NBA Winners list: Boston Celtics has won the most titles in the NBA final with a total of 18 champions surpassing Los Angeles Lakers’ 17 title counts.
On June 17 2024, the Boston Celtics scripted history by winning their 18th NBA title by defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4-1 in the best-of-seven finals. Jayson Tatum played a huge role in the Boston Celtics’s historic win in Boston.
NBA Champions List
All NBA Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in 1950 when the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions.
For the first three years, the league was tagged as “Basketball Association of America (BAA)” while in 1950 the name changed to “National Basketball Association (NBA)”.
The winning team of the series received the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, which was awarded since 1977 (between 1947 and 1976 the winning team received the Walter A. Brown Trophy).
Following are the complete details of the NBA winners list/NBA all time winners list/NBA winners year wise.
| Year | Champions | Result | Finals MVP |
| 2024 | Boston Celtics | 4-1 | Jaylen Brown |
| 2023 | Denver Nuggets | 4-1 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2022 | Golden State Warriors | 4-2 | Stephen Curry |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | LeBron James |
| 2019 | Toronto Raptors | 4-2 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2018 | Golden State Warriors | 4-0 | Kevin Durant |
| 2017 | Golden State Warriors | 4-1 | Kevin Durant |
| 2016 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-3 | LeBron James |
| 2015 | Golden State Warriors | 4-2 | Andre Iguodala |
| 2014 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-1 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2013 | Miami Heat | 4-3 | LeBron James |
| 2012 | Miami Heat | 4-1 | LeBron James |
| 2011 | Dallas Mavericks | 4-2 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2008 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Paul Pierce |
| 2007 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-0 | Tony Parker |
| 2006 | Miami Heat | 4-2 | Dwyane Wade |
| 2005 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-3 | Tim Duncan |
| 2004 | Detroit Pistons | 4-1 | Chauncey Billups |
| 2003 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-2 | Tim Duncan |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 1999 | San Antonio Spurs | 4-1 | Tim Duncan |
| 1998 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1997 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1996 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1995 | Houston Rockets | 4-0 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1994 | Houston Rockets | 4-3 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1993 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1992 | Chicago Bulls | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1991 | Chicago Bulls | 4-1 | Michael Jordan |
| 1990 | Detroit Pistons | 4-1 | Isiah Thomas |
| 1989 | Detroit Pistons | 4-0 | Joe Dumars |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | James Worthy |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1986 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Larry Bird |
| 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1984 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Larry Bird |
| 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-0 | Moses Malone |
| 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1981 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Cedric Maxwell |
| 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1979 | Seattle SuperSonics | 4-1 | Dennis Johnson |
| 1978 | Washington Bullets | 4-3 | Wes Unseld |
| 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-2 | Bill Walton |
| 1976 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Jo Jo White |
| 1975 | Golden State Warriors | 4-0 | Rick Barry |
| 1974 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | John Havlicek |
| 1973 | New York Knicks | 4-1 | Willis Reed |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | 4-0 | Lew Alcindor |
| 1970 | New York Knicks | 4-3 | Willis Reed |
| 1969 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Jerry West |
| 1968 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1967 | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1966 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1965 | Boston Celtics | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1964 | Boston Celtics | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1963 | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1962 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1961 | Boston Celtics | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1960 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1959 | Boston Celtics | 4-0 | Not Available |
| 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1957 | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-1 | Not Available |
| 1951 | Rochester Royals | 4-3 | Not Available |
| 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | 4-2 | Not Available |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | 4-1 | Not Available |
Most Consecutive NBA Title Winners
Eight consecutive
- Boston Celtics (1959–1966)
Three consecutive
- Minneapolis Lakers (1952–1954)
- Chicago Bulls (1991–1993)
- Chicago Bulls (1996–1998)
- Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2002)
Two consecutive
- Minneapolis Lakers (1949–1950)
- Boston Celtics (1968–1969)
- Los Angeles Lakers (1987–1988)
- Detroit Pistons (1989–1990)
- Houston Rockets (1994–1995)
- Los Angeles Lakers (2009–2010)
- Miami Heat (2012–2013)
- Golden State Warriors (2017–2018)
Which team have won the most NBA Titles?
Boston Celtics have won the most NBA Finals in National Basketball Association history. Boston Celtics have won a total of 18 NBA finals so far.
