List of NBA champions

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.

Year	Western champion	Coach	Result	Eastern champion	Coach	Reference
1947	Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1)	Harold Olsen	1–4	Philadelphia Warriors (2) (1, 1–0)	Eddie Gottlieb	[1]
1948	Baltimore Bullets (2) (1, 1–0)	Buddy Jeannette	4–2	Philadelphia Warriors (1) (2, 1–1)	Eddie Gottlieb	[2]
1949	Minneapolis Lakers (2) (1, 1–0)	John Kundla	4–2	Washington Capitols (1) (1, 0–1)	Red Auerbach	[3]
1950	Minneapolis Lakers (1) [a] (2, 2–0)	John Kundla	4–2	Syracuse Nationals (1) (1, 0–1)	Al Cervi	[7][8]
1951	Rochester Royals (2) (1, 1–0)	Les Harrison	4–3	New York Knicks (3) (1, 0–1)	Joe Lapchick	[9]
1952	Minneapolis Lakers (2) (3, 3–0)	John Kundla	4–3	New York Knicks (3) (2, 0–2)	Joe Lapchick	[10]
1953	Minneapolis Lakers (1) (4, 4–0)	John Kundla	4–1	New York Knicks (1) (3, 0–3)	Joe Lapchick	[11]
1954	Minneapolis Lakers (1) (5, 5–0)	John Kundla	4–3	Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 0–2)	Al Cervi	[12]
1955	Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (1, 0–1)	Charles Eckman	3–4	Syracuse Nationals (1) (3, 1–2)	Al Cervi	[13]
1956	Fort Wayne Pistons (1) (2, 0–2)	Charles Eckman	1–4	Philadelphia Warriors (1) (3, 2–1)	George Senesky	[14]
1957	St. Louis Hawks (1) (1, 0–1)	Alex Hannum	3–4	Boston Celtics (1) (1, 1–0)	Red Auerbach	[15]
1958	St. Louis Hawks (1) (2, 1–1)	Alex Hannum	4–2	Boston Celtics (1) (2, 1–1)	Red Auerbach	[16]
1959	Minneapolis Lakers (2) (6, 5–1)	John Kundla	0–4	Boston Celtics (1) (3, 2–1)	Red Auerbach	[17]
1960	St. Louis Hawks (1) (3, 1–2)	Ed Macauley	3–4	Boston Celtics (1) (4, 3–1)	Red Auerbach	[18]
1961	St. Louis Hawks (1) (4, 1–3)	Paul Seymour	1–4	Boston Celtics (1) (5, 4–1)	Red Auerbach	[19]
1962	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (7, 5–2)	Fred Schaus	3–4	Boston Celtics (1) (6, 5–1)	Red Auerbach	[20]
1963	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (8, 5–3)	Fred Schaus	2–4	Boston Celtics (1) (7, 6–1)	Red Auerbach	[21]
1964[b]	San Francisco Warriors (1) (4, 2–2)	Alex Hannum	1–4	Boston Celtics (1) (8, 7–1)	Red Auerbach	[22]
1965	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (9, 5–4)	Fred Schaus	1–4	Boston Celtics (1) (9, 8–1)	Red Auerbach	[23]
1966	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (10, 5–5)	Fred Schaus	3–4	Boston Celtics (2) (10, 9–1)	Red Auerbach	[24]
1967	San Francisco Warriors (1) (5, 2–3)	Bill Sharman	2–4	Philadelphia 76ers (1) (4, 2–2)	Alex Hannum	[25]
1968	Los Angeles Lakers (2) (11, 5–6)	Butch van Breda Kolff	2–4	Boston Celtics (2) (11, 10–1)	Bill Russell	[26]
1969	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (12, 5–7)	Butch van Breda Kolff	3–4	Boston Celtics (4) (12, 11–1)	Bill Russell	[27]
1970	Los Angeles Lakers (2) (13, 5–8)	Joe Mullaney	3–4	New York Knicks (1) (4, 1–3)	Red Holzman	[28]
1971	Milwaukee Bucks (1) (1, 1–0)	Larry Costello	4–0	Baltimore Bullets (1) (1, 0–1)	Gene Shue	[29]
1972	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (14, 6–8)	Bill Sharman	4–1	New York Knicks (2) (5, 1–4)	Red Holzman	[30]
