What NBA Teams Have the Most Championships?
A comprehensive list of the NBA teams with the most championships, including the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics have the most championships in NBA history, with 17. The Celtics also have the most appearances in the NBA Finals, with 21. The Los Angeles Lakers are second in championships with 16, and they have made 31 appearances in the NBA Finals.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most successful teams in NBA history. They have won a total of 17 championships, which is the most in NBA history. The team has also appeared in 31 Finals series, which is also the most in NBA history. The Lakers have had some of the greatest players in NBA history play for them, including Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, and Magic Johnson.
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Along with the Boston Celtics, the Warriors are one of only two active NBA teams that have won four or more NBA championships. The Warriors have won five NBA championships, with their first coming in 1947 as the Philadelphia Warriors and their most recent in 1975 as the Golden State Warriors, after relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962.
Chicago Bulls
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 its first game during the 1966–67 NBA season. The Bulls have won six NBA championships, their first three with former head coach Phil Jackson. All six championship teams were led by longtime star players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. They are also the only once-active franchise from the old American Basketball AssociationIMG to win an NBA championship, as well as one of only two (the other being the Indiana Pacers) to successfully make the transition from ABA to NBA. They play their home games at United Center, an arena shared with fellow professional basketball team Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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.
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, winning four conference titles and 20 division titles. As of 2019, the Spurs have the fourth-most wins in NBA history, behind only the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.
