Boston Celtics
18 banners and counting
Owners of a record 18 NBA championships, capped by the 2024 title, more than any franchise in league history.
NBA Teams, Ranked
Banners don't lie. Every NBA franchise, sorted by the only thing that matters.
Ranked on championship pedigree, all-time winning history, and cultural weight across the league's entire history through the 2025 season.
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Los Angeles Lakers
Showtime forever
17 championships, the second-most all-time behind only Boston, spanning eras from Mikan and Magic to Kobe and LeBron.
A
Golden State Warriors
The splash dynasty
Seven titles overall, including four between 2015 and 2022 behind Stephen Curry, and a record 73-win regular season in 2016.
Chicago Bulls
His Airness's empire
Won six championships in the 1990s with Michael Jordan and never lost in the Finals across two three-peats.
San Antonio Spurs
Model of consistency
Five titles and a record 22 straight playoff appearances under Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan.
B
Miami Heat
Heat culture
Three championships since 2006 and the launchpad for the LeBron-Wade-Bosh Big Three that reached four straight Finals.
Philadelphia 76ers
Wilt to The Process
Three championships including the 68-13 1967 juggernaut, though the title drought now stretches back to 1983.
Detroit Pistons
Bad Boys, tough defense
Three championships built on defense, with back-to-back titles in 1989-90 and a 2004 upset of the star-studded Lakers.
Milwaukee Bucks
Fear the Deer
Two championships, 50 years apart, with Kareem in 1971 and Giannis Antetokounmpo ending the drought in 2021.
Oklahoma City Thunder
Young core, fresh crown
Captured the 2025 NBA championship behind MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after years of building a contender.
C
Denver Nuggets
Mile High breakthrough
Won their first-ever championship in 2023 led by three-time MVP Nikola Jokic after decades without a Finals berth.
Dallas Mavericks
Dirk's crowning moment
Won the 2011 title when Dirk Nowitzki's Mavs upset the LeBron-led Heat, their lone championship.
New York Knicks
Big market, long wait
Two championships in 1970 and 1973, but no title since and only sporadic contention in the half-century since.
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Block, The Shot
Delivered the city's first major title in 52 years by erasing a 3-1 Finals deficit against Golden State in 2016.
Phoenix Suns
Seven seconds, no ring
A perennial playoff team that has reached the Finals three times but never won a championship in franchise history.
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Sacramento Kings
Decades in the lottery
One title back in 1951 as the Rochester Royals, followed by a 16-season playoff drought, the longest in NBA history, that they finally snapped in 2023.
Los Angeles Clippers
Star-crossed and ringless
No championships and no Finals appearances despite recent superstar rosters, long dogged by the franchise's futility reputation.
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Charlotte Hornets
Buzz City blues
Zero titles and no Finals appearances, with just four playoff series wins across a history defined by lottery mediocrity.
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