7 players were tied for losing the fewest games in 1973-74, with 1 loss. The first three are Dennis Bell and Allie McGuire in his rookie season and Travis Grant.

	NAME	DRTG	L	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Dennis Bell D. Bell	102.6	1	1973-74	NYK	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Travis Grant T. Grant	100.5	1	1973-74	LAL	3	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.3	1.0	33.3	28.2	0.0	0.3	6	3	1	0	0	0	1
3	Allie McGuire A. McGuire	96.2	1	1973-74	NYK	2	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	10	4	2	1	0	0	2
4	Tom Patterson T. Patterson	99.3	1	1973-74	CAP	2	4.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	26.6	0.5	0.5	8	1	2	2	0	0	0
5	Mike Ratliff M. Ratliff	108.3	1	1973-74	KCO	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chuck Terry C. Terry	95.3	1	1973-74	MIL	7	4.6	1.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.0	0.0		33.3	0.1	0.3	32	8	3	4	2	0	4
7	Justus Thigpen J. Thigpen	108.3	1	1973-74	KCO	1	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
8	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	99.4	2	1973-74	NYK	5	11.6	4.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	2.0	5.2	38.5	0.4	0.6	66.7	40.3	0.2	0.6	58	22	4	6	1	0	2
9	Rich Rinaldi R. Rinaldi	93.1	2	1973-74	CAP	7	6.9	1.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.4	3.1	13.6	0.4	0.6	75.0	18.9	0.3	0.7	48	9	7	10	3	1	7
10	Dick Cunningham D. Cunningham	86.0	3	1973-74	MIL	8	5.6	0.8	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	33.0	0.1	1.9	45	6	16	0	2	2	5
11	Paul McCracken P. McCracken	96.5	3	1973-74	HOU	4	3.3	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.3	1.3	13	2	6	2	0	0	3
12	Charlie Davis C. Davis	106.0	4	1973-74	POR	8	11.3	3.9	1.4	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.0	35.0	0.4	0.5	75.0	37.1	0.3	1.1	90	31	11	11	2	0	7
13	Jim Garvin J. Garvin	97.5	4	1973-74	BUF	6	1.8	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	25.0	0.0	0.0		25.0	0.2	0.7	11	2	5	0	0	0	1
14	Ted Manakas T. Manakas	104.0	5	1973-74	KCO	5	9.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	2.0	40.0	0.8	0.8	100.0	51.0	0.0	0.6	45	12	3	2	1	0	4
15	Vester Marshall V. Marshall	100.1	5	1973-74	SEA	13	13.4	1.3	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.2	24.1	0.2	0.5	42.9	26.5	1.1	1.8	174	17	37	4	4	3	20
16	Joe Reaves J. Reaves	102.3	6	1973-74	PHX	7	5.4	2.3	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.6	54.5	0.6	1.6	36.4	50.5	0.3	0.9	38	16	8	1	0	2	6
17	Stan McKenzie S. McKenzie	102.3	7	1973-74	HOU	11	10.2	1.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	2.2	29.2	0.5	0.7	75.0	36.3	0.3	1.2	112	20	16	6	3	0	17
18	Tom Riker T. Riker	99.2	7	1973-74	NYK	17	3.4	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.7	44.8	0.7	1.0	70.6	52.1	0.5	0.4	57	38	15	3	0	0	6
19	Steve Downing S. Downing	93.9	8	1973-74	BOS	24	5.7	2.7	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.9	2.7	32.8	0.9	1.6	57.9	39.6	0.6	1.0	137	64	39	11	5	0	33
20	Luther Rackley L. Rackley	93.0	8	1973-74	PHI	9	7.6	2.0	2.4	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.4	38.5	0.9	1.2	72.7	50.4	0.6	1.9	68	18	22	0	3	4	11
21	Phil Hankinson P. Hankinson	95.7	9	1973-74	BOS	28	5.8	3.9	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.8	3.7	48.5	0.4	0.5	76.9	50.6	0.8	1.0	163	110	50	4	3	1	18
22	Russ Lee R. Lee	92.1	9	1973-74	MIL	36	4.6	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.6	40.4	0.3	0.4	68.8	43.1	0.4	0.7	166	87	40	20	11	0	29
23	Bob Nash B. Nash	95.6	9	1973-74	DET	35	8.0	3.0	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.2	3.3	35.7	0.7	1.1	61.5	40.1	0.9	1.2	281	106	74	14	3	10	35
24	Willis Reed W. Reed	92.7	9	1973-74	NYK	19	26.3	11.1	7.4	1.6	0.6	1.1	4.4	9.7	45.7	2.2	2.8	79.2	50.6	2.5	4.9	500	210	141	30	12	21	49
25	Paul Ruffner P. Ruffner	101.5	9	1973-74	BUF	20	2.6	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.4	40.7	0.4	0.7	61.5	45.8	0.2	0.4	51	30	11	0	1	1	10

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26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

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Team Rankings

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119.8

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DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

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37.3

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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4 - 1

Final

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PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

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APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

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17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

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38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

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Jokić

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Dončić

1.52

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

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Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0