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1955 NBA Playoffs Leaders

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League Champion: Syracuse Nationals

PTS Leader: Dolph Schayes (209)
TRB Leader: Dolph Schayes (141)
AST Leader: Andy Phillip (78)
WS Leader: Dolph Schayes (1.8)

Playoff Leaders

Rate statistic requirements
Minutes Played
1. Andy Phillip*-FTW 445
2. George Yardley*-FTW 420
3. Mel Hutchins-FTW 417
4. Paul Seymour-SYR 410
5. George King-SYR 371
  Red Rocha-SYR 371
7. Red Kerr-SYR 363
  Dolph Schayes*-SYR 363
9. Earl Lloyd-SYR 355
10. Larry Foust-FTW 331
Field Goals
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 60
  Larry Foust-FTW 60
  Mel Hutchins-FTW 60
4. Red Kerr-SYR 59
5. George Yardley*-FTW 57
6. Bill Sharman*-BOS 55
7. Bob Cousy*-BOS 53
8. Frankie Brian-FTW 48
9. George King-SYR 46
  Red Rocha-SYR 46
  Paul Seymour-SYR 46
Field Goal Attempts
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 167
2. Larry Foust-FTW 152
3. Red Kerr-SYR 151
4. Paul Seymour-SYR 149
5. Mel Hutchins-FTW 144
6. George Yardley*-FTW 143
7. Bob Cousy*-BOS 139
8. Earl Lloyd-SYR 122
9. Frankie Brian-FTW 120
10. George King-SYR 117
Free Throws
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 89
2. George Yardley*-FTW 60
3. Larry Foust-FTW 52
4. Bob Cousy*-BOS 46
5. Paul Seymour-SYR 45
6. Red Rocha-SYR 44
7. Ed Macauley*-BOS 41
8. Slater Martin*-MNL 40
9. Earl Lloyd-SYR 39
10. Mel Hutchins-FTW 38
Free Throw Attempts
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 106
2. George Yardley*-FTW 79
3. Larry Foust-FTW 73
4. Red Kerr-SYR 61
5. Red Rocha-SYR 58
6. Mel Hutchins-FTW 56
7. George King-SYR 55
8. Ed Macauley*-BOS 54
9. Earl Lloyd-SYR 52
10. Paul Seymour-SYR 50
Total Rebounds
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 141
2. Red Kerr-SYR 118
3. Larry Foust-FTW 107
4. George Yardley*-FTW 99
5. Mel Hutchins-FTW 89
  Earl Lloyd-SYR 89
7. Bob Brannum-BOS 79
8. Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL 78
  Jim Pollard*-MNL 78
10. Red Rocha-SYR 74
Assists
1. Andy Phillip*-FTW 78
2. Paul Seymour-SYR 75
3. Bob Cousy*-BOS 65
4. George King-SYR 62
5. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 40
6. Bill Sharman*-BOS 38
7. George Yardley*-FTW 36
8. Earl Lloyd-SYR 35
9. Ed Macauley*-BOS 32
10. Slater Martin*-MNL 31
  Mel Hutchins-FTW 31
Personal Fouls
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 48
2. Mel Hutchins-FTW 47
3. Red Rocha-SYR 45
4. Larry Foust-FTW 43
5. Earl Lloyd-SYR 41
6. Dick Rosenthal-FTW 39
7. Andy Phillip*-FTW 37
  George Yardley*-FTW 37
9. Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL 36
10. George King-SYR 33
Points
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 209
2. George Yardley*-FTW 174
3. Larry Foust-FTW 172
4. Mel Hutchins-FTW 158
5. Bob Cousy*-BOS 152
  Red Kerr-SYR 152
7. Bill Sharman*-BOS 145
8. Paul Seymour-SYR 137
9. Red Rocha-SYR 136
10. Ed Macauley*-BOS 127
  George King-SYR 127
  Frankie Brian-FTW 127
  Earl Lloyd-SYR 127
Field Goal Pct
1. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .518
2. Bill Sharman*-BOS .500
3. Ed Macauley*-BOS .462
4. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL .449
5. Bob Brannum-BOS .426
6. Red Rocha-SYR .418
7. Mel Hutchins-FTW .417
8. Frankie Brian-FTW .400
9. George Yardley*-FTW .399
10. Larry Foust-FTW .395
Free Throw Pct
1. Bob Cousy*-BOS .958
2. Jim Baechtold-NYK .933
3. Bill Sharman*-BOS .921
4. Monk Meineke-FTW .920
5. Bobby Wanzer*-ROC .917
6. Bob Peterson-NYK .909
7. Whitey Skoog-MNL .905
8. Paul Seymour-SYR .900
  Carl Braun-NYK .900
10. Don Barksdale-BOS .857
Minutes Per Game
1. Slater Martin*-MNL 45.0
2. Bob Cousy*-BOS 42.7
3. Bill Sharman*-BOS 41.4
4. Andy Phillip*-FTW 40.5
5. Ed Macauley*-BOS 40.4
6. George Yardley*-FTW 38.2
7. Mel Hutchins-FTW 37.9
