List of NBA champions

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This is a list of NBA Champions.

Champions

  • The first brackets in the Western champion and Eastern champion columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second brackets 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.
YearWestern championCoachResultEastern championCoachReference
1947Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1)Harold Olsen1–4Philadelphia Warriors (2) (1, 1–0)Eddie Gottlieb[1]
1948Baltimore Bullets (2) (1, 1–0)Buddy Jeannette4–2Philadelphia Warriors (1) (2, 1–1)Eddie Gottlieb[2]
1949Minneapolis Lakers (2) (1, 1–0)John Kundla4–2Washington Capitols (1) (1, 0–1)Red Auerbach[3]
1950Minneapolis Lakers (1) [a] (2, 2–0)John Kundla4–2Syracuse Nationals (1) (1, 0–1)Al Cervi[7][8]
1951Rochester Royals (2) (1, 1–0)Les Harrison4–3New York Knicks (3) (1, 0–1)Joe Lapchick[9]
1952Minneapolis Lakers (2) (3, 3–0)John Kundla4–3New York Knicks (3) (2, 0–2)Joe Lapchick[10]
1953Minneapolis Lakers (1) (4, 4–0)John Kundla4–1New York Knicks (1) (3, 0–3)Joe Lapchick[11]
1954Minneapolis Lakers (1) (5, 5–0)John Kundla4–3Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 0–2)Al Cervi[12]
1955Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (1, 0–1)Charles Eckman3–4Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 1–2)Al Cervi[13]
1956Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (2, 0–2)Charles Eckman1–4Philadelphia Warriors (1) (3, 2–1)George Senesky[14]
1957St. Louis Hawks (1) (1, 0–1)Alex Hannum3–4Boston Celtics (1) (1, 1–0)Red Auerbach[15]
1958St. Louis Hawks (1) (2, 1–1)Alex Hannum4–2Boston Celtics (1) (2, 1–1)Red Auerbach[16]
1959Minneapolis Lakers (2) (6, 5–1)John Kundla0–4Boston Celtics (1) (3, 2–1)Red Auerbach[17]
1960St. Louis Hawks (1) (3, 1–2)Ed Macauley3–4Boston Celtics (1) (4, 3–1)Red Auerbach[18]
1961St. Louis Hawks (1) (4, 1–3)Paul Seymour1–4Boston Celtics (1) (5, 4–1)Red Auerbach[19]
1962Los Angeles Lakers (1) (7, 5–2)Fred Schaus3–4Boston Celtics (1) (6, 5–1)Red Auerbach[20]
1963Los Angeles Lakers (1) (8, 5–3)Fred Schaus2–4Boston Celtics (1) (7, 6–1)Red Auerbach[21]
1964[b]San Francisco Warriors (1) (4, 2–2)Alex Hannum1–4Boston Celtics (1) (8, 7–1)Red Auerbach[22]
1965Los Angeles Lakers (1) (9, 5–4)Fred Schaus1–4Boston Celtics (1) (9, 8–1)Red Auerbach[23]
1966Los Angeles Lakers (1) (10, 5–5)Fred Schaus3–4Boston Celtics (2) (10, 9–1)Red Auerbach[24]
1967San Francisco Warriors (1) (5, 2–3)Bill Sharman2–4Philadelphia 76ers (1) (4, 2–2)Alex Hannum[25]
1968Los Angeles Lakers (2) (11, 5–6)Butch van Breda Kolff2–4Boston Celtics (2) (11, 10–1)Bill Russell[26]
1969Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, 5–7)Butch van Breda Kolff3–4Boston Celtics (4) (12, 11–1)Bill Russell[27]
1970Los Angeles Lakers (2) (13, 5–8)Joe Mullaney3–4New York Knicks (1) (4, 1–3)Red Holzman[28]
1971Milwaukee Bucks (1) (1, 1–0)Larry Costello4–0Baltimore Bullets (1) (1, 0–1)Gene Shue[29]
1972Los Angeles Lakers (1) (14, 6–8)Bill Sharman4–1New York Knicks (2) (5, 1–4)Red Holzman[30]
1973Los Angeles Lakers (2) (15, 6–9)Bill Sharman1–4New York Knicks (2) (6, 2–4)Red Holzman[31]
1974Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1–1)Larry Costello3–4Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12–1)Tom Heinsohn[32]
1975Golden State Warriors (1) (6, 3–3)Al Attles4–0Washington Bullets (2) (2, 0–2)K. C. Jones[33]
1976Phoenix Suns (3) (1, 0–1)John MacLeod2–4Boston Celtics (1) (14, 13–1)Tom Heinsohn[34]
1977[c]Portland Trail Blazers (3) (1, 1–0)Jack Ramsey4–2Philadelphia 76ers (1) (5, 2–3)Gene Shue[37]
1978Seattle SuperSonics (4) (1, 0–1)Lenny Wilkens3–4Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1–2)Dick Motta[38]
1979Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1–1)Lenny Wilkens4–1Washington Bullets (1) (4, 1–3)Dick Motta[39]
1980Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7–9)Paul Westhead4–2Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2–4)Billy Cunningham[40]
1981Houston Rockets (6) (1, 0–1)Del Harris2–4Boston Celtics (1) (15, 14–1)Bill Fitch[41]
1982Los Angeles Lakers (1) (17, 8–9)Pat Riley4–2Philadelphia 76ers (3) (7, 2–5)Billy Cunningham[42]
