NBA Finals Winners List
The NBA playoff is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). There is a series of seven games, the first team to win four games is the champion. Below is a list of all the winners of the NBA Finals since the Philadelphia Warriors won the first in 1947.
The Boston Celtics have won the most titles, 18 out of a total of 23 finals series that they have played in (including 2024). The Los Angeles (Minneapolis) Lakers with 17 wins is only just behind them, though they have appeared in 32 playoffs. The Eastern Conference leads the Western Conference in series won (41–37). The now defunct Central Division won one championship.
| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boston Celtics | 4—1 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2023 | Denver Nuggets | 4—1 | Miami Heat |
| 2022 | Golden State Warriors | 4—2 | Boston Celtics |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Bucks | 4—2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Miami Heat |
| 2019 | Toronto Raptors | 4—2 | Golden State Warriors |
| 2018 | Golden State Warriors | 4—0 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2017 | Golden State Warriors | 4—1 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2016 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4—3 | Golden State Warriors |
| 2015 | Golden State Warriors | 4—2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2014 | San Antonio Spurs | 4—1 | Miami Heat |
| 2013 | Miami Heat | 4—3 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2012 | Miami Heat | 4—1 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2011 | Dallas Mavericks | 4—2 | Miami Heat |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—3 | Boston Celtic |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—1 | Orlando Magic |
| 2008 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2007 | San Antonio Spurs | 4—0 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2006 | Miami Heat | 4—2 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2005 | San Antonio Spurs | 4—3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2004 | Detroit Pistons | 4—1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2003 | San Antonio Spurs | 4—2 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—0 | New Jersey Nets |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—1 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Indiana Pacers |
| 1999 | San Antonio Spurs | 4—1 | New York Knicks |
| 1998 | Chicago Bulls | 4—2 | Utah Jazz |
| 1997 | Chicago Bulls | 4—2 | Utah Jazz |
| 1996 | Chicago Bulls | 4—2 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1995 | Houston Rockets | 4—0 | Orlando Magic |
| 1994 | Houston Rockets | 4—3 | New York Knicks |
| 1993 | Chicago Bulls | 4—2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1992 | Chicago Bulls | 4—2 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1991 | Chicago Bulls | 4—1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1990 | Detroit Pistons | 4—1 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1989 | Detroit Pistons | 4—0 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Boston Celtics |
| 1986 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Houston Rockets |
| 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Boston Celtics |
| 1984 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | 4—0 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1981 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Houston Rockets |
| 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1979 | Seattle SuperSonics | 4—1 | Washington Bullets |
| 1978 | Washington Bullets | 4—3 | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | 4—2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1976 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1975 | Golden State Warriors | 4—0 | Washington Bullets |
| 1974 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1973 | New York Knicks | 4—1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4—1 | New York Knicks |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | 4—0 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 1970 | New York Knicks | 4—3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1969 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1968 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1967 | Philadelphia 76ers | 4—2 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 1966 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1965 | Boston Celtics | 4—1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1964 | Boston Celtics | 4—1 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 1963 | Boston Celtics | 4—2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1962 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1961 | Boston Celtics | 4—1 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1960 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1959 | Boston Celtics | 4—0 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | 4—2 | Boston Celtics |
| 1957 | Boston Celtics | 4—3 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 4—1 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | 4—3 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4—3 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4—1 | New York Knicks |
| 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4—3 | New York Knicks |
| 1951 | Rochester Royals | 4—3 | New York Knicks |
| 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4—2 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4—2 | Washington Capitols |
| 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | 4—2 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | 4—1 | Chicago Stags |
Related Pages
- NBA Finals MVP — list of winners of the most valuable player of the NBA Final Series
- NBA Finals Trivia
- All about the NBA Finals
- More basketball major events
- More about the sport of basketball
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