Have you ever wondered how many Pacific division championships the Lakers won? What about those legendary Celtics. Below is a listing of all the teams that have played in the NBA (sorted by division) Here you can find out how many titles a team won while in a particular division, how many #1 seeds, trips to the finals and championships a team has won.
In 1970 the NBA went to a 4 Divisions (Atlantic, Central, Midwest, Pacific) within 2 conferences (East, West) format. Below the current 4 divisions are the numbers from the NBA's original Eastern and Western Divisions as well as the Central: which only lasted 1 year.
Key:
Eastern Conference | ||||
| Atlantic Division | Div. titles | R.S. conf. | Playoff Conf. | NBA Titles (years) |
| Celtics | 15 | 12.5 | 7 | 5 (1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986) |
| d-76ers | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1(1983) |
| Knicks | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 (1973) |
| Heat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Magic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nets | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| a-Bullets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| a-Wizards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| b-Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Division | Div titles | R.S. conf. | Playoff Conf. | NBA Titles (years) |
| Bucks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulls | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 (1991-93, 1996-98) |
| Pistons | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 (1989-90, 2004) |
| a-Bullets | 5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 (1978) |
| Pacers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| e- Hawks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spurs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavaliers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jazz | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raptors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Western Conference | ||||
| Midwest Division | Div. Titles | R.S. Conf. |
Playoff Conf. |
NBA Titles |
| Spurs | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 (1999) |
| Bucks | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 (1971) |
| Jazz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nuggets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockets | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 (1994-95) |
| Bulls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| c-Kings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mavericks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timberwolves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pistons | 0 | 0 |
-- |
0 |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 |
-- |
0 |
| Magic | 0 | 0 |
-- |
0 |
| Heat | 0 | 0 |
-- |
0 |
| Grizzlies | 0 | 0 |
-- |
0 |
| Pacific Division | Div. Titles | R.S. Conf. | Playoff Conf. | NBA Titles (years) |
| Lakers | 18 | 13.5 | 14 | 9 (1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987-88, 2000-02) |
| Supersonics | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 (1979) |
| Trail Blazers | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 (1977) |
| Suns | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Warriors | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 (1975) |
| c-Kings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| b-Clippers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Division | Div. titles | Playoff Div. titles | NBA Titles (years) |
| Celtics | 9 | 12 | 11 (1957, 1959-66, 1968-69 ) |
| d-Nationals | 3.5 | 3 | 1 (1955) |
| d-76ers | 3 | 1 | 1(1967) |
| Warriors | 3 | 1 | 2 (1947, 1956) |
| Knicks | 2.5 | 4 | 1(1970) |
| Capitols | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| a-Bullets | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pistons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| c-Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bullets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Huskies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steamrollers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Division | Div. titles | Playoff Div. titles | NBA Titles (years) |
| Lakers | 8.5 | 4 | 4 (1949, 1952-54) |
| e-Hawks | 6.5 | 4 | 1 (1958) |
| Warriors | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| c-Royals | 2 | 1 | 1 (1951) |
| Pistons | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Stags | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olympians | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bullets | 0 | 1 | 1 (1948) |
| Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| e-Blackhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| a-Packers/Zephyrs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supersonics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ironmen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuggets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Division (1949-50 Season) | Div. titles | Playoff Div. titles | NBA Titles (years) |
| Lakers | 0.5 | 1 | 1 (1950) |
| c-Royals | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pistons | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stags | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bombers | 0 | -- | 0 |