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NBA Regular Season: Best 50 Teams in NBA History

This is the list with the top 50 NBA teams in winning percentage in the regular season.

 

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This page features a list with the best teams in NBA history

Here you have the list with the top 50 performances in the NBA Regular Season. Twenty one of them turned out to be the NBA champions, among them 6 Celtics squads, 6 Lakers and 5 Bulls.

The 1996 Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan are the best in NBA history with 72 victories and the 1972 Lakers with Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain on their roster are second with 69 victories that included an NBA record 33-game winning streak.

The 2006-07 Mavericks had a great season that sent them to the 6th place here, but they also became the first number 1 seeded team to lose a best-of-seven first round series (at the hands of the Warriors). The 61-21 Suns were the second-best in 2006-07 and are 45th in this list.

The trio of Garnett, Allen and Pierce made the 2007-08 Celtics 12th. in this list.
  Year Team W L WPct   FG% 3P% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Pts
1 1996 Chicago Bulls 72 10 .878 .478 .403 .746 44.6 24.8 9.1 4.2 14.3 105.2
2 1972 Los Angeles Lakers 69 13 .841 .490 .734 56.4 27.2 121.0
3 1997 Chicago Bulls 69 13 .841 .473 .373 .747 45.1 26.1 8.7 4.0 13.5 103.1
4 1967 Philadelphia 76ers 68 13 .840 .483   .680 70.4 26.4       125.2
5 1973 Boston Celtics 68 14 .829   .448 .780 58.6 28.3 112.7
6 1986 Boston Celtics 67 15 .817 .508 .351 .794 46.4 29.1 7.8 6.2 16.6 114.1
7 2007 Dallas Mavericks 67 15 .817   .467 .381 .805 41.9 19.9 6.8 5.0 13.9 100.0
8 1947 Washington Capitols * 49 11 .817   .297 .706 6.3 73.8
9 1992 Chicago Bulls 67 15 .817 .508 .304 .744 44.0 27.8 8.2 5.9 13.3 109.9
10 2000 Los Angeles Lakers 67 15 .817 .459 .329 .696 47.0 23.4 7.5 6.5 13.9 100.8
11 1971 Milwaukee Bucks 66 16 .805 .509   .742 53.0 27.4       118.4
12 2008 Boston Celtics 66 16 .805 .475 .381 .771 42.0 22.4 8.5 4.6 15.2 100.5
13 1950 Syracuse Nationals 51 13 .797   .354 .706 23.0 84.8
14 1983 Philadelphia 76ers 65 17 .793 .499 .229 .742 47.9 24.6 9.9 7.0 19.8 112.1
15 1987 Los Angeles Lakers 65 17 .793 .516 .367 .789 44.4 29.6 8.9 5.9 16.6 117.8
16 1960 Boston Celtics 59 16 .787 .417   .734 80.2 24.7       124.5
17 1996 Seattle Supersonics 64 18 .780   .480 .364 .760 41.5 24.4 10.8 4.8 17.6 104.5
18 2006 Detroit Pistons 64 18 .780   .455 .384 .727 40.5 24.0 7.1 6.0 11.4 96.8
19 1997 Utah Jazz 64 18 .780   .504 .370 .769 40.2 26.8 9.1 5.1 15.4 103.1
20 1965 Boston Celtics 62 18 .775 .414   .731 71.8 22.2       112.8
21 1990 Los Angeles Lakers 63 19 .768   .490 .367 .787 43.4 27.2 8.0 5.4 15.0 110.7
22 1985 Boston Celtics 63 19 .768   .508 .356 .806 45.7 27.9 7.9 5.0 16.2 114.8
23 2006 San Antonio Spurs 63 19 .768   .472 .385 .702 41.5 20.9 6.6 5.7 13.7 95.6
24 1982 Boston Celtics 63 19 .768   .499 .266 .740 45.6 25.9 8.0 6.9 17.7 112.0
25 1991 Portland Trail Blazers 63 19 .768   .485 .377 .753 45.9 27.5 8.8 5.0 16.0 114.7
26 1994 Seattle Supersonics 63 19 .768   .484 .335 .745 41.2 25.8 12.8 4.5 15.4 105.9
27 1972 Milwaukee Bucks 63 19 .768   .498 .739 52.1 26.3 114.6
  Year Team W L WPct   FG% 3P% FT% Reb Ast Stl Blk TO Pts
28 1989 Detroit Pistons 63 19 .768 .494 .300 .769 45.1 24.7 6.4 5.0 16.3 106.6
29 1984 Boston Celtics 62 20 .756 .500 .240 .792 45.1 25.9 8.2 5.2 17.3 112.1
30 1995 San Antonio Spurs 62 20 .756   .484 .375 .738 45.0 23.4 8.0 5.6 15.2 106.6
31 1981 Boston Celtics 62 20 .756 .504 .270 .752 43.6 26.9 8.3 7.2 19.2 109.9
32 1998 Utah Jazz 62 20 .756   .490 .372 .773 41.1 25.2 7.9 5.0 15.4 101.0
33 1998 Chicago Bulls 62 20 .756 .451 .323 .743 44.9 23.8 8.5 4.3 14.4 96.7
34 1993 Phoenix Suns 62 20 .756   .493 .363 .753 44.5 25.5 9.2 5.5 16.6 113.4
35 1968 Philadelphia 76ers 62 20 .756   .471 .635 72.1 26.8 122.6
36 2005 Phoenix Suns 62 20 .756   .477 .393 .748 44.1 23.5 7.0 5.5 13.7 110.4
37 1988 Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 .505 .297 .789 43.5 28.6 8.2 4.9 16.1 112.8
38 1981 Philadelphia 76ers 62 20 .756   .514 .226 .768 45.2 28.9 10.5 7.2 20.8 111.7
39 1986 Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756   .522 .337 .778 44.6 29.7 8.5 5.1 17.9 117.3
40 1985 Los Angeles Lakers 62 20 .756 .545 .305 .763 44.1 31.4 8.5 5.9 18.7 118.2
41 1950 Rochester Royals 51 17 .750   .373 .729 20.3 82.4
42 1950 Minneapolis Lakers 51 17 .750 .367   .741   20.7       84.1
43 1962 Boston Celtics 60 20 .750 .423 .728 76.0 25.6 121.1
44 1949 Rochester Royals * 45 15 .750   .372   .689   21.0       84.0
45 2007 Phoenix Suns 61 21 .744   .494 .399 .808 40.5 25.9 6.7 4.8 14.5 110.2
46 1997 Miami Heat 61 21 .744   .453 .364 .719 41.0 21.2 7.9 5.4 15.9 94.8
47 1991 Chicago Bulls 61 21 .744 .510 .366 .760 42.6 27.0 10.0 5.3 14.4 110.0
48 2004 Indiana Pacers 61 21 .744   .435 .351 .764 41.7 21.6 8.9 5.0 14.4 91.4
49 1980 Boston Celtics 61 21 .744   .490 .384 .779 44.9 26.8 9.9 3.8 18.8 113.5
50 2002 Sacramento Kings 61 21 .744   .467 .367 .751 45.3 23.9 9.0 4.6 13.8 104.6
51 1998 Los Angeles Lakers 61 21 .744   .481 .351 .679 43.3 24.5 9.0 6.8 15.3 105.5
52 1998 Seattle Supersonics 61 21 .744   .473 .396 .721 38.5 24.2 9.8 4.6 14.0 100.6

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