Who Has the Most NBA Championship Titles?

The Boston Celtics have the most NBA championship titles with 17. The Los Angeles Lakers are in second place with 16.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics have the most NBA championship titles with seventeen. The Celtics have been in the NBA finals a record twenty-one times. They have also won a record nineteen conference titles. The Lakers are in second place with sixteen NBA titles.

17 NBA Championship titles

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; they have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for second-most behind the Golden State Warriors (6).

27 conference titles

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; they have won the most championships in league history with seventeen , owning the record for the most recorded wins of any NBA team, and having played in more Finals than any other NBA franchise.

21 division titles

The Boston Celtics have won 21 division titles in their history. Most recently, they won the Atlantic Division in 2016. The Celtics have also won 17 conference titles and 3 NBA Championships.

Los Angeles Lakers

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 in the 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 (WNBA).

16 NBA Championship titles

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 in the Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.

The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America, where they would win five of the next six championships, led by star George Mikan. After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan’s retirement, they relocated to Los Angeles before tension between management and star players led to decay of talent and finances. Constant MIS management couldn’t turn things round quick enough and it wasn’t until Jerry Buss bought them in 1979 that they finally found stability.

Despite initial struggles while playing under nine head coaches from 1960 onward, they managed to make playoffs through most of those years but failed to advance past conference semifinals until 1968–69 when former Boston Celtic Elgin Baylor took over as head coach leading them to their first ever NBA Finals appearance against his old team which they lost 4–3 despite Baylor averaging nearly a triple double for those playoffs (34.8 points per game, 19.8 rebounds per game and 9 assists per game). In 1972–73 under new head coach Bill Sharman they finally broke through by defeating the New York Knicks 4–1 led by future hall of famers Wilt Chamberlain (acquired from Philadelphia two years earlier) and Jerry West en route to their first ever NBA title easily winning a then-record 33 games straight on their way to 69 total wins that season which stood as a record for 34 years until it was broken by Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls who won 72 games during their 1995–96 season en route to their fourth title that year.

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31 conference titles

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 in the 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, and have won a record-tying 31 conference titles, including 23 in Los Angeles.

24 division titles

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 LA Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

One of the most successful teams in NBA history, the Lakers have won 16 NBA championships, tied with the Boston Celtics for second-most in league history. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining forces with five other NBL teams to formthe Basketball Association of America (BAA), where they would win five more championships during that league’s existence.

After Coast Guard duty during World War II, George Mikan returned to DePaul University as its men’s basketball coach and helped turn around its fortunes after years as a doormat program. Mikan was hired as general manager for three years starting in 1949 followed by a three-year stint as head coach from 1952–1955; Dolph Schayes was his top assistant coach during those seasons. Mikan then returned to his GM position from 1955–57 before stepping down for health reasons; he was succeeded by Jack McMahon during those two seasons. After brief stops back at DePaul as head coach and GM from 1957–59 and again from 1968–70, Mikan became head coach of expansion franchise Minnesota Muskies for one season before returning yet again to DePaul as head coach from 1972 until his retirement in 1976. He is credited with creating many innovative rules that helped transform basketball into what it is today.[1]

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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.

5 NBA Championship titles

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 22 division titles. As of 2019, the Spurs have the fourth-most wins in NBA history, and trail only the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, and Chicago Bulls for most wins among active franchises.

The Spurs’ all-time winning percentage of 65.6% is tied withBoston for the highest among active NBA franchises but trails only three other clubs: Philadelphia (68%), Los Angeles (67%), and Sacramento (66%). For four decades of their 46-year existence since 1976–77, they played more games and won more games than any other NBA franchise but failed to win an NBA Finals until 1999. They did not repeat this feat until 2014–15. The Spursearned their fifth title by defeating Miami 4–1 during their sixth appearance Finals appearance since 1999.

21 conference titles

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 22 NBA championships, four conference titles, and have made 31 playoff appearances, 23 of which were consecutive seasons from 1998 to 2020. In their 43 seasons since 1976–77, the Spurs have amassed a .710 winning percentage, tied for fourth-best all-time.[8] As of 2020, they are currently tied with the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers for second most championship wins with seventeen.*

As of 2020, the Spurs maintain rivalries with the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, and Memphis Grizzlies.

16 division titles

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 NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. As of 2019, the Spurs have won 22 conference titles and 16 division titles. With their 50th win in the 2016–17 season, the Spurs reached 4,000 wins for their franchise history becoming only the seventh team in NBA history to do so; they currently rank sixth behind only the Chicago Bulls (6,125), Los Angeles Lakers (5,485), San Antonio Spurs (5,135), Boston Celtics (4,952), and Philadelphia 76ers (4ob0). The team’s recent success coincides with the tenure of current head coach Gregg Popovich, who has coached more than 1ok0 games since 1996.