NBA · 1965-66

1965-66 season

🏆 Champion Boston Celtics 11-6 playoffs
★ MVP Wilt Chamberlain
● Scoring leader Wilt Chamberlain 33.5 PPG · 2.8× era

Team Standings

Team W L W/L%
Philadelphia 76ers PHL 55 25 0.688
Boston Celtics BOS 54 26 0.675
Cincinnati Royals CIN 45 35 0.562
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 45 35 0.562
Baltimore Bullets BLT 38 42 0.475
St. Louis Hawks STL 36 44 0.450
San Francisco Warriors SFW 35 45 0.438
New York Knicks NYK 30 50 0.375
Detroit Pistons DET 22 58 0.275

Playoff Results

Team Wins Losses
Boston Celtics 11 6
Los Angeles Lakers 7 7
St. Louis Hawks 6 4
Cincinnati Royals 2 3
Philadelphia 76ers 1 4
Baltimore Bullets 0 3

Statistical Leaders

League this season: 11.9 PPG 6.3 RPG 2.2 APG 42.3% FG how the league has changed →

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# Player Team GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT%
1 Wilt Chamberlain PHL 79 33.5 2.8× 24.6 3.9× 5.2 2.4× 0.0 0.0 54.0% 0.0% 51.3%
2 Oscar Robertson CIN 76 31.3 2.6× 7.7 11.1 5.0× 0.0 0.0 47.5% 0.0% 84.2%
3 Rick Barry SFW 80 25.7 2.2× 10.6 1.7× 2.2 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 86.2%
4 Walt Bellamy NYK 72 23.2 1.9× 16.0 2.6× 3.0 0.0 0.0 51.2% 0.0% 62.7%
5 Zelmo Beaty STL 80 20.7 1.7× 13.6 2.2× 1.6 0.0 0.0 47.3% 0.0% 75.8%
6 Don Ohl BLT 73 20.6 1.7× 3.8 4.0 1.8× 0.0 0.0 44.5% 0.0% 73.5%
7 Eddie Miles DET 80 19.6 1.6× 3.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 44.7% 0.0% 74.1%
8 John Havlicek BOS 71 18.8 1.6× 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 78.5%
9 Kevin Loughery BLT 74 18.2 1.5× 3.1 4.8 2.2× 0.0 0.0 41.6% 0.0% 83.0%
10 Bailey Howell BLT 78 17.5 9.9 1.6× 2.0 0.0 0.0 48.8% 0.0% 73.0%
11 Elgin Baylor LAL 65 16.6 9.6 1.5× 3.4 1.5× 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 73.9%
12 Gus Johnson BLT 41 16.5 13.3 2.1× 2.8 0.0 0.0 41.3% 0.0% 73.6%
13 Dave DeBusschere DET 79 16.4 11.6 1.9× 2.6 0.0 0.0 40.8% 0.0% 65.9%
14 Willis Reed NYK 76 15.5 11.6 1.9× 1.2 0.0 0.0 43.4% 0.0% 75.7%
15 Rudy LaRusso LAL 76 15.4 8.7 2.2 0.0 0.0 45.7% 0.0% 78.7%
16 Richie Guerin STL 80 14.9 3.9 4.8 2.2× 0.0 0.0 41.5% 0.0% 81.2%
17 Paul Neumann SFW 66 14.4 3.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 42.0% 0.0% 83.6%
18 Billy Cunningham PHL 80 14.3 7.5 2.6 0.0 0.0 42.6% 0.0% 63.4%
19 Joe Caldwell STL 46 14.2 5.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 44.7% 0.0% 71.7%
20 Happy Hairston CIN 72 14.1 7.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 48.9% 0.0% 68.5%
21 Cliff Hagan STL 74 13.7 3.2 2.2 0.0 0.0 44.5% 0.0% 85.4%
22 Walt Hazzard LAL 80 13.7 2.7 4.9 2.2× 0.0 0.0 45.7% 0.0% 70.8%
23 Tom Meschery SFW 80 12.8 8.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 44.8% 0.0% 76.5%
24 Bob Boozer LAL 78 12.2 7.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 48.4% 0.0% 77.9%
25 Leroy Ellis LAL 80 12.2 9.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 42.4% 0.0% 72.7%
26 Jim Barnes BLT 66 12.1 10.3 1.6× 1.3 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 67.9%
27 Johnny Kerr BLT 71 11.0 8.3 3.2 0.0 0.0 41.3% 0.0% 76.8%
28 Willie Naulls BOS 71 10.7 4.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.2% 0.0% 79.4%
29 Joe Caldwell DET 33 10.5 5.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 42.3% 0.0% 68.2%
30 Don Nelson BOS 75 10.2 5.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 43.9% 0.0% 68.4%
31 Wali Jones PHL 80 9.0 2.1 3.4 1.5× 0.0 0.0 37.0% 0.0% 74.4%
32 K.C. Jones BOS 80 8.6 3.8 6.3 2.9× 0.0 0.0 38.8% 0.0% 69.0%
33 John Barnhill STL 31 8.5 2.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 42.8% 0.0% 62.8%
34 Mel Counts BOS 67 8.4 6.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 40.3% 0.0% 82.8%
35 Tom Hawkins CIN 79 8.4 7.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 45.2% 0.0% 55.5%
36 Lucious Jackson PHL 79 8.2 8.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 40.1% 0.0% 73.8%
37 Gail Goodrich LAL 65 7.8 2.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 40.4% 0.0% 69.1%
38 Bill Buntin DET 42 7.7 6.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 39.5% 0.0% 61.5%
39 Wayne Embry CIN 80 7.6 6.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 41.1% 0.0% 60.3%
40 Wayne Hightower BLT 24 7.6 5.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 33.9% 0.0% 73.1%
41 John Barnhill DET 45 7.5 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 38.3% 0.0% 60.2%
42 Jim King LAL 76 7.5 2.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 43.7% 0.0% 81.7%
43 Ron Reed DET 57 7.5 5.9 1.6 0.0 0.0 35.5% 0.0% 54.0%
44 Mccoy McLemore SFW 80 7.4 6.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 42.6% 0.0% 74.3%
45 Bob Ferry BLT 66 7.3 5.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 41.1% 0.0% 66.9%
46 Don Kojis DET 60 7.3 4.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 41.5% 0.0% 53.9%
47 Emmette Bryant NYK 71 7.0 2.4 3.0 0.0 0.0 47.2% 0.0% 73.3%
48 Dave Gambee PHL 72 6.9 3.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 38.4% 0.0% 85.0%
49 Fred Hetzel SFW 56 6.8 5.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 39.9% 0.0% 68.5%
50 John Clemens NYK 70 5.4 2.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 41.2% 0.0% 69.2%
51 Len Chappell NYK 46 5.3 2.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 42.0% 0.0% 59.0%
52 Ron Bonham BOS 39 5.2 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 36.7% 0.0% 85.2%
53 Darrall Imhoff LAL 77 4.9 6.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 44.8% 0.0% 56.6%
54 Tom Gola NYK 74 4.4 3.9 2.6 0.0 0.0 45.0% 0.0% 78.1%
55 Gary Phillips SFW 67 4.0 2.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 35.0% 0.0% 62.1%
56 Keith Erickson SFW 64 3.6 2.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 35.6% 0.0% 66.2%
57 Enoch Olsen SFW 55 3.5 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 42.0% 0.0% 44.3%
58 John Fairchild LAL 30 2.0 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 25.8% 0.0% 70.0%