NBA Imperialism Map

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All-Time NBA Map Leaders

Ranked by days as map leader: time spent holding more territory than any other franchise. Reign = longest unbroken streak on top. Titles = seasons ended on top. Conquered = territories ever taken. Biggest day = most taken at once.

# Franchise Days Led Longest Reign Titles Conquered Biggest Day Peak Seasons
1 Boston Celtics 1402 33 17 5419 +30 30 80
2 Los Angeles Lakers 1097 33 14 4758 +30 30 78
3 Philadelphia 76ers 838 19 3 3719 +30 30 77
4 New York Knicks 728 24 2 3783 +30 30 80
5 Atlanta Hawks 642 21 2 3133 +30 30 77
6 Golden State Warriors 639 32 5 2937 +30 30 80
7 Sacramento Kings 611 49 2 2546 +30 30 78
8 Detroit Pistons 581 19 2 2845 +30 30 78
9 San Antonio Spurs 576 34 4 2593 +30 30 50
10 Oklahoma City Thunder 506 32 2 2453 +30 30 59
11 Milwaukee Bucks 490 21 1 2558 +30 30 58
12 Houston Rockets 464 23 2 2779 +30 30 59
13 Utah Jazz 436 24 0 2401 +30 30 52
14 Cleveland Cavaliers 399 32 1 2207 +30 30 56
15 Indiana Pacers 396 34 1 2507 +30 30 50
16 Chicago Bulls 388 17 5 2449 +30 30 60
17 Phoenix Suns 377 24 0 2566 +30 30 58
18 Denver Nuggets 376 47 2 1931 +30 30 50
19 Miami Heat 375 33 4 2140 +30 30 38
20 Washington Wizards 372 24 2 1988 +30 30 65
21 Los Angeles Clippers 355 45 2 1924 +30 30 56
22 Portland Trail Blazers 273 25 0 2060 +30 30 56
23 Dallas Mavericks 253 16 1 1821 +30 30 46
24 Brooklyn Nets 240 45 1 1449 +30 30 50
25 Memphis Grizzlies 192 20 0 989 +30 30 31
26 Minnesota Timberwolves 173 42 1 976 +30 30 37
27 Orlando Magic 171 21 0 1118 +30 30 37
28 Charlotte Hornets 159 45 1 991 +30 30 36
29 Washington Capitols 115 39 0 127 +12 12 5
30 Toronto Raptors 107 13 1 1101 +30 30 31
31 New Orleans Pelicans 92 14 0 657 +30 30 24
32 Chicago Stags 80 17 0 135 +13 13 4
33 Baltimore Bullets 55 9 1 226 +13 13 7
34 Indianapolis Olympians 41 9 0 152 +13 13 4
35 Detroit Falcons 36 18 1 44 +11 11 1
36 St. Louis Bombers 7 3 0 55 +8 8 4
37 Providence Steamrollers 7 4 0 24 +8 8 3
38 Indianapolis Jets 7 6 0 8 +7 7 1
39 Pittsburgh Ironmen 7 4 0 16 +11 11 1
40 Sheboygan Red Skins 4 2 0 29 +13 13 1
41 Toronto Huskies 4 2 0 33 +11 11 1
42 Anderson Packers 3 3 0 13 +13 13 1
43 Cleveland Rebels 0 0 0 5 +5 5 1
44 Denver Nuggets 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
45 Waterloo Hawks 0 0 0 4 +4 4 1

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Historic Teams

Baltimore Bullets 1954
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Washington Capitols 1951
Anderson Packers 1950
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St. Louis Bombers 1950
Waterloo Hawks 1950
Denver Nuggets 1950
Indianapolis Jets 1949
Providence Steamrollers 1949
Cleveland Rebels 1947
Detroit Falcons 1947
Pittsburgh Ironmen 1947
Toronto Huskies 1947

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Data sources: Game data from ESPN; venue data from VenueStats .