1956 Points per Game Leaders

Points scored per game

Showing players who met the games-played minimum for the season. Show all players

#	Player	Team	GP	MPG	PTS	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	FTM	FT%
1	Paul Arizin	PHW	71	39.0	1,817	25.6	613	1,451	42.3%	—	591	82.9%
2	Bob Pettit	STL	71	35.1	1,755	24.7	613	1,477	41.5%	—	529	77.3%
3	Neil Johnston	PHW	69	36.7	1,575	22.8	520	1,163	44.7%	—	535	82.6%
4	Dolph Schayes	SYR	72	39.6	1,617	22.5	496	1,308	37.9%	—	625	90.5%
5	George Yardley	FTW	72	37.4	1,547	21.5	522	1,273	41.0%	—	503	78.7%
6	Bill Sharman	BOS	67	35.9	1,413	21.1	516	1,241	41.6%	—	381	90.5%
7	Clyde Lovellette	MNL	69	36.1	1,434	20.8	574	1,348	42.6%	—	286	71.7%
8	Bob Cousy	BOS	64	36.9	1,319	20.6	478	1,264	37.8%	—	363	82.1%
9	Ed Macauley	STL	72	35.9	1,187	16.5	414	987	42.0%	—	359	75.0%
10	Dick Garmaker	MNL	72	33.4	1,177	16.4	406	1,015	40.0%	—	365	83.9%
11	Jack Twyman	ROC	72	32.5	1,174	16.3	449	1,023	43.9%	—	276	76.0%
12	Tom Heinsohn	BOS	72	29.9	1,163	16.2	446	1,123	39.7%	—	271	79.0%
13	Maurice Stokes	ROC	72	38.4	1,124	15.6	434	1,249	34.8%	—	256	66.5%
14	Harry Gallatin	NYK	72	27.0	1,079	15.0	332	817	40.6%	—	415	80.0%
15	Ken Sears	NYK	72	34.9	1,069	14.9	343	821	41.8%	—	383	79.0%
16	Joe Graboski	PHW	72	34.7	1,032	14.3	390	1,118	34.9%	—	252	78.3%
17	Carl Braun	NYK	72	32.6	1,001	13.9	378	993	38.1%	—	245	80.9%
18	Vern Mikkelsen	MNL	72	30.5	986	13.7	322	854	37.7%	—	342	80.7%
19	Ed Conlin	SYR	71	31.7	953	13.4	335	896	37.4%	—	283	76.9%
20	Larry Foust	FTW	61	25.1	759	12.4	243	617	39.4%	—	273	71.8%
21	Johnny Kerr	SYR	72	30.4	891	12.4	333	827	40.3%	—	225	71.9%
22	Mel Hutchins	FTW	72	36.8	890	12.4	369	953	38.7%	—	152	73.8%
23	Ray Felix	NYK	72	22.5	867	12.0	295	709	41.6%	—	277	74.7%
24	Bob Houbregs	FTW	60	26.5	673	11.2	253	585	43.3%	—	167	71.4%
25	Dick Ricketts	ROC	72	29.4	804	11.2	299	869	34.4%	—	206	69.4%
26	Bob Leonard	MNL	72	27.0	792	11.0	303	867	35.0%	—	186	77.2%
27	Gene Shue	FTW	72	34.3	787	10.9	273	710	38.5%	—	241	76.3%
28	Slater Martin	STL	66	36.4	718	10.9	244	736	33.2%	—	230	79.0%
29	Nat Clifton	NYK	71	31.4	762	10.7	308	818	37.7%	—	146	67.3%
30	Jim Loscutoff	BOS	70	31.7	744	10.6	306	888	34.5%	—	132	70.6%
31	Jack George	PHW	67	33.3	706	10.5	253	750	33.7%	—	200	68.3%
32	Jack Coleman	STL	72	29.8	755	10.5	316	775	40.8%	—	123	76.4%
33	Charlie Share	STL	72	23.2	739	10.3	235	535	43.9%	—	269	68.5%
34	Walter Dukes	MNL	71	26.3	720	10.1	228	626	36.4%	—	264	68.9%
35	Willie Naulls	NYK	71	25.0	718	10.1	293	820	35.7%	—	132	67.7%
36	Richie Regan	ROC	71	29.6	696	9.8	257	780	33.0%	—	182	77.5%
37	Richie Guerin	NYK	72	24.9	695	9.7	257	699	36.8%	—	181	62.0%
38	Chuck Mencel	MNL	72	25.7	665	9.2	243	688	35.3%	—	179	74.6%
39	Earl Lloyd	SYR	72	27.3	646	9.0	256	687	37.3%	—	134	74.9%
40	Dave Piontek	ROC	71	24.8	636	9.0	257	637	40.4%	—	122	66.7%
41	Togo Palazzi	SYR	63	16.1	556	8.8	210	571	36.8%	—	136	77.7%
42	Chuck Noble	FTW	54	23.3	476	8.8	200	556	36.0%	—	76	74.5%
43	Bob Harrison	SYR	66	27.4	579	8.8	243	629	38.6%	—	93	71.5%
44	Jack McMahon	STL	72	32.6	620	8.6	239	725	33.0%	—	142	63.1%
45	Ed Kalafat	MNL	65	24.9	553	8.5	178	507	35.1%	—	197	66.1%
46	Al Bianchi	SYR	68	23.2	563	8.3	199	567	35.1%	—	165	69.0%
47	Bill Kenville	FTW	71	24.0	582	8.2	204	608	33.6%	—	174	79.8%
48	Jack Nichols	BOS	61	22.5	498	8.2	195	537	36.3%	—	108	79.4%
49	Larry Costello	PHW	72	29.3	547	7.6	186	497	37.4%	—	175	78.8%
50	Art Spoelstra	ROC	69	17.0	522	7.6	217	559	38.8%	—	88	73.3%