NBA Championship winners list by year: Full list of NBA champions since 1946

The NBA started back in 1946 and there have been a total of 21 different champion teams to date. The first NBA championship was won by the Philadelphia Warriors and the most recent one was clinched by the Los Angeles Lakers. With the current 2020-21 NBA regular season coming to an end, here's a look at the NBA Championship winners list by year since its inception. Which franchise has won most NBA Championships? NBA Champions full list By clinching the 2020 NBA title, the Los Angeles Lakers took their overall tally to 17 championships. This put them on level for the most NBA championships of all time with the Boston Celtics. Both franchises have accounted for 34 of the 74 championships (45.9%) in NBA history. View this post on Instagram A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) Only three franchises have ever won three titles in a row — the Boston Celtics (eight straight from 1959 to 1966), the Chicago Bulls (twice), and the Los Angeles Lakers (twice). Nine teams have one NBA championship to their name — the Toronto Raptors (2019), the Cleveland Cavaliers (2016), the Dallas Mavericks (2011), the Seattle Supersonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (1979), Baltimore/Washington Bullets/Washington Wizards (1978), the Portland Trail Blazers (1977), the Milwaukee Bucks (1971), St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (1958), the Baltimore Bullets (1948; folded in 1954), and Rochester/Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City/Sacramento Kings (1951). Full NBA winners list: 1947- Philadelphia Warriors 1948 - Baltimore Bullets 1949 - Minneapolis Lakers 1950 - Minneapolis Lakers 1951 - Rochester Royals 1952 - Minneapolis Lakers 1953 - Minneapolis Lakers 1954 - Minneapolis Lakers 1955 - Syracuse Nationals 1956 - Philadelphia Warriors 1957 - Boston Celtics 1958 - St. Louis Hawks 1959 - Boston Celtics 1960 - Boston Celtics 1961 - Boston Celtics 1962 - Boston Celtics 1963 - Boston Celtics 1964 - Boston Celtics 1965 - Boston Celtics 1967 - Philadelphia 76ers 1968 - Boston Celtics 1969 - Boston Celtics 1970 - New York Knicks 1971 - Milwaukee Bucks 1972 - Los Angeles Lakers 1973 - New York Knicks 1974 - Boston Celtics 1975 - Golden State Warriors 1976 - Boston Celtics 1977 - Portland Trail Blazers 1978 - Washington Bullets 1979 - Seattle SuperSonics 1980 - Los Angeles Lakers 1981 - Boston Celtics 1982 - Los Angeles Lakers 1983 - Philadelphia 76ers 1984 - Boston Celtics 1985 - Los Angeles Lakers 1986 - Boston Celtics 1987 - Los Angeles Lakers 1988 - Los Angeles Lakers 1989 - Detroit Pistons 1990 - Detroit Pistons 1991 - Chicago Bulls 1992 - Chicago Bulls 1993 - Chicago Bulls 1994 - Houston Rockets 1995 - Houston Rockets 1996 - Chicago Bulls 1997 - Chicago Bulls 1998 - Chicago Bulls 1999 - San Antonio Spurs 2000 - Los Angeles Lakers 2001 - Los Angeles Lakers 2002 - Los Angeles Lakers 2003 - San Antonio Spurs 2004 - Detroit Pistons 2005 - San Antonio Spurs 2006 - Miami Heat 2007 - San Antonio Spurs 2008 - Boston Celtics 2009 - Los Angeles Lakers 2010 - Los Angeles Lakers 2011 - Dallas Mavericks 2012 - Miami Heat 2013 - Miami Heat 2014 - San Antonio Spurs 2015 - Golden State Warriors 2016 - Cleveland Cavaliers 2017 - Golden State Warriors 2018 - Golden State Warriors 2019 - Toronto Raptors 2020 - Los Angeles Lakers Image Credits - nba.com

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NBA Championship winners list by year: Full list of NBA champions since 1946

NBA Championship winners list by year: Here's a look at the full list of NBA champions to date since the inception of the league in 1946.

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