NBA Champions with the Best and Worst Winning Percentage

Complete list of NBA Champions ordered by winning percentage. It shows the Championship teams with the best and worst records in NBA Playoffs history.

Nobody so far ended the postseason without losing at least once. And in 75 years only three teams became the NBA champions with just one Playoff loss: the 2001 Lakers, the 1983 76ers and the 2017 Warriors.

= NBA Champions

NBA Champions with the Best and Worst Winning Percentage

Rk	Season	Team	W-L	WPct
1.	2017	Golden State Warriors	16-1	.941


2.	2001	Los Angeles Lakers	15-1	.938


3.	1983	Philadelphia 76ers	12-1	.923


4.	1989	Detroit Pistons	15-2	.882
	1991	Chicago Bulls	15-2	.882
	1999	San Antonio Spurs	15-2	.882


7.	1971	Milwaukee Bucks	12-2	.857
	1982	Los Angeles Lakers	12-2	.857


9.	1950	Minneapolis Lakers	10-2	.833
	1986	Boston Celtics	15-3	.833
	1987	Los Angeles Lakers	15-3	.833
	1996	Chicago Bulls	15-3	.833


13.	1947	Philadelphia Warriors	8-2	.800
	1949	Minneapolis Lakers	8-2	.800
	1961	Boston Celtics	8-2	.800
	1964	Boston Celtics	8-2	.800
	1972	Los Angeles Lakers	12-3	.800
	2007	San Antonio Spurs	16-4	.800


19.	1985	Los Angeles Lakers	15-4	.790
	1993	Chicago Bulls	15-4	.790
	1997	Chicago Bulls	15-4	.790
	2002	Los Angeles Lakers	15-4	.790


23.	2011	Dallas Mavericks	16-5	.762
	2015	Golden State Warriors	16-5	.762
	2016	Cleveland Cavaliers	16-5	.762
	2018	Golden State Warriors	16-5	.762
	2020	Los Angeles Lakers	16-5	.762


28.	1953	Minneapolis Lakers	9-3	.750
	1980	Los Angeles Lakers	12-4	.750

Rk	Season	Team	W-L	WPct
	1990	Detroit Pistons	15-5	.750


31.	1977	Portland Trail Blazers	14-5	.737


32.	1967	Philadelphia 76ers	11-4	.733


33.	1948	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	8-3	.727
	1958	St. Louis Hawks	8-3	.727
	1959	Boston Celtics	8-3	.727


36.	1998	Chicago Bulls	15-6	.714


37.	1973	New York Knicks	12-5	.706
	1975	Golden State Warriors	12-5	.706
	1979	Seattle Supersonics	12-5	.706
	1981	Boston Celtics	12-5	.706


41.	1956	Philadelphia Warriors	7-3	.700
	1957	Boston Celtics	7-3	.700


43.	2004	Detroit Pistons	16-7	.696
	2005	San Antonio Spurs	16-7	.696
	2006	Miami Heat	16-7	.696
	2009	Los Angeles Lakers	16-7	.696
	2010	Los Angeles Lakers	16-7	.696
	2012	Miami Heat	16-7	.696
	2013	Miami Heat	16-7	.696
	2014	San Antonio Spurs	16-7	.696
	2021	Milwaukee Bucks	16-7	.696


52.	1952	Minneapolis Lakers	9-4	.692
	1954	Minneapolis Lakers	9-4	.692


54.	1992	Chicago Bulls	15-7	.682
	1995	Houston Rockets	15-7	.682


56.	1965	Boston Celtics	8-4	.667
	1969	Boston Celtics	12-6	.667
	1974	Boston Celtics	12-6	.667
	1976	Boston Celtics	12-6	.667
	1978	Washington Bullets	14-7	.667
	2003	San Antonio Spurs	16-8	.667
	2019	Toronto Raptors	16-8	.667


63.	1984	Boston Celtics	15-8	.652
	1994	Houston Rockets	15-8	.652
	2000	Los Angeles Lakers	15-8	.652


66.	1966	Boston Celtics	11-6	.647


67.	1951	Rochester Royals	9-5	.643


68.	1955	Syracuse Nationals	7-4	.636


69.	1968	Boston Celtics	12-7	.632
	1970	New York Knicks	12-7	.632


71.	1988	Los Angeles Lakers	15-9	.625


72.	1960	Boston Celtics	8-5	.615
	1963	Boston Celtics	8-5	.615
	2008	Boston Celtics	16-10	.615


75.	1962	Boston Celtics	8-6	.571