6th Seeded Teams That Made the NBA Finals
Stats about how many teams reached the Finals and won or lost the NBA Championship after entering the playoffs as the 6 seed. It includes a statistical summary and and an all-time full list with all of them one by one with details of year, rivals, champion and series results.
How many 6 seeds have reached the NBA Finals?
In NBA history, only 2 teams that arrived to the Playoffs as the 6th seed reached the Finals.
And how many 6 seeds were the NBA Champions?
Of those 2 teams, 1 won the title (50.0%), while the other lost the Finals.
Summary - 6th Seeded Teams
Champions | Lost Finals | Winning % | Finalists | Finals Made |
1 |
1 |
.500 |
2 |
2 |
Notes: the NBA Playoffs have had 6th seeds only since 1977.
Number 6 Seeds that reached the NBA Finals - One by one
Finals
Champion
Runner-up