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NBA 1959-60 Regular Season Standings

This page features the complete 1959-1960 NBA season standings, including conference and division ranks, wins, losses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs

NBA Champions = NBA Champion

p = the team qualified for the Playoffs

NBA 1959-60 Division Standings

Western Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 St. Louis Hawks 46 29 .613 - p
2 Detroit Pistons 30 45 .400 16.0 p
3 Minneapolis Lakers 25 50 .333 21.0 p
4 Cincinnati Royals 19 56 .253 27.0

Eastern Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 Boston Celtics NBA Champion 59 16 .787 - p
2 Philadelphia Warriors 49 26 .653 10.0 p
3 Syracuse Nationals 45 30 .600 14.0 p
4 New York Knicks 27 48 .360 32.0

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