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1955-56 NBA Stats: Per Game

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League Champion: Philadelphia Warriors

Most Valuable Player: Bob Pettit (25.7/16.2/2.6)
Rookie of the Year: Maurice Stokes (16.8/16.3/4.9)

PPG Leader: Bob Pettit (25.7)
RPG Leader: Maurice Stokes (16.3)
APG Leader: Bob Cousy (8.9)
WS Leader: Neil Johnston (13.9)

Per Game

Rk Player Pos Age Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Arizin* SF 27 PHW 72 37.8 8.6 19.1 .448 7.0 8.7 .810 7.5 2.6 3.9 24.2
2 Jesse Arnelle PF 22 FTW 31 13.2 1.7 5.3 .317 1.4 2.2 .623 5.5 0.6 1.9 4.7
3 Dick Atha SG 24 NYK 25 11.5 1.4 3.5 .409 0.8 1.1 .778 1.7 1.3 1.6 3.7
4 Jim Baechtold SF 28 NYK 70 24.8 3.8 9.9 .386 3.3 4.2 .801 3.1 2.3 2.2 11.0
5 Ernie Barrett SG 26 BOS 72 20.2 2.9 7.4 .388 1.3 1.6 .788 3.4 2.4 2.6 7.0
6 Ernie Beck SG 24 PHW 67 15.0 2.0 5.2 .387 1.1 1.6 .717 2.9 1.2 1.3 5.2
7 Don Bielke C FTW 7 5.4 0.7 1.3 .556 0.6 1.0 .571 1.3 0.1 1.3 2.0
8 Carl Braun SG 28 NYK 72 32.2 5.5 14.8 .372 4.4 5.3 .838 3.6 4.1 3.0 15.4
9 Frankie Brian PG 32 FTW 37 18.4 2.1 7.1 .297 1.9 2.4 .818 2.4 2.0 1.7 6.2
10 Nathaniel Clifton PF 33 NYK 64 24.0 3.3 8.5 .394 2.1 3.0 .707 6.0 2.4 3.0 8.8
11 Jack Coleman PF 31 TOT 75 36.5 5.2 12.6 .412 2.4 3.3 .711 9.2 3.9 3.2 12.8
11 Jack Coleman PF 31 ROC 34 40.3 5.7 13.9 .412 2.6 3.7 .712 10.1 4.3 3.6 14.1
11 Jack Coleman PF 31 STL 41 33.4 4.8 11.5 .412 2.1 3.0 .710 8.4 3.6 3.0 11.7
12 Ed Conlin SF 22 SYR 66 21.6 3.2 8.7 .368 1.8 2.7 .680 4.9 2.2 1.8 8.2
13 Chuck Cooper SF 29 TOT 67 17.1 1.5 4.6 .328 1.5 2.0 .752 3.6 1.3 2.1 4.5
13 Chuck Cooper F 29 STL 35 16.4 1.7 4.9 .337 1.8 2.4 .738 3.9 1.7 2.0 5.1
13 Chuck Cooper SF 29 FTW 32 17.8 1.3 4.3 .316 1.2 1.5 .776 3.2 0.9 2.2 3.9
14 Bob Cousy* PG 27 BOS 72 38.4 6.1 17.0 .360 6.6 7.8 .844 6.8 8.9 2.9 18.8
15 Red Davis C 23 ROC 3 5.3 0.0 2.0 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.7
16 Walt Davis PF 25 PHW 70 15.7 1.8 4.8 .369 1.1 1.6 .688 3.9 0.8 3.3 4.6
17 George Dempsey PG 26 PHW 72 20.1 1.8 3.7 .475 1.2 1.9 .633 3.7 2.8 2.0 4.7
18 Corky Devlin SG 24 FTW 69 22.2 2.9 7.8 .370 2.1 2.8 .760 2.5 2.0 1.7 7.9
19 Walter Dukes C 25 NYK 60 21.5 2.5 6.2 .403 2.8 3.9 .708 7.4 0.7 3.5 7.8
