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The Top 5 Ranked NBA Franchises of the Season
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | 1947 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 2 | Chicago Stags |
| 3 | Washington Capitols |
| 4 | New York Knicks |
| 5 | St. Louis Bombers |
| Rnk | 1948 |
| 1 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 2 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 3 | St. Louis Bombers |
| 4 | Chicago Stags |
| 5 | Washington Capitols |
| Rnk | 1949 |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 2 | Washington Capitols |
| 3 | Rochester Royals |
| 4 | New York Knicks |
| 5 | Chicago Stags |
| Rnk | 1950 |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 2 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 3 | Anderson Packers |
| 4 | Indianapolis Olympians |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1951 |
| 1 | Rochester Royals |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 5 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| Rnk | 1952 |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Rochester Royals |
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 5 | Boston Celtics |
| Rnk | 1953 |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 5 | Syracuse Nationals |
| Rnk | 1954 |
| 1 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 2 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 3 | Rochester Royals |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1955 |
| 1 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 2 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 3 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1956 |
| 1 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 2 | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 3 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 4 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 5 | Boston Celtics |
| Rnk | 1957 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 3 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 4 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 5 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| Rnk | 1958 |
| 1 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 2 | Boston Celtics |
| 3 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 4 | Detroit Pistons |
| 5 | Syracuse Nationals |
| Rnk | 1959 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 3 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 4 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1960 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 3 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 4 | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 5 | Syracuse Nationals |
| Rnk | 1961 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 3 | Syracuse Nationals |
| 4 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 5 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| Rnk | 1962 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 4 | Detroit Pistons |
| 5 | Cincinnati Royals |
| Rnk | 1963 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 4 | Cincinnati Royals |
| 5 | Syracuse Nationals |
| Rnk | 1964 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 3 | Cincinnati Royals |
| 4 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 5 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Rnk | 1965 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 5 | Cincinnati Royals |
| Rnk | 1966 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 5 | Cincinnati Royals |
| Rnk | 1967 |
| 1 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | St. Louis Hawks |
| 5 | Cincinnati Royals |
| Rnk | 1968 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | San Francisco Warriors |
| 5 | St. Louis Hawks |
| Rnk | 1969 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | New York Knicks |
| 4 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 5 | Baltimore Bullets |
| Rnk | 1970 |
| 1 | New York Knicks |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 4 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 5 | Baltimore Bullets |
| Rnk | 1971 |
| 1 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2 | Baltimore Bullets |
| 3 | New York Knicks |
| 4 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 5 | Chicago Bulls |
| Rnk | 1972 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | Chicago Bulls |
| Rnk | 1973 |
| 1 | New York Knicks |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 5 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rnk | 1974 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 3 | Chicago Bulls |
| 4 | New York Knicks |
| 5 | Detroit Pistons |
| Rnk | 1975 |
| 1 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 2 | Washington Bullets |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Chicago Bulls |
| 5 | Buffalo Braves |
| Rnk | 1976 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 3 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 5 | Washington Bullets |
| Rnk | 1977 |
| 1 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 4 | Houston Rockets |
| 5 | Denver Nuggets |
| Rnk | 1978 |
| 1 | Washington Bullets |
| 2 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | Denver Nuggets |
| 5 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Rnk | 1979 |
| 1 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 2 | Washington Bullets |
| 3 | Phoenix Suns |
| 4 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 5 | Kansas City Kings |
| Rnk | 1980 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns |
| Rnk | 1981 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Houston Rockets |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | Kansas City Kings |
| 5 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rnk | 1982 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 5 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rnk | 1983 |
| 1 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 4 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 5 | Boston Celtics |
| Rnk | 1984 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 4 | Phoenix Suns |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1985 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Boston Celtics |
| 3 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4 | Denver Nuggets |
| 5 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rnk | 1986 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Houston Rockets |
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 4 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 5 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Rnk | 1987 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Boston Celtics |
| 3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 4 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 5 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Rnk | 1988 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Detroit Pistons |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 5 | Denver Nuggets |
| Rnk | 1989 |
| 1 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Phoenix Suns |
| 4 | Chicago Bulls |
| 5 | New York Knicks |
| Rnk | 1990 |
| 1 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 3 | Chicago Bulls |
| 4 | Phoenix Suns |
| 5 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Rnk | 1991 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 4 | Detroit Pistons |
| 5 | Boston Celtics |
| Rnk | 1992 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 4 | Utah Jazz |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns |
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 3 | New York Knicks |
| 4 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 5 | Houston Rockets |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Houston Rockets |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Utah Jazz |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Atlanta Hawks |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Houston Rockets |
| 2 | Orlando Magic |
| 3 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Seattle Supersonics |
| 3 | Orlando Magic |
| 4 | Utah Jazz |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Utah Jazz |
| 3 | Miami Heat |
| 4 | Houston Rockets |
| 5 | Seattle Supersonics |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2 | Utah Jazz |
| 3 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Seattle Supersonics |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2 | New York Knicks |
| 3 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Utah Jazz |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Indiana Pacers |
| 3 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 4 | New York Knicks |
| 5 | Utah Jazz |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 3 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 4 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 5 | Sacramento Kings |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | New Jersey Nets |
| 3 | Sacramento Kings |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2 | New Jersey Nets |
| 3 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 4 | Detroit Pistons |
| 5 | Sacramento Kings |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Indiana Pacers |
| 4 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2 | Detroit Pistons |
| 3 | Phoenix Suns |
| 4 | Miami Heat |
| 5 | Dallas Mavericks |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Miami Heat |
| 2 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 4 | Phoenix Suns |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 4 | Utah Jazz |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 3 | Detroit Pistons |
| 4 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 5 | New Orleans Hornets |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Orlando Magic |
| 3 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 4 | Denver Nuggets |
| 5 | Boston Celtics |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Boston Celtics |
| 3 | Orlando Magic |
| 4 | Phoenix Suns |
| 5 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 2 | Miami Heat |
| 3 | Chicago Bulls |
| 4 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 5 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Miami Heat |
| 2 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 3 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | Indiana Pacers |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Miami Heat |
| 2 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 3 | Memphis Grizzlies |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2 | Miami Heat |
| 3 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 3 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 4 | Houston Rockets |
| 5 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 3 | Toronto Raptors |
| 4 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 5 | San Antonio Spurs |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 5 | Houston Rockets |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 3 | Houston Rockets |
| 4 | Boston Celtics |
| 5 | Toronto Raptors |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 3 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 4 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 5 | Denver Nuggets |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2 | Miami Heat |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Denver Nuggets |
| 5 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2 | Phoenix Suns |
| 3 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 4 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 5 | Utah Jazz |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Golden St. Warriors |
| 2 | Boston Celtics |
| 3 | Miami Heat |
| 4 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 5 | Phoenix Suns |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Denver Nuggets |
| 2 | Miami Heat |
| 3 | Boston Celtics |
| 4 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 5 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Boston Celtics |
| 2 | Dallas Mavericks |
| 3 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 4 | Indiana Pacers |
| 5 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Rnk | 2025 |
| 1 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2 | Indiana Pacers |
| 3 | New York Knicks |
| 4 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 5 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
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