Every NBA Team’s Winning Percentage Since 2000

For nearly a decade, the Golden State Warriors have dominated the NBA. Since the 2015 season, the Warriors have appeared in the NBA Finals on six different occasions, and have won the League Championship four times. However, despite the franchise’s massive success over the last handful of years, the Warriors had several below average seasons.

Due to those abysmal seasons before their great success, the franchise has an overall winning percentage of below 50% dating back just over twenty years. This visualization shows which NBA teams and the highest and lowest winning percentages in the National Basketball Association since the 1999-2000 season.

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Which NBA team has won the most games since 2000?

Since the 1999-2000 NBA season, the San Antonio Spurs have won the more regular season games than any other franchise in the National Basketball Association. During this stretch, the San Antonio Spurs have won the NBA Finals on four occasions, and have played in the NBA Finals five different times. The Spurs saw their four NBA Championship wins during this time come against the New Jersey Nets (2002-03 season), Detroit Pistons (2004-05 season), Cleveland Cavaliers (2006-07 season), Miami Heat (2013-14 season).

Per the data on this visualization by NBA Analyst Kirk Goldsberry of ESPN, here’s where various NBA teams fall in terms of their winning percentage since the 1999-2000 season through now. While exact winning percentages aren’t listed for each of these NBA franchises, they do fall into different brackets.

• • Since 2000, the San Antonio Spurs are the only NBA franchise to win more than 65% of their regular season games.

• • Aside from the San Antonio Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks are the only team in the NBA to win at least 60% of their regular season contests.

• • Only five NBA franchises won between 55% and 59% of their regular season games: the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Utah Jazz and MIami Heat.

• • Seven NBA teams won between 50% and 54% of their regular season games since the 1999-2000 season: the Golden State Warriors, Toronto Raptors, Phoenix Suns, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets.

• • More than half of the teams in the NBA (16 NBA franchises) won less than 50% of their regular season games during this time: the New York Knicks, Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans / Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets, Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks.

• • The team with the worst winning percentage since the 1999-2000 NBA season was the New York Knicks.