List of Los Angeles Lakers seasons
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), which was formerly called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Since 1999, the Lakers have played their home games at Staples Center.[1] The Lakers' franchise was founded in 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first owners purchased the disbanded Gems from Detroit, Michigan, then renamed and moved the team. It was in Minneapolis where the Lakers received their official title from Minnesota's nickname, Land of 10,000 Lakes.[2] The Lakers won five championships before relocating to Los Angeles for the 1960–61 NBA season. The Lakers went on to lose all of their eight appearances in the NBA Finals in the 1960s, despite the presence of Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. In 1972, the Lakers compiled a 33-game winning streak, the longest streak in U.S. professional team sports, and won their sixth title, under coach Bill Sharman.[3] The Lakers' popularity soared in the 1980s when they won five additional championships during a nine-year span with the help of Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and coach Pat Riley, the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff games coached and wins.[4][5] Two of those championships during that span were against their arch-rivals, the Boston Celtics. With the help of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers played in seven NBA Finals between 2000 and 2010, winning three of them consecutively from 2000 to 2002, losing the next two in 2004 and 2008, and winning in 2009 and 2010; the last three appearances were without O'Neal.
The Lakers hold records for having (at the end of the 2014–15 NBA season) the most wins (3,125), the highest winning percentage (.620), the most NBA Finals appearances (31) of any NBA franchise, second-fewest non-playoff seasons with seven and are second NBA championships with 16, behind the Boston Celtics' 17.[6] They have won 60+ regular season games 11 times, trailing only the Boston Celtics in this category.
Table key
AMVP | All-Star Game Most Valuable Player |
COY | Coach of the Year |
DPOY | Defensive Player of the Year |
Finish | Final position in league or division standings |
GB | Games behind first-place team in division[a] |
Italics | Season in progress |
L | Number of regular season losses |
EOY | Executive of the Year |
FMVP | Finals Most Valuable Player |
JWKC | J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship |
MVP | Most Valuable Player |
ROY | Rookie of the Year |
SMOY | Sixth Man of the Year |
W | Number of regular season wins |
Seasons
Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2016–17 season.
NBA Champions (1949–present) |
Division Champions / Conference Champions (1949–1970 / 1971–present) |
Division Champions (1971–present) |
Playoff berth (1949–present) |
All-time records
Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2018 NBA Playoffs.
Statistic | Wins | Losses | Win% |
---|---|---|---|
Minneapolis Lakers regular season record (1948–1960) | 457 | 382 | .545 |
Los Angeles Lakers regular season record (1960–present) | 2839 | 1855 | .605 |
All-time regular season record (1948–present) | 3296 | 2237 | .596 |
Minneapolis Lakers post-season record (1948–1960) | 67 | 40 | .626 |
Los Angeles Lakers post-season record (1960–present) | 373 | 257 | .592 |
All-time post-season record (1948–present) | 440 | 297 | .597 |
All-time regular and post-season record | 3736 | 2534 | .596 |
Notes
- ^ The formula is as followed:
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the Rochester Royals in the Central Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished first.[9]
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the St. Louis Hawks in the Western Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished second.[22]
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the St. Louis Hawks and Fort Wayne Pistons in the Western Division, the Lakers lost the tiebreaker and finished second.[25]
- ^ The team relocated to Los Angeles, California.
- ^ The Western Division was renamed to Western Conference and split into the Midwest and Pacific divisions.
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the Seattle SuperSonics in the Pacific Division, the Lakers lost the tiebreaker and finished second.[104]
- ^ Due to a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50 game regular season schedule.[107]
- ^ O'Neal shared the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award with Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs.[111]
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the Portland Trail Blazers in the Pacific Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished second.[117]
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the Golden State Warriors in the Pacific Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished fourth.[122]
- ^ Though the Lakers had the same record as the Golden State Warriors in the Pacific Division, the Lakers won the tiebreaker and finished second.[126]
- ^ Bryant shared the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player award with Shaquille O'Neal of the Phoenix Suns.[111]
- ^ Due to a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011 and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.[134][135]
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- Specific
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