Every NBA franchise that has won at least one championship, 1947 to 2026, as of June 13, 2026. Boston leads with 18, and the table also shows Finals appearances and each team’s first and latest title.
Pictured: the Boston Celtics celebrating their 2024 NBA championship, their 18th, #1 with 18 titles.
| Rank | Franchise | Championships | Finals appearances | Most recent title | First title | Conference (current) | Era of latest title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Celtics | 18 | 23 | 2024 | 1957 | East | Since 2010 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | 17 | 32 | 2020 | 1949 | West | Since 2010 |
| 3 | Golden State Warriors | 7 | 12 | 2022 | 1947 | West | Since 2010 |
| 4 | Chicago Bulls | 6 | 6 | 1998 | 1991 | East | 1980–2009 |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs | 5 | 7 | 2014 | 1999 | West | Since 2010 |
| 6 | New York Knicks | 3 | 9 | 2026 | 1970 | East | Since 2010 |
| 6 | Miami Heat | 3 | 7 | 2013 | 2006 | East | Since 2010 |
| 6 | Detroit Pistons | 3 | 7 | 2004 | 1989 | East | 1980–2009 |
| 6 | Philadelphia 76ers | 3 | 9 | 1983 | 1955 | East | 1980–2009 |
| 10 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 2 | 5 | 2025 | 1979 | West | Since 2010 |
| 10 | Milwaukee Bucks | 2 | 3 | 2021 | 1971 | East | Since 2010 |
| 10 | Houston Rockets | 2 | 4 | 1995 | 1994 | West | 1980–2009 |
| 13 | Denver Nuggets | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | West | Since 2010 |
| 13 | Toronto Raptors | 1 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | East | Since 2010 |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 1 | 5 | 2016 | 2016 | East | Since 2010 |
| 13 | Dallas Mavericks | 1 | 3 | 2011 | 2011 | West | Since 2010 |
| 13 | Washington Wizards | 1 | 4 | 1978 | 1978 | East | Before 1980 |
| 13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 1 | 3 | 1977 | 1977 | West | Before 1980 |
| 13 | Atlanta Hawks | 1 | 4 | 1958 | 1958 | East | Before 1980 |
| 13 | Sacramento Kings | 1 | 1 | 1951 | 1951 | West | Before 1980 |
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As of June 13, 2026, after the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 4–1 in the 2026 NBA Finals for their third title. What is counted: NBA Finals (BAA Finals in 1947–48) championships from 1947 onward, counted by franchise through its moves and name changes: the Lakers’ Minneapolis titles count for Los Angeles, the Warriors’ Philadelphia title for Golden State, the Kings’ Rochester Royals title for Sacramento, the Hawks’ St. Louis title for Atlanta, the SuperSonics’ title for Oklahoma City, the Syracuse Nationals’ title for the 76ers and the Bullets’ title for Washington. The original Baltimore Bullets, who won in 1948 and folded in 1954, are a separate defunct team and not shown. Finals appearances are wins plus losses. Teams tied on titles share a rank and are listed latest title first; conference is each team’s current one. Teams that have never won a title are left out. The table only changes when a Finals is played, and the next one is in June 2027.[1][2]
Boston has the most titles of any franchise, 18, including 11 in 13 seasons from 1957 to 1969 (all but 1958 and 1967) and the most recent in 2024.[1][2] That 2024 title came with a 106–88 Game 5 win over the Dallas Mavericks, the 4–1 series that broke Boston’s tie with the Lakers at 17.[1][3] The video is the NBA’s clip of the clincher.
The Lakers have 17 titles, five of them won in Minneapolis (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) and counted here for the same franchise, and 12 in Los Angeles.[1][2] The latest, in 2020, was a 4–2 win over the Miami Heat in the Orlando bubble, closed out by a 106–93 Game 6, the video’s game.[1] The Lakers have also lost 15 Finals, the most of any franchise, and played in 32, 9 more than anyone else.
Golden State’s seven titles include the first ever, in 1947, won as the Philadelphia Warriors, and 1956 and 1975 before the Stephen Curry era brought 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022.[1][2] The 2022 title was a 4–2 win over the Celtics, sealed by a 103–90 Game 6 in Boston in which Curry scored 34 points and was named Finals MVP, the video’s game.[1][3]
Chicago won all six of its Finals, the only franchise with at least five appearances and no losses: 1991–93 and 1996–98.[1][2] The sixth title ended with Game 6 of the 1998 Finals against the Utah Jazz, an 87–86 win sealed by Michael Jordan’s jumper over Bryon Russell with 5.2 seconds left, shown in the video.[1][4] The Bulls have not been back to the Finals since.
The Spurs won in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, each with Tim Duncan on the roster, and lost the Finals in 2013 and 2026.[1][2] Their latest title was a 4–1 win over the Miami Heat in 2014, with Kawhi Leonard as Finals MVP, the video’s series.[1] The Spurs lost to the New York Knicks in five games in 2026.[1][3]
The Knicks won in 1970 and 1973 and then, after 53 years, in 2026, when they beat the San Antonio Spurs 4–1, clinching with a 94–90 Game 5 in San Antonio on June 13, 2026; Jalen Brunson was Finals MVP.[1][3] That title moved New York from two titles to three and into a tie with the Heat, Pistons and 76ers; they have lost six Finals, in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1972, 1994 and 1999.[1]
Miami won in 2006, 2012 and 2013, and has lost four other Finals (2011, 2014, 2020, 2023).[1][2] The latest title was the 2013 Finals, a seven-game win over the San Antonio Spurs, decided by Game 7 on June 20, 2013, the video’s series.[1]
Detroit won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990 and a third in 2004, a 4–1 upset of the Lakers in 2004, the video’s series.[1][2] The franchise began as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and has also lost four Finals (1955, 1956, 1988 and 2005).[1]
The 76ers won in 1955 as the Syracuse Nationals, in 1967 and in 1983, a four-game sweep of the Lakers; the franchise counts all three as one history, and has lost six Finals (1950, 1954, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 2001).[1][2] No official video was found that could be verified, so this entry uses the trophy icon.
The Thunder’s two titles are 1979, won as the Seattle SuperSonics, and 2025, a seven-game win over the Indiana Pacers decided in Game 7 on June 22, 2025, the video’s game, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as Finals MVP.[1][2] The two Bucks and Rockets titles sit at the same rank, so only the Thunder, whose latest title is the most recent, gets a write-up here.