Season:
Standings / Streaks
NBA 1956-57 Regular Season Standings
This page features the complete 1956-1957 NBA season standings, including conference and division ranks, wins, losses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs
= NBA Champion
p = the team qualified for the Playoffs
NBA 1956-57 Division Standings
Western Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | ||
| 1 | St. Louis Hawks | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | p |
| 2 | Minneapolis Lakers | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | p |
| 3 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 34 | 38 | .472 | - | p |
| 4 | Rochester Royals | 31 | 41 | .431 | 3.0 | |
Eastern Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | ||
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
44 | 28 | .611 | - | p |
| 2 | Syracuse Nationals | 38 | 34 | .528 | 6.0 | p |
| 3 | Philadelphia Warriors | 37 | 35 | .514 | 7.0 | p |
| 4 | New York Knicks | 36 | 36 | .500 | 8.0 | |
* Two tiebreaker games were played in the Western Division: the Hawks defeated both the Lakers and Pistons.
Note: from 1946-47 to 1969-70 there were no conferences. The league was divided in two divisions (Eastern and Western) with the only exception of the 1949-50 season when there were 3 divisions.
Abbreviations: W = Wins / L = Losses / Pct = Winning Percentage / GB = Games behind