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1955-56 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

1956-57 1955-56 1954-55

Champ: Philadelphia Warriors
MVP: Bob Pettit
Rookie of the Year: Maurice Stokes

Eastern
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Philadelphia Warriors 45 27 .625 0 7424 7114 21 7 11 17 .0 .0 .0
Boston Celtics 39 33 .542 6 7632 7582 20 7 12 15 .0 .0 .0
New York Knicks 35 37 .486 10 7212 7243 14 14 15 14 .0 .0 .0
Syracuse Nationals 35 37 .486 10 6976 6977 23 8 9 19 .0 .0 .0
Western
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 37 35 .514 0 6794 6746 19 8 10 17 .0 .0 .0
Minneapolis Lakers 33 39 .458 4 7148 7214 13 12 6 21 .0 .0 .0
St. Louis Hawks 33 39 .458 4 6953 7056 16 10 10 17 .0 .0 .0
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 6 6900 7106 15 14 7 21 .0 .0 .0

Offense

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Team OEFF PPG Pts FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF PACE
BOS 0.0 106.0 7632 2745 6913 .397 2142 2785 .769 0 0 .000 0 4583 63.7 1834 25.5 0 0 0 1874 0.0
PH1 0.0 103.1 7424 2641 6437 .410 2142 2829 .757 0 0 .000 0 4362 60.6 1886 26.2 0 0 0 1872 0.0
NYK 0.0 100.2 7212 2508 6395 .392 2196 2913 .754 0 0 .000 0 4562 63.4 1610 22.4 0 0 0 1923 0.0
MIE 0.0 99.3 7148 2541 6543 .388 2066 2627 .786 0 0 .000 0 4133 57.4 1689 23.5 0 0 0 1978 0.0
SYR 0.0 96.9 6976 2466 6661 .370 2044 2703 .756 0 0 .000 0 4060 56.4 1710 23.8 0 0 0 1783 0.0
STL 0.0 96.6 6953 2506 6628 .378 1941 2761 .703 0 0 .000 0 4493 62.4 1748 24.3 0 0 0 1971 0.0
ROC 0.0 95.8 6900 2551 6890 .370 1798 2567 .700 0 0 .000 0 4449 61.8 1747 24.3 0 0 0 1990 0.0
FTW 0.0 94.4 6794 2396 6174 .388 2002 2729 .734 0 0 .000 0 3974 55.2 1752 24.3 0 0 0 1789 0.0

Defense

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Team DEFF PPG Pts FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP ORB REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO PF
FTW 0.0 93.7 6746 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SYR 0.0 96.9 6977 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
STL 0.0 98.0 7056 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
ROC 0.0 98.7 7106 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
PH1 0.0 98.8 7114 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
MIE 0.0 100.2 7214 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NYK 0.0 100.6 7243 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
BOS 0.0 105.3 7582 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

