La temporada 1960-61 fue la decimotercera de los Royals en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 33 victorias y 46 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la División Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.[1] La temporada estuvo marcada por el debut de Oscar Robertson, uno de los mejores bases de la historia de la NBA, que tuvo uno de los debuts más espectaculares hasta la fecha, promediando casi un triple-doble (30,5 puntos, 10,1 rebotes y 9,7 asistencias por partido), siendo elegido rookie del año, en el mejor quinteto de la liga y MVP del All-Star Game.[2]
| Cincinnati Royals 1960-61 |
| Jugadores | Entrenadores |
| N.º | Nac. | Pos. | Nombre | Altura | Peso | Procedencia | | 11 | USA ! | 5E | Bockhorn, Bucky | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | Dayton | | 13 | USA ! | 10AP | Boozer, Bob | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 98 kg (215 lb) | Kansas State | | 10 | USA ! | 5E | Davis, Ralph | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 82 kg (180 lb) | Cincinnati | | 15 | USA ! | 13P | Embry, Wayne | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 109 kg (240 lb) | Miami (OH) | | 51 | USA ! | 8A | Farmer, Mike | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | San Francisco | | 16 | USA ! | 13P | Jordon, Phil | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | Whitworth* | | 26 | USA ! | 10AP | Reed, Hub | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | 98 kg (215 lb) | Oklahoma City | | 14 | USA ! | 1B | Robertson, Oscar | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | Cincinnati | | 19 | USA ! | 1B | Rollins, Phil | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Louisville | | 21 | USA ! | 10AP | Staverman, Larry | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | Thomas More College* | | 27 | USA ! | 8A | Twyman, Jack | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | Cincinnati | | 22 | USA ! | 1B | Wilfong, Win | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | Memphis | | - Entrenador
- Leyenda
- (C) Capitán
- (DR) Elección del draft sin firmar
- (AL) Agente libre
- (IN) Inactivo
- (S) Suspendido
- (GL) Asignado a la G League
- (TW) Contrato dual
 Lesionado
Plantilla |
| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | 3P | 3PI | %3P | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Oscar Robertson | 22 | 71 | | 42.7 | 10.6 | 22.5 | .473 | | | | 9.2 | 11.2 | .822 | | | 10.1 | 9.7 | | | | 3.1 | 30.5 |
| 2 | Jack Twyman | 26 | 79 | | 37.0 | 10.1 | 20.7 | .488 | | | | 5.1 | 7.0 | .731 | | | 8.5 | 2.8 | | | | 3.5 | 25.3 |
| 3 | Wayne Embry | 23 | 79 | | 28.3 | 5.8 | 12.8 | .451 | | | | 2.8 | 4.2 | .668 | | | 10.9 | 1.6 | | | | 3.6 | 14.4 |
| 4 | Bucky Bockhorn | 27 | 79 | | 33.8 | 5.3 | 13.4 | .397 | | | | 1.9 | 2.6 | .731 | | | 5.5 | 4.3 | | | | 3.6 | 12.6 |
| 5 | Phil Jordon | 27 | 48 | | 23.8 | 4.2 | 10.6 | .395 | | | | 2.4 | 3.3 | .731 | | | 8.8 | 2.2 | | | | 3.1 | 10.9 |
| 6 | Bob Boozer | 23 | 79 | | 19.9 | 3.2 | 7.6 | .415 | | | | 2.1 | 3.1 | .672 | | | 6.2 | 1.4 | | | | 2.4 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Mike Farmer | 24 | 57 | | 22.7 | 3.2 | 8.1 | .391 | | | | 1.2 | 1.6 | .734 | | | 6.6 | 1.4 | | | | 2.2 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Ralph Davis | 22 | 73 | | 16.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 | .401 | | | | 0.5 | 0.7 | .654 | | | 1.2 | 2.4 | | | | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 9 | Hub Reed | 24 | 75 | | 16.2 | 2.1 | 4.9 | .429 | | | | 1.1 | 1.6 | .697 | | | 4.9 | 0.9 | | | | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| 10 | Larry Staverman | 24 | 66 | | 14.3 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .446 | | | | 1.2 | 1.4 | .849 | | | 4.3 | 1.3 | | | | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| 11 | Win Wilfong | 27 | 62 | | 11.6 | 1.7 | 4.9 | .348 | | | | 1.2 | 1.4 | .809 | | | 2.4 | 1.4 | | | | 1.9 | 4.6 |
| 12 | Phil Rollins | 27 | 14 | | 6.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | .313 | | | | 0.4 | 0.5 | .714 | | | 0.6 | 0.8 | | | | 0.9 | 1.8 |
Estados Unidos 
Datos: Q767099