National Basketball Association

NBA franchises

All 30 active franchises, sorted by championships across the Basketball Association of America (BAA, 1947-49), National Basketball Association (NBA, 1949+), and American Basketball Association (ABA, 1968-76, merged into NBA in 1976). Click any franchise for full history, arena timeline, awards, and All-NBA selections.

30 active franchises
20 with at least one title
79 total championships
Defunct franchises: /teams/nba/historical
LiveThe 2026-27 season

Every team's rating week by week as it happens, with the table rewindable to any week. Top rated: San Antonio.

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Title odds

Our odds for the 2026-27 title, with the market's beside them.

Elo power rankings, 2026-27

Every club's rating after week 2, updated each morning, and what the week did to it.

How this is measured
Elo moves after every game by the margin and by how surprising the result was, so this is a running answer to “how good is this team right now” rather than a table of who has won most. 1500 is the league average by construction. It is the same rating that runs the season pages back to 1946-47, so this season and any other are on one scale. Movement is against the previous rated week; a club that has not played yet carries its seed and shows none.

Full detail, week by week, on the 2026-27 season page · every season since 1946-47 in the season archive.

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All-time table

Founded
1947
Titles
18
Oth Titles
—
Finals
23
CF
39
Playoffs
63
All-Stars
157
All-time
3751-2527
Win%
.597
Founded
1949
Titles
17
Oth Titles
—
Finals
32
CF
42
Playoffs
66
All-Stars
147
All-time
3653-2515
Win%
.592
Founded
1947
Titles
7
Oth Titles
—
Finals
12
CF
18
Playoffs
41
All-Stars
103
All-time
3054-3213
Win%
.487
Founded
1967
Titles
6
Oth Titles
—
Finals
6
CF
11
Playoffs
39
All-Stars
57
All-time
2453-2391
Win%
.506
Founded
1968
Titles
5
Oth Titles
—
Finals
7
CF
17
Playoffs
50
All-Stars
80
All-time
2779-1996
Win%
.582
Miami Heat
Miami · Eastern
Founded
1989
Titles
3
Oth Titles
—
Finals
7
CF
10
Playoffs
27
All-Stars
42
All-time
1601-1448
Win%
.525
Founded
1950
Titles
3
Oth Titles
—
Finals
9
CF
21
Playoffs
55
All-Stars
111
All-time
3170-2935
Win%
.519
Founded
1947
Titles
3
Oth Titles
—
Finals
9
CF
18
Playoffs
47
All-Stars
103
All-time
3078-3191
Win%
.491
Founded
1949
Titles
3
Oth Titles
—
Finals
7
CF
16
Playoffs
44
All-Stars
106
All-time
2931-3231
Win%
.476
Founded
1968
Titles
2
Oth Titles
—
Finals
5
CF
12
Playoffs
36
All-Stars
73
All-time
2602-2168
Win%
.545
Founded
1969
Titles
2
Oth Titles
—
Finals
3
CF
10
Playoffs
37
All-Stars
55
All-time
2469-2220
Win%
.527
Founded
1968
Titles
2
Oth Titles
—
Finals
4
CF
8
Playoffs
36
All-Stars
65
All-time
2473-2297
Win%
.518

Top games of all-time

Ranked by Game Score: a composite of game stakes, quality, and matchup strength weighted by round and ELO. Switch the filter for the top 10 of any decade. Methodology.

1
Oracle Arena· San Francisco-San Jose, CA
2016-06-19 · Finals G7
2.538
Game Score
2
Arco Arena II· Sacramento, CA
2002-06-02 · Conf. Finals G7 · OT
2.408
Game Score
3
Delta Center· Salt Lake City-Provo, UT
1998-06-14 · Finals G6
2.351
Game Score
4
The Forum· Los Angeles, CA
1988-06-21 · Finals G7
2.321
Game Score
5
Frost Bank Center· San Antonio, TX
2026-06-13 · Finals G5
2.282
Game Score
6
Oracle Arena· San Francisco-San Jose, CA
2019-06-13 · Finals G6
2.281
Game Score
7
The Forum· Los Angeles, CA
1969-05-05 · Finals G7
2.275
Game Score
8
America West Arena· Phoenix, AZ
1993-06-20 · Finals G6
2.274
Game Score
9
American Airlines Center· Dallas, TX
2006-06-20 · Finals G6
2.273
Game Score
10
American Airlines Arena· Miami, FL
2013-06-18 · Finals G6 · OT
2.250
Game Score
11
United Center· Chicago, IL
1998-06-12 · Finals G5
2.242
Game Score
12
Boston Garden· Boston, MA
1974-05-10 · Finals G6 · 2OT
2.240
Game Score

NBA Cup finals

The In-Season Tournament championship game. It counts toward neither the regular season nor the playoffs officially, so the season tables carry it in the Playoffs column from the date below.

SeasonDateChampionScore
2025-2616 Dec 2025Knicks113-124
2024-2517 Dec 2024Bucks81-97
2023-249 Dec 2023Lakers123-109

Source: methodology. Franchise totals from the NBA workbook. Game Score is a composite of stakes, quality, and ELO-weighted matchup strength.