8. Paul Seymour-SYR 37.3
9. Jim Pollard*-MNL 36.7
10. Whitey Skoog-MNL 34.4
Points Per Game
1. Bob Cousy*-BOS 21.7
2. Bill Sharman*-BOS 20.7
3. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 19.0
4. Ed Macauley*-BOS 18.1
5. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL 16.7
6. George Yardley*-FTW 15.8
7. Larry Foust-FTW 15.6
8. Mel Hutchins-FTW 14.4
9. Red Kerr-SYR 13.8
10. Paul Seymour-SYR 12.5
Rebounds Per Game
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 12.8
2. Bob Brannum-BOS 11.3
3. Jim Pollard*-MNL 11.1
  Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL 11.1
5. Red Kerr-SYR 10.7
6. Larry Foust-FTW 9.7
7. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL 9.1
8. George Yardley*-FTW 9.0
9. Earl Lloyd-SYR 8.1
  Mel Hutchins-FTW 8.1
Assists Per Game
1. Bob Cousy*-BOS 9.3
2. Andy Phillip*-FTW 7.1
3. Paul Seymour-SYR 6.8
4. George King-SYR 5.6
5. Bill Sharman*-BOS 5.4
6. Ed Macauley*-BOS 4.6
7. Slater Martin*-MNL 4.4
8. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 3.6
9. George Yardley*-FTW 3.3
10. Earl Lloyd-SYR 3.2
Player Efficiency Rating
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 24.3
2. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL 22.2
3. Larry Foust-FTW 19.8
4. Bob Cousy*-BOS 19.7
5. Bill Sharman*-BOS 19.6
6. Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL 18.8
7. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 18.1
8. Ed Macauley*-BOS 18.1
9. Monk Meineke-FTW 17.7
10. George Yardley*-FTW 17.5
True Shooting Pct
1. Monk Meineke-FTW .578
2. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .573
3. Bill Sharman*-BOS .572
4. Ed Macauley*-BOS .544
5. Harry Gallatin*-NYK .532
6. Lew Hitch-MNL .521
7. Carl Braun-NYK .511
8. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL .506
9. Billy Kenville-SYR .503
10. Red Rocha-SYR .502
Effective Field Goal Pct
1. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .519
2. Bill Sharman*-BOS .500
3. Ed Macauley*-BOS .462
4. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL .449
5. Bob Brannum-BOS .426
6. Red Rocha-SYR .418
7. Mel Hutchins-FTW .417
8. Frankie Brian-FTW .400
9. George Yardley*-FTW .399
10. Larry Foust-FTW .395
Assist Pct
1. Bob Cousy*-BOS 35.0
2. Paul Seymour-SYR 32.9
3. George King-SYR 30.7
4. Andy Phillip*-FTW 29.7
5. Dick Rosenthal-FTW 23.5
6. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 21.9
7. Bill Sharman*-BOS 21.6
8. Dick Farley-SYR 21.5
9. Frankie Brian-FTW 20.9
10. Earl Lloyd-SYR 18.1
Offensive Win Shares
1. Bill Sharman*-BOS 1.1
2. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 0.9
3. Ed Macauley*-BOS 0.8
4. George Yardley*-FTW 0.8
5. Red Rocha-SYR 0.6
6. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL 0.6
7. Frank Ramsey*-BOS 0.6
8. Bob Cousy*-BOS 0.5
9. Monk Meineke-FTW 0.5
10. Bobby Wanzer*-ROC 0.5
Defensive Win Shares
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 1.0
2. Red Kerr-SYR 0.7
3. Earl Lloyd-SYR 0.7
4. Paul Seymour-SYR 0.7
5. George King-SYR 0.6
6. Red Rocha-SYR 0.5
7. Jim Pollard*-MNL 0.5
8. Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL 0.5
9. Andy Phillip*-FTW 0.5
10. George Yardley*-FTW 0.5
Win Shares
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR 1.8
2. George Yardley*-FTW 1.2
3. Red Rocha-SYR 1.2
4. Bill Sharman*-BOS 1.0
5. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL 0.9
6. Larry Foust-FTW 0.9
7. George King-SYR 0.9
8. Mel Hutchins-FTW 0.9
9. Earl Lloyd-SYR 0.8
10. Ed Macauley*-BOS 0.7
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1. Dolph Schayes*-SYR .242
2. Clyde Lovellette*-MNL .227
3. Monk Meineke-FTW .210
4. Bill Sharman*-BOS .170
5. Frank Ramsey*-BOS .161
6. Vern Mikkelsen*-MNL .161
7. Red Rocha-SYR .152
8. George Yardley*-FTW .139
9. Bob Houbregs*-FTW .134
10. Larry Foust-FTW .132