NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 28/54 22 6 .786 —   53 50 50 49 48 47 47 46 46 43 42 42 39 39
NYK 28/54 20 8 .714 2 [57]   52 52 51 50 49 49 48 48 45 44 44 41 41
BOS 28/54 17 11 .607 5 [60] [58]   55 54 53 52 52 51 51 48 47 47 44 44
PHI 27/55 16 11 .593 5.5 [61] [59] 56   55 54 53 53 52 52 49 48 48 45 45
ORL 28/54 16 12 .571 6 [61] [59] [56] [56]   54 53 53 52 52 49 48 48 45 45
TOR 30/52 17 13 .567 6 [60] [58] [55] [55] [54]   52 52 51 51 48 47 47 44 44
CLE 29/53 15 14 .517 7.5 [62] [60] [57] [57] [56] [55]   54 53 53 50 49 49 46 46
MIA 29/53 15 14 .517 7.5 [62] [60] [57] [57] [56] [55] 54   53 53 50 49 49 46 46
ATL 30/52 15 15 .500 8 [62] [60] [57] [57] [56] [55] [54] [54]   53 50 49 49 46 46
CHI 28/54 13 15 .464 9 [64] [62] [59] [59] [58] [57] [56] [56] 55   52 51 51 48 48
MIL 29/53 11 18 .379 11.5 [66] [64] [61] [61] [60] [59] [58] [58] [57] [57]   53 53 50 50
CHA 28/54 9 19 .321 13 [68] [66] [63] [63] [62] [61] [60] [60] [59] [59] [56]   55 52 52
BKN 27/55 8 19 .296 13.5 [69] [67] [64] [64] [63] [62] [61] [61] [60] [60] [57] 56   53 53
IND 28/54 6 22 .214 16 [71] [69] [66] [66] [65] [64] [63] [63] [62] [62] [59] [58] [58]   55
WAS 27/55 5 22 .185 16.5 [72] [70] [67] [67] [66] [65] [64] [64] [63] [63] [60] [59] [59] 56  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 28/54 25 3 .893 —   51 51 50 48 49 45 43 43 42 40 41 37 36 36
SAS 28/54 21 7 .750 4 [59]   55 54 52 53 49 47 47 46 44 45 41 40 40
DEN 27/55 20 7 .741 4.5 [60] 56   55 53 54 50 48 48 47 45 46 42 41 41
LAL 27/55 19 8 .704 5.5 [61] [57] [57]   54 55 51 49 49 48 46 47 43 42 42
MIN 29/53 19 10 .655 6.5 [61] [57] [57] [56]   [55] 51 49 49 48 46 47 43 42 42
HOU 26/56 17 9 .654 7 [63] [59] [59] [58] 56   53 51 51 50 48 49 45 44 44
PHX 28/54 15 13 .536 10 [65] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59]   53 53 52 50 51 47 46 46
GSW 29/53 14 15 .483 11.5 [66] [62] [62] [61] [59] [60] [56]   54 53 51 52 48 47 47
MEM 28/54 13 15 .464 12 [67] [63] [63] [62] [60] [61] [57] 55   54 52 53 49 48 48
POR 28/54 12 16 .429 13 [68] [64] [64] [63] [61] [62] [58] [56] [56]   53 54 50 49 49
DAL 29/53 11 18 .379 14.5 [69] [65] [65] [64] [62] [63] [59] [57] [57] [56]   [55] 51 50 50
UTH 27/55 10 17 .370 14.5 [70] [66] [66] [65] [63] [64] [60] [58] [58] [57] 55   52 51 51
LAC 28/54 7 21 .250 18 [73] [69] [69] [68] [66] [67] [63] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59]   54 54
SAC 29/53 7 22 .241 18.5 [73] [69] [69] [68] [66] [67] [63] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59] [55]   54
NWO 29/53 7 22 .241 18.5 [73] [69] [69] [68] [66] [67] [63] [61] [61] [60] [58] [59] [55] 54  

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 22, 2025 10:00pm GMT