NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 51/31 38 13 .745 —   27 26 24 23 23 21 19 17 17 16 16 8 8 6
BOS 52/30 34 18 .654 4.5 [36]   30 28 27 27 25 23 21 21 20 20 12 12 10
NYK 52/30 33 19 .635 5.5 [37] [32]   29 28 28 26 24 22 22 21 21 13 13 11
CLE 53/29 32 21 .604 7 [38] [33] [32]   29 29 27 25 23 23 22 22 14 14 12
TOR 53/29 31 22 .585 8 [39] [34] [33] [31]   30 28 26 24 24 23 23 15 15 13
PHI 52/30 30 22 .577 8.5 [40] [35] [34] [32] 31   29 27 25 25 24 24 16 16 14
ORL 51/31 27 24 .529 11 [43] [38] [37] [35] [34] [34]   30 28 28 27 27 19 19 17
MIA 53/29 27 26 .509 12 [43] [38] [37] [35] [34] [34] [32]   28 28 27 27 19 19 17
ATL 54/28 26 28 .481 13.5 [44] [39] [38] [36] [35] [35] [33] [31]   29 28 28 20 20 18
CHA 53/29 25 28 .472 14 [45] [40] [39] [37] [36] [36] [34] [32] 30   29 29 21 21 19
CHI 53/29 24 29 .453 15 [46] [41] [40] [38] [37] [37] [35] [33] [31] [31]   30 22 22 20
MIL 50/32 21 29 .420 16.5 [49] [44] [43] [41] [40] [40] [38] [36] [34] [34] 33   25 25 23
BKN 51/31 14 37 .275 24 [56] [51] [50] [48] [47] [47] [45] [43] [41] [41] [40] [40]   32 30
WAS 51/31 14 37 .275 24 [56] [51] [50] [48] [47] [47] [45] [43] [41] [41] [40] [40] 32   30
IND 52/30 13 39 .250 25.5 [57] [52] [51] [49] [48] [48] [46] [44] [42] [42] [41] [41] [33] [33]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 53/29 40 13 .755 —   27 24 24 24 22 21 18 15 16 12 10 6 3 —
SAS 52/30 36 16 .692 3.5 [34]   28 28 28 26 25 22 19 20 16 14 10 7 5
DEN 53/29 34 19 .642 6 [36] [33]   30 30 28 27 24 21 22 18 16 12 9 7
HOU 51/31 32 19 .627 7 [38] [35] 32   32 30 29 26 23 24 20 18 14 11 9
LAL 51/31 32 19 .627 7 [38] [35] 32 32   30 29 26 23 24 20 18 14 11 9
MIN 53/29 32 21 .604 8 [38] [35] [32] [32] [32]   29 26 23 24 20 18 14 11 9
PHX 53/29 31 22 .585 9 [39] [36] [33] [33] [33] [31]   27 24 25 21 19 15 12 10
GSW 53/29 28 25 .528 12 [42] [39] [36] [36] [36] [34] [33]   27 28 24 22 18 15 13
POR 53/29 25 28 .472 15 [45] [42] [39] [39] [39] [37] [36] [33]   [31] 27 25 21 18 16
LAC 51/31 24 27 .471 15 [46] [43] [40] [40] [40] [38] [37] [34] 31   28 26 22 19 17
MEM 51/31 20 31 .392 19 [50] [47] [44] [44] [44] [42] [41] [38] [35] [36]   30 26 23 21
DAL 52/30 19 33 .365 20.5 [51] [48] [45] [45] [45] [43] [42] [39] [36] [37] [33]   27 24 22
UTH 53/29 16 37 .302 24 [54] [51] [48] [48] [48] [46] [45] [42] [39] [40] [36] [34]   27 25
NWO 54/28 14 40 .259 26.5 [56] [53] [50] [50] [50] [48] [47] [44] [41] [42] [38] [36] [32]   27
SAC 54/28 12 42 .222 28.5 [58] [55] [52] [52] [52] [50] [49] [46] [43] [44] [40] [38] [34] [31]  

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 8, 2026 6:00pm GMT