NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 33/49 25 8 .758 —   49 46 44 43 44 43 42 41 39 39 36 38 34 30
NYK 32/50 23 9 .719 1.5 [52]   48 46 45 46 45 44 43 41 41 38 40 36 32
BOS 32/50 20 12 .625 4.5 [55] [54]   49 48 49 48 47 46 44 44 41 43 39 35
TOR 34/48 20 14 .588 5.5 [55] [54] [51]   48 49 48 47 46 44 44 41 43 39 35
ORL 34/48 19 15 .559 6.5 [56] [55] [52] [50]   [50] 49 48 47 45 45 42 44 40 36
PHI 31/51 17 14 .548 7 [58] [57] [54] 52 51   51 50 49 47 47 44 46 42 38
MIA 33/49 18 15 .545 7 [57] [56] [53] [51] 50 [51]   49 48 46 46 43 45 41 37
CLE 35/47 19 16 .543 7 [56] [55] [52] [50] [49] [50] [49]   47 45 45 42 44 40 36
CHI 32/50 15 17 .469 9.5 [60] [59] [56] [54] [53] [54] [53] [52]   49 49 46 48 44 40
ATL 35/47 16 19 .457 10 [59] [58] [55] [53] [52] [53] [52] [51] [50]   48 45 47 43 39
MIL 33/49 14 19 .424 11 [61] [60] [57] [55] [54] [55] [54] [53] [52] 50   47 49 45 41
CHA 33/49 11 22 .333 14 [64] [63] [60] [58] [57] [58] [57] [56] [55] [53] [53]   [52] 48 44
BKN 30/52 10 20 .333 13.5 [65] [64] [61] [59] [58] [59] [58] [57] [56] [54] [54] 51   49 45
WAS 31/51 7 24 .226 17 [68] [67] [64] [62] [61] [62] [61] [60] [59] [57] [57] [54] [56]   48
IND 34/48 6 28 .176 19.5 [69] [68] [65] [63] [62] [63] [62] [61] [60] [58] [58] [55] [57] [53]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 33/49 28 5 .848 —   46 45 45 44 42 41 39 37 36 35 33 34 30 29
SAS 32/50 23 9 .719 4.5 [55]   50 50 49 47 46 44 42 41 40 38 39 35 34
DEN 32/50 22 10 .688 5.5 [56] [52]   51 50 48 47 45 43 42 41 39 40 36 35
HOU 30/52 20 10 .667 6.5 [58] [54] 53   52 50 49 47 45 44 43 41 42 38 37
LAL 31/51 20 11 .645 7 [58] [54] [53] [53]   50 49 47 45 44 43 41 42 38 37
MIN 34/48 21 13 .618 7.5 [57] [53] [52] [52] [51]   48 46 44 43 42 40 41 37 36
PHX 33/49 19 14 .576 9 [59] [55] [54] [54] [53] [51]   48 46 45 44 42 43 39 38
GSW 34/48 18 16 .529 10.5 [60] [56] [55] [55] [54] [52] [51]   47 46 45 43 44 40 39
MEM 33/49 15 18 .455 13 [63] [59] [58] [58] [57] [55] [54] [52]   49 48 46 47 43 42
POR 33/49 14 19 .424 14 [64] [60] [59] [59] [58] [56] [55] [53] [51]   49 47 48 44 43
UTH 32/50 12 20 .375 15.5 [66] [62] [61] [61] [60] [58] [57] [55] [53] [52]   49 50 46 45
DAL 34/48 12 22 .353 16.5 [66] [62] [61] [61] [60] [58] [57] [55] [53] [52] [51]   [50] 46 45
LAC 32/50 11 21 .344 16.5 [67] [63] [62] [62] [61] [59] [58] [56] [54] [53] [52] 50   47 46
SAC 33/49 8 25 .242 20 [70] [66] [65] [65] [64] [62] [61] [59] [57] [56] [55] [53] [54]   49
NWO 34/48 8 26 .235 20.5 [70] [66] [65] [65] [64] [62] [61] [59] [57] [56] [55] [53] [54] [50]  

Eight teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs:

  • The top six teams, who are ranked 1-6 based on their win/loss records
  • The winners of the 7/8 & 9/10 play-in games:
    • The 7th and 8th seeds will play a one-game playoff at seasons end. The winner will be the 7th seed, the loser will move on to the second round of the play-in.
    • The 9th and 10th seeds will play a one-game playoff at seasons end. The winner will move on to the second round of the play-in, the loser will be eliminated from the playoffs.
    • The 7/8 loser will play the 9/10 winner, with the winner of this game being the 8th seed for the playoffs, and the loser being eliminated from the playoffs.
Clinched top-6 playoff berth
Clinched play-in round berth
Eliminated from the playoffs

Two-Team Tiebreaker

  1. Better record in head-to-head games
  2. Division winner
  3. Higher winning percentage within division (if teams are in the same division)
  4. Higher winning percentage in conference games
  5. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
  6. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
  7. Higher point differential between points scored and points allowed

Three-Team Tiebreaker

  1. Division winner
  2. Best head-to-head winning percentage among all teams tied
  3. Highest winning percentage within division (if teams are in the same division)
  4. Highest winning percentage in conference games
  5. Highest winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
  6. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
  7. Highest point differential between points scored and points allowed

Tiebreaking procedures from nba.com

Updated: January 1, 2026 1:00am GMT