NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 63/19 45 18 .714 —   17 14 13 11 10 9 9 7 5 2 ← ← ← ←
BOS 64/18 43 21 .672 2.5 [22]   16 15 13 12 11 11 9 7 4 2 ← ← ←
NYK 65/17 41 24 .631 5 [24] [21]   17 15 14 13 13 11 9 6 4 ← ← ←
CLE 64/18 39 25 .609 6.5 [26] [23] [20]   17 16 15 15 13 11 8 6 ← ← ←
TOR 63/19 36 27 .571 9 [29] [26] [23] [22]   19 18 18 16 14 11 9 ← ← ←
ORL 63/19 35 28 .556 10 [30] [27] [24] [23] [21]   19 19 17 15 12 10 — — ←
MIA 65/17 36 29 .554 10 [29] [26] [23] [22] [20] [19]   18 16 14 11 9 ← ← ←
PHI 63/19 34 29 .540 11 [31] [28] [25] [24] [22] [21] 20   18 16 13 11 2 2 ←
ATL 64/18 33 31 .516 12.5 [32] [29] [26] [25] [23] [22] [21] [21]   17 14 12 3 3 —
CHA 65/17 32 33 .492 14 [33] [30] [27] [26] [24] [23] [22] [22] [20]   15 13 4 4 2
MIL 63/19 27 36 .429 18 [38] [35] [32] [31] [29] [28] [27] [27] [25] [23]   18 9 9 7
CHI 64/18 26 38 .406 19.5 • [36] [33] [32] [30] [29] [28] [28] [26] [24] [21]   10 10 8
BKN 63/19 16 47 .254 29 • • • • • [39] • [38] [36] [34] [31] [29]   20 18
WAS 63/19 16 47 .254 29 • • • • • [39] • [38] [36] [34] [31] [29] 20   18
IND 64/18 15 49 .234 30.5 • • • • • • • • [37] [35] [32] [30] [21] [21]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 65/17 50 15 .769 —   16 9 9 8 8 6 2 — ← ← ← ← ← ←
SAS 64/18 47 17 .734 2.5 [21]   12 12 11 11 9 5 4 2 ← ← ← ← ←
MIN 64/18 40 24 .625 9.5 [28] [26]   19 18 18 16 12 11 9 4 ← ← ← ←
HOU 63/19 39 24 .619 10 [29] [27] 20   19 19 17 13 12 10 5 — ← ← ←
LAL 64/18 39 25 .609 10.5 [29] [27] [20] [20]   19 17 13 12 10 5 — ← ← ←
DEN 64/18 39 25 .609 10.5 [29] [27] [20] [20] 19   17 13 12 10 5 — ← ← ←
PHX 64/18 37 27 .578 12.5 [31] [29] [22] [22] [21] [21]   15 14 12 7 3 — — ←
GSW 63/19 32 31 .508 17 [36] [34] [27] [27] [26] [26] [24]   19 17 12 8 6 6 —
LAC 63/19 31 32 .492 18 [37] [35] [28] [28] [27] [27] [25] [21]   18 13 9 7 7 2
POR 65/17 31 34 .477 19 • [35] [28] [28] [27] [27] [25] [21] [20]   13 9 7 7 2
MEM 62/20 23 39 .371 25.5 • • [36] [36] [35] [35] [33] [29] [28] [26]   17 15 15 10
DAL 64/18 21 43 .328 28.5 • • • [38] [37] [37] [35] [31] [30] [28] [23]   17 17 12
NWO 66/16 21 45 .318 29.5 • • • • • • [35] [31] [30] [28] [23] [19]   17 12
UTH 64/18 19 45 .297 30.5 • • • • • • [37] [33] [32] [30] [25] [21] 19   14
SAC 65/17 15 50 .231 35 • • • • • • • [37] [36] [34] [29] [25] [23] [23]  

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: March 9, 2026 9:00pm GMT