| Place | Division | Margin | Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | Neutral | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers | 44-24 | 29-3 | 12-21 | 3-0 | 20-12 | 24-12 | 5-6 | 29-10 | 7-6 | 10-6 | 13-3 | 9-5 | 5-4 | |
| 2 | Rochester Royals | 41-27 | 29-5 | 12-22 | 23-12 | 18-15 | 4-6 | 21-10 | 1-0 | 5-7 | 12-3 | 9-8 | 7-7 | 7-2 | |
| 3 | Philadelphia Warriors | 40-26 | 28-4 | 11-21 | 1-1 | 22-14 | 18-12 | 7-4 | 24-10 | 8-3 | 6-8 | 9-7 | 10-7 | 7-1 | |
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 39-30 | 25-5 | 10-23 | 4-2 | 21-19 | 18-11 | 10-6 | 12-12 | 10-7 | 7-6 | 9-5 | 9-6 | 4-6 | |
| 5 | New York Knickerbockers | 36-30 | 22-5 | 10-25 | 4-0 | 21-15 | 15-15 | 8-6 | 14-15 | 8-7 | 8-6 | 8-5 | 8-7 | 4-5 | |
| 6 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 32-36 | 27-7 | 5-27 | 0-2 | 14-20 | 18-16 | 5-5 | 13-21 | 9-7 | 6-8 | 7-9 | 6-6 | 4-6 | |
| 7 | Syracuse Nationals | 32-34 | 23-10 | 9-24 | 19-17 | 13-17 | 8-10 | 17-12 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 4-6 | ||
| 8 | Indianapolis Olympians | 31-37 | 19-12 | 10-24 | 2-1 | 16-17 | 15-20 | 10-7 | 12-19 | 8-7 | 6-8 | 6-9 | 6-8 | 5-5 | |
| 9 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25-43 | 22-13 | 2-28 | 1-2 | 13-19 | 12-24 | 5-7 | 11-21 | 8-8 | 6-8 | 3-14 | 6-8 | 2-5 | |
| 10 | Baltimore Bullets | 24-42 | 20-12 | 4-24 | 0-6 | 12-24 | 12-18 | 2-5 | 12-25 | 5-11 | 5-7 | 7-8 | 5-12 | 2-4 | |
| 11 | Washington Capitols | 10-25 | 7-12 | 3-12 | 0-1 | 6-12 | 4-13 | 0-2 | 4-14 | 0-1 | 6-11 | 3-9 | 1-4 | ||
| Rk | Team | BLB | BOS | FTW | INO | MNL | NYK | PHW | ROC | SYR | TRI | WSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Bullets | 3-6 | 4-2 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1-2 | |
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 6-3 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 4-3 | |
| 3 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 2-4 | 1-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 3-1 | |
| 4 | Indianapolis Olympians | 4-2 | 1-4 | 3-5 | 3-7 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 5-4 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 2-2 | |
| 5 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-2 | 3-3 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 10-0 | 2-0 | |
| 6 | New York Knickerbockers | 5-2 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | |
| 7 | Philadelphia Warriors | 6-3 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 4-2 | 3-0 | |
| 8 | Rochester Royals | 5-1 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 5-0 | |
| 9 | Syracuse Nationals | 5-3 | 5-3 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 2-0 | |
| 10 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 3-3 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 4-4 | 0-10 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1-1 | |
| 11 | Washington Capitols | 2-1 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 |