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1961-62 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

1962-63 1961-62 1960-61

Champ: Boston Celtics
MVP: Bill Russell
Rookie of the Year: Walt Bellamy

Eastern
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Boston Celtics 60 20 .750 0 9687 8952 23 5 26 12 .0 .0 .0
Philadelphia Warriors 49 31 .613 11 10035 9816 18 11 18 19 .0 .0 .0
Syracuse Nationals 41 39 .513 19 9658 9472 18 10 11 19 .0 .0 .0
New York Knicks 29 51 .363 31 9187 9576 19 14 2 23 .0 .0 .0
Western
Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE
Los Angeles Lakers 54 26 .675 0 9482 9600 26 5 18 13 .0 .0 .0
Cincinnati Royals 43 37 .538 11 9845 9704 18 13 14 16 .0 .0 .0
Detroit Pistons 37 43 .463 17 9234 9368 16 14 8 17 .0 .0 .0
St. Louis Hawks 29 51 .363 25 9508 9768 19 16 7 27 .0 .0 .0
Chicago Packers 18 62 .225 36 8874 9552 9 19 3 20 .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
PH1 0.0 125.4 10035 3917 8929 .439 2201 3207 .686 0 0 .000 0 5939 74.2 2073 25.9 0 0 0 2013 0.0
CIN 0.0 123.1 9845 3806 8414 .452 2233 2969 .752 0 0 .000 0 5665 70.8 2154 26.9 0 0 0 2081 0.0
BOS 0.0 121.1 9687 3855 9109 .423 1977 2715 .728 0 0 .000 0 6080 76.0 2049 25.6 0 0 0 1909 0.0
SYR 0.0 120.7 9658 3706 8875 .418 2246 2880 .780 0 0 .000 0 5764 72.1 1791 22.4 0 0 0 2344 0.0
STL 0.0 118.9 9508 3641 8461 .430 2226 2939 .757 0 0 .000 0 5557 69.5 1996 25.0 0 0 0 2166 0.0
LAL 0.0 118.5 9482 3552 8315 .427 2378 3240 .734 0 0 .000 0 5600 70.0 1878 23.5 0 0 0 2057 0.0
DET 0.0 115.4 9234 3472 8366 .415 2290 3142 .729 0 0 .000 0 5823 72.8 1723 21.5 0 0 0 2040 0.0
NYK 0.0 114.8 9187 3638 8696 .418 1911 2693 .710 0 0 .000 0 5440 68.0 1765 22.1 0 0 0 2056 0.0
CH3 0.0 110.9 8874 3461 8405 .412 1952 2901 .673 0 0 .000 0 5547 69.3 1802 22.5 0 0 0 1954 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
BOS 0.0 111.9 8952 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
DET 0.0 117.1 9368 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
SYR 0.0 118.4 9472 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
CH3 0.0 119.4 9552 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NYK 0.0 119.7 9576 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
LAL 0.0 120.0 9600 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
CIN 0.0 121.3 9704 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
STL 0.0 122.1 9768 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
PH1 0.0 122.7 9816 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

