Who Has Won the Most NBA Championships?

A list of the NBA teams that have won the most championships, including the number of championships won and the years they won them.

Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers have won the most NBA championships with 16. The Lakers have also made it to the Finals a total of 31 times, the most out of any team. The Boston Celtics are in second place with 14 championships.

Championships

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, having won 17 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.

Star Players

In recent years, the Lakers have been led by some of the NBA’s best players, including Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and Magic Johnson. Kobe Bryant is the Lakers’ all-time leading scorer, and he led the team to five NBA championships during his 20-year career. Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant centers in NBA history, and he helped the Lakers win three straight championships from 2000 to 2002. Magic Johnson is considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, and he led the Lakers to five NBA championships in the 1980s.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics have been the most successful NBA franchise winning the most championships. With their first championship win in 1957,the Celtics have gone on to win a total of 21 NBA titles. Out of the 30 NBA teams,the Celtics have the most conference titles with 39 and the most division titles with 26.

Championships

As of June 2019, the Boston Celtics have won the most championships in NBA history with 17.
The Celtics have been nearly unstoppable at times, winning eight championships in a span of just 11 seasons between 1957 and 1969. They won two more titles in the 1970s before claiming another decade-long championship streak that resulted in five more titles between 1981 and 1986. The Celtics added four more championships over the next 22 years, but haven’t won one since 2008.

The Los Angeles Lakers are a close second with 16 championships to their name. The Lakers storied history includes several periods of extended excellence, including winning five titles in a row between 1949 and 1954, as well as three separate stretches of winning at least three championships in a row (1962-1965, 2000-2002 and 2009-2010).

Star Players

The Boston Celtics have a long and storied history, with some of the greatest players of all time wearing the green and white. Here are just a few of the stars who have made the Celtics one of the most successful franchises in NBA history.

Bill Russell is widely considered to be one of the best players in the history of the NBA. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1969, winning an unprecedented 11 championships in 13 seasons. A five-time MVP and 12-time All-Star, Russell was also named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Larry Bird is another legend of the game, and he also spent his entire career with the Celtics. He was a three-time MVP and a nine-time All-Star, winning titles in 1981, 1984, and 1986. Bird was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.

More recent stars include Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, who were key members of the 2008 championship team. Garnett was a 15-time All-Star and the league MVP in 2004, while Pierce was a 10-time All-Star and won Finals MVP in 2008.

Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Warriors have won three NBA championships, four Western Conference championships, and one NBA Finals MVP.

Championships

The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Western Conference champions, and defend their NBA championship. The Warriors have won five NBA championships (1947, 1956, 1975, 2015, and 2017), one NBA Finals MVP award (2015), six Western Conference titles (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020), and fifteen divisional titles (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 as well as 1987-1993 ran as members of the Pacific Division).

Star Players

In order to win an NBA championship, a team must have strong, capable players who can lead them to victory. The Golden State Warriors have had many great players throughout their history, but some have shone brighter than others.

Steph Curry is one of the best shooters in NBA history and was crucial to the Warriors’ success in recent years. A two-time MVP, Curry has helped lead the Warriors to five NBA Finals appearances and three championships since 2015.

Klay Thompson is another sharpshooter who has been a key player for the Warriors since he was drafted in 2011. He is a three-time NBA All-Star and has helped the Warriors win three championships since 2015.

Draymond Green is a versatile player who can play both power forward and center. He is a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and has won three championships with the Warriors since 2015.

Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls are one of the most successful teams in NBA history. They have won six NBA championships, which is the second most in NBA history. The Bulls have also been to the NBA Finals ten times, which is the most in NBA history. Chicago is also the only team in NBA history to win 70 or more games in a season three times.

Championships

The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966 and played their first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls play their home games at the United Center, an arena on Chicago’s West Side shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Bulls have won six NBA championships, making them one of only two teams in NBA history to win more than three titles and the only team to win three consecutive titles between 1991 and 1993. In addition, they have won two championships while shorthanded due to injury or suspensions of key players: one in 2005 because of the retirement of Michael Jordan and one in 2008 because of an injury to point guard Derrick Rose. Overall, the Bulls have compiled a winning percentage of .591 at home and .560 on the road during their time as a league franchise.

Star Players

The Chicago Bulls have had many great players throughout their history. Some of the most notable include Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Derrick Rose. These players helped lead the team to numerous NBA championships, and they are among the most popular players in the sport.

San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

Championships

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and are the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The franchise has won five NBA championships, four conference titles, and 23 division titles. As of 2019, the Spurs have the second-highest winning percentage among active NBA franchises after the Golden State Warriors.

The Spurs’ five NBA championships are
-1999
-2003
-2005
-2007
-2014

Star Players

The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are members of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The Spurs have won five NBA championships, more than any other team in the Western Conference and behind only the Boston Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), and Chicago Bulls (6) in terms of total NBA championships. Championship success has not been limited to the NBA, as the Spurs have also won the ABA championship in 1976. They have also won four conference titles and six division titles since joining the NBA.

From 1999 to 2016, under head coach Gregg Popovich, the Spurs registered 19 consecutive seasons with 50 or more wins, making them one of only six teams to do so in NBA history. In 2003, Popovich was named Coach of the Year after leading the Spurs to their second-ever 60-win season and their first-ever number one seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The team made several deep runs into the playoffs during Popovich’s first decade at head coach—notably winning a playoff series against rival Dallas Mavericks after being down by as much as 26 points in Game 7—but was unable to win an NBA championship during that time period despite having high-profile stars such as David Robinson and Tim Duncan on their rosters.

In 2012–13, led by Kawhi Leonard and Duncan, they captured their fifth title by defeating LeBron James and the Miami Heat 4 games to 3 during James’ first season with Miami; this was Duncan’s fifth championship with San Antonio and his fourth Finals MVP award—making him only one of two players ever (the other being Magic Johnson) to be named Finals MVP four times while also being on a winning team. During that same offseason,the team won a bidding war with several other teams for coveted free agent forward LaMarcus Aldridge; Aldridge’s arrival helped make San Antonio once again legitimate contenders for an NBA title.