Lakers History: Best and Worst Seasons
Year by year records of the Lakers franchise, including Minneapolis and Los Angeles ordered from best to worst
Here you have all the Lakers regular seasons ordered from best to worst. At the top of the list is the 1971-72 season where the Lakers won an NBA-record 33 consecutive games.
The seasons from 2014 to 2018 --the 5 seasons previous to LeBron James arrival-- are all in the bottom 10 here and that includes the 2 worst season in franchise history. The 2020 regular season (previous to the Lakers winning their 17th championship) is 12th best in Lakers history.
Best season: 1971-72, 69-13 (.841)
Worst Season: 2015-16, 17-65 (.207)
Lakers best and worst seasons year by year:
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
| No. | Season |
City | W | L | % | Div. Standing | W | L | % | Performance | |
| 1 | 1971-72 | L.A. | 69 | 13 | .841 | 1st | Pacific | 12 | 3 | .800 |  Won NBA Finals |
| 2 | 1999-00 | L.A. | 67 | 15 | .817 | 1st | Pacific | 15 | 8 | .652 | Won NBA Finals |
| 3 | 2008-09 | L.A. | 65 | 17 | .793 | 1st | Pacific | 16 | 7 | .696 | Won NBA Finals |
| 1986-87 | L.A. | 65 | 17 | .793 | 1st | Pacific | 15 | 3 | .833 | Won NBA Finals |
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| 5 | 1989-90 | L.A. | 63 | 19 | .768 | 1st | Pacific | 4 | 5 | .444 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 6 | 1987-88 | L.A. | 62 | 20 | .756 | 1st | Pacific | 15 | 9 | .625 | Won NBA Finals |
| 1985-86 | L.A. | 62 | 20 | .756 | 1st | Pacific | 8 | 6 | .571 | Lost West Conf Finals | |
| 1984-85 | L.A. | 62 | 20 | .756 | 1st | Pacific | 15 | 4 | .789 | Won NBA Finals |
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| 9 | 1949-50 | Min. | 51 | 17 | .750 | 1st | Central | 10 | 2 | .833 | Won NBA Finals |
| 10 | 1997-98 | L.A. | 61 | 21 | .744 | 1st | Pacific | 7 | 6 | .538 | Lost West Conf Finals |
| 11 | 1948-49 | Min. | 44 | 16 | .733 | 2nd | Western | 8 | 2 | .800 | Won NBA Finals |
| 12 | 2019-20 | L.A. | 52 | 19 | .732 | 1st | Pacific | 16 | 5 | .762 | Won NBA Finals |
| 13 | 1979-80 | L.A. | 60 | 22 | .732 | 1st | Pacific | 12 | 4 | .750 | Won NBA Finals |
| 1972-73 | L.A. | 60 | 22 | .732 | 1st | Pacific | 9 | 8 | .529 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| 15 | 2001-02 | L.A. | 58 | 24 | .707 | 2nd | Pacific | 15 | 4 | .789 | Won NBA Finals |
| 1990-91 | L.A. | 58 | 24 | .707 | 2nd | Pacific | 12 | 7 | .632 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| 1982-83 | L.A. | 58 | 24 | .707 | 1st | Pacific | 8 | 7 | .533 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| 18 | 2010-11 | L.A. | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1st | Pacific | 4 | 6 | .400 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 2009-10 | L.A. | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1st | Pacific | 16 | 7 | .696 | Won NBA Finals |
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| 2007-08 | L.A. | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1st | Pacific | 14 | 7 | .667 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| 1988-89 | L.A. | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1st | Pacific | 11 | 4 | .733 | Lost NBA Finals | |
| 1981-82 | L.A. | 57 | 25 | .695 | 1st | Pacific | 12 | 2 | .857 | Won NBA Finals |
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| 23 | 1952-53 | Min. | 48 | 22 | .686 | 1st | Western | 9 | 3 | .750 | Won NBA Finals |
| 24 | 2003-04 | L.A. | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1st | Pacific | 13 | 9 | .591 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 2000-01 | L.A. | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1st | Pacific | 15 | 1 | .938 | Won NBA Finals |
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| 1996-97 | L.A. | 56 | 26 | .683 | 2nd | Pacific | 4 | 5 | .444 | Lost West Conf Semis | |
| 27 | 1961-62 | L.A. | 54 | 26 | .675 | 1st | Western | 7 | 6 | .538 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 28 | 1968-69 | L.A. | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1st | Western | 11 | 7 | .611 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 29 | 1962-63 | L.A. | 53 | 27 | .662 | 1st | Western | 6 | 7 | .462 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 30 | 1983-84 | L.A. | 54 | 28 | .659 | 1st | Pacific | 14 | 7 | .667 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 1980-81 | L.A. | 54 | 28 | .659 | 2nd | Pacific | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd | |
| 32 | 1950-51 | Min. | 44 | 24 | .647 | 1st | Western | 3 | 4 | .429 | Lost West Div Finals |
| 33 | 1995-96 | L.A. | 53 | 29 | .646 | 2nd | Pacific | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 1976-77 | L.A. | 53 | 29 | .646 | 1st | Pacific | 4 | 7 | .364 | Lost West Conf Finals | |
| 35 | 1953-54 | Min. | 46 | 26 | .639 | 1st | Western | 9 | 4 | .692 | Won NBA Finals |
| 36 | 1967-68 | L.A. | 52 | 30 | .634 | 2nd | Western | 10 | 5 | .667 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 37 | 2011-12 * | L.A. | 41 | 25 | .621 | 1st | Pacific | 5 | 7 | .385 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 38 | 1998-99 * | L.A. | 31 | 19 | .620 | 2nd | Pacific | 3 | 5 | .375 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 39 | 1964-65 | L.A. | 49 | 31 | .613 | 1st | Western | 5 | 6 | .455 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 40 | 2002-03 | L.A. | 50 | 32 | .610 | 2nd | Pacific | 6 | 6 | .500 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 41 | 1951-52 | Min. | 40 | 26 | .606 | 2nd | Western | 9 | 4 | .692 | Won NBA Finals |
| 42 | 1994-95 | L.A. | 48 | 34 | .585 | 3rd | Pacific | 5 | 5 | .500 | Lost West Conf Semis |
| 1970-71 | L.A. | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1st | Pacific | 5 | 7 | .417 | Lost West Conf Finals | |
| 44 | 2020-21 | L.A. | 42 | 30 | .583 | 3rd | Pacific | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 45 | 2023-24 | L.A. | 47 | 35 | .