League Champion: Minneapolis Lakers
PTS Leader: George Mikan (307)
TRB Leader: George Mikan (207)
AST Leader: Dick McGuire (90)
WS Leader: George Mikan (2.4)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Mar | Apr |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers | 9-4 | 6-1 | 3-3 | 4-3 | 5-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 6-3 |
| 2 | New York Knicks | 8-6 | 5-1 | 3-5 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 2-1 | 6-5 |
| 3 | Rochester Royals | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | |
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals | 3-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | |
| 5 | Boston Celtics | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | ||
| 6 | Philadelphia Warriors | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | |||
| 7 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| 8 | Indianapolis Olympians | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||||
| Rk | Team | BOS | FTW | INO | MNL | NYK | PHW | ROC | SYR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 1-2 | |||||||
| 2 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 0-2 | |||||||
| 3 | Indianapolis Olympians | 0-2 | |||||||
| 4 | Minneapolis Lakers | 2-0 | 4-3 | 3-1 | |||||
| 5 | New York Knicks | 2-1 | 3-4 | 3-1 | |||||
| 6 | Philadelphia Warriors | 1-2 | |||||||
| 7 | Rochester Royals | 2-0 | 1-3 | ||||||
| 8 | Syracuse Nationals | 1-3 | 2-1 |