1951-52 NBA Season

Rookie of the Year

Scoring leader

Paul Arizin — 25.4 PPG

Statistical leaders

Points

#	Player	Tm	PPG
1	Paul Arizin	PHW	25.4
2	George Mikan	MNL	23.8
3	Bob Cousy	BOS	21.7
4	Ed Macauley	BOS	19.2
5	Bob Davies	ROC	16.2

Rebounds

#	Player	Tm	RPG
1	George Mikan	MNL	13.5
2	Mel Hutchins	MLH	13.3
3	Larry Foust	FTW	13.3
4	Arnie Risen	ROC	12.7
5	Dolph Schayes	SYR	12.3

Assists

#	Player	Tm	APG
1	Andy Phillip	PHW	8.2
2	Bob Cousy	BOS	6.7
3	Dick McGuire	NYK	6.1
4	Bob Davies	ROC	6.0
5	George Senesky	PHW	4.9

Best records

#	Team	W–L
1	ROC Rochester Royals	41–25
2	MNL Minneapolis Lakers	40–26
3	SYR Syracuse Nationals	40–26
4	BOS Boston Celtics	39–27
5	NYK New York Knicks	37–29

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