NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 30/52 24 6 .800 —   50 48 46 47 46 45 44 43 44 41 39 40 35 36
NYK 29/53 20 9 .690 3.5 [57]   52 50 51 50 49 48 47 48 45 43 44 39 40
BOS 29/53 18 11 .621 5.5 [59] [56]   52 53 52 51 50 49 50 47 45 46 41 42
TOR 31/51 18 13 .581 6.5 [59] [56] [54]   [53] 52 51 50 49 50 47 45 46 41 42
PHI 28/54 16 12 .571 7 [61] [58] [56] 54   54 53 52 51 52 49 47 48 43 44
ORL 30/52 17 13 .567 7 [60] [57] [55] 53 [54]   52 51 50 51 48 46 47 42 43
CLE 31/51 17 14 .548 7.5 [60] [57] [55] [53] [54] [53]   51 50 51 48 46 47 42 43
MIA 30/52 15 15 .500 9 [62] [59] [57] [55] [56] [55] [54]   52 53 50 48 49 44 45
ATL 31/51 15 16 .484 9.5 [62] [59] [57] [55] [56] [55] [54] [53]   [53] 50 48 49 44 45
CHI 29/53 14 15 .483 9.5 [63] [60] [58] [56] [57] [56] [55] 54 53   51 49 50 45 46
MIL 30/52 12 18 .400 12 [65] [62] [60] [58] [59] [58] [57] [56] [55] [56]   51 52 47 48
CHA 30/52 10 20 .333 14 [67] [64] [62] [60] [61] [60] [59] [58] [57] [58] [55]   [54] 49 50
BKN 28/54 9 19 .321 14 [68] [65] [63] [61] [62] [61] [60] [59] [58] [59] [56] 54   50 51
IND 30/52 6 24 .200 18 [71] [68] [66] [64] [65] [64] [63] [62] [61] [62] [59] [57] [58]   [54]
WAS 28/54 5 23 .179 18 [72] [69] [67] [65] [66] [65] [64] [63] [62] [63] [60] [58] [59] 54  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 30/52 26 4 .867 —   50 49 48 47 47 44 42 41 39 38 38 36 34 34
SAS 29/53 22 7 .759 3.5 [57]   53 52 51 51 48 46 45 43 42 42 40 38 38
DEN 29/53 21 8 .724 4.5 [58] [55]   53 52 52 49 47 46 44 43 43 41 39 39
LAL 28/54 19 9 .679 6 [60] [57] [56]   54 54 51 49 48 46 45 45 43 41 41
MIN 30/52 20 10 .667 6 [59] [56] [55] [54]   53 50 48 47 45 44 44 42 40 40
HOU 27/55 17 10 .630 7.5 [62] [59] [58] [57] 56   53 51 50 48 47 47 45 43 43
PHX 29/53 16 13 .552 9.5 [63] [60] [59] [58] [57] [57]   52 51 49 48 48 46 44 44
GSW 30/52 15 15 .500 11 [64] [61] [60] [59] [58] [58] [55]   52 50 49 49 47 45 45
MEM 30/52 14 16 .467 12 [65] [62] [61] [60] [59] [59] [56] [54]   51 50 50 48 46 46
POR 30/52 12 18 .400 14 [67] [64] [63] [62] [61] [61] [58] [56] [55]   52 52 50 48 48
DAL 31/51 12 19 .387 14.5 [67] [64] [63] [62] [61] [61] [58] [56] [55] [53]   52 50 48 48
UTH 29/53 10 19 .345 15.5 [69] [66] [65] [64] [63] [63] [60] [58] [57] [55] 54   52 50 50
LAC 29/53 8 21 .276 17.5 [71] [68] [67] [66] [65] [65] [62] [60] [59] [57] [56] [56]   52 52
NWO 31/51 8 23 .258 18.5 [71] [68] [67] [66] [65] [65] [62] [60] [59] [57] [56] [56] [54]   52
SAC 30/52 7 23 .233 19 [72] [69] [68] [67] [66] [66] [63] [61] [60] [58] [57] [57] [55] 53  

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: December 25, 2025 2:00pm GMT