NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 29/53 23 6 .793 —   52 49 49 47 47 46 46 45 45 42 40 41 37 38
NYK 28/54 20 8 .714 2.5 [57]   52 52 50 50 49 49 48 48 45 43 44 40 41
BOS 29/53 18 11 .621 5 [59] [57]   54 52 52 51 51 50 50 47 45 46 42 43
PHI 27/55 16 11 .593 6 [61] [59] 56   54 54 53 53 52 52 49 47 48 44 45
TOR 30/52 17 13 .567 6.5 [60] [58] [55] [55]   53 52 52 51 51 48 46 47 43 44
ORL 29/53 16 13 .552 7 [61] [59] [56] [56] 54   53 53 52 52 49 47 48 44 45
CLE 30/52 16 14 .533 7.5 [61] [59] [56] [56] [54] [54]   53 52 52 49 47 48 44 45
MIA 29/53 15 14 .517 8 [62] [60] [57] [57] [55] [55] 54   53 53 50 48 49 45 46
ATL 30/52 15 15 .500 8.5 [62] [60] [57] [57] [55] [55] [54] [54]   53 50 48 49 45 46
CHI 28/54 13 15 .464 9.5 [64] [62] [59] [59] [57] [57] [56] [56] 55   52 50 51 47 48
MIL 29/53 11 18 .379 12 [66] [64] [61] [61] [59] [59] [58] [58] [57] [57]   52 53 49 50
CHA 29/53 9 20 .310 14 [68] [66] [63] [63] [61] [61] [60] [60] [59] [59] [56]   [55] 51 52
BKN 27/55 8 19 .296 14 [69] [67] [64] [64] [62] [62] [61] [61] [60] [60] [57] 55   52 53
IND 29/53 6 23 .207 17 [71] [69] [66] [66] [64] [64] [63] [63] [62] [62] [59] [57] [58]   [55]
WAS 27/55 5 22 .185 17 [72] [70] [67] [67] [65] [65] [64] [64] [63] [63] [60] [58] [59] 55  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 29/53 26 3 .897 —   50 50 49 47 48 44 42 41 40 38 39 35 36 35
SAS 28/54 21 7 .750 4.5 [59]   55 54 52 53 49 47 46 45 43 44 40 41 40
DEN 28/54 21 7 .750 4.5 [59] 55   54 52 53 49 47 46 45 43 44 40 41 40
LAL 27/55 19 8 .704 6 [61] [57] [57]   54 55 51 49 48 47 45 46 42 43 42
MIN 29/53 19 10 .655 7 [61] [57] [57] [56]   [55] 51 49 48 47 45 46 42 43 42
HOU 26/56 17 9 .654 7.5 [63] [59] [59] [58] 56   53 51 50 49 47 48 44 45 44
PHX 28/54 15 13 .536 10.5 [65] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59]   53 52 51 49 50 46 47 46
GSW 30/52 15 15 .500 11.5 [65] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59] [55]   52 51 49 50 46 47 46
MEM 29/53 13 16 .448 13 [67] [63] [63] [62] [60] [61] [57] [55]   53 51 52 48 49 48
POR 29/53 12 17 .414 14 [68] [64] [64] [63] [61] [62] [58] [56] [55]   52 53 49 50 49
DAL 30/52 11 19 .367 15.5 [69] [65] [65] [64] [62] [63] [59] [57] [56] [55]   [54] 50 51 50
UTH 28/54 10 18 .357 15.5 [70] [66] [66] [65] [63] [64] [60] [58] [57] [56] 54   51 52 51
NWO 30/52 8 22 .267 18.5 [72] [68] [68] [67] [65] [66] [62] [60] [59] [58] [56] [57]   [54] 53
LAC 28/54 7 21 .250 18.5 [73] [69] [69] [68] [66] [67] [63] [61] [60] [59] [57] [58] 54   54
SAC 29/53 7 22 .241 19 [73] [69] [69] [68] [66] [67] [63] [61] [60] [59] [57] [58] 54 [55]  

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 23, 2025 10:00am GMT