20 Dick Farley SG 23 SYR 72 19.8 2.3 6.3 .373 2.0 2.9 .691 2.3 2.1 2.1 6.7
Rk Player Pos Age Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
21 Ron Feiereisel G 24 MNL 10 5.9 0.8 2.8 .286 1.4 1.6 .875 0.6 0.6 0.9 3.0
22 Ray Felix C 25 NYK 72 23.6 3.8 9.3 .415 4.6 6.5 .706 8.7 0.7 4.1 12.3
23 Al Ferrari SF 22 STL 68 23.7 2.8 7.9 .358 2.4 3.5 .695 2.7 2.4 2.8 8.0
24 Ed Fleming SG 22 ROC 71 28.6 4.3 11.6 .371 3.9 5.2 .745 6.9 2.8 2.5 12.5
25 Larry Foust C 27 FTW 72 28.1 5.1 11.4 .447 6.0 7.7 .778 9.0 1.8 3.7 16.2
26 Harry Gallatin* SF 28 NYK 72 33.0 4.5 11.6 .386 5.0 6.3 .787 10.3 2.3 3.1 13.9
27 Dick Garmaker SG 23 MNL 68 12.8 2.0 5.5 .370 1.6 2.0 .806 1.9 1.5 1.9 5.7
28 Jack George PG 27 PHW 72 39.4 4.9 13.1 .374 4.1 5.4 .757 4.3 6.3 2.8 13.9
29 Tom Gola* SG 23 PHW 68 34.5 3.6 8.7 .412 3.6 4.9 .733 9.1 5.9 4.0 10.8
30 Joe Graboski PF 26 PHW 72 33.0 5.5 14.9 .369 3.3 4.7 .706 8.9 2.6 3.8 14.4
31 Alex Hannum PF 32 STL 71 20.8 2.1 6.4 .322 1.3 2.2 .604 4.8 2.2 3.8 5.4
32 Chris Harris SG 22 TOT 41 10.2 0.9 3.6 .248 0.7 1.1 .600 1.1 1.1 1.0 2.5
32 Chris Harris SG 22 STL 15 11.2 1.0 4.0 .250 0.7 1.2 .611 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.7
32 Chris Harris SG 22 ROC 26 9.7 0.8 3.4 .247 0.6 1.0 .593 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.3
33 Bob Harrison PG 28 STL 72 30.8 3.6 10.1 .359 1.3 2.0 .664 2.7 3.8 3.4 8.6
34 Dick Hemric PF 22 BOS 71 18.7 2.3 5.6 .403 2.5 3.8 .648 5.6 0.8 2.0 7.0
35 Larry Hennessy SG 26 PHW 53 8.4 1.6 4.7 .344 0.5 0.6 .813 0.9 0.9 0.7 3.7
36 Lew Hitch PF 26 MNL 69 16.4 1.4 3.4 .400 1.4 1.9 .758 4.1 1.1 1.2 4.2
37 Jim Holstein F-G 25 TOT 27 13.0 0.9 3.3 .270 0.9 1.4 .649 2.8 1.4 1.9 2.7
38 Johnny Horan F 23 TOT 19 4.9 0.6 2.2 .286 0.5 0.6 .909 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.8
38 Johnny Horan F 23 FTW 7 6.1 1.1 3.7 .308 0.9 0.9 1.000 0.6 0.1 2.0 3.1
38 Johnny Horan F 23 MNL 12 4.2 0.3 1.3 .250 0.3 0.4 .800 0.5 0.1 0.6 1.0
39 Bob Houbregs* C 23 FTW 70 21.9 3.5 8.2 .430 4.0 5.5 .739 5.9 2.3 2.1 11.1
40 Mel Hutchins PF 27 FTW 66 33.9 4.9 11.6 .425 2.2 3.3 .643 7.5 2.7 2.5 12.0
Rk Player Pos Age Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
41 Neil Johnston* C 26 PHW 70 37.1 7.1 15.6 .457 7.8 9.8 .801 12.5 3.2 3.6 22.1
42 Ed Kalafat SF 23 MNL 72 22.8 2.7 7.5 .359 2.6 3.5 .738 6.1 1.8 3.3 8.0
