| Season |
Team (record)
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| 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th
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- 1946: the Eastern Division was formed with six inaugural members.
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| 1946–47 |
Washington* (49–11) |
Philadelphia^ (35–25) |
New York* (33–27) |
Providence (28–32) |
Boston (22–38) |
Toronto (22–38) |
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| 1947–48 |
Philadelphia (27–21) |
New York* (26–22) |
Boston* (20–28) |
Providence (6–42) |
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- 1948: the Washington Capitols re-joined the division, while the Baltimore Bullets joined from the Western Division.
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| 1948–49 |
Washington (38–22) |
New York* (32–28) |
Baltimore* (29–31) |
Philadelphia* (28–32) |
Boston (25–35) |
Providence (12–48) |
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| 1949–50 |
Syracuse (51–13) |
New York* (40–28) |
Washington* (32–36) |
Philadelphia* (26–42) |
Baltimore (25–43) |
Boston (22–46) |
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| 1950–51 |
Philadelphia* (40–26) |
Boston* (39–30) |
New York (36–30) |
Syracuse* (32–34) |
Baltimore (24–42) |
Washington (10–25) |
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- 1951: the Washington Capitols folded midway through the 1950–51 season.
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| 1951–52 |
Syracuse* (40–26) |
Boston* (39–27) |
New York (37–29) |
Philadelphia* (33–33) |
Baltimore (20–46) |
|
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| 1952–53 |
New York (47–23) |
Syracuse* (47–24) |
Boston* (46–25) |
Baltimore* (16–54) |
Philadelphia (12–57) |
|
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| 1953–54 |
New York* (47–23) |
Boston* (42–30) |
Syracuse (42–30) |
Philadelphia (29–43) |
Baltimore (16–56) |
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- 1954: the Baltimore Bullets folded during the 1954–55 season.
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| 1954–55 |
Syracuse^ (43–29) |
New York* (38–34) |
Boston* (36–36) |
Philadelphia (33–39) |
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| 1955–56 |
Philadelphia^ (45–27) |
Boston* (39–33) |
Syracuse* (35–37) |
New York (35–37) |
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| 1956–57 |
Boston^ (44–28) |
Syracuse* (38–34) |
Philadelphia* (37–35) |
New York (36–36) |
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| 1957–58 |
Boston (49–23) |
Syracuse* (41–31) |
Philadelphia* (37–35) |
New York (35–37) |
|
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| 1958–59 |
Boston^ (52–20) |
New York* (40–32) |
Syracuse* (35–37) |
Philadelphia (32–40) |
|
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| 1959–60 |
Boston^ (59–16) |
Philadelphia* (49–26) |
Syracuse* (45–30) |
New York (27–48) |
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| 1960–61 |
Boston^ (57–22) |
Philadelphia* (46–33) |
Syracuse* (38–41) |
New York (21–58) |
|
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| 1961–62 |
Boston^ (60–20) |
Philadelphia* (49–31) |
Syracuse* (41–39) |
New York (29–51) |
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| 1962–63 |
Boston^ (58–22) |
Syracuse* (48–32) |
Cincinnati* (42–38) |
New York (21–59) |
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| 1963–64 |
Boston^ (59–21) |
Cincinnati* (55–25) |
Philadelphia* (34–46) |
New York (22–58) |
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| 1964–65 |
Boston^ (62–18) |
Cincinnati* (48–32) |
Philadelphia* (40–40) |
New York (31–49) |
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| 1965–66 |
Philadelphia* (55–25) |
Boston^ (54–26) |
Cincinnati* (45–35) |
New York (30–50) |
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| 1966–67 |
Philadelphia^ (68–13) |
Boston* (60–21) |
Cincinnati* (39–42) |
New York* (36–45) |
Baltimore (20–61) |
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| 1967–68 |
Philadelphia* (62–20) |
Boston^ (54–28) |
New York* (43–39) |
Detroit* (40–42) |
Cincinnati (39–43) |
Baltimore (36–46) |
|
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| 1968–69 |
Baltimore* (57–25) |
Philadelphia* (55–27) |
New York* (54–28) |
Boston^ (48–34) |
Cincinnati (41–41) |
Detroit (32–50) |
Milwaukee (27–55)
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| 1969–70 |
New York^ (60–22) |
Milwaukee* (56–26) |
Baltimore* (50–32) |
Philadelphia* (42–40) |
Cincinnati (36–46) |
Boston (34–48) |
Detroit (31–51)
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