Spurs have best NBA Finals win-loss record of any team

San Antonio has won four titles in the Gregg Popovich/Tim Duncan era after failing to advance deeper than the conference finals in the team’s previous history.

Those championships rank the team fourth, trailing only the Boston Celtics (17), Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (16) and Chicago Bulls (six) among all NBA franchises.

But the Spurs do hold one NBA record as the franchise’s 16-6 record in NBA Finals games is the highest winning percentage in the league’s history.

Here’s a look at how the franchise rank in terms of winning percentage. The number inside parenthesis indicates the number of NBA titles a franchise has won.

San Antonio Spurs (4)                                                                                16-6    .727

Chicago Bulls (6)                                                                                         24-11   .686

Baltimore Bullets (1)                                                                                    4-2      .667   X                  

Milwaukee Bucks (1)                                                                                     7-4     .636

Boston Celtics (17)                                                                                     74-48   .607

Rochester/Kansas City/Sacramento Kings  (1)                                  4-3     .571 

Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons (3)                                                             22-18   .550

Philadelphia/San Francisco/Golden State Warriors (3)              17-14   .548

Houston Rockets (2)                                                                                    12-11   .522

Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers  (16)                                                85-83   .503

Seattle/Oklahoma City Thunder (1)                                                        9-9      .500

Dallas Mavericks (1)                                                                                       6-6      .500

Miami Heat (1)                                                                                                  6-6      .500    

Syracuse/Philadelphia 76ers (3)                                                            24-29  .453

St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks (1)                                                                       11-14    .440

New York Knicks (2)                                                                                     20-28   .417

Portland Trail Blazers (1)                                                                              7-10    .412

Phoenix Suns                                                                                                      4-8       .333

Utah Jazz                                                                                                              4-8       .333

Indiana Pacers                                                                                                   2-4        .333

Washington Capitals                                                                                       2-4         .333

Washington Wizards  (1)                                                                               5-15       .250            

New Jersey Nets                                                                                               2-8          .200

Chicago Stags                                                                                                     1-4          .200 X

Orlando Magic                                                                                                   1-8          .111

Cleveland Cavaliers                                                                                        0-4          .000

Note – Buffalo/San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver/Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Bobcats have never appeared in an NBA Finals.

X – indicates defunct franchise.

Source: Express-News research  

Note – X indicates defunct franchises

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