Basketball Association of America (BAA)
1948-49 BAA Season Leaders

Leagues Basketball BAA 1949 Season Leaders

Other basketball leagues in 1949:
NBL

Following its third season, 1948–49, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1950

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BAA 1949 Leaders
Points-per-Game (PPG)

1

Minneapolis Lakers

28.3

2

Philadelphia Warriors

26.0

3

Chicago Stags

20.6

4

Rochester Royals

16.6

5

Providence Steamrollers

15.8

6

St. Louis Bombers

15.5

7

Philadelphia Warriors

15.3

8

Rochester Royals

15.1

9

Minneapolis Lakers

14.8

10

New York Knicks

14.2

11

St. Louis Bombers

14.1

12

Providence Steamrollers

13.4

13

Baltimore Bullets

13.0

14

Washington Capitols

13.0

15

Indianapolis Jets
New York Knicks

12.7

16

Washington Capitols

12.7

17

New York Knicks

12.3

18

Chicago Stags

12.0

19

Kleggie Hermsen

Washington Capitols

11.8

20

Baltimore Bullets

11.5

21

Washington Capitols

11.2

22

Indianapolis Jets
Baltimore Bullets

11.2

23

Jake Pelkington

Fort Wayne Pistons
Baltimore Bullets

11.1

24

Baltimore Bullets

11.0

25

St. Louis Bombers

10.8

26

Indianapolis Jets
Fort Wayne Pistons

10.5

27

St. Louis Bombers

10.5

28

Minneapolis Lakers

10.4

29

Boston Celtics
Providence Steamrollers

10.3

30

Chicago Stags

10.3

31

Rochester Royals

10.2

32

Baltimore Bullets
Fort Wayne Pistons
Indianapolis Jets

10.0

33

Fort Wayne Pistons
Indianapolis Jets

10.0

34

Chicago Stags

9.9

35

Boston Celtics
Providence Steamrollers

9.8

36

George Nostrand

Providence Steamrollers
Boston Celtics

9.8

37

Indianapolis Jets
Fort Wayne Pistons

9.8

38

Ernie Calverley

Providence Steamrollers

9.4

39

Baltimore Bullets
Indianapolis Jets
Fort Wayne Pistons

9.4

40

Chicago Stags

9.3

41

Minneapolis Lakers

9.2

42

Fort Wayne Pistons
Indianapolis Jets

9.1

43

Rochester Royals

9.1

44

Indianapolis Jets
Baltimore Bullets

9.0

45

Fort Wayne Pistons

8.8

46

Boston Celtics

8.7

47

Boston Celtics

8.5

48

Rochester Royals

8.5

49

New York Knicks
Baltimore Bullets

8.5

50

New York Knicks

8.3

51

Philadelphia Warriors

8.3

52

Providence Steamrollers

8.3

53

Philadelphia Warriors

8.2

54

Price Brookfield

Indianapolis Jets

8.2

55

Fort Wayne Pistons
Boston Celtics

7.9

56

Boston Celtics

7.9

57

Boston Celtics

7.9

58

Chicago Stags

7.8

59

Providence Steamrollers

7.7

60

Rochester Royals

7.4

61

Johnny Norlander

Washington Capitols

7.4

62

New York Knicks

7.4

63

Fort Wayne Pistons

7.4

64

Sonny Hertzberg

Washington Capitols

7.4

65

Minneapolis Lakers

7.3

66

Curly Armstrong

Fort Wayne Pistons

7.3

67

New York Knicks
Indianapolis Jets

7.2

68

Butch van Breda Kolff

New York Knicks

7.0

69

Fort Wayne Pistons

6.7

70

Richie Niemiera

Fort Wayne Pistons

6.6

71

Rochester Royals

6.6

72

Providence Steamrollers
Baltimore Bullets
Boston Celtics

6.5

73

Philadelphia Warriors

6.5

74

Otto Schnellbacher

Providence Steamrollers
St. Louis Bombers

6.4

75

Baltimore Bullets

6.3

76

Chicago Stags

6.2

77

New York Knicks

6.1

78

Fort Wayne Pistons

6.1

79

Fort Wayne Pistons
Indianapolis Jets

6.0

80

New York Knicks

5.9

81

Indianapolis Jets
Rochester Royals

5.9

82

Minneapolis Lakers

5.8

83

St. Louis Bombers

5.7

84

Buddy Jeannette

Baltimore Bullets

5.6

85

Boston Celtics

5.5

86

Jerry Fleishman

Philadelphia Warriors

5.5

87

Rochester Royals

5.3

88

Chicago Stags
Providence Steamrollers

5.3

89

Chicago Stags

5.1

90

Indianapolis Jets

5.1

91

Washington Capitols

4.9

92

Indianapolis Jets

4.8

93

St. Louis Bombers
Providence Steamrollers

4.7

94

Minneapolis Lakers

4.6

95

Chicago Stags
Boston Celtics
St. Louis Bombers

4.4

96

St. Louis Bombers

4.2

97

Washington Capitols

4.2

98

Minneapolis Lakers

4.1

99

Fort Wayne Pistons

4.1

100

Baltimore Bullets
Philadelphia Warriors

4.0

List only includes players that met minimum statistical requirements

1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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