The Minneapolis Lakers were 44-16 in 1948-49. They finished 2nd in the Western Division. They won in the NBA Finals against the Washington Capitols, 4 games to 2, to win their first championship.
| GP | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 60 | 241.7 | 31.4 | 85.8 | 36.6 | 21.2 | 29.3 | 72.3 | 18.9 | 23.1 | 84.0 | |||||||||
| Team Rank | 7th | 2nd | 10th | 2nd | 7th | 11th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 1st |
| GP | GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | George Mikan | 60 | 9.7 | 23.4 | 41.6 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 77.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 28.3 | |||||||||||
 | Jim Pollard | 53 | 5.9 | 14.9 | 39.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 68.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 14.8 | |||||||||||
| Herm Schaefer | 58 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 37.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 81.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 10.4 | |||||||||||
| Don Carlson | 55 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 33.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 66.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 9.2 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Ferrin | 47 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 34.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 66.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 7.3 | |||||||||||
| Tony Jaros | 59 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 34.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 71.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 5.8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Dwan | 60 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 31.8 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 49.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.6 | |||||||||||
| Donnie Forman | 44 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 29.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 64.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 4.1 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Kachan | 19 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 38.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 68.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.5 | |||||||||||
| Mike Bloom | 24 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 14.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 72.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Jorgensen | 48 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 36.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 72.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 | |||||||||||
| Earl Gardner | 50 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 37.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 46.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Tingle | 2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Don Smith | 8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 15.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||||||||
| Ray Ellefson | 3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |