List of NBA champions ( From 1947 to 2024)
- 1947: Philadelphia Warriors
- 1948: Baltimore Bullets
- 1949: Minneapolis Lakers
- 1950: Minneapolis Lakers
- 1951: Rochester Royals
- 1952: Minneapolis Lakers
- 1953: Minneapolis Lakers
- 1954: Minneapolis Lakers
- 1955: Syracuse Nationals
- 1956: Philadelphia Warriors
- 1957: Boston Celtics
- 1958: St. Louis Hawks
- 1959: Boston Celtics
- 1960: Boston Celtics
- 1961: Boston Celtics
- 1962: Boston Celtics
- 1963: Boston Celtics
- 1964: Boston Celtics
- 1965: Boston Celtics
- 1966: Boston Celtics
- 1967: Philadelphia 76ers
- 1968: Boston Celtics
- 1969: Boston Celtics
- 1970: New York Knicks
- 1971: Milwaukee Bucks
- 1972: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1973: New York Knicks
- 1974: Boston Celtics
- 1975: Golden State Warriors
- 1976: Boston Celtics
- 1977: Portland Trail Blazers
- 1978: Washington Bullets
- 1979: Seattle SuperSonics
- 1980: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1981: Boston Celtics
- 1982: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1983: Philadelphia 76ers
- 1984: Boston Celtics
- 1985: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1986: Boston Celtics
- 1987: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1988: Los Angeles Lakers
- 1989: Detroit Pistons
- 1990: Detroit Pistons
- 1991: Chicago Bulls
- 1992: Chicago Bulls
- 1993: Chicago Bulls
- 1994: Houston Rockets
- 1995: Houston Rockets
- 1996: Chicago Bulls
- 1997: Chicago Bulls
- 1998: Chicago Bulls
- 1999: San Antonio Spurs
- 2000: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2001: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2002: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2003: San Antonio Spurs
- 2004: Detroit Pistons
- 2005: San Antonio Spurs
- 2006: Miami Heat
- 2007: San Antonio Spurs
- 2008: Boston Celtics
- 2009: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2010: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2011: Dallas Mavericks
- 2012: Miami Heat
- 2013: Miami Heat
- 2014: San Antonio Spurs
- 2015: Golden State Warriors
- 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2017: Golden State Warriors
- 2018: Golden State Warriors
- 2019: Toronto Raptors
- 2020: Los Angeles Lakers
- 2021: Milwaukee Bucks
- 2022: Golden State Warriors
- 2023: Denver Nuggets
- 2024: Boston Celtics
NBA Finals Winners Year-by-Year (2024 to 1947)
- 2024: Boston Celtics defeated Dallas Mavericks (4-1)
- 2023: Denver Nuggets defeated Miami Heat (4-1)
- 2022: Golden State Warriors defeated Boston Celtics (4-2)
- 2021: Milwaukee Bucks defeated Phoenix Suns (4-2)
- 2020: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Miami Heat (4-2)
- 2019: Toronto Raptors defeated Golden State Warriors (4-2)
- 2018: Golden State Warriors defeated Cleveland Cavaliers (4-0)
- 2017: Golden State Warriors defeated Cleveland Cavaliers (4-1)
- 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Golden State Warriors (4-3)
- 2015: Golden State Warriors defeated Cleveland Cavaliers (4-2)
- 2014: San Antonio Spurs defeated Miami Heat (4-1)
- 2013: Miami Heat defeated San Antonio Spurs (4-3)
- 2012: Miami Heat defeated Oklahoma City Thunder (4-1)
- 2011: Dallas Mavericks defeated Miami Heat (4-2)
- 2010: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Boston Celtics (4-3)
- 2009: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Orlando Magic (4-1)
- 2008: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
- 2007: San Antonio Spurs defeated Cleveland Cavaliers (4-0)
- 2006: Miami Heat defeated Dallas Mavericks (4-2)
- 2005: San Antonio Spurs defeated Detroit Pistons (4-3)
- 2004: Detroit Pistons defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
- 2003: San Antonio Spurs defeated New Jersey Nets (4-2)
- 2002: Los Angeles Lakers defeated New Jersey Nets (4-0)
- 2001: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Philadelphia 76ers (4-1)
- 2000: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Indiana Pacers (4-2)
- 1999: San Antonio Spurs defeated New York Knicks (4-1)
- 1998: Chicago Bulls defeated Utah Jazz (4-2)
- 1997: Chicago Bulls defeated Utah Jazz (4-2)
- 1996: Chicago Bulls defeated Seattle SuperSonics (4-2)
- 1995: Houston Rockets defeated Orlando Magic (4-0)
- 1994: Houston Rockets defeated New York Knicks (4-3)
- 1993: Chicago Bulls defeated Phoenix Suns (4-2)
- 1992: Chicago Bulls defeated Portland Trail Blazers (4-2)
- 1991: Chicago Bulls defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
- 1990: Detroit Pistons defeated Portland Trail Blazers (4-1)
- 1989: Detroit Pistons defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)
- 1988: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Detroit Pistons (4-3)
- 1987: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Boston Celtics (4-2)
- 1986: Boston Celtics defeated Houston Rockets (4-2)
- 1985: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Boston Celtics (4-2)
- 1984: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
- 1983: Philadelphia 76ers defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)
- 1982: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
- 1981: Boston Celtics defeated Houston Rockets (4-2)
- 1980: Los Angeles Lakers defeated Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
- 1979: Seattle SuperSonics defeated Washington Bullets (4-1)
- 1978: Washington Bullets defeated Seattle SuperSonics (4-3)
- 1977: Portland Trail Blazers defeated Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
- 1976: Boston Celtics defeated Phoenix Suns (4-2)
- 1975: Golden State Warriors defeated Washington Bullets (4-0)
- 1974: Boston Celtics defeated Milwaukee Bucks (4-3)
- 1973: New York Knicks defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
- 1972: Los Angeles Lakers defeated New York Knicks (4-1)
- 1971: Milwaukee Bucks defeated Baltimore Bullets (4-0)
- 1970: New York Knicks defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
- 1969: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
- 1968: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
- 1967: Philadelphia 76ers defeated San Francisco Warriors (4-2)
- 1966: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
- 1965: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-1)
- 1964: Boston Celtics defeated San Francisco Warriors (4-1)
- 1963: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-2)
- 1962: Boston Celtics defeated Los Angeles Lakers (4-3)
- 1961: Boston Celtics defeated St. Louis Hawks (4-1)
- 1960: Boston Celtics defeated St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
- 1959: Boston Celtics defeated Minneapolis Lakers (4-0)
- 1958: St. Louis Hawks defeated Boston Celtics (4-2)
- 1957: Boston Celtics defeated St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
- 1956: Philadelphia Warriors defeated Fort Wayne Pistons (4-1)
- 1955: Syracuse Nationals defeated Fort Wayne Pistons (4-3)
- 1954: Minneapolis Lakers defeated Syracuse Nationals (4-3)
- 1953: Minneapolis Lakers defeated New York Knicks (4-1)
- 1952: Minneapolis Lakers defeated New York Knicks (4-3)
- 1951: Rochester Royals defeated New York Knicks (4-3)
- 1950: Minneapolis Lakers defeated Syracuse Nationals (4-2)
- 1949: Minneapolis Lakers defeated Washington Capitols (4-2)
- 1948: Baltimore Bullets defeated Philadelphia Warriors (4-2)
- 1947: Philadelphia Warriors defeated Chicago Stags (4-1)