List of NBA longest winning streaks

This is a list of the longest winning streaks in National Basketball Association history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the following season. Three lists are provided—one with streaks that consist entirely of regular-season games, one with streaks of playoff games only, and one with streaks that include both regular-season and postseason games.

The Los Angeles Lakers won 33 straight games in the 1971–72 season, the most in NBA history. That season, they compiled a season-best 69–13 record and went on to win the NBA championship.

Key

^		Denotes streaks that spanned over two seasons
*		Denotes streaks that are currently in progress

Streaks

Regular season

This list contains only streaks consisting entirely of regular-season games.

Rank	Games	Team	Season(s)	Season record(s)	Date	Score	Opponent	Date	Score	Opponent
					Beginning (first victory)			End (first defeat)
1	33	Los Angeles Lakers	1971–72	69–13	November 5, 1971	110–106	Baltimore Bullets	January 9, 1972	104–120	Milwaukee Bucks
2	22	Houston Rockets	2007–08	55–27	January 29, 2008	111–107	Golden State Warriors	March 18, 2008	74–94	Boston Celtics
3 (tie)	20	Washington Capitols^	1947–48 1948–49	28–20 38–22	March 13, 1948	86–69	St. Louis Bombers	December 7, 1948	78–94	Indianapolis Jets
3 (tie)	20	Milwaukee Bucks	1970–71	66–16	February 6, 1971	111–85	San Francisco Warriors	March 9, 1971	103–110	Chicago Bulls
5 (tie)	19	Los Angeles Lakers	1999–00	67–15	February 4, 2000	113–67	Utah Jazz	March 16, 2000	102–109	Washington Wizards
5 (tie)	19	Boston Celtics	2008–09	62–20	November 15, 2008	102–97	Milwaukee Bucks	December 25, 2008	83–92	Los Angeles Lakers
7 (tie)	18	Rochester Royals^	1949–50 1950–51	51–17 41–27	February 17, 1950	81–73	Boston Celtics	November 12, 1950	79–82	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
7 (tie)	18	Philadelphia 76ers^	1965–66 1966–67	55–25 68–13	March 3, 1966	135–125	San Francisco Warriors	November 5, 1966	87–105	Boston Celtics
7 (tie)	18	New York Knicks	1969–70	60–22	October 24, 1969	116–92	Detroit Pistons	November 29, 1969	98–110	Detroit Pistons
7 (tie)	18	Boston Celtics	1981–82	63–19	February 24, 1982	132–90	Utah Jazz	March 28, 1982	98–116	Philadelphia 76ers
7 (tie)	18	Chicago Bulls	1995–96	72–10	December 29, 1995	120–93	Indiana Pacers	February 4, 1996	99–105	Denver Nuggets
7 (tie)	18	Miami Heat*	2012–13	47–14[A]	February 3, 2013	100-85	Toronto Raptors	TBD	TBD	TBD
13 (tie)	17	Washington Capitols	1946–47	49–11	November 16, 1946	73–65	Chicago Stags	January 1, 1947	57–62	Detroit Falcons
13 (tie)	17	Boston Celtics	1959–60	59–16	November 28, 1959	136–110	Detroit Pistons	January 1, 1960	115–128	Cincinnati Royals
13 (tie)	17	San Antonio Spurs	1995–96	59–23	February 29, 1996	120–95	Toronto Raptors	April 2, 1996	94–101	Phoenix Suns
13 (tie)	17	Phoenix Suns	2006–07	61–21	December 29, 2006	108–86	New York Knicks	January 29, 2007	112–121	Minnesota Timberwolves
13 (tie)	17	Dallas Mavericks	2006–07	67–15	January 27, 2007	106–104	Sacramento Kings	March 12, 2007	100–117	Golden State Warriors
13 (tie)	17	Los Angeles Clippers	2012–13	44-20[A]	November 28, 2012	101–95	Minnesota Timberwolves	January 1, 2013	78–92	Denver Nuggets
19 (tie)	16	Boston Celtics	1964–65	62–18	December 19, 1964	115–105	St. Louis Hawks	January 23, 1965	100–104	Philadelphia 76ers
19 (tie)	16	Milwaukee Bucks	1970–71	66–16	October 24, 1970	122–120	Baltimore Bullets	November 27, 1970	94–103	New York Knicks
19 (tie)	16	Milwaukee Bucks^	1972–73 1973–74	60–22 59–23	February 28, 1973	124–110	Seattle SuperSonics	October 14, 1973	100–109	Seattle SuperSonics
19 (tie)	16	Los Angeles Lakers	1990–91	58–24	January 9, 1991	108–85	Utah Jazz	February 9, 1991	95–99	Phoenix Suns
19 (tie)	16	Portland Trail Blazers	1990–91	63–19	March 20, 1991	100–96	Los Angeles Clippers	April 21, 1991	118–135	Phoenix Suns
19 (tie)	16	Los Angeles Lakers	1999–00	67–15	December 11, 1999	106–94	Vancouver Grizzlies	January 14, 2000	102–111	Indiana Pacers

• ^A Season record as of March 10, 2013.

Playoffs

This list contains only streaks consisting entirely of postseason games.

Rank	Games	Team	Season(s)	Date	Score	Opponent	Date	Score	Opponent
				Beginning (first victory)			End (first defeat)
1	13	Los Angeles Lakers^	1987–88 1988–89	June 19, 1988	103–102	Detroit Pistons	June 6, 1989	97–109	Detroit Pistons
2 (tie)	12	Detroit Pistons^	1988–89 1989–90	May 29, 1989	86–80	Chicago Bulls	May 12, 1990	103–111	New York Knicks
2 (tie)	12	San Antonio Spurs	1998–99	May 13, 1999	85–71	Minnesota Timberwolves	June 21, 1999	81–89	New York Knicks
2 (tie)	12	Los Angeles Lakers^	1999–00 2000–01	June 19, 2000	116–111	Indiana Pacers	June 6, 2001	101–107	Philadelphia 76ers
5 (tie)	10	New Jersey Nets	2002–03	April 29, 2003	89–82	Milwaukee Bucks	June 4, 2003	89–101	San Antonio Spurs
5 (tie)	10	San Antonio Spurs	2011–12	April 29, 2012	106–91	Utah Jazz	May 31, 2012	82–102	Oklahoma City Thunder

Regular season and playoffs

This list includes streaks that began in the regular season and carried over into the postseason.

Rank	Total games	Playoff games	Team	Season(s)	Season record(s)	Date	Score	Opponent	Date	Score	Opponent
						Beginning (first victory)			End (first defeat)
1	20	10	San Antonio Spurs	2011–12	50–16	April 12, 2012	107–97	Memphis Grizzlies	May 31, 2012	82–102	Oklahoma City Thunder
2	19	11	Los Angeles Lakers	2000–01	56–26	April 3, 2001	96–88	Utah Jazz	June 6, 2001	101–107	Philadelphia 76ers
3	17	6	San Antonio Spurs	2003–04	57–25	March 25, 2004	84–75	Detroit Pistons	May 9, 2004	81–105	Los Angeles Lakers
4	16	11	Los Angeles Lakers	1988–89	57–25	April 16, 1989	121–108	Miami Heat	June 6, 1989	97–109	Detroit Pistons

See also

• NBA regular season records
• List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks
• List of NBA teams by single season win percentage

References

• NBA.com: All-Time Winning Streaks
• Basketball Reference.com list of longest winning streaks, regular season only
• Basketball Reference.com list of longest winning streaks, postseason only
• Basketball Reference.com list of longest winning streaks, including playoff games