NAME | WINNER | RUNNER UP |
Los Angeles Lakers
| 17 | 15 |
Boston Celtics
| 17 | 5 |
Golden State Warriors
| 7 | 5 |
Chicago Bulls
| 6 | 0 |
San Antonio Spurs
| 5 | 1 |
Philadelphia 76ers
| 3 | 6 |
Miami Heat
| 3 | 4 |
Detroit Pistons
| 3 | 4 |
New York Knicks
| 2 | 6 |
Houston Rockets
| 2 | 2 |
Milwaukee Bucks
| 2 | 1 |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| 1 | 4 |
Washington Wizards
| 1 | 3 |
St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks
| 1 | 3 |
Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder
| 1 | 3 |
Portland Trail Blazers
| 1 | 2 |
Dallas Mavericks
| 1 | 1 |
Denver Nuggets
| 1 | 0 |
Sacramento Kings
| 1 | 0 |
Baltimore Bullets (original) (folded in 1954)[a]
| 1 | 0 |
Toronto Raptors
| 1 | 0 |
Phoenix Suns
| 0 | 3 |
Brooklyn Nets
| 0 | 2 |
New Orleans/Utah Jazz
| 0 | 2 |
Orlando Magic
| 0 | 2 |
Chicago Stags (folded in 1950)
| 0 | 1 |
Washington Capitols (folded in 1951)
| 0 | 1 |
Indiana Pacers
| 0 | 1 |
YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER UP | RESULT |
2023 | Denver Nuggets | Miami Heat | 4 - 1 |
2022 | Golden State Warriors | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
2021 | Milwaukee Bucks | Phoenix Suns | 4 - 2 |
2020 | Los Angeles Lakers | Miami Heat | 4 - 2 |
2019 | Toronto Raptors | Golden State Warriors | 4 - 2 |
2018 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 - 0 |
2017 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 - 1 |
2016 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Golden State Warriors | 4 - 3 |
2015 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 - 2 |
2014 | San Antonio Spurs | Miami Heat | 4 - 1 |
2013 | Miami Heat | San Antonio Spurs | 4 - 3 |
2012 | Miami Heat | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4 - 1 |
2011 | Dallas Mavericks | Miami Heat | 4 - 2 |
2010 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4 - 3 |
2009 | Los Angeles Lakers | Orlando Magic | 4 - 1 |
2008 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 2 |
2007 | San Antonio Spurs | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 - 0 |
2006 | Miami Heat | Dallas Mavericks | 4 - 2 |
2005 | San Antonio Spurs | Detroit Pistons | 4 - 0 |
2004 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
2003 | San Antonio Spurs | New Jersey Nets | 4 - 2 |
2002 | Los Angeles Lakers | New Jersey Nets | 4 - 0 |
2001 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 1 |
2000 | Los Angeles Lakers | Indiana Pacers | 4 - 2 |
1999 | San Antonio Spurs | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
1998 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4 - 2 |
1997 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4 - 2 |
1996 | Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | 4 - 2 |
1995 | Houston Rockets | Orlando Magic | 4 - 0 |
1994 | Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | 4 - 3 |
1993 | Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | 4 - 2 |
1992 | Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4 - 2 |
1991 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
1990 | Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4 - 1 |
1989 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 0 |
1988 | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | 4 - 3 |
1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
1986 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4 - 2 |
1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
1984 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 0 |
1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
1981 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | 4 - 2 |
1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
1979 | Seattle SuperSonics | Washington Bullets | 4 - 1 |
1978 | Washington Bullets | Seattle SuperSonics | 4 - 3 |
1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4 - 2 |
1976 | Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | 4 - 2 |
1975 | Golden State Warriors | Washington Bullets | 4 - 0 |
1974 | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | 4 - 3 |
1973 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | Baltimore Bullets | 4 - 0 |
1970 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
1969 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
1968 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 2 |
1967 | Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | 4 - 2 |
1966 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
1965 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 1 |
1964 | Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | 4 - 1 |
1963 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 2 |
1962 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4 - 3 |
1961 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 1 |
1960 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 3 |
1959 | Boston Celtics | Minneapolis Lakers | 4 - 0 |
1958 | St. Louis Hawks | Boston Celtics | 4 - 2 |
1957 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | 4 - 3 |
1956 | Philadelphia Warriors | Fort Wayne Pistons | 4 - 1 |
1955 | Syracuse Nationals | Fort Wayne Pistons | 4 - 3 |
1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | 4 - 3 |
1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 1 |
1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | 4 - 4 |
1951 | Rochester Royals | New York Knicks | 4 - 4 |
1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | 4 - 3 |
1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | Washington Capitols | 4 - 3 |
1948 | Baltimore Bullets | Philadelphia Warriors | 4 - 2 |
1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | Chicago Stags | 4 - 1 |