Atlanta Hawks
Team of Note
1967-1968 St. Louis Hawks
Record: 56-26Overall ranking: 332nd, 2.327 points above average
The last season for the Hawks franchise in St. Louis produced a team noteworthy for two reasons.
The team posted a 56-26 record – the best record of the franchise’s St. Louis era – and posted the best record for a team in a season prior to a franchise relocation.
The Hawks won the Western Division title by four games over the more-heralded Los Angeles Lakers. St. Louis succeeded even though Lou Hudson -- the team’s leading scorer as a rookie during the 1966-1967 season -- threatened to leave the team to play in the ABA, and eventually had to leave the team anyway when drafted by the military.
The final St. Louis season ended with a disappointing Western Division semifinals loss against the San Francisco Warriors. Ben Kerner, who founded the Hawks as a National Basketball League team in Buffalo in 1946, sold his controlling interest in the team after the season. The new owners moved the team to Atlanta.
Atlanta Hawks From Top to Bottom
| All-time Ranking | W-L | Playoffs | ||
| 48 | 1986-87 | Atlanta Hawks | 57-25 | East semifinals |
| 118 | 1996-97 | Atlanta Hawks | 56-26 | East semifinals |
| 136 | 1988-89 | Atlanta Hawks | 52-30 | East first round |
| 143 | 1993-94 | Atlanta Hawks | 57-25 | East semifinals |
| 205 | 1987-88 | Atlanta Hawks | 50-32 | East semifinals |
| 212 | 1997-98 | Atlanta Hawks | 50-32 | East first round |
| 288 | 1960-61 | St. Louis Hawks | 51-28 | NBA finalist |
| 301 | 1979-80 | Atlanta Hawks | 50-32 | East semifinals |
| 302 | 1958-59 | St. Louis Hawks | 49-23 | West finals |
| 310 | 1964-65 | St. Louis Hawks | 45-35 | West first round |
| 336 | 1998-99 | Atlanta Hawks | 31-19 | East semifinals |
| 338 | 1985-86 | Atlanta Hawks | 50-32 | East semifinals |
| 347 | 1967-68 | St. Louis Hawks | 56-26 | West semifinals |
| 390 | 1978-79 | Atlanta Hawks | 46-36 | East semifinals |
| 416 | 1968-69 | Atlanta Hawks | 48-34 | West finals |
| 421 | 1959-60 | St. Louis Hawks | 46-29 | NBA finalist |
| 446 | 1963-64 | St. Louis Hawks | 46-34 | West finals |
| 451 | 1962-63 | St. Louis Hawks | 48-32 | West finals |
| 455 | 1995-96 | Atlanta Hawks | 46-36 | East semifinals |
| 473 | 1994-95 | Atlanta Hawks | 42-40 | East first round |
| 513 | 1989-90 | Atlanta Hawks | 41-41 | |
| 514 | 1990-91 | Atlanta Hawks | 43-39 | East first round |
| 519 | 1957-58 | St. Louis Hawks | 41-31 | NBA champion |
| 523 | 1981-82 | Atlanta Hawks | 42-40 | East first round |
| 563 | 1969-70 | Atlanta Hawks | 48-34 | West finals |
| 600 | 1977-78 | Atlanta Hawks | 41-41 | East first round |
| 604 | 1972-73 | Atlanta Hawks | 46-36 | East semifinals |
| 625 | 1956-57 | St. Louis Hawks | 34-38 | NBA finalist |
| 644 | 1965-66 | St. Louis Hawks | 36-44 | West finals |
| 667 | 1992-93 | Atlanta Hawks | 43-39 | East first round |
| 679 | 1982-83 | Atlanta Hawks | 43-39 | East first round |
| 697 | 1949-50 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 29-35 | West semifinals |
| 712 | 1991-92 | Atlanta Hawks | 38-44 | |
| 716 | 1983-84 | Atlanta Hawks | 40-42 | East first round |
| 725 | 1984-85 | Atlanta Hawks | 34-48 | |
| 727 | 1974-75 | Atlanta Hawks | 31-51 | |
| 730 | 1970-71 | Atlanta Hawks | 36-46 | East semifinals |
| 737 | 1955-56 | St. Louis Hawks | 33-39 | West finals |
| 740 | 1966-67 | St. Louis Hawks | 39-42 | West finals |
| 743 | 1973-74 | Atlanta Hawks | 35-47 | |
| 800 | 1971-72 | Atlanta Hawks | 36-46 | East semifinals |
| 833 | 1952-53 | Milwaukee Hawks | 27-44 | |
| 845 | 1980-81 | Atlanta Hawks | 31-51 | |
| 855 | 1954-55 | Milwaukee Hawks | 26-46 | |
| 863 | 1975-76 | Atlanta Hawks | 29-53 | |
| 873 | 1961-62 | St. Louis Hawks | 29-51 | |
| 895 | 1950-51 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25-43 | |
| 933 | 2002-03 | Atlanta Hawks | 35-47 | |
| 943 | 1976-77 | Atlanta Hawks | 31-51 | |
| 972 | 2001-02 | Atlanta Hawks | 33-49 | |
| 989 | 2005-06 | Atlanta Hawks | 26-56 | |
| 990 | 1953-54 | Milwaukee Hawks | 21-51 | |
| 995 | 2006-07 | Atlanta Hawks | 30-52 | |
| 999 | 2003-04 | Atlanta Hawks | 28-54 | |
| 1024 | 1999-00 | Atlanta Hawks | 28-54 | |
| 1027 | 2000-01 | Atlanta Hawks | 25-57 | |
| 1083 | 1951-52 | Milwaukee Hawks | 17-49 | |
| 1139 | 2004-05 | Atlanta Hawks | 13-69 | |