NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 53/29 40 13 .755 —   24 23 22 20 19 18 16 14 13 12 13 5 3 4
BOS 54/28 35 19 .648 5.5 [35]   28 27 25 24 23 21 19 18 17 18 10 8 9
NYK 55/27 35 20 .636 6 [35] [29]   27 25 24 23 21 19 18 17 18 10 8 9
CLE 55/27 34 21 .618 7 [36] [30] [29]   26 25 24 22 20 19 18 19 11 9 10
TOR 55/27 32 23 .582 9 [38] [32] [31] [30]   27 26 24 22 21 20 21 13 11 12
PHI 54/28 30 24 .556 10.5 [40] [34] [33] [32] [30]   28 26 24 23 22 23 15 13 14
ORL 53/29 28 25 .528 12 [42] [36] [35] [34] [32] [31]   28 26 25 24 25 17 15 16
MIA 56/26 29 27 .518 12.5 [41] [35] [34] [33] [31] [30] [29]   25 24 23 24 16 14 15
CHA 55/27 26 29 .473 15 [44] [38] [37] [36] [34] [33] [32] [30]   27 26 27 19 17 18
ATL 56/26 26 30 .464 15.5 [44] [38] [37] [36] [34] [33] [32] [30] [28]   26 27 19 17 18
CHI 55/27 24 31 .436 17 [46] [40] [39] [38] [36] [35] [34] [32] [30] [29]   [29] 21 19 20
MIL 53/29 23 30 .434 17 [47] [41] [40] [39] [37] [36] [35] [33] [31] 30 29   22 20 21
BKN 53/29 15 38 .283 25 [55] [49] [48] [47] [45] [44] [43] [41] [39] [38] [37] [38]   28 29
IND 55/27 15 40 .273 26 [55] [49] [48] [47] [45] [44] [43] [41] [39] [38] [37] [38] [30]   [29]
WAS 53/29 14 39 .264 26 [56] [50] [49] [48] [46] [45] [44] [42] [40] [39] [38] [39] [31] 29  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 56/26 42 14 .750 —   25 21 21 20 19 18 15 12 13 8 6 3 ← ←
SAS 54/28 38 16 .704 3 [31]   25 25 24 23 22 19 16 17 12 10 7 4 —
DEN 55/27 35 20 .636 6.5 [34] [32]   28 27 26 25 22 19 20 15 13 10 7 4
HOU 53/29 33 20 .623 7.5 [36] [34] 30   29 28 27 24 21 22 17 15 12 9 6
LAL 54/28 33 21 .611 8 [36] [34] [30] [30]   28 27 24 21 22 17 15 12 9 6
MIN 56/26 34 22 .607 8 [35] [33] [29] [29] [28]   26 23 20 21 16 14 11 8 5
PHX 55/27 32 23 .582 9.5 [37] [35] [31] [31] [30] [29]   25 22 23 18 16 13 10 7
GSW 55/27 29 26 .527 12.5 [40] [38] [34] [34] [33] [32] [31]   25 26 21 19 16 13 10
POR 56/26 27 29 .482 15 [42] [40] [36] [36] [35] [34] [33] [30]   [28] 23 21 18 15 12
LAC 54/28 26 28 .481 15 [43] [41] [37] [37] [36] [35] [34] [31] 28   24 22 19 16 13
MEM 53/29 20 33 .377 20.5 [49] [47] [43] [43] [42] [41] [40] [37] [34] [35]   28 25 22 19
DAL 54/28 19 35 .352 22 [50] [48] [44] [44] [43] [42] [41] [38] [35] [36] [31]   26 23 20
UTH 56/26 18 38 .321 24 [51] [49] [45] [45] [44] [43] [42] [39] [36] [37] [32] [30]   24 21
NWO 56/26 15 41 .268 27 • [52] [48] [48] [47] [46] [45] [42] [39] [40] [35] [33] [30]   24
SAC 56/26 12 44 .214 30 • [55] [51] [51] [50] [49] [48] [45] [42] [43] [38] [36] [33] [30]  

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 13, 2026 8:00am GMT