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1949 BAA Playoffs Leaders

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League Champion: Minneapolis Lakers

PTS Leader: George Mikan (303)
AST Leader: Jim Pollard (39)
WS Leader: George Mikan (4.2)

Playoff Leaders

Rate statistic requirements
Field Goals
1. George Mikan*-MNL 103
2. Jack Nichols-WSC 62
3. Herm Schaefer-MNL 48
4. Bones McKinney-WSC 45
5. Jim Pollard*-MNL 43
6. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 40
7. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 39
8. Carl Braun-NYK 33
9. Bud Palmer-NYK 27
  Fred Scolari-WSC 27
Field Goal Attempts
1. George Mikan*-MNL 227
2. Jack Nichols-WSC 152
3. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 149
4. Jim Pollard*-MNL 147
5. Bones McKinney-WSC 127
6. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 112
7. Herm Schaefer-MNL 104
8. Carl Braun-NYK 102
9. Fred Scolari-WSC 100
10. Don Carlson-MNL 95
Free Throws
1. George Mikan*-MNL 97
2. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 55
3. Carl Braun-NYK 50
4. Jim Pollard*-MNL 44
5. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 40
6. Bones McKinney-WSC 38
7. Jack Nichols-WSC 34
8. Harry Gallatin*-NYK 32
9. Arnie Ferrin-MNL 30
10. Fred Scolari-WSC 28
  Herm Schaefer-MNL 28
Free Throw Attempts
1. George Mikan*-MNL 121
2. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 83
3. Carl Braun-NYK 62
  Jim Pollard*-MNL 62
5. Bones McKinney-WSC 52
6. Jack Nichols-WSC 51
7. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 47
8. Arnie Ferrin-MNL 45
9. Fred Scolari-WSC 40
10. Harry Gallatin*-NYK 39
Assists
1. Jim Pollard*-MNL 39
2. Herm Schaefer-MNL 31
3. Don Carlson-MNL 28
4. Dick Schulz-WSC 27
  Jack Nichols-WSC 27
  Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 27
7. George Mikan*-MNL 21
  Arnie Ferrin-MNL 21
9. Carl Braun-NYK 19
10. Fred Scolari-WSC 16
Personal Fouls
1. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 53
2. Jack Nichols-WSC 44
  George Mikan*-MNL 44
4. Arnie Ferrin-MNL 41
5. Dick O'Keefe-WSC 37
6. Bones McKinney-WSC 36
  Dick Schulz-WSC 36
8. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 33
9. Jim Pollard*-MNL 31
  Bud Palmer-NYK 31
  Harry Gallatin*-NYK 31
Points
1. George Mikan*-MNL 303
2. Jack Nichols-WSC 158
3. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 135
4. Jim Pollard*-MNL 130
5. Bones McKinney-WSC 128
6. Herm Schaefer-MNL 124
7. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 118
8. Carl Braun-NYK 116
9. Fred Scolari-WSC 82
  Arnie Ferrin-MNL 82
Field Goal Pct
1. Herm Schaefer-MNL .462
2. George Mikan*-MNL .454
3. Bud Palmer-NYK .422
4. Arnie Risen*-ROC .415
5. Jack Nichols-WSC .408
6. Dick O'Keefe-WSC .367
7. Tony Jaros-MNL .357
  Harry Gallatin*-NYK .357
9. Bones McKinney-WSC .354
10. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC .348
Free Throw Pct
1. Andy Phillip*-CHS 1.000
2. Chick Reiser-BLB .900
3. Herm Schaefer-MNL .875
4. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC .851
5. Butch Van Breda Kolff-NYK .826
6. Harry Gallatin*-NYK .821
7. Carl Braun-NYK .806
8. George Mikan*-MNL .802
9. Walt Budko-BLB .789
10. Tony Jaros-MNL .783
Points Per Game
1. George Mikan*-MNL 30.3
2. Carl Braun-NYK 19.3
3. Jack Nichols-WSC 14.4
4. Jim Pollard*-MNL 13.0
5. Bones McKinney-WSC 12.8
6. Herm Schaefer-MNL 12.4
7. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 12.3
8. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 10.7
Assists Per Game
1. Jim Pollard*-MNL 3.9
2. Herm Schaefer-MNL 3.1
3. Don Carlson-MNL 2.8
4. Dick Schulz-WSC 2.5
  Jack Nichols-WSC 2.5
  Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 2.5
True Shooting Pct
1. George Mikan*-MNL .541
2. Herm Schaefer-MNL .525
3. Bud Palmer-NYK .510
4. Harry Gallatin*-NYK .492
5. Butch Van Breda Kolff-NYK .489
6. Arnie Risen*-ROC .489
7. Jack Nichols-WSC .453
8. Carl Braun-NYK .449
9. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC .445
10. Tony Jaros-MNL .439
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Herm Schaefer-MNL .462
2. George Mikan*-MNL .454
3. Bud Palmer-NYK .422
4. Arnie Risen*-ROC .415
5. Jack Nichols-WSC .408
6. Dick O'Keefe-WSC .367
7. Tony Jaros-MNL .357
  Harry Gallatin*-NYK .357
9. Bones McKinney-WSC .354
10. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC .348
Offensive Win Shares
1. George Mikan*-MNL 3.6
2. Herm Schaefer-MNL 1.5
3. Jack Nichols-WSC 1.1
4. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 0.8
5. Bud Palmer-NYK 0.8
6. Carl Braun-NYK 0.7
7. Harry Gallatin*-NYK 0.7
8. Arnie Risen*-ROC 0.6
9. Jake Pelkington-BLB 0.6
10. Bones McKinney-WSC 0.6
Defensive Win Shares
1. George Mikan*-MNL 0.6
2. Jack Nichols-WSC 0.6
3. Kleggie Hermsen-WSC 0.6
4. Jim Pollard*-MNL 0.5
5. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 0.5
6. Dick Schulz-WSC 0.5
7. Arnie Ferrin-MNL 0.5
8. Don Carlson-MNL 0.4
9. Bones McKinney-WSC 0.4
10. Herm Schaefer-MNL 0.4
Win Shares
1. George Mikan*-MNL 4.2
2. Herm Schaefer-MNL 1.9
3. Jack Nichols-WSC 1.7
4. Sonny Hertzberg-WSC 1.3
5. Bones McKinney-WSC 1.0
6. Bud Palmer-NYK 0.9
7. Arnie Ferrin-MNL 0.9
8. Arnie Risen*-ROC 0.9
9. Carl Braun-NYK 0.8
10. Harry Gallatin*-NYK 0.7