 0.0% 71.8%
21 Tom Gola NYK 73 12.3 7.1 4.1 1.8× 0.0 0.0 45.9% 0.0% 77.6%
22 Rudy LaRusso LAL 75 12.3 10.0 1.7× 2.5 0.0 0.0 42.2% 0.0% 71.8%
23 John Barnhill STL 77 11.7 4.7 4.2 1.9× 0.0 0.0 43.0% 0.0% 71.0%
24 Arlen Bockhorn CIN 80 11.7 4.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 39.3% 0.0% 75.6%
25 Si Green CHZ 73 11.7 4.6 5.8 2.6× 0.0 0.0 41.1% 0.0% 68.3%
26 Dave Gambee SYR 60 11.2 4.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 43.8% 0.0% 83.6%
27 Larry Costello SYR 78 11.0 3.0 4.3 1.9× 0.0 0.0 43.2% 0.0% 88.1%
28 Frank Ramsey BOS 77 10.9 3.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 38.2% 0.0% 81.6%
29 Charlie Hardnett CHZ 78 10.6 7.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 44.1% 0.0% 64.5%
30 Zelmo Beaty STL 80 10.2 8.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 71.7%
31 Al Butler NYK 74 10.0 2.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 77.0%
32 Dave Budd NYK 78 9.5 5.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 49.3% 0.0% 74.8%
33 Tom Hawkins CIN 79 9.4 6.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 47.1% 0.0% 61.0%
34 Gene Conley NYK 70 9.0 6.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 65.6%
35 Len Chappell SYR 80 8.9 5.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 46.5% 0.0% 62.2%
36 Jackie Moreland DET 78 8.8 5.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 43.6% 0.0% 67.8%
37 Jim Krebs LAL 79 8.3 6.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 43.4% 0.0% 74.7%
38 Paul Neumann SYR 80 8.2 2.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 47.1% 0.0% 81.5%
39 Gary Phillips SFW 75 8.1 3.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 39.8% 0.0% 63.8%
40 Johnny Cox CHZ 73 7.8 3.8 1.9 0.0 0.0 42.1% 0.0% 70.4%
41 Paul Hogue NYK 50 7.7 8.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 36.3% 0.0% 45.4%
42 Mike Farmer STL 80 7.4 4.6 1.8 0.0 0.0 42.5% 0.0% 84.2%
43 Wayne Hightower SFW 66 7.4 5.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 35.4% 0.0% 66.9%
44 Bill McGill CHZ 60 7.4 2.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 51.3% 0.0% 67.2%
45 Leroy Ellis LAL 80 7.2 6.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 41.9% 0.0% 65.8%
46 K.C. Jones BOS 79 7.2 3.3 4.0 1.8× 0.0 0.0 38.9% 0.0% 63.3%
47 Howie Montgomery SFW 20 7.2 3.5 1.1 0.0 0.0 42.5% 0.0% 60.9%
48 Bob Leonard CHZ 32 7.1 2.1 4.5 2.0× 0.0 0.0 34.3% 0.0% 69.4%
49 Donnie Butcher NYK 68 7.0 2.6 2.0 0.0 0.0 40.6% 0.0% 67.5%
50 George Lee SFW 64 7.0 3.4 1.0 0.0 0.0 37.8% 0.0% 78.8%
51 Robert Nordmann STL 53 7.0 6.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 48.9% 0.0% 48.4%
52 Don Nelson CHZ 62 6.8 4.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 44.0% 0.0% 72.9%
53 Barney Cable STL 61 6.7 4.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 45.5% 0.0% 64.6%
54 Nick Mantis CHZ 32 6.7 2.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 38.5% 0.0% 55.1%
55 Phil Jordon STL 73 6.5 4.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 40.0% 0.0% 55.4%
56 Clyde Lovellette BOS 61 6.5 2.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 42.8% 0.0% 74.5%
57 Kevin Loughery DET 57 6.4 1.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 36.8% 0.0% 71.0%
58 Mel Nowell CHZ 39 5.9 1.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 72.7%
59 Maury King CHZ 37 5.8 2.8 3.8 1.7× 0.0 0.0 39.0% 0.0% 82.4%
60 Joe Roberts SYR 33 5.5 4.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 37.2% 0.0% 68.6%
61 Walter Dukes DET 62 4.3 5.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 32.5% 0.0% 73.7%
62 Rod Hundley LAL 65 4.0 1.6 2.3 0.0 0.0 33.6% 0.0% 70.6%
63 Porter Meriwether SYR 31 3.8 0.9 1.4 0.0 0.0 39.3% 0.0% 69.7%
64 Bob Duffy STL 42 3.7 0.9 2.0 0.0 0.0 37.9% 0.0% 56.4%
65 Jim Loscutoff BOS 63 3.3 2.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 37.5% 0.0% 52.4%
66 Ted Luckenbill SFW 20 3.0 2.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 38.2% 0.0% 45.0%
67 Darrall Imhoff DET 45 2.7 3.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 31.4% 0.0% 48.0%
68 Dave Piontek CIN 48 2.7 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 38.0% 0.0% 62.5%
69 Enoch Olsen CIN 52 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 32.3% 0.0% 69.2%
70 Howie Jolliff LAL 28 1.3 2.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 27.3% 0.0% 66.7%