NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 51/31 38 13 .745 —   27 26 24 23 23 21 19 18 17 17 16 9 8 6
BOS 52/30 34 18 .654 4.5 [36]   30 28 27 27 25 23 22 21 21 20 13 12 10
NYK 52/30 33 19 .635 5.5 [37] [32]   29 28 28 26 24 23 22 22 21 14 13 11
CLE 52/30 31 21 .596 7.5 [39] [34] [33]   30 30 28 26 25 24 24 23 16 15 13
TOR 53/29 31 22 .585 8 [39] [34] [33] [31]   30 28 26 25 24 24 23 16 15 13
PHI 51/31 29 22 .569 9 [41] [36] [35] [33] 32   30 28 27 26 26 25 18 17 15
ORL 50/32 26 24 .520 11.5 [44] [39] [38] [36] [35] [35]   31 30 29 29 28 21 20 18
MIA 53/29 27 26 .509 12 [43] [38] [37] [35] [34] [34] [32]   29 28 28 27 20 19 17
ATL 53/29 26 27 .491 13 [44] [39] [38] [36] [35] [35] [33] [31]   29 29 28 21 20 18
CHA 52/30 24 28 .462 14.5 [46] [41] [40] [38] [37] [37] [35] [33] [32]   31 30 23 22 20
CHI 52/30 24 28 .462 14.5 [46] [41] [40] [38] [37] [37] [35] [33] [32] 31   30 23 22 20
MIL 50/32 21 29 .420 16.5 [49] [44] [43] [41] [40] [40] [38] [36] [35] [34] [34]   26 25 23
WAS 50/32 14 36 .280 23.5 [56] [51] [50] [48] [47] [47] [45] [43] [42] [41] [41] [40]   32 30
BKN 50/32 13 37 .260 24.5 [57] [52] [51] [49] [48] [48] [46] [44] [43] [42] [42] [41] [34]   31
IND 52/30 13 39 .250 25.5 [57] [52] [51] [49] [48] [48] [46] [44] [43] [42] [42] [41] [34] [33]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 52/30 40 12 .769 —   27 24 24 24 22 22 19 16 15 13 11 7 3 2
SAS 51/31 35 16 .686 4.5 [36]   29 29 29 27 27 24 21 20 18 16 12 8 7
DEN 52/30 33 19 .635 7 [38] [34]   31 31 29 29 26 23 22 20 18 14 10 9
HOU 50/32 31 19 .620 8 [40] [36] 33   33 31 31 28 25 24 22 20 16 12 11
LAL 50/32 31 19 .620 8 [40] [36] 33 33   31 31 28 25 24 22 20 16 12 11
MIN 53/29 32 21 .604 8.5 [39] [35] [32] [32] [32]   30 27 24 23 21 19 15 11 10
PHX 52/30 31 21 .596 9 [40] [36] [33] [33] [33] 31   28 25 24 22 20 16 12 11
GSW 52/30 28 24 .538 12 [43] [39] [36] [36] [36] [34] [34]   28 27 25 23 19 15 14
LAC 51/31 24 27 .471 15.5 [47] [43] [40] [40] [40] [38] [38] [35]   31 29 27 23 19 18
POR 52/30 24 28 .462 16 [47] [43] [40] [40] [40] [38] [38] [35] [32]   29 27 23 19 18
MEM 50/32 20 30 .400 19 [51] [47] [44] [44] [44] [42] [42] [39] [36] [35]   31 27 23 22
DAL 51/31 19 32 .373 20.5 [52] [48] [45] [45] [45] [43] [43] [40] [37] [36] [34]   28 24 23
UTH 52/30 16 36 .308 24 [55] [51] [48] [48] [48] [46] [46] [43] [40] [39] [37] [35]   27 26
NWO 54/28 14 40 .259 27 [57] [53] [50] [50] [50] [48] [48] [45] [42] [41] [39] [37] [33]   28
SAC 53/29 12 41 .226 28.5 [59] [55] [52] [52] [52] [50] [50] [47] [44] [43] [41] [39] [35] [31]  

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: February 7, 2026 4:00pm GMT