League Leaders

Minutes
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 3882
2. Oscar Robertson - CIN 3503
3. Bill Russell - BOS 3433
4. Richie Guerin - NYK 3348
5. Walt Bellamy - CH2 3344
6. Bob Pettit - STL 3282
7. Gene Shue - DET 3143
8. Jerry West - LAL 3087
9. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 3062
10. Jack Twyman - CIN 2991
Total Points
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 4029
2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 2495
3. Oscar Robertson - CIN 2432
4. Bob Pettit - STL 2429
5. Jerry West - LAL 2310
6. Richie Guerin - NYK 2303
7. Willie Naulls - NYK 1877
8. Elgin Baylor - LAL 1836
9. Jack Twyman - CIN 1831
10. Cliff Hagan - STL 1764
Points per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 50.4
2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 31.6
3. Bob Pettit - STL 31.1
4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 30.8
Jerry West - LAL 30.8
6. Richie Guerin - NYK 29.5
7. Willie Naulls - NYK 25.0
8. Cliff Hagan - STL 22.9
Jack Twyman - CIN 22.9
10. Hal Greer - SYR 22.8
Field Goals
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1597
2. Walt Bellamy - CH2 973
3. Bob Pettit - STL 867
4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 866
5. Richie Guerin - NYK 839
6. Jerry West - LAL 799
7. Willie Naulls - NYK 747
8. Jack Twyman - CIN 739
9. Cliff Hagan - STL 701
10. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 692
Field Goal Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 3159
2. Bob Pettit - STL 1928
3. Richie Guerin - NYK 1897
4. Walt Bellamy - CH2 1875
5. Oscar Robertson - CIN 1810
6. Willie Naulls - NYK 1798
7. Jerry West - LAL 1795
8. Tom Heinsohn - BOS 1613
9. Elgin Baylor - LAL 1588
10. Jack Twyman - CIN 1542
Field Goal Percentage
1. Walt Bellamy - CH2 0.519
2. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 0.506
3. Jack Twyman - CIN 0.479
4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 0.478
5. Alvin Attles - PH1 0.474
6. Larry Foust - STL 0.471
Clyde Lovellette - STL 0.471
8. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.470
9. Wayne Embry - CIN 0.466
Rudy Larusso - LAL 0.466
Free Throws
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 835
2. Jerry West - LAL 712
3. Oscar Robertson - CIN 700
4. Bob Pettit - STL 695
5. Richie Guerin - NYK 625
6. Walt Bellamy - CH2 549
7. Paul Arizin - PH1 484
8. Elgin Baylor - LAL 476
9. Bailey Howell - DET 470
10. Dave Gambee - SYR 384
Free Throw Attempts
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 1363
2. Jerry West - LAL 926
3. Bob Pettit - STL 901
4. Oscar Robertson - CIN 872
5. Walt Bellamy - CH2 853
6. Richie Guerin - NYK 762
7. Elgin Baylor - LAL 631
8. Bailey Howell - DET 612
9. Paul Arizin - PH1 601
10. Wayne Embry - CIN 516
Free Throw Percentage
1. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.897
2. Willie Naulls - NYK 0.842
3. Larry Costello - SYR 0.837
4. Cliff Hagan - STL 0.825
Frank Ramsey - BOS 0.825
6. Tom Meschery - PH1 0.824
7. Richie Guerin - NYK 0.820
8. Hal Greer - SYR 0.819
Tom Heinsohn - BOS 0.819
10. Sam Jones - BOS 0.818
Total Rebounds
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 2052
2. Bill Russell - BOS 1790
3. Walt Bellamy - CH2 1500
4. Bob Pettit - STL 1459
5. Johnny Kerr - SYR 1176
6. Johnny Green - NYK 1066
7. Bailey Howell - DET 996
8. Oscar Robertson - CIN 985
9. Wayne Embry - CIN 977
10. Elgin Baylor - LAL 892
Rebounds per Game
1. Wilt Chamberlain - PH1 25.7
2. Bill Russell - BOS 23.6
3. Walt Bellamy - CH2 19.0
4. Bob Pettit - STL 18.7
5. Johnny Kerr - SYR 14.7
6. Johnny Green - NYK 13.3
7. Wayne Embry - CIN 13.0
8. Bailey Howell - DET 12.6
9. Oscar Robertson - CIN 12.5
10. Willie Naulls - NYK 11.6
Assists
1. Oscar Robertson - CIN 899
2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 643
3. Bob Cousy - BOS 584
4. Richie Guerin - NYK 539
5. Gene Shue - DET 465
6. Jerry West - LAL 402
7. Frank Selvy - LAL 381
8. Bob Leonard - CH2 378
9. Cliff Hagan - STL 370
10. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 366
Assists per Game
1. Oscar Robertson - CIN 11.4
2. Guy Rodgers - PH1 8.0
3. Bob Cousy - BOS 7.8
4. Richie Guerin - NYK 6.9
5. Gene Shue - DET 5.8
6. Bob Leonard - CH2 5.4
Jerry West - LAL 5.4
8. Cliff Hagan - STL 4.8
Frank Selvy - LAL 4.8
10. Arlen Bockhorn - CIN 4.6
Personal Fouls
1. Tom Meschery - PH1 330
2. Walter Dukes - DET 327
3. Jack Twyman - CIN 323
4. Bailey Howell - DET 317
5. Guy Rodgers - PH1 312
6. Paul Arizin - PH1 307
7. Richie Guerin - NYK 299
8. Bob Pettit - STL 296
9. Jim Krebs - LAL 290
10. Wayne Embry - CIN 286

All-Stars

East West
Paul Arizin
Wilt Chamberlain
Larry Costello
Bob Cousy
Tom Gola
John Green
Hal Greer
Richie Guerin
Tom Heinsohn
Sam Jones
Willie Naulls
Bill Russell
Dolph Schayes
Elgin Baylor
Walt Bellamy
Wayne Embry
Cliff Hagan
Bailey Howell
Rudy LaRusso
Bob Pettit
Oscar Robertson
Frank Selvy
Gene Shue
Jack Twyman
Jerry West

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Elgin Baylor - LAL
Wilt Chamberlain - PH1
Bob Pettit - STL
Oscar Robertson - CIN
Jerry West - LAL