NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 36/46 27 9 .750 —   44 43 41 41 39 39 39 37 35 36 33 34 31 25
BOS 35/47 23 12 .657 3.5 [51]   47 45 45 43 43 43 41 39 40 37 38 35 29
NYK 36/46 23 13 .639 4 [51] [48]   45 45 43 43 43 41 39 40 37 38 35 29
TOR 37/45 22 15 .595 5.5 [52] [49] [48]   46 44 44 44 42 40 41 38 39 36 30
PHI 34/48 19 15 .559 7 [55] [52] [51] 49   47 47 47 45 43 44 41 42 39 33
CLE 38/44 21 17 .553 7 [53] [50] [49] [47] [47]   45 45 43 41 42 39 40 37 31
ORL 37/45 20 17 .541 7.5 [54] [51] [50] [48] [48] 46   46 44 42 43 40 41 38 32
MIA 37/45 20 17 .541 7.5 [54] [51] [50] [48] [48] 46 46   44 42 43 40 41 38 32
CHI 36/46 17 19 .472 10 [57] [54] [53] [51] [51] [49] [49] [49]   45 46 43 44 41 35
ATL 38/44 17 21 .447 11 [57] [54] [53] [51] [51] [49] [49] [49] [47]   [46] 43 44 41 35
MIL 36/46 16 20 .444 11 [58] [55] [54] [52] [52] [50] [50] [50] [48] 46   44 45 42 36
CHA 36/46 13 23 .361 14 [61] [58] [57] [55] [55] [53] [53] [53] [51] [49] [50]   [48] 45 39
BKN 33/49 11 22 .333 14.5 [63] [60] [59] [57] [57] [55] [55] [55] [53] [51] [52] 49   47 41
WAS 35/47 10 25 .286 16.5 [64] [61] [60] [58] [58] [56] [56] [56] [54] [52] [53] [50] [51]   42
IND 37/45 6 31 .162 21.5 [68] [65] [64] [62] [62] [60] [60] [60] [58] [56] [57] [54] [55] [52]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 37/45 30 7 .811 —   42 42 41 42 40 38 35 33 33 30 31 30 24 23
SAS 36/46 25 11 .694 4.5 [51]   47 46 47 45 43 40 38 38 35 36 35 29 28
LAL 34/48 23 11 .676 5.5 [53] 49   48 49 47 45 42 40 40 37 38 37 31 30
DEN 36/46 24 12 .667 5.5 [52] [48] [48]   [48] 46 44 41 39 39 36 37 36 30 29
HOU 33/49 22 11 .667 6 [54] 50 50 49   48 46 43 41 41 38 39 38 32 31
MIN 37/45 24 13 .649 6 [52] [48] [48] [47] [48]   44 41 39 39 36 37 36 30 29
PHX 36/46 21 15 .583 8.5 [55] [51] [51] [50] [51] [49]   44 42 42 39 40 39 33 32
GSW 37/45 19 18 .514 11 [57] [53] [53] [52] [53] [51] [49]   44 44 41 42 41 35 34
POR 37/45 17 20 .459 13 [59] [55] [55] [54] [55] [53] [51] [48]   46 43 44 43 37 36
MEM 36/46 16 20 .444 13.5 [60] [56] [56] [55] [56] [54] [52] [49] 47   44 45 44 38 37
DAL 37/45 14 23 .378 16 [62] [58] [58] [57] [58] [56] [54] [51] [49] [49]   [47] 46 40 39
LAC 35/47 13 22 .371 16 [63] [59] [59] [58] [59] [57] [55] [52] [50] [50] 47   47 41 40
UTH 35/47 12 23 .343 17 [64] [60] [60] [59] [60] [58] [56] [53] [51] [51] 48 [49]   42 41
SAC 37/45 8 29 .216 22 [68] [64] [64] [63] [64] [62] [60] [57] [55] [55] [52] [53] [52]   45
NWO 38/44 8 30 .211 22.5 [68] [64] [64] [63] [64] [62] [60] [57] [55] [55] [52] [53] [52] [46]  

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 8, 2026 1:00am GMT