1973	Los Angeles Lakers (2) (15, 6–9)	Bill Sharman	1–4	New York Knicks (2) (6, 2–4)	Red Holzman	[31]
1974	Milwaukee Bucks (1) (2, 1–1)	Larry Costello	3–4	Boston Celtics (1) (13, 12–1)	Tom Heinsohn	[32]
1975	Golden State Warriors (1) (6, 3–3)	Al Attles	4–0	Washington Bullets (2) (2, 0–2)	K. C. Jones	[33]
1976	Phoenix Suns (3) (1, 0–1)	John MacLeod	2–4	Boston Celtics (1) (14, 13–1)	Tom Heinsohn	[34]
1977[c]	Portland Trail Blazers (3) (1, 1–0)	Jack Ramsey	4–2	Philadelphia 76ers (1) (5, 2–3)	Gene Shue	[37]
1978	Seattle SuperSonics (4) (1, 0–1)	Lenny Wilkens	3–4	Washington Bullets (3) (3, 1–2)	Dick Motta	[38]
1979	Seattle SuperSonics (1) (2, 1–1)	Lenny Wilkens	4–1	Washington Bullets (1) (4, 1–3)	Dick Motta	[39]
1980	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (16, 7–9)	Paul Westhead	4–2	Philadelphia 76ers (3) (6, 2–4)	Billy Cunningham	[40]
1981	Houston Rockets (6) (1, 0–1)	Del Harris	2–4	Boston Celtics (1) (15, 14–1)	Bill Fitch	[41]
1982	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (17, 8–9)	Pat Riley	4–2	Philadelphia 76ers (3) (7, 2–5)	Billy Cunningham	[42]
1983	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (18, 8–10)	Pat Riley	0–4	Philadelphia 76ers (1) (8, 3–5)	Billy Cunningham	[43]
1984[d]	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (19, 8–11)	Pat Riley	3–4	Boston Celtics (1) (16, 15–1)	K. C. Jones	[44]
1985	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (20, 9–11)	Pat Riley	4–2	Boston Celtics (1) (17, 15–2)	K. C. Jones	[45]
1986	Houston Rockets (2) (2, 0–2)	Bill Fitch	2–4	Boston Celtics (1) (18, 16–2)	K. C. Jones	[46]
1987	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (21, 10–11)	Pat Riley	4–2	Boston Celtics (1) (19, 16–3)	K. C. Jones	[47]
1988	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (22, 11–11)	Pat Riley	4–3	Detroit Pistons (2) (3, 0–3)	Chuck Daly	[48]
1989	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (23, 11–12)	Pat Riley	0–4	Detroit Pistons (1) (4, 1–3)	Chuck Daly	[49]
1990	Portland Trail Blazers (3) (2, 1–1)	Rick Adelman	1–4	Detroit Pistons (1) (5, 2–3)	Chuck Daly	[50]
1991	Los Angeles Lakers (3) (24, 11–13)	Mike Dunleavy	1–4	Chicago Bulls (1) (1, 1–0)	Phil Jackson	[51]
1992	Portland Trail Blazers (1) (3, 1–2)	Rick Adelman	2–4	Chicago Bulls (1) (2, 2–0)	Phil Jackson	[52]
1993	Phoenix Suns (1) (2, 0–2)	Paul Westphal	2–4	Chicago Bulls (2) (3, 3–0)	Phil Jackson	[53]
1994	Houston Rockets (2) (3, 1–2)	Rudy Tomjanovich	4–3	New York Knicks (2) (7, 2–5)	Pat Riley	[54]
1995	Houston Rockets (6) (4, 2–2)	Rudy Tomjanovich	4–0	Orlando Magic (1) (1, 0–1)	Brian Hill	[55]
1996	Seattle SuperSonics (1) (3, 1–2)	George Karl	2–4	Chicago Bulls (1) (4, 4–0)	Phil Jackson	[56]
1997	Utah Jazz (1) (1, 0–1)	Jerry Sloan	2–4	Chicago Bulls (1) (5, 5–0)	Phil Jackson	[57]
1998	Utah Jazz (1) (2, 0–2)	Jerry Sloan	2–4	Chicago Bulls (1) (6, 6–0)	Phil Jackson	[58]
1999[e]	San Antonio Spurs (1) (1, 1–0)	Gregg Popovich	4–1	New York Knicks (8) (8, 2–6)	Jeff Van Gundy	[60]
2000	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (25, 12–13)	Phil Jackson	4–2	Indiana Pacers (1) (1, 0–1)	Larry Bird	[61]
2001	Los Angeles Lakers (2) (26, 13–13)	Phil Jackson	4–1	Philadelphia 76ers (1) (9, 3–6)	Larry Brown	[62]
2002	Los Angeles Lakers (3) (27, 14–13)	Phil Jackson	4–0	New Jersey Nets (1) (1, 0–1)	Byron Scott	[63]
2003	San Antonio Spurs (1) (2, 2–0)	Gregg Popovich	4–2	New Jersey Nets (2) (2, 0–2)	Byron Scott	[64]
2004	Los Angeles Lakers (2) (28, 14–14)	Phil Jackson	1–4	Detroit Pistons (3) (6, 3–3)	Larry Brown	[65]
2005	San Antonio Spurs (2) (3, 3–0)	Gregg Popovich	4–3	Detroit Pistons (2) (7, 3–4)	Larry Brown	[66]
2006	Dallas Mavericks (4) (1, 0–1)	Avery Johnson	2–4	Miami Heat (2) (1, 1–0)	Pat Riley	[67]
2007	San Antonio Spurs (3) (4, 4–0)	Gregg Popovich	4–0	Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (1, 0–1)	Mike Brown	[68]
2008	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (29, 14–15)	Phil Jackson	2–4	Boston Celtics (1) (20, 17–3)	Doc Rivers	[69]
2009	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (30, 15–15)	Phil Jackson	4–1	Orlando Magic (3) (2, 0–2)	Stan Van Gundy	[70]
2010	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (31, 16–15)	Phil Jackson	4–3	Boston Celtics (4) (21, 17–4)	Doc Rivers	[71]
2011	Dallas Mavericks (3) (2, 1–1)	Rick Carlisle	4–2	Miami Heat (2) (2, 1–1)	Erik Spoelstra	[72]
2012[f]	Oklahoma City Thunder (2) (4, 1–3)	Scott Brooks	1–4	Miami Heat (2) (3, 2–1)	Erik Spoelstra	[75]
2013	San Antonio Spurs (2) (5, 4–1)	Gregg Popovich	3–4	Miami Heat (1) (4, 3–1)	Erik Spoelstra	[76]
2014	San Antonio Spurs (1) (6, 5–1)	Gregg Popovich	4–1	Miami Heat (2) (5, 3–2)	Erik Spoelstra	[77]
2015	Golden State Warriors (1) (7, 4–3)	Steve Kerr	4–2	Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (2, 0–2)	David Blatt	[78]
2016	Golden State Warriors (1) (8, 4–4)	Steve Kerr	3–4	Cleveland Cavaliers (1) (3, 1–2)	Tyronn Lue	[79]
2017	Golden State Warriors (1) (9, 5–4)	Steve Kerr	4–1	Cleveland Cavaliers (2) (4, 1–3)	Tyronn Lue	[80]
2018	Golden State Warriors (2) (10, 6–4)	Steve Kerr	4–0	Cleveland Cavaliers (4) (5, 1–4)	Tyronn Lue	[81]
2019	Golden State Warriors (1) (11, 6–5)	Steve Kerr	2–4	Toronto Raptors (2) (1, 1–0)	Nick Nurse	[82]
2020[g]	Los Angeles Lakers (1) (32, 17–15)	Frank Vogel	4–2	Miami Heat (5) (6, 3–3)	Erik Spoelstra	[84]
2021	Phoenix Suns (2) (3, 0–3)	Monty Williams	2–4	Milwaukee Bucks (3) (3, 2–1)	Mike Budenholzer	[85]
2022	Golden State Warriors (3) (12, 7–5)	Steve Kerr	4–2	Boston Celtics (2) (22, 17–5)	Ime Udoka	[86]
2023	Denver Nuggets (1) (1, 1–0)	Michael Malone	4–1	Miami Heat (8) (7, 3–4)	Erik Spoelstra	[87]
2024	Dallas Mavericks (5) (3, 1–2)	Jason Kidd	1–4	Boston Celtics (1) (23, 18–5)	Joe Mazzulla	[88]

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.^[4] Due to the NBA's realignment into three divisions,^[5][6] 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.^[4][7]
2. The trophy was renamed for Walter A. Brown.
3. The trophy was replaced by a new design.^[35][36]
4. The trophy was renamed for Larry O'Brien.
5. Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule.^[59]
6. Due to a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011 and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.^[73][74]
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.^[83]