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1956-57 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

1957-58 1956-57 1955-56

Champ: Boston Celtics
MVP: Bob Cousy
Rookie of the Year: Tom Heinsohn

Eastern
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Boston Celtics 44 28 .611 0 7599 7214 27 4 12 19 .0 .0 .0
Syracuse Nationals 38 34 .528 6 7175 7279 22 9 12 19 .0 .0 .0
Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 7 7230 7114 26 5 5 26 .0 .0 .0
New York Knicks 36 36 .500 8 7255 7265 19 12 11 20 .0 .0 .0
Western
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 34 38 .472 0 6938 7106 23 8 7 24 .0 .0 .0
Minneapolis Lakers 34 38 .472 0 7363 7423 18 13 9 22 .0 .0 .0
St. Louis Hawks 34 38 .472 0 7091 7099 18 13 11 20 .0 .0 .0
Rochester Royals 31 41 .431 3 6728 6883 19 12 9 22 .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 0.0 105.5 7599 2808 7326 .383 1983 2644 .750 0 0 .000 0 4963 68.9 1464 20.3 0 0 0 1851 0.0
MIE 0.0 102.3 7363 2584 6965 .371 2195 2899 .757 0 0 .000 0 4581 63.6 1195 16.6 0 0 0 1887 0.0
NYK 0.0 100.8 7255 2569 6645 .387 2117 2844 .744 0 0 .000 0 4723 65.6 1312 18.2 0 0 0 1824 0.0
PH1 0.0 100.4 7230 2584 6533 .396 2062 2658 .776 0 0 .000 0 4305 59.8 1467 20.4 0 0 0 1732 0.0
SYR 0.0 99.7 7175 2550 6915 .369 2075 2613 .794 0 0 .000 0 4350 60.4 1282 17.8 0 0 0 1809 0.0
STL 0.0 98.5 7091 2557 6669 .383 1977 2710 .730 0 0 .000 0 4566 63.4 1454 20.2 0 0 0 1848 0.0
FTW 0.0 96.4 6938 2532 6612 .383 1874 2510 .747 0 0 .000 0 4289 59.6 1398 19.4 0 0 0 1643 0.0
ROC 0.0 93.4 6728 2515 6807 .369 1698 2402 .707 0 0 .000 0 4171 57.9 1298 18.0 0 0 0 1866 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
ROC 0.0 95.6 6883 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
STL 0.0 98.6 7099 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
FTW 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
BOS 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 0.0 100.9 7265 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SYR 0.0 101.1 7279 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
MIE 0.0 103.1 7423 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