1983Los Angeles Lakers (1) (18, 8–10)Pat Riley0–4Philadelphia 76ers (1) (8, 3–5)Billy Cunningham[43]
1984[d]Los Angeles Lakers (1) (19, 8–11)Pat Riley3–4Boston Celtics (1) (16, 15–1)K. C. Jones[44]
1985Los Angeles Lakers (1) (20, 9–11)Pat Riley4–2Boston Celtics (1) (17, 15–2)K. C. Jones[45]
1986Houston Rockets (2) (2, 0–2)Bill Fitch2–4Boston Celtics (1) (18, 16–2)K. C. Jones[46]
1987Los Angeles Lakers (1) (21, 10–11)Pat Riley4–2Boston Celtics (1) (19, 16–3)K. C. Jones[47]
1988Los Angeles Lakers (1) (22, 11–11)Pat Riley4–3Detroit Pistons (2) (3, 0–3)Chuck Daly[48]
1989Los Angeles Lakers (1) (23, 11–12)Pat Riley0–4Detroit Pistons (1) (4, 1–3)Chuck Daly[49]
1990Portland Trail Blazers (3) (2, 1–1)Rick Adelman1–4Detroit Pistons (1) (5, 2–3)Chuck Daly[50]
1991Los Angeles Lakers (3) (24, 11–13)Mike Dunleavy1–4Chicago Bulls (1) (1, 1–0)Phil Jackson[51]
1992Portland Trail Blazers (1) (3, 1–2)Rick Adelman2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (2, 2–0)Phil Jackson[52]
1993Phoenix Suns (1) (2, 0–2)Paul Westphal2–4Chicago Bulls (2) (3, 3–0)Phil Jackson[53]
1994Houston Rockets (2) (3, 1–2)Rudy Tomjanovich4–3New York Knicks (2) (7, 2–5)Pat Riley[54]
1995Houston Rockets (6) (4, 2–2)Rudy Tomjanovich4–0Orlando Magic (1) (1, 0–1)Brian Hill[55]
1996Seattle SuperSonics (1) (3, 1–2)George Karl2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (4, 4–0)Phil Jackson[56]
1997Utah Jazz (1) (1, 0–1)Jerry Sloan2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (5, 5–0)Phil Jackson[57]
1998Utah Jazz (1) (2, 0–2)Jerry Sloan2–4Chicago Bulls (1) (6, 6–0)Phil Jackson[58]
1999[e]San Antonio Spurs (1) (1, 1–0)Gregg Popovich4–1New York Knicks (8) (8, 2–6)Jeff Van Gundy[60]
2000Los Angeles Lakers (1) (25, 12–13)Phil Jackson4–2Indiana Pacers (1) (1, 0–1)Larry Bird[61]
2001Los Angeles Lakers (2) (26, 13–13)Phil Jackson4–1Philadelphia 76ers (1) (9, 3–6)Larry Brown[62]
2002Los Angeles Lakers (3) (27, 14–13)Phil Jackson4–0New Jersey Nets (1) (1, 0–1)Byron Scott[63]
2003San Antonio Spurs (1) (2, 2–0)Gregg Popovich4–2New Jersey Nets (2) (2, 0–2)Byron Scott[64]
2004Los Angeles Lakers (2) (28, 14–14)Phil Jackson1–4Detroit Pistons (3) (6, 3–3)Larry Brown[65]
2005San Antonio Spurs (2) (3, 3–0)Gregg Popovich4–3Detroit Pistons (2) (7, 3–4)Larry Brown[66]
2006Dallas Mavericks (4) (1, 0–1)Avery Johnson2–4Miami Heat (2) (1, 1–0)Pat Riley[67]
2007San Antonio Spurs (3) (4, 4–0)Gregg Popovich4–0Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (1, 0–1)Mike Brown[68]
2008Los Angeles Lakers (1) (29, 14–15)Phil Jackson2–4Boston Celtics (1) (20, 17–3)Doc Rivers[69]
2009Los Angeles Lakers (1) (30, 15–15)Phil Jackson4–1Orlando Magic (3) (2, 0–2)Stan Van Gundy[70]
2010Los Angeles Lakers (1) (31, 16–15)Phil Jackson4–3Boston Celtics (4) (21, 17–4)Doc Rivers[71]
2011Dallas Mavericks (3) (2, 1–1)Rick Carlisle4–2Miami Heat (2) (2, 1–1)Erik Spoelstra[72]
2012[f]Oklahoma City Thunder (2) (4, 1–3)Scott Brooks1–4Miami Heat (2) (3, 2–1)Erik Spoelstra[75]
2013San Antonio Spurs (2) (5, 4–1)Gregg Popovich3–4Miami Heat (1) (4, 3–1)Erik Spoelstra[76]
2014San Antonio Spurs (1) (6, 5–1)Gregg Popovich4–1Miami Heat (2) (5, 3–2)Erik Spoelstra[77]
2015Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4–3)Steve Kerr4–2Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0–2)David Blatt[78]
2016Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4–4)Steve Kerr3–4Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1–2)Tyronn Lue[79]
2017Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5–4)Steve Kerr4–1Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1–3)Tyronn Lue[80]
2018Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6–4)Steve Kerr4–0Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1–4)Tyronn Lue[81]
2019Golden State Warriors (1) (11, 6–5)Steve Kerr2–4Toronto Raptors (2) (1, 1–0)Nick Nurse[82]
2020[g]Los Angeles Lakers (1) (32, 17–15)Frank Vogel4–2Miami Heat (5) (6, 3–3)Erik Spoelstra[84]
2021Phoenix Suns (2) (3, 0–3)Monty Williams2–4Milwaukee Bucks (3) (3, 2–1)Mike Budenholzer[85]
2022Golden State Warriors (3) (12, 7–5)Steve Kerr4–2Boston Celtics (2) (22, 17–5)Ime Udoka[86]
2023Denver Nuggets (1) (1, 1–0)Michael Malone4–1Miami Heat (8) (7, 3–4)Erik Spoelstra[87]

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