Jun 15, 2024, 8:45 p.m. ET
The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics have won the most championships in NBA history, with 17 titles each. Here are other champions dating back to 1950.
As the Boston Celtics they face the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals from 2024, consult the complete list of NBA champions:
2023 — Denver Nuggets about the Miami Heat
2022 — Golden State Warriors about the Boston Celtics
2021 — Milwaukee Bucks about the Phoenix Suns
2020 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Miami Heat
2019 — Toronto Raptors about the Golden State Warriors
2018 — Golden State Warriors about the Cleveland Cavaliers
2017 — Golden State Warriors about the Cleveland Cavaliers
2016 — Cleveland Cavaliers about the Golden State Warriors
2015 — Golden State Warriors about the Cleveland Cavaliers
2014 — San Antonio Spurs about the Miami Heat
2013 — Miami Heat about the San Antonio Spurs
2012 — Miami Heat about the Oklahoma City Thunder
2011 — Dallas Mavericks about the Miami Heat
2010 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Boston Celtics
2009 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Orlando Magic
2008 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
2007 — San Antonio Spurs about the Cleveland Cavaliers
2006 — Miami Heat about the Dallas Mavericks
2005 — San Antonio Spurs about the Detroit Pistons
2004 — Detroit Pistons about the Los Angeles Lakers
2003 — San Antonio Spurs about the New Jersey Nets
2002 — Los Angeles Lakers about the New Jersey Nets
2001 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Philadelphia 76ers
2000 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Indiana Pacers
1999 — San Antonio Spurs about the New York Knicks
1998 — Chicago Bulls about the Utah Jazz
1997 — Chicago Bulls about the Utah Jazz
nineteen ninety six — Chicago Bulls about the Seattle SuperSonics
nineteen ninety five — Houston Rockets about the Orlando Magic
1994 — Houston Rockets about the New York Knicks
1993 — Chicago Bulls about the Phoenix Suns
1992 — Chicago Bulls about the Portland Trail Blazers
1991 — Chicago Bulls about the Los Angeles Lakers
1990 — Detroit Pistons about the Portland Trail Blazers
1989 — Detroit Pistons about the Los Angeles Lakers
1988 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Detroit Pistons
1987 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Boston Celtics
1986 — Boston Celtics about the Houston Rockets
1985 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Boston Celtics
1984 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1983 — Philadelphia 76ers about the Los Angeles Lakers
1982 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Philadelphia 76ers
1981 — Boston Celtics about the Houston Rockets
1980 — Los Angeles Lakers about the Philadelphia 76ers
1979 — Seattle SuperSonics about the Washington Bullets
1978 — Washington Bullets about the Seattle SuperSonics
1977 — Portland Trail Blazers about the Philadelphia 76ers
1976 — Boston Celtics about the Phoenix Suns
1975 — Golden State Warriors about the Washington Bullets
1974 — Boston Celtics about the Milwaukee Bucks
1973 — New York Knicks about the Los Angeles Lakers
1972 — Los Angeles Lakers about the New York Knicks
1971 — Milwaukee Bucks about the Baltimore Bullets
1970 — New York Knicks about the Los Angeles Lakers
1969 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1968 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1967 — Philadelphia 76ers about the San Francisco Warriors
1966 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1965 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1964 — Boston Celtics about the San Francisco Warriors
1963 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1962 — Boston Celtics about the Los Angeles Lakers
1961 — Boston Celtics about the St. Louis Hawks
1960 — Boston Celtics about the St. Louis Hawks
1959 — Boston Celtics about the Minneapolis Lakers
1958 — St. Louis Hawks about the Boston Celtics
1957 — Boston Celtics about the St. Louis Hawks
1956 — Philadelphia Warriors about the Fort Wayne Pistons
1955 — Syracuse Nationals about the Fort Wayne Pistons
1954 — Minneapolis Lakers about the Syracuse Nationals
1953 — Minneapolis Lakers about the New York Knicks
1952 — Minneapolis Lakers about the New York Knicks
1951 — Rochester Royals about the New York Knicks
1950 — Minneapolis Lakers about the Syracuse Nationals