League Leaders

Minutes
1. Dolph Schayes - SYR 2851
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 2767
3. Maurice Stokes - ROC 2761
4. George Yardley - FTW 2691
5. Mel Hutchins - FTW 2647
6. Ed Macauley - STL 2582
7. Neil Johnston - PH1 2531
8. Ken Sears - NYK 2516
9. Joe Graboski - PH1 2501
10. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 2492
Total Points
1. Paul Arizin - PH1 1817
2. Bob Pettit - STL 1755
3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1617
4. Neil Johnston - PH1 1575
5. George Yardley - FTW 1547
6. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 1434
7. Bill Sharman - BOS 1413
8. Bob Cousy - BOS 1319
9. Ed Macauley - STL 1187
10. Dick Garmaker - MIE 1177
Points per Game
1. Paul Arizin - PH1 25.6
2. Bob Pettit - STL 24.7
3. Neil Johnston - PH1 22.8
4. Dolph Schayes - SYR 22.5
5. George Yardley - FTW 21.5
6. Bill Sharman - BOS 21.1
7. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 20.8
8. Bob Cousy - BOS 20.6
9. Ed Macauley - STL 16.5
10. Dick Garmaker - MIE 16.3
Jack Twyman - ROC 16.3
Field Goals
1. Paul Arizin - PH1 613
Bob Pettit - STL 613
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 574
4. George Yardley - FTW 522
5. Neil Johnston - PH1 520
6. Bill Sharman - BOS 516
7. Dolph Schayes - SYR 496
8. Bob Cousy - BOS 478
9. Jack Twyman - ROC 449
10. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 446
Field Goal Attempts
1. Bob Pettit - STL 1477
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 1451
3. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 1348
4. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1308
5. George Yardley - FTW 1273
6. Bob Cousy - BOS 1264
7. Maurice Stokes - ROC 1249
8. Bill Sharman - BOS 1241
9. Neil Johnston - PH1 1163
10. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 1123
Field Goal Percentage
1. Neil Johnston - PH1 0.447
2. Charlie Share - STL 0.439
Jack Twyman - ROC 0.439
4. Bob Houbregs - FTW 0.432
5. Bill Russell - BOS 0.427
6. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 0.426
7. Paul Arizin - PH1 0.422
8. Ed Macauley - STL 0.419
9. Ken Sears - NYK 0.418
10. Ray Felix - NYK 0.416
Bill Sharman - BOS 0.416
Free Throws
1. Dolph Schayes - SYR 625
2. Paul Arizin - PH1 591
3. Neil Johnston - PH1 535
4. Bob Pettit - STL 529
5. George Yardley - FTW 503
6. Harry Gallatin - NYK 415
7. Ken Sears - NYK 383
8. Bill Sharman - BOS 381
9. Dick Garmaker - MIE 365
10. Bob Cousy - BOS 363
Free Throw Attempts
1. Paul Arizin - PH1 713
2. Dolph Schayes - SYR 691
3. Bob Pettit - STL 684
4. Neil Johnston - PH1 648
5. George Yardley - FTW 639
6. Harry Gallatin - NYK 519
7. Ken Sears - NYK 485
8. Ed Macauley - STL 479
9. Bob Cousy - BOS 442
10. Dick Garmaker - MIE 435
Free Throw Percentage
1. Bill Sharman - BOS 0.905
2. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.904
3. Dick Garmaker - MIE 0.839
4. Paul Arizin - PH1 0.829
5. Neil Johnston - PH1 0.826
6. Bob Cousy - BOS 0.821
7. Carl Braun - NYK 0.809
8. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 0.807
9. Joe Holup - SYR 0.806
10. Harry Gallatin - NYK 0.800
Total Rebounds
1. Maurice Stokes - ROC 1256
2. Bob Pettit - STL 1037
3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1008
4. Bill Russell - BOS 943
5. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 932
6. Neil Johnston - PH1 855
7. Johnny Kerr - SYR 807
8. Walter Dukes - MIE 794
9. George Yardley - FTW 755
10. Jim Loscutoff - BOS 730
Rebounds per Game
1. Bill Russell - BOS 19.6
2. Maurice Stokes - ROC 17.4
3. Bob Pettit - STL 14.6
4. Dolph Schayes - SYR 14.0
5. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 13.5
6. Neil Johnston - PH1 12.4
7. Walter Dukes - MIE 11.2
Johnny Kerr - SYR 11.2
9. George Yardley - FTW 10.5
10. Jim Loscutoff - BOS 10.4
Assists
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 478
2. Jack Mcmahon - STL 367
3. Maurice Stokes - ROC 331
4. Jack George - PH1 307
5. Slater Martin - STL 269
6. Carl Braun - NYK 256
7. Gene Shue - FTW 238
8. Larry Costello - PH1 236
Bill Sharman - BOS 236
10. Dolph Schayes - SYR 229
Assists per Game
1. Bob Cousy - BOS 7.5
2. Jack Mcmahon - STL 5.1
3. Jack George - PH1 4.6
Maurice Stokes - ROC 4.6
5. Slater Martin - STL 4.1
6. Carl Braun - NYK 3.6
7. Bill Sharman - BOS 3.5
8. Larry Costello - PH1 3.3
Chuck Noble - FTW 3.3
Gene Shue - FTW 3.3
Personal Fouls
1. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 312
2. Dick Ricketts - ROC 307
3. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 304
4. Maurice Stokes - ROC 287
5. Ray Felix - NYK 284
6. Earl Lloyd - SYR 282
7. Paul Arizin - PH1 274
8. Walter Dukes - MIE 273
9. Charlie Share - STL 269
10. Clyde Lovellette - MIE 251
Jack Twyman - ROC 251

All-Stars

East West
Paul Arizin
Carl Braun
Nat Clifton
Bob Cousy
Harry Gallatin
Jack George
Tom Heinsohn
Neil Johnston
Dolph Schayes
Bill Sharman
Dick Garmaker
Mel Hutchins
Ed Macauley
Slater Martin
Vern Mikkelsen
Bob Pettit
Richie Regan
Maurice Stokes
Jack Twyman
George Yardley

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Paul Arizin - PH1
Bob Cousy - BOS
Bob Pettit - STL
Dolph Schayes - SYR
Bill Sharman - BOS