43 Billy Kenville PG 25 SYR 72 17.8 2.4 6.2 .379 2.7 3.6 .759 3.0 2.2 1.8 7.4
44 Red Kerr C 23 SYR 72 29.4 5.2 13.0 .403 2.9 4.4 .655 8.4 1.2 2.3 13.3
45 George King PG 27 SYR 72 32.5 3.9 10.6 .372 2.4 3.8 .640 3.5 5.7 2.1 10.3
46 Earl Lloyd SF 27 SYR 72 25.5 3.0 8.8 .335 2.6 3.3 .772 6.8 1.6 3.7 8.5
47 Jim Loscutoff SF 25 BOS 71 22.3 3.2 8.8 .360 2.0 2.9 .671 8.8 0.9 3.0 8.3
48 Clyde Lovellette* C 26 MNL 71 35.5 8.4 19.3 .434 4.8 6.6 .721 14.0 2.3 3.5 21.5
49 Ed Macauley* C 27 BOS 71 33.2 5.9 14.0 .422 5.6 7.1 .794 5.9 3.0 2.2 17.5
50 Slater Martin* PG 30 MNL 72 39.4 4.3 12.0 .358 4.6 5.5 .833 3.6 6.2 2.8 13.2
51 Dick McGuire* PG 30 NYK 62 27.2 2.5 7.1 .347 2.0 3.1 .627 3.5 5.8 2.4 6.9
52 Jack McMahon PG 27 TOT 70 24.5 2.9 8.8 .328 1.6 2.6 .595 2.6 3.2 2.4 7.3
52 Jack McMahon G 27 ROC 34 25.2 2.9 9.0 .326 1.6 2.6 .611 2.5 3.4 2.5 7.5
52 Jack McMahon PG 27 STL 36 23.8 2.8 8.6 .331 1.5 2.6 .579 2.6 3.0 2.4 7.2
53 Monk Meineke PF 25 ROC 69 18.1 2.2 6.0 .372 2.6 3.4 .780 4.6 1.5 2.8 7.1
54 Chuck Mencel PG 22 MNL 69 14.1 1.7 5.4 .320 1.1 1.4 .813 1.6 1.9 1.1 4.6
55 George Mikan* C 31 MNL 37 20.7 4.0 10.1 .395 2.5 3.3 .770 8.3 1.4 4.1 10.5
56 Vern Mikkelsen* PF 27 MNL 72 29.2 4.4 11.4 .386 4.6 5.7 .804 8.4 2.4 4.4 13.4
57 Jackie Moore SF 23 PHW 54 7.4 0.9 2.4 .388 0.6 1.0 .604 2.2 0.5 1.5 2.4
58 Red Morrison C 23 BOS 71 12.8 1.3 3.4 .371 0.6 1.3 .494 4.9 0.7 2.2 3.1
59 Jack Nichols PF 29 BOS 60 32.7 5.5 13.3 .413 3.3 4.2 .791 10.4 2.7 3.8 14.3
60 Chuck Noble SG 24 FTW 72 28.0 3.8 10.7 .352 2.0 2.7 .749 3.6 3.9 3.5 9.5
Rk Player Pos Age Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
61 Togo Palazzi SF 23 BOS 63 11.2 2.3 5.9 .389 1.3 2.0 .685 2.9 0.7 1.4 6.0
62 Med Park SF 22 STL 40 10.6 1.3 3.8 .349 1.1 1.8 .629 2.4 1.0 1.6 3.8
63 Bob Peterson SF 24 NYK 58 13.4 2.1 5.2 .399 1.2 1.8 .654 3.8 0.8 2.1 5.3
64 Bob Pettit* C 23 STL 72 38.8 9.0 20.9 .429 7.7 10.5 .736 16.2 2.6 2.8 25.7
65 Andy Phillip* PG 33 FTW 70 29.7 2.1 5.8 .365 1.6 2.8 .563 3.7 5.9 2.2 5.8
66 Richie Regan PG 25 ROC 72 24.3 3.3 9.5 .352 1.2 1.8 .639 2.4 3.1 2.5 7.8
67 Dick Ricketts PF 22 TOT 68 28.6 3.5 11.1 .313 2.0 2.9 .708 7.2 3.0 4.2 8.9
67 Dick Ricketts PF 22 STL 29 26.8 3.2 10.4 .312 1.9 2.7 .705 6.8 2.8 4.0 8.4
