Nba Champions By Franchise

Usa today sports ranks the lakers record tying 17 nba championships after winning in 2020 to match the celtics.

Nba champions by franchise. First nba season total games division 1. The los angeles lakers boston celtics san antonio spurs and chicago bulls have won the vast majority of the championships in the league since the 1950s roughly two thirds of all championships actually. Oh and he won eight nba championships too claiming finals mvp in 1974 after averaging 26 7 points 7 7 rebounds and 4 7 assists in boston s seven game triumph over the milwaukee bucks.

Nine teams have one nba championship to their name toronto raptors 2019 cleveland cavaliers 2016 dallas mavericks 2011 seattle supersonics oklahoma city thunder 1979. The league is composed of 30 teams 29 in the united states and 1 in canada and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the united states and canada it is the premier men s professional basketball league in the world. In nba history a few heavyweight franchises have been massively successful compared to the rest.

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. Only 5 teams the celtics lakers bulls spurs and warriors have won more than 3 championships totaling between them almost 70 percent of the titles. This discrepancy is probably larger than any other major sport.

A total of 19 franchises have won the nba finals with the los angeles lakers winning in 2020. The national basketball association nba is a professional basketball league in north america. The boston celtics also won the most consecutive titles winning eight in a row from 1959 to 1966.