League Leaders

Minutes
1. Jack George - PH1 2840
2. Slater Martin - MIE 2838
3. Bob Pettit - STL 2794
4. Bob Cousy - BOS 2767
5. Jack Coleman - STL 2738
6. Paul Arizin - PH1 2724
7. Bill Sharman - BOS 2698
8. Neil Johnston - PH1 2594
9. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 2518
10. Dolph Schayes - SYR 2517
Total Points
1. Bob Pettit - STL 1849
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 1741
3. Neil Johnston - PH1 1547
4. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 1526
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1472
6. Bill Sharman - BOS 1434
7. Bob Cousy - BOS 1356
8. Ed Macauley - BOS 1240
9. George Yardley - FTW 1233
10. Larry Foust - FTW 1166
Points per Game
1. Bob Pettit - STL 25.7
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 24.2
3. Neil Johnston - PH1 22.1
4. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 21.5
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 20.4
6. Bill Sharman - BOS 19.9
7. Bob Cousy - BOS 18.8
8. Ed Macauley - BOS 17.5
9. George Yardley - FTW 17.4
10. Maurice Stokes - ROC 16.8
Field Goals
1. Bob Pettit - STL 646
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 617
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 594
4. Bill Sharman - BOS 538
5. Neil Johnston - PH1 499
6. Dolph Schayes - SYR 465
7. Bob Cousy - BOS 440
8. George Yardley - FTW 434
9. Ed Macauley - BOS 420
10. Jack Twyman - ROC 417
Field Goal Attempts
1. Bob Pettit - STL 1507
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 1378
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 1370
4. Bill Sharman - BOS 1229
5. Bob Cousy - BOS 1223
6. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1202
7. Maurice Stokes - ROC 1137
8. Neil Johnston - PH1 1092
9. Joe Graboski - PH1 1075
10. George Yardley - FTW 1067
Field Goal Percentage
1. Neil Johnston - PH1 0.457
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 0.448
3. Larry Foust - FTW 0.447
4. Ken Sears - NYK 0.438
Bill Sharman - BOS 0.438
6. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 0.434
7. Bob Houbregs - FTW 0.430
Charlie Share - STL 0.430
9. Bob Pettit - STL 0.429
10. Mel Hutchins - FTW 0.425
Free Throws
1. Bob Pettit - STL 557
2. Neil Johnston - PH1 549
3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 542
4. Paul Arizin - PH1 507
5. Bob Cousy - BOS 476
6. Larry Foust - FTW 432
7. Ed Macauley - BOS 400
8. George Yardley - FTW 365
9. Harry Gallatin - NYK 358
Bill Sharman - BOS 358
Free Throw Attempts
1. Bob Pettit - STL 757
2. Neil Johnston - PH1 685
3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 632
4. Paul Arizin - PH1 626
5. Bob Cousy - BOS 564
6. Larry Foust - FTW 555
7. Ed Macauley - BOS 504
8. Charlie Share - STL 498
9. George Yardley - FTW 492
10. Ray Felix - NYK 469
Clyde Lovellette - MIE 469
Free Throw Percentage
1. Bill Sharman - BOS 0.867
2. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.858
3. Dick Schnittker - MIE 0.856
4. Bob Cousy - BOS 0.844
5. Carl Braun - NYK 0.838
6. Slater Martin - MIE 0.833
7. Paul Arizin - PH1 0.810
8. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 0.804
9. Jim Baechtold - NYK 0.801
Neil Johnston - PH1 0.801
Total Rebounds
1. Bob Pettit - STL 1164
2. Maurice Stokes - ROC 1094
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 992
4. Dolph Schayes - SYR 891
5. Neil Johnston - PH1 872
6. Charlie Share - STL 774
7. Harry Gallatin - NYK 740
8. Jack Coleman - STL 688
9. George Yardley - FTW 686
10. Larry Foust - FTW 648
Rebounds per Game
1. Maurice Stokes - ROC 16.3
2. Bob Pettit - STL 16.2
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 14.0
4. Neil Johnston - PH1 12.5
5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 12.4
6. Charlie Share - STL 10.8
7. Jack Nichols - BOS 10.4
8. Harry Gallatin - NYK 10.3
9. George Yardley - FTW 9.7
10. Jack Coleman - STL 9.2
Assists
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 642
2. Jack George - PH1 457
3. Slater Martin - MIE 445
4. George King - SYR 410
Andy Phillip - FTW 410
6. Tom Gola - PH1 404
7. Dick Mcguire - NYK 362
8. Bill Sharman - BOS 339
9. Maurice Stokes - ROC 328
10. Carl Braun - NYK 298
Assists per Game
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 8.9
2. Jack George - PH1 6.3
3. Slater Martin - MIE 6.2
4. Tom Gola - PH1 5.9
Andy Phillip - FTW 5.9
6. Dick Mcguire - NYK 5.8
7. George King - SYR 5.7
8. Maurice Stokes - ROC 4.9
9. Paul Seymour - SYR 4.8
10. Bill Sharman - BOS 4.7
Personal Fouls
1. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 319
2. Charlie Share - STL 318
3. Arnie Risen - BOS 300
4. Ray Felix - NYK 293
5. Dick Ricketts - ROC 287
6. Paul Arizin - PH1 282
7. Maurice Stokes - ROC 276
8. Tom Gola - PH1 272
Joe Graboski - PH1 272
10. Alex Hannum - STL 271

All-Stars

East West
Paul Arizin
Carl Braun
Bob Cousy
Harry Gallatin
Jack George
Neil Johnston
John Kerr
Ed Macauley
Dick McGuire
Dolph Schayes
Bill Sharman
Larry Foust
Bob Harrison
Mel Hutchins
Clyde Lovellette
Slater Martin
Vern Mikkelsen
Bob Pettit
Maurice Stokes
Bob Wanzer
George Yardley

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Paul Arizin - PH1
Bob Cousy - BOS
Neil Johnston - PH1
Bob Pettit - STL
Bill Sharman - BOS