List of Detroit Pistons seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. The franchise was founded in 1941 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in the National Basketball League and as the Fort Wayne Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America, which was the precursor to the NBA. However, the games won and lost in the NBL are not included in the franchise total.

The Pistons have had three main periods of success. In the early years of the NBA the team reached the NBA Finals twice in consecutive years before falling to the Lakers and then to the St. Louis Hawks. Following an extended era of mediocrity the Pistons, led by the Hall of Fame backcourt of Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars and nicknamed the "Bad Boys" for their intimidating defence, posted winning records every seasons from 1983–84 to 1991–92, and after narrowly losing in 1988, ended the Lakers dynasty of the 1980s the following season and repeated the following year. The Pistons’ third period of success, with former on-court star Dumars serving as general manager and building a top team from other franchises’ discards, occurred between 2001–02 and 2007–08 when the team won fifty games or more during every season, including a third NBA title in 2003–04 and a franchise record total of wins two seasons later.

The Pistons have experienced two major periods of failure. Between 1956–57 and 1982–83, the Pistons had just three winning seasons and overall had a winning percentage of .417, culminating in a combined record of 37–127 (win percent .226) in the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons, after which the drafting of Isiah Thomas completely revitalized the franchise. Since 2009–10, the Pistons have only once finished out of the bottom two in their division or had a winning record.

In the six seasons starting in 2009–10 the franchise had an overall record of 172 wins from 476 games or a winning percentage of .361.

League champions Conference champions Division champions Playoff berth
NBA Team Conference Finish Division Finish Wins Losses Win% GB Playoffs Awards
Fort Wayne Pistons
1948–491948–49Western5th2238.36723
1949–501949–50Central4th4028.58811Won Division Semifinals (Royals) 2–0
Lost Division Finals (Lakers) 2–0
1950–511950–51Western3rd3236.47112Lost Division Semifinals (Royals) 2–1
1951–521951–52Western4th2937.43912Lost Division Semifinals (Royals) 2–0
1952–531952–53Western3rd3633.52211.5Won Division Semifinals (Royals) 2–1
Lost Division Finals (Lakers) 3–2
Don Meineke (ROY)
1953–541953–54Western3rd4032.5566Lost Round-Robin (Royals) 2–0
Lost Round-Robin (Lakers) 2–0
1954–551954–55Western1st4329.597Won Division Finals (Lakers) 3–1
Lost NBA Finals (Nationals) 4–3
1955–561955–56Western1st3735.514Won Division Finals (Hawks) 3–2
Lost NBA Finals (Warriors) 4–1
1956–571956–57Western3rd3438.472Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 2–0
Detroit Pistons
1957–581957–58Western2nd3339.4588Won Division Semifinals (Royals) 2–0
Lost Division Finals (Hawks) 4–1
1958–591958–59Western3rd2844.38921Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 2–1
1959–601959–60Western2nd3045.40016Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 2–0
1960–611960–61Western3rd3445.43017Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 3–2
1961–621961–62Western3rd3743.46317Won Division Semifinals (Royals) 3–1
Lost Division Finals (Lakers) 4–2
1962–631962–63Western3rd3446.42519Lost Division Semifinals (Hawks) 3–1
1963–641963–64Western5th2357.28825
1964–651964–65Western4th3149.38818
1965–661965–66Western5th2258.27523
1966–671966–67Western5th3051.37014Dave Bing (ROY)
1967–681967–68Eastern4th4042.48822Lost Division Semifinals (Celtics) 4–2
1968–691968–69Eastern6th3250.39025
1969–701969–70Eastern7th3151.37829
1970–711970–71Western6thMidwest4th4537.54921
1971–721971–72Western8thMidwest4th2656.31737
1972–731972–73Western5thMidwest3rd4042.48820
1973–741973–74Western4thMidwest3rd5230.6347Lost Conference Semifinals (Bulls) 4–3Bob Lanier (ASG MVP)
Ray Scott (COY)
1974–751974–75Western5thMidwest3rd4042.4887Lost First Round (SuperSonics) 2–1
1975–761975–76Western5thMidwest2nd3646.4392Won First Round (Bucks) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Warriors) 4–2
1976–771976–77Western5thMidwest2nd4438.5376Lost First Round (Warriors) 2–1
1977–781977–78Western9thMidwest4th3844.46310
1978–791978–79Eastern9thCentral5th3052.36618
1979–801979–80Eastern11thCentral6th1666.19534
1980–811980–81Eastern11thCentral6th2161.25639
1981–821981–82Eastern7thCentral3rd3943.47616
1982–831982–83Eastern8thCentral3rd3745.45114
1983–841983–84Eastern4thCentral2nd4933.5981Lost First Round (Knicks) 3–2Isiah Thomas (ASG MVP)
1984–851984–85Eastern4thCentral2nd4636.56113Won First Round (Nets) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Celtics) 4–2
1985–861985–86Eastern5thCentral3rd4636.56111Lost First Round (Hawks) 3–1Isiah Thomas (ASG MVP)
1986–871986–87Eastern3rdCentral2nd5230.6345Won First Round (Bullets) 3–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Hawks) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (Celtics) 4–3
1987–881987–88Eastern2ndCentral1st5428.659Won First Round (Bullets) 3–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Bulls) 4–1
Won Conference Finals (Celtics) 4–2
Lost NBA Finals (Lakers) 4–3
1988–891988–89Eastern1stCentral1st6319.768Won First Round (Celtics) 3–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Bucks) 4–0
Won Conference Finals (Bulls) 4–2
Won NBA Finals (Lakers) 4–0
Joe Dumars (FMVP)
1989–901989–90Eastern1stCentral1st5923.720Won First Round (Pacers) 3–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Knicks) 4–1
Won Conference Finals (Bulls) 4–3
Won NBA Finals (Trail Blazers) 4–1
Isiah Thomas (FMVP)
Dennis Rodman (DPOY)
1990–911990–91Eastern3rdCentral2nd5032.61011Won First Round (Hawks) 3–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Celtics) 4–2
Lost Conference Finals (Bulls) 4–0
Dennis Rodman (DPOY)
1991–921991–92Eastern5thCentral3rd4834.58519Lost First Round (Knicks) 3–2
1992–931992–93Eastern10thCentral6th4042.48817
1993–941993–94Eastern14thCentral6th2062.24437
1994–951994–95Eastern12thCentral7th2854.34124Grant Hill (ROY)
1995–961995–96Eastern7thCentral5th4636.56126Lost First Round (Magic) 3–0
1996–971996–97Eastern5thCentral4th5428.65915Lost First Round (Hawks) 3–2
1997–981997–98Eastern11thCentral6th3745.45125
1998–991998–99Eastern5thCentral3rd2921.5804Lost First Round (Hawks) 3–2
1999–001999–00Eastern7thCentral5th4240.51214Lost First Round (Heat) 3–0
2000–012000–01Eastern10thCentral5th3250.39020
2001–022001–02Eastern2ndCentral1st5032.610Won First Round (Raptors) 3–2
Lost Conference Semifinals (Celtics) 4–1
Ben Wallace (DPOY)
Corliss Williamson (SMOY)
Rick Carlisle (COY)
2002–032002–03Eastern1stCentral1st5032.610Won First Round (Magic) 4–3
Won Conference Semifinals (76ers) 4–2
Lost Conference Finals (Nets) 4–0
Ben Wallace (DPOY)
Joe Dumars (EOY)
2003–042003–04Eastern3rdCentral2nd5428.6597Won First Round (Bucks) 4–1
Won Conference Semifinals (Nets) 4–3
Won Conference Finals (Pacers) 4–2
Won NBA Finals (Lakers) 4–1
Chauncey Billups (FMVP)
2004–052004–05Eastern2ndCentral1st5428.659Won First Round (76ers) 4–1
Won Conference Semifinals (Pacers) 4–2
Won Conference Finals (Heat) 4–3
Lost NBA Finals (Spurs) 4–3
Ben Wallace (DPOY)
2005–062005–06Eastern1stCentral1st6418.780Won First Round (Bucks) 4–1
Won Conference Semifinals (Cavaliers) 4–3
Lost Conference Finals (Heat) 4–2
Ben Wallace (DPOY)
2006–072006–07Eastern1stCentral1st5329.646Won First Round (Magic) 4–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Bulls) 4–2
Lost Conference Finals (Cavaliers) 4–2
2007–082007–08Eastern2ndCentral1st5923.720Won First Round (76ers) 4–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Magic) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (Celtics) 4–2
2008–092008–09Eastern8thCentral3rd3943.47627Lost First Round (Cavaliers) 4–0
2009–102009–10Eastern12thCentral5th2755.32934
2010–112010–11Eastern11thCentral4th3052.36632
2011–122011–12Eastern10thCentral4th2541.37925
2012–132012–13Eastern11thCentral4th2953.35420.5
2013–142013–14Eastern11thCentral4th2953.35427
2014–152014–15Eastern12thCentral5th3250.39021
2015–162015–16Eastern8thCentral3rd4438.53713Lost First Round (Cavaliers) 4–0
2016–172016–17Eastern10thCentral5th3745.45114
2017–182017–18Eastern9thCentral4th3943.47611
2018–192018–19Eastern8thCentral3rd4141.50019Lost First Round (Bucks) 4–0
2019–202019–20Eastern13thCentral4th2046.30333.5
Regular Season2,7532,927.485
Playoffs200169.5423 NBA Championships

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