67 Dick Ricketts PF 22 ROC 39 29.9 3.6 11.6 .313 2.1 3.0 .709 7.5 3.2 4.4 9.4
68 Arnie Risen* C 31 BOS 68 23.5 2.8 7.3 .383 2.5 3.5 .708 8.1 1.3 4.4 8.1
69 Red Rocha C 32 SYR 72 26.2 3.5 9.6 .361 3.1 3.9 .783 5.8 1.8 3.4 10.0
70 Bob Santini F 20 NYK 4 5.8 1.3 2.5 .500 0.3 0.5 .500 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.8
71 Bob Schafer SG TOT 54 10.7 1.5 5.0 .300 1.1 1.5 .765 1.3 1.0 1.4 4.1
71 Bob Schafer SG PHW 12 6.8 1.0 2.9 .343 0.6 1.0 .583 1.1 0.8 1.2 2.6
71 Bob Schafer SG STL 42 11.8 1.6 5.6 .294 1.3 1.6 .797 1.4 1.0 1.5 4.6
72 Dolph Schayes* PF 27 SYR 72 35.0 6.5 16.7 .387 7.5 8.8 .858 12.4 2.8 3.5 20.4
73 Dick Schnittker SF 27 MNL 72 26.8 3.5 9.0 .393 4.2 4.9 .856 4.1 2.0 3.5 11.3
74 Kenny Sears PF 22 NYK 70 29.6 4.6 10.4 .438 3.7 4.6 .796 8.8 1.6 2.9 12.8
75 Frank Selvy SG 23 STL 17 26.1 3.9 10.8 .366 3.1 4.2 .746 3.2 2.1 2.2 11.0
76 Paul Seymour SG 28 SYR 57 32.0 4.0 11.8 .339 3.3 4.1 .807 2.7 4.8 2.3 11.3
77 Chuck Share C 28 STL 72 27.4 4.4 10.2 .430 4.8 6.9 .695 10.8 1.8 4.4 13.6
78 Bill Sharman* SG 29 BOS 72 37.5 7.5 17.1 .438 5.0 5.7 .867 3.6 4.7 2.7 19.9
79 Gene Shue PG 24 NYK 72 24.3 3.3 8.7 .384 2.5 3.3 .764 2.9 2.5 1.5 9.2
80 Connie Simmons PF 30 ROC 68 13.3 2.1 6.3 .336 1.1 1.9 .605 3.5 1.2 2.1 5.4
Rk Player Pos Age Tm G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
81 Whitey Skoog SG 29 MNL 72 32.1 4.7 11.9 .398 2.2 2.7 .803 4.0 3.5 3.2 11.6
82 Odie Spears SF 30 FTW 72 19.1 2.3 6.5 .355 2.2 2.8 .791 3.2 1.7 2.7 6.8
83 Art Spoelstra C 23 ROC 72 22.8 3.1 8.0 .392 2.3 3.3 .685 6.1 1.3 3.4 8.5
84 Jack Stephens SG 22 STL 72 30.8 3.4 8.9 .386 3.4 5.0 .692 5.2 2.9 2.0 10.3
85 Maurice Stokes* C 22 ROC 67 34.7 6.0 17.0 .354 4.8 6.7 .714 16.3 4.9 4.1 16.8
86 Jim Tucker PF 23 SYR 70 12.8 1.4 4.1 .348 0.9 1.2 .795 3.3 0.5 2.4 3.8
87 Jack Twyman* SF 21 ROC 72 30.4 5.8 13.7 .422 2.8 4.1 .685 6.5 2.4 3.3 14.4
88 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 27 NYK 5 15.4 2.0 6.2 .323 0.4 0.4 1.000 2.6 2.4 3.0 4.4
89 Bobby Wanzer* PG 34 ROC 72 27.5 3.4 9.0 .376 3.6 5.0 .719 3.8 3.1 2.1 10.4
90 Bob Williams F 24 MNL 20 8.7 1.1 2.3 .457 1.2 2.3 .533 2.7 0.4 1.8 3.3
91 George Yardley* SF 27 FTW 71 33.1 6.1 15.0 .407 5.1 6.9 .742 9.7 2.2 3.0 17.4
92 Max Zaslofsky SG 30 FTW 9 20.2 3.2 9.0 .358 3.3 3.9 .857 1.8 1.8 2.0 9.8