List of NBA champions

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of its postseason. All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions. From 1946 through 1949, when the league was known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the playoffs were a three-stage tournament where the two semifinal winners played each other in the finals.[1][2][3] The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.

National Basketball Association awards and honors
Championship
Individual awards
Honors

The current home-and-away format in the NBA Finals is 2–2–1–1–1 (the team with the better regular-season record plays on their home court in Games 1, 2, 5, and 7), which has been used in 1947–1948, 1950–1952, 1957–1970, 1972–1974, 1976–1977, 1979–1984, and 2014–present. It was previously in a 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home court in Games 1, 2, 6, and 7) during 1949, 1953–1955, and 1985–2013,[4][5][6][7][8][9] in a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format during 1956 and 1971,[10][11] and in a 1–2–2–1–1 format during 1975 and 1978.[12][13]

The Eastern Conference/Division leads the Western Conference/Division in series won (39–33). The defunct Central Division, in existence during the 1949–50 NBA season when the NBA was divided into three divisions and different from the current Central Division created in 1970 when the then existing Eastern Division was upgraded as a conference, won one championship. The Boston Celtics and the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined 34 of 74 championships (with 17 apiece). The two also have the most Finals meetings with 12; the Celtics own a 9–3 edge over their arch rivals. As of 2020, the defending champions are the Los Angeles Lakers.

Champions
  • The first parentheses in the Western finalist/champion and Eastern finalist/champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an NBA Finals as well as each respective team's NBA Finals record to date.
Bold Winning team of the NBA Finals
Italics Team with home-court advantage
Year Western finalist Coach Result Eastern finalist Coach Reference
1947Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1)Harold Olsen1–4Philadelphia Warriors (2) (1, 1–0)Eddie Gottlieb[14]
1948Baltimore Bullets (2) (1, 1–0)Buddy Jeannette4–2Philadelphia Warriors (1) (2, 1–1)Eddie Gottlieb[15]
1949Minneapolis Lakers (2) (1, 1–0)John Kundla4–2Washington Capitols (1) (1, 0–1)Red Auerbach[16]
1950Minneapolis Lakers (1) [lower-alpha 1] (2, 2–0)John Kundla4–2Syracuse Nationals (1) (1, 0–1)Al Cervi[20][21]
1951Rochester Royals (2) (1, 1–0)Les Harrison4–3New York Knicks (3) (1, 0–1)Joe Lapchick[22]
1952Minneapolis Lakers (2) (3, 3–0)John Kundla4–3New York Knicks (3) (2, 0–2)Joe Lapchick[23]
1953Minneapolis Lakers (1) (4, 4–0)John Kundla4–1New York Knicks (1) (3, 0–3)Joe Lapchick[24]
1954Minneapolis Lakers (1) (5, 5–0)John Kundla4–3Syracuse Nationals (1) (2, 0–2)Al Cervi[25]
1955Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (1, 0–1)Charles Eckman3–4Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 1–2)Al Cervi[26]
1956Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (2, 0–2)Charles Eckman1–4Philadelphia Warriors (1) (3, 2–1)George Senesky[27]
1957St. Louis Hawks (1) (1, 0–1)Alex Hannum3–4Boston Celtics (1) (1, 1–0)Red Auerbach[28]
1958St. Louis Hawks (1) (2, 1–1)Alex Hannum4–2Boston Celtics (1) (2, 1–1)Red Auerbach[29]
1959Minneapolis Lakers (2) (6, 5–1)John Kundla0–4Boston Celtics (1) (3, 2–1)Red Auerbach[30]
1960St. Louis Hawks (1) (3, 1–2)Ed Macauley3–4Boston Celtics (1) (4, 3–1)Red Auerbach[31]
1961St. Louis Hawks (1) (4, 1–3)Paul Seymour1–4Boston Celtics (1) (5, 4–1)Red Auerbach[32]
1962Los Angeles Lakers (1) (7, 5–2)Fred Schaus3–4Boston Celtics (1) (6, 5–1)Red Auerbach[33]
1963Los Angeles Lakers (1) (8, 5–3)Fred Schaus2–4Boston Celtics (1) (7, 6–1)Red Auerbach[34]
1964[lower-alpha 2]San Francisco Warriors (1) (4, 2–2)Alex Hannum1–4Boston Celtics (1) (8, 7–1)Red Auerbach[35]
1965Los Angeles Lakers (1) (9, 5–4)Fred Schaus1–4Boston Celtics (1) (9, 8–1)Red Auerbach[36]
1966Los Angeles Lakers (1) (10, 5–5)Fred Schaus3–4Boston Celtics (2) (10, 9–1)Red Auerbach[37]
1967San Francisco Warriors (1) (5, 2–3)Bill Sharman2–4Philadelphia 76ers (1) (4, 2–2)Alex Hannum[38]
1968Los Angeles Lakers (2) (11, 5–6)Butch van Breda Kolff2–4Boston Celtics (2) (11, 10–1)Bill Russell[39]
1969Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, 5–7)Butch van Breda Kolff3–4Boston Celtics (4) (12, 11–1)Bill Russell[40]
1970Los Angeles Lakers (2) (13, 5–8)Joe Mullaney3–4New York Knicks (1) (4, 1–3)Red Holzman[41]
Year Western champion Coach Result Eastern champion Coach Reference
1971Milwaukee Bucks (1) (1, 1–0)Larry Costello4–0Baltimore Bullets (1) (1, 0–1)Gene Shue[42]
1972Los Angeles Lakers (1) (14, 6–8)Bill Sharman4–1New York Knicks (2) (5, 1–4)Red Holzman[43]
1973Los Angeles Lakers (2) (15, 6–9)Bill Sharman1–4New York Knicks (2) (6, 2–4)Red Holzman[44]
1974Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1–1)Larry Costello3–4Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12–1)Tom Heinsohn[45]
1975Golden State Warriors (1) (6, 3–3)Al Attles4–0Washington Bullets (2) (2, 0–2)K. C. Jones[46]
1976Phoenix Suns (3) (1, 0–1)John MacLeod2–4Boston Celtics (1) (14, 13–1)Tom Heinsohn[47]
1977[lower-alpha 3]Portland Trail Blazers (3) (1, 1–0)Jack Ramsey4–2Philadelphia 76ers (1) (5, 2–3)Gene Shue[50]
1978Seattle SuperSonics (4) (1, 0–1)Lenny Wilkens3–4Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1–2)Dick Motta[51]
1979Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1–1)Lenny Wilkens4–1Washington Bullets (1) (4, 1–3)Dick Motta[52]
1980Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7–9)Paul Westhead4–2Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2–4)Billy Cunningham[53]
1981Houston Rockets (6) (1, 0–1)Del Harris2–4Boston Celtics (1) (15, 14–1)Bill Fitch[54]
1982Los Angeles Lakers (1) (17, 8–9)Pat Riley4–2Philadelphia 76ers (3) (7, 2–5)Billy Cunningham[55]
1983Los Angeles Lakers (1) (18, 8–10)Pat Riley0–4Philadelphia 76ers (1) (8, 3–5)Billy Cunningham[56]
1984[lower-alpha 4]Los Angeles Lakers (1) (19, 8–11)Pat Riley3–4Boston Celtics (1) (16, 15–1)K. C. Jones[57]
1985Los Angeles Lakers (1) (20, 9–11)Pat Riley4–2Boston Celtics (1) (17, 15–2)K. C. Jones[58]
1986Houston Rockets (2) (2, 0–2)Bill Fitch2–4Boston Celtics (1) (18, 16–2)K. C. Jones[59]
1987Los Angeles Lakers (1) (21, 10–11)Pat Riley4–2Boston Celtics (1) (19, 16–3)K. C. Jones[60]
1988Los Angeles Lakers (1) (22, 11–11)Pat Riley4–3Detroit Pistons (2) (3, 0–3)Chuck Daly[61]
1989Los Angeles Lakers (1) (23, 11–12)Pat Riley0–4Detroit Pistons (1) (4, 1–3)Chuck Daly[62]
1990Portland Trail Blazers (3) (2, 1–1)Rick Adelman1–4Detroit Pistons (1) (5, 2–3)Chuck Daly[63]
1991Los Angeles Lakers (3) (24, 11–13)Mike Dunleavy1–4Chicago Bulls (1) (1, 1–0)Phil Jackson[64]
1992Portland Trail Blazers (1) (3, 1–2)Rick Adelman2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (2, 2–0)Phil Jackson[65]
1993Phoenix Suns (1) (2, 0–2)Paul Westphal2–4Chicago Bulls (2) (3, 3–0)Phil Jackson[66]
1994Houston Rockets (2) (3, 1–2)Rudy Tomjanovich4–3New York Knicks (2) (7, 2–5)Pat Riley[67]
1995Houston Rockets (6) (4, 2–2)Rudy Tomjanovich4–0Orlando Magic (1) (1, 0–1)Brian Hill[68]
1996Seattle SuperSonics (1) (3, 1–2)George Karl2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (4, 4–0)Phil Jackson[69]
1997Utah Jazz (1) (1, 0–1)Jerry Sloan2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (5, 5–0)Phil Jackson[70]
1998Utah Jazz (1) (2, 0–2)Jerry Sloan2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (6, 6–0)Phil Jackson[71]
1999[lower-alpha 5]San Antonio Spurs (1) (1, 1–0)Gregg Popovich4–1New York Knicks (8) (8, 2–6)Jeff Van Gundy[73]
2000Los Angeles Lakers (1) (25, 12–13)Phil Jackson4–2Indiana Pacers (1) (1, 0–1)Larry Bird[74]
2001Los Angeles Lakers (2) (26, 13–13)Phil Jackson4–1Philadelphia 76ers (1) (9, 3–6)Larry Brown[75]
2002Los Angeles Lakers (3) (27, 14–13)Phil Jackson4–0New Jersey Nets (1) (1, 0–1)Byron Scott[76]
2003San Antonio Spurs (1) (2, 2–0)Gregg Popovich4–2New Jersey Nets (2) (2, 0–2)Byron Scott[77]
2004Los Angeles Lakers (2) (28, 14–14)Phil Jackson1–4Detroit Pistons (3) (6, 3–3)Larry Brown[78]
2005San Antonio Spurs (2) (3, 3–0)Gregg Popovich4–3Detroit Pistons (2) (7, 3–4)Larry Brown[79]
2006Dallas Mavericks (4) (1, 0–1)Avery Johnson2–4Miami Heat (2) (1, 1–0)Pat Riley[80]
2007San Antonio Spurs (3) (4, 4–0)Gregg Popovich4–0Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (1, 0–1)Mike Brown[81]
2008Los Angeles Lakers (1) (29, 14–15)Phil Jackson2–4Boston Celtics (1) (20, 17–3)Doc Rivers[82]
2009Los Angeles Lakers (1) (30, 15–15)Phil Jackson4–1Orlando Magic (3) (2, 0–2)Stan Van Gundy[83]
2010Los Angeles Lakers (1) (31, 16–15)Phil Jackson4–3Boston Celtics (4) (21, 17–4)Doc Rivers[84]
2011Dallas Mavericks (3) (2, 1–1)Rick Carlisle4–2Miami Heat (2) (2, 1–1)Erik Spoelstra[85]
2012[lower-alpha 6]Oklahoma City Thunder (2) (4, 1–3)Scott Brooks1–4Miami Heat (2) (3, 2–1)Erik Spoelstra[88]
2013San Antonio Spurs (2) (5, 4–1)Gregg Popovich3–4Miami Heat (1) (4, 3–1)Erik Spoelstra[89]
2014San Antonio Spurs (1) (6, 5–1)Gregg Popovich4–1Miami Heat (2) (5, 3–2)Erik Spoelstra[90]
2015Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4–3)Steve Kerr4–2Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0–2)David Blatt[91]
2016Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4–4)Steve Kerr3–4Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1–2)Tyronn Lue[92]
2017Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5–4)Steve Kerr4–1Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1–3)Tyronn Lue[93]
2018Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6–4)Steve Kerr4–0Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1–4)Tyronn Lue[94]
2019Golden State Warriors (1) (11, 6–5)Steve Kerr2–4Toronto Raptors (2) (1, 1–0)Nick Nurse[95]
2020[lower-alpha 7]Los Angeles Lakers (1) (32, 17–15)Frank Vogel4–2Miami Heat (5) (6, 3–3)Erik Spoelstra[97]

Results by teams
TeamsWinLossTotalYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Los Angeles Lakers[lower-roman 1]1715321949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 20201959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2004, 2008
Boston Celtics174211957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1986, 20081958, 1985, 1987, 2010
Golden State Warriors[lower-roman 2]65111947, 1956, 1975, 2015, 2017, 20181948, 1964, 1967, 2016, 2019
Chicago Bulls6061991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998—
San Antonio Spurs5161999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 20142013
Philadelphia 76ers[lower-roman 3]3691955, 1967, 19831950, 1954, 1977, 1980, 1982, 2001
Detroit Pistons[lower-roman 4]3471989, 1990, 20041955, 1956, 1988, 2005
Miami Heat3362006, 2012, 20132011, 2014, 2020
New York Knicks2681970, 19731951, 1952, 1953, 1972, 1994, 1999
Houston Rockets2241994, 19951981, 1986
Cleveland Cavaliers14520162007, 2015, 2017, 2018
Atlanta Hawks[lower-roman 5]13419581957, 1960, 1961
Washington Wizards[lower-roman 6]13419781971, 1975, 1979
Oklahoma City Thunder[lower-roman 7]13419791978, 1996, 2012
Portland Trail Blazers12319771990, 1992
Milwaukee Bucks11219711974
Dallas Mavericks11220112006
Baltimore Bullets (original) (folded in 1954)[lower-roman 8]1011948—
Sacramento Kings[lower-roman 9]1011951—
Toronto Raptors1012019—
Phoenix Suns022—1976, 1993
Utah Jazz022—1997, 1998
Brooklyn Nets[lower-roman 10]022—2002, 2003
Orlando Magic022—1995, 2009
Chicago Stags (folded in 1950)011—1947
Washington Capitols (folded in 1951)011—1949
Indiana Pacers011—2000
Charlotte Hornets———
Denver Nuggets———
Los Angeles Clippers———
Memphis Grizzlies———
Minnesota Timberwolves———
New Orleans Pelicans———
  1. Includes record as Minneapolis Lakers
  2. Includes record as Philadelphia and San Francisco Warriors
  3. Includes record as Syracuse Nationals
  4. Includes record as Fort Wayne Pistons
  5. Includes record as St. Louis Hawks
  6. Includes record as Baltimore and Washington Bullets
  7. Includes record as Seattle SuperSonics
  8. Not affiliated with the present-day Washington Wizards, known as the Baltimore Bullets from 1963 to 1973.
  9. Includes record as Rochester Royals
  10. Includes record as New York Nets and New Jersey Nets

Frequent matchups
Count Matchup Record Years
12 Boston Celtics vs Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers Celtics, 9–3 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2008, 2010
6 Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers vs Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers Lakers, 5–1 1950, 1954, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001
5 Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks Lakers, 3–2 1952, 1953, 1970, 1972, 1973
4 St. Louis Hawks (Atlanta Hawks) vs Boston Celtics Celtics, 3–1 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961
4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs Golden State Warriors Warriors, 3–1 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
3 Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Lakers Pistons, 2–1 1988, 1989, 2004
2 Seattle SuperSonics (Oklahoma City Thunder) vs Washington Bullets (Washington Wizards) Tied, 1–1 1978, 1979
2 Boston Celtics vs Houston Rockets Celtics, 2–0 1981, 1986
2 Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz Bulls, 2–0 1997, 1998
2 Dallas Mavericks vs Miami Heat Tied, 1–1 2006, 2011
2 Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs Tied, 1–1 2013, 2014

See also

Notes
  1. Minneapolis was the Central Division (now defunct, no relation to the current Central Division) playoff champion, while the Anderson Packers were the Western Division playoff champion.[17] Due to the NBA's realignment into three divisions,[18][19] the team with the best regular season record after the Divisional Finals advanced automatically to the NBA Finals, while the other two teams faced off in the NBA Semifinals to determine the other finalist. Eastern Division playoff champion Syracuse had the best regular season record among the division playoff champions, causing Minneapolis to face Anderson in the NBA Semifinals.[17][20]
  2. The trophy was renamed for Walter A. Brown.
  3. The trophy was replaced by a new design.[48][49]
  4. The trophy was renamed for Larry O'Brien.
  5. After a lockout, the season started on February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50-game regular season schedule.[72]
  6. After a lockout, the season started on December 25, 2011, and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.[86][87]
  7. The 2019–20 NBA season was delayed and shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic and finished in October 2020 with a bubble tournament.[96]

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