1955-56 NBA Season

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Scoring leader

Bob Pettit — 25.7 PPG

Statistical leaders

Points

#	Player	Tm	PPG
1	Bob Pettit	STL	25.7
2	Paul Arizin	PHW	24.2
3	Neil Johnston	PHW	22.1
4	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	21.5
5	Dolph Schayes	SYR	20.4

Rebounds

#	Player	Tm	RPG
1	Maurice Stokes	ROC	16.3
2	Bob Pettit	STL	16.2
3	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	14.0
4	Neil Johnston	PHW	12.5
5	Dolph Schayes	SYR	12.4

Assists

#	Player	Tm	APG
1	Bob Cousy	BOS	8.9
2	Jack George	PHW	6.3
3	Slater Martin	MNL	6.2
4	Andy Phillip	FTW	5.9
5	Tom Gola	PHW	5.9

Best records

#	Team	W–L
1	PHW Philadelphia Warriors	45–27
2	BOS Boston Celtics	39–33
3	FTW Fort Wayne Pistons	37–35
4	NYK New York Knicks	35–37
5	SYR Syracuse Nationals	35–37

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