Who Won the Most NBA Titles?
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A comprehensive list of the NBA teams with the most championships, including the years they won and the head coach and star player for each team.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics have won the most NBA titles with a total of 17 championships. The Celtics have also made the most appearances in the NBA Finals, with a total of 21 appearances. The Los Angeles Lakers are second with 16 championships, and the San Antonio Spurs are third with five championships.
Titles by year
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 of any NBA franchise with 17.
Most recent title
The Boston Celtics won the most recent NBA title in 2008.
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, 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, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, having won 16 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
Titles by year
The Lakers have won a total of 16 NBA titles, the 2nd-most in NBA history. Below is a list of the years in which they won those titles.
1949 – 1950
1951 – 1952
1953 – 1954
1972 – 1973
1980 – 1981
1985 – 1986
1987 – 1988
1988 – 1989
1999 – 2000
2000 – 2001
2001 – 2002
2008 – 2009
2009 – 2010
2010 – 2011
Most recent title
The Los Angeles Lakers have won the NBA Championship 16 times. Their most recent title was in 2010.
Chicago Bulls
Titles by year
The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls compete in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. 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, including two three-peats (1991–93, 1996–98). They have also appeared in five Eastern Conference finals, which includes two back-to-back trips (1989 and 1990), and five straight trips from 1996 to 1998. They have also made 27 playoff appearances, which is the second most in NBA history behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
Most recent title
The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 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. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Bulls have won six NBA championships, their first in 1971 and their most recent in 1998. All six championship teams were led by Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The Bulls are the only NBA franchise to win multiple championships and never lose an NBA Finals series in their history. They have also appeared in more than a dozen semifinal series and have played in numerous other appearances since 1971, making them one of the most successful teams in NBA history.
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Spurs have won five NBA Championships, which is second most in the NBA, behind only the Boston Celtics.
Titles by year
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 have won 22 Division titles and have made 31 playoff appearances, winning 21 times. In total, the Spurs have won six NBA Championships, which is tied for fourth most in NBA history behind only the Boston Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), and Chicago Bulls (6). They have also won four conference championships and four division championships.
Most recent title
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 have won five NBA championships, winning their first in 1999 and their most recent in 2014. They have also won six conference championships and 25 division titles.
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Titles by year
The Warriors franchise has appeared in a total of 12 NBA Finals, winning nine of them. Their first appearance came in 1947, as the Philadelphia Warriors, when they defeated the Chicago Stags four games to one. In 1956, coach George Senesky led the Warriors to their second NBA title after a 49-11 regular season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one in the Finals. The Warriors won their third title under head coach Al Attles in 1975, when they defeated the Washington Bullets four games to none. The fourth title came in 2015, when they defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers four games to two under head coach Steve Kerr. The fifth title came in 2017, when they defeated the Cavaliers four games to one under head coach Kerr. The sixth title came in 2018, when they swept the Cavaliers four games to none under head coach Kerr.
The seventh and eighth titles came in 2019 and 2020, respectively, when the Warriors defeated the Toronto Raptors four games to two under head coach Kerr. The ninth and most recent title came in 2021, when the Warriors defeated the Miami Heat four games to two under head coach Kerr.
Most recent title
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and won the NBA Finals in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
