Currently, 19 of the 30 NBA teams have won the championship. The Baltimore Bullets are the only team that has won the NBA championship but has been disbanded.
There are 7 teams that have successfully defended the NBA championship (at least two consecutive championships): Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and Golden State Warriors.
There are three teams that have successfully completed three consecutive championships: Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls.
The teams with the most championships in NBA history are the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, each with 17.
NBA championship list
NBA championship FMVP list
| champion | runner up | Ratio | FMVP | |
| 2024 | Boston Celtics | Dallas Mavericks | 4-1 | Jaylen Brown |
| 2023 | denver nugget | miami heat | 4-1 | Nikola Jokić |
| 2022 | golden state warriors | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Stephen Curry |
| 2021 | milwaukee buck | phoenix sun | 4-2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Lakers | miami heat | 4-2 | LeBron James |
| 2019 | Toronto Tyrannosaurus | golden state warriors | 4-2 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2018 | golden state warriors | cleveland knights | 4-0 | Kevin Durant |
| 2017 | golden state warriors | cleveland knights | 4-1 | Kevin Durant |
| 2016 | cleveland knights | golden state warriors | 4-3 | LeBron James |
| 2015 | golden state warriors | cleveland knights | 4-2 | Andre Iguodala |
| 2014 | san antonio spurs | miami heat | 4-1 | Kawhi Leonard |
| 2013 | miami heat | san antonio spurs | 4-3 | LeBron James |
| 2012 | miami heat | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-1 | LeBron James |
| 2011 | Dallas Mavericks | miami heat | 4-2 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-3 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Lakers | orlando magic | 4-1 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2008 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | Paul Pierce |
| 2007 | san antonio spurs | cleveland knights | 4-0 | Tony Parker |
| 2006 | miami heat | Dallas Mavericks | 4-2 | Dwyane Wade |
| 2005 | san antonio spurs | detroit pistons | 4-3 | Tim Duncan |
| 2004 | detroit pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Chauncey Billups |
| 2003 | san antonio spurs | New Jersey Nets | 4-2 | Tim Duncan |
| 2002 | Los Angeles Lakers | New Jersey Nets | 4-0 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-1 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 2000 | Los Angeles Lakers | Indiana Pacers | 4-2 | Shaquille O'Neal |
| 1999 | san antonio spurs | new york nick | 4-1 | Tim Duncan |
| 1998 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1997 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1996 | Chicago Bulls | seattle supersonics | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1995 | houston rockets | orlando magic | 4-0 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1994 | houston rockets | new york nick | 4-3 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1993 | Chicago Bulls | phoenix sun | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1992 | Chicago Bulls | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-2 | Michael Jordan |
| 1991 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Michael Jordan |
| 1990 | detroit pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | 4-1 | Isaiah Thomas |
| 1989 | detroit pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Joe Dumars |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Lakers | detroit pistons | 4-3 | James Worthy |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1986 | Boston Celtics | houston rockets | 4-2 | Larry Bird |
| 1985 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1984 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Larry Bird |
| 1983 | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-0 | Moses Malone |
| 1982 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1981 | Boston Celtics | houston rockets | 4-2 | Cedric Maxwell |
| 1980 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Magic Johnson |
| 1979 | seattle supersonics | washington bullet | 4-1 | Dennis Johnson |
| 1978 | washington bullet | seattle supersonics | 4-3 | Westley Unseld |
| 1977 | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-2 | Bill Walton |
| 1976 | Boston Celtics | phoenix sun | 4-2 | Joe White |
| 1975 | golden state warriors | washington bullet | 4-0 | Rick Barry |
| 1974 | Boston Celtics | milwaukee buck | 4-3 | John Havlicek |
| 1973 | new york nick | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-1 | Willis Reed |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers | new york nick | 4-1 | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 1971 | milwaukee buck | baltimore bullets | 4-0 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1970 | new york nick | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Willis Reed |
| 1969 | Los Angeles Lakers | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | Jerry West |
| 1968 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | |
| 1967 | Philadelphia 76ers | san francisco warriors | 4-2 | |
| 1966 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | |
| 1965 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-3 | |
| 1964 | Boston Celtics | st louis eagles | 4-1 | |
| 1963 | Boston Celtics | st louis eagles | 4-0 | |
| 1962 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 | |
| 1961 | Boston Celtics | st louis eagles | 4-3 | |
| 1960 | Boston Celtics | st louis eagles | 4-3 | |
| 1959 | Boston Celtics | minneapolis lakers | 4-0 | |
| 1958 | st louis eagles | Boston Celtics | 4-2 | |
| 1957 | Boston Celtics | st louis eagles | 4-3 | |
| 1956 | philadelphia warriors | Ford Wayne Piston | 4-1 | |
| 1955 | serracus nation | Ford Wayne Piston | 4-3 | |
| 1954 | minneapolis lakers | serracus nation | 4-3 | |
| 1953 | minneapolis lakers | new york nick | 4-1 | |
| 1952 | minneapolis lakers | new york nick | 4-3 | |
| 1951 | rochester royal | new york nick | 4-3 | |
| 1950 | minneapolis lakers | serracus nation | 4-2 | |
| 1949 | minneapolis lakers | Washington Congress | 4-2 | |
| 1948 | baltimore bullets | philadelphia warriors | 4-2 | |
| 1947 | philadelphia warriors | chicago stag | 4-1 |
