NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 31/51 24 7 .774 —   50 48 45 46 45 44 44 44 42 40 39 40 36 34
NYK 30/52 21 9 .700 2.5 [55]   51 48 49 48 47 47 47 45 43 42 43 39 37
BOS 30/52 19 11 .633 4.5 [57] [55]   50 51 50 49 49 49 47 45 44 45 41 39
TOR 32/50 18 14 .563 6.5 [58] [56] [54]   [52] 51 50 50 50 48 46 45 46 42 40
PHI 29/53 16 13 .552 7 [60] [58] [56] 53   53 52 52 52 50 48 47 48 44 42
ORL 31/51 17 14 .548 7 [59] [57] [55] 52 [53]   51 51 51 49 47 46 47 43 41
CLE 32/50 17 15 .531 7.5 [59] [57] [55] [52] [53] [52]   51 51 49 47 46 47 43 41
MIA 31/51 16 15 .516 8 [60] [58] [56] [53] [54] [53] 52   52 50 48 47 48 44 42
CHI 30/52 15 15 .500 8.5 [61] [59] [57] [54] [55] [54] 53 53   51 49 48 49 45 43
ATL 32/50 15 17 .469 9.5 [61] [59] [57] [54] [55] [54] [53] [53] [53]   49 48 49 45 43
MIL 31/51 12 19 .387 12 [64] [62] [60] [57] [58] [57] [56] [56] [56] [54]   51 52 48 46
CHA 31/51 11 20 .355 13 [65] [63] [61] [58] [59] [58] [57] [57] [57] [55] [53]   [53] 49 47
BKN 28/54 9 19 .321 13.5 [67] [65] [63] [60] [61] [60] [59] [59] [59] [57] 55 54   51 49
WAS 29/53 6 23 .207 17 [70] [68] [66] [63] [64] [63] [62] [62] [62] [60] [58] [57] [58]   52
IND 31/51 6 25 .194 18 [70] [68] [66] [63] [64] [63] [62] [62] [62] [60] [58] [57] [58] [54]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 31/51 26 5 .839 —   50 49 47 46 47 44 42 41 38 37 38 36 33 34
SAS 30/52 23 7 .767 2.5 [55]   52 50 49 50 47 45 44 41 40 41 39 36 37
DEN 30/52 22 8 .733 3.5 [56] [54]   51 50 51 48 46 45 42 41 42 40 37 38
LAL 29/53 19 10 .655 6 [59] [57] [56]   53 54 51 49 48 45 44 45 43 40 41
MIN 31/51 20 11 .645 6 [58] [56] [55] [53]   [53] 50 48 47 44 43 44 42 39 40
HOU 28/54 18 10 .643 6.5 [60] [58] [57] 55 54   52 50 49 46 45 46 44 41 42
PHX 30/52 17 13 .567 8.5 [61] [59] [58] [56] [55] [56]   51 50 47 46 47 45 42 43
GSW 31/51 16 15 .516 10 [62] [60] [59] [57] [56] [57] [54]   51 48 47 48 46 43 44
MEM 31/51 15 16 .484 11 [63] [61] [60] [58] [57] [58] [55] [53]   49 48 49 47 44 45
POR 31/51 12 19 .387 14 [66] [64] [63] [61] [60] [61] [58] [56] [55]   51 52 50 47 48
DAL 32/50 12 20 .375 14.5 [66] [64] [63] [61] [60] [61] [58] [56] [55] [52]   [52] 50 47 48
UTH 30/52 11 19 .367 14.5 [67] [65] [64] [62] [61] [62] [59] [57] [56] 53 52   51 48 49
LAC 30/52 9 21 .300 16.5 [69] [67] [66] [64] [63] [64] [61] [59] [58] [55] [54] [55]   50 51
NWO 32/50 8 24 .250 18.5 [70] [68] [67] [65] [64] [65] [62] [60] [59] [56] [55] [56] [54]   [52]
SAC 30/52 7 23 .233 18.5 [71] [69] [68] [66] [65] [66] [63] [61] [60] [57] [56] [57] [55] 52  

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 27, 2025 1:00pm GMT