League Champion: Minneapolis Lakers
PTS Leader: George Mikan (238)
TRB Leader: George Mikan (185)
AST Leader: Dick McGuire (70)
WS Leader: George Mikan (2.0)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Mar | Apr |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers | 9-3 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 5-2 |
| 2 | New York Knicks | 6-5 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 1-1 | |
| 4 | Boston Celtics | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 | |||
| 5 | Rochester Royals | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | ||
| 6 | Baltimore Bullets | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | |||
| 7 | Indianapolis Olympians | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | ||
| 8 | Syracuse Nationals | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||||
| Rk | Team | BLB | BOS | FTW | INO | MNL | NYK | ROC | SYR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Bullets | 0-2 | |||||||
| 2 | Boston Celtics | 1-3 | 2-0 | ||||||
| 3 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 2-3 | 2-1 | ||||||
| 4 | Indianapolis Olympians | 0-2 | |||||||
| 5 | Minneapolis Lakers | 3-2 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |||||
| 6 | New York Knicks | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-4 | |||||
| 7 | Rochester Royals | 1-2 | |||||||
| 8 | Syracuse Nationals | 0-2 |