NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 45/37 34 11 .756 —   32 31 30 29 28 27 27 26 24 21 22 16 15 13
BOS 46/36 29 17 .630 5.5 [43]   36 35 34 33 32 32 31 29 26 27 21 20 18
NYK 46/36 28 18 .609 6.5 [44] [38]   36 35 34 33 33 32 30 27 28 22 21 19
TOR 48/34 29 19 .604 6.5 [43] [37] [36]   34 33 32 32 31 29 26 27 21 20 18
CLE 48/34 28 20 .583 7.5 [44] [38] [37] [36]   34 33 33 32 30 27 28 22 21 19
PHI 46/36 25 21 .543 9.5 [47] [41] [40] [39] [38]   36 36 35 33 30 31 25 24 22
MIA 47/35 25 22 .532 10 [47] [41] [40] [39] [38] [37]   36 35 33 30 31 25 24 22
ORL 45/37 23 22 .511 11 [49] [43] [42] [41] [40] [39] 38   37 35 32 33 27 26 24
CHI 46/36 23 23 .500 11.5 [49] [43] [42] [41] [40] [39] [38] [38]   35 32 33 27 26 24
ATL 48/34 23 25 .479 12.5 [49] [43] [42] [41] [40] [39] [38] [38] [37]   32 33 27 26 24
CHA 47/35 19 28 .404 16 [53] [47] [46] [45] [44] [43] [42] [42] [41] [39]   [37] 31 30 28
MIL 45/37 18 27 .400 16 [54] [48] [47] [46] [45] [44] [43] [43] [42] [40] 37   32 31 29
BKN 45/37 12 33 .267 22 [60] [54] [53] [52] [51] [50] [49] [49] [48] [46] [43] [44]   37 35
WAS 45/37 11 34 .244 23 [61] [55] [54] [53] [52] [51] [50] [50] [49] [47] [44] [45] [39]   36
IND 47/35 11 36 .234 24 [61] [55] [54] [53] [52] [51] [50] [50] [49] [47] [44] [45] [39] [38]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 48/34 38 10 .792 —   30 29 29 28 26 26 23 20 21 18 19 13 9 8
SAS 46/36 31 15 .674 6 [42]   36 36 35 33 33 30 27 28 25 26 20 16 15
DEN 47/35 31 16 .660 6.5 [42] [37]   36 35 33 33 30 27 28 25 26 20 16 15
HOU 44/38 28 16 .636 8 [45] [40] 39   38 36 36 33 30 31 28 29 23 19 18
LAL 45/37 28 17 .622 8.5 [45] [40] [39] [39]   36 36 33 30 31 28 29 23 19 18
PHX 47/35 28 19 .596 9.5 [45] [40] [39] [39] [38]   36 33 30 31 28 29 23 19 18
MIN 47/35 28 19 .596 9.5 [45] [40] [39] [39] [38] 36   33 30 31 28 29 23 19 18
GSW 48/34 26 22 .542 12 [47] [42] [41] [41] [40] [38] [38]   32 33 30 31 25 21 20
POR 48/34 23 25 .479 15 [50] [45] [44] [44] [43] [41] [41] [38]   [36] 33 34 28 24 23
LAC 46/36 22 24 .478 15 [51] [46] [45] [45] [44] [42] [42] [39] 36   34 35 29 25 24
DAL 46/36 19 27 .413 18 [54] [49] [48] [48] [47] [45] [45] [42] [39] [40]   [38] 32 28 27
MEM 44/38 18 26 .409 18 [55] [50] [49] [49] [48] [46] [46] [43] [40] [41] 38   33 29 28
UTH 47/35 15 32 .319 22.5 [58] [53] [52] [52] [51] [49] [49] [46] [43] [44] [41] [42]   32 31
SAC 48/34 12 36 .250 26 [61] [56] [55] [55] [54] [52] [52] [49] [46] [47] [44] [45] [39]   34
NWO 49/33 12 37 .245 26.5 [61] [56] [55] [55] [54] [52] [52] [49] [46] [47] [44] [45] [39] [35]  

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 29, 2026 1:00am GMT