League Champion: Boston Celtics
PTS Leader: John Havlicek (493)
TRB Leader: Bill Russell (434)
AST Leader: John Havlicek (142)
WS Leader: Jerry West (3.6)
| Place | Division | Margin | Month | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Overall | Home | Road | E | W | ≤3 | ≥10 | Mar | Apr | May |
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 12-7 | 5-4 | 7-3 | 8-5 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 8-5 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 10-5 | 6-2 | 4-3 | 2-4 | 8-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 6-3 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers | 7-6 | 4-3 | 3-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 4-4 | |||
| 4 | San Francisco Warriors | 4-6 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Detroit Pistons | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | |||
| 6 | New York Knicks | 2-4 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | |||
| 7 | St. Louis Hawks | 2-4 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | ||
| 8 | Chicago Bulls | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-4 | ||||
| Rk | Team | BOS | CHI | DET | LAL | NYK | PHI | SFW | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 | |||||
| 2 | Chicago Bulls | 1-4 | |||||||
| 3 | Detroit Pistons | 2-4 | |||||||
| 4 | Los Angeles Lakers | 2-4 | 4-1 | 4-0 | |||||
| 5 | New York Knicks | 2-4 | |||||||
| 6 | Philadelphia 76ers | 3-4 | 4-2 | ||||||
| 7 | San Francisco Warriors | 0-4 | 4-2 | ||||||
| 8 | St. Louis Hawks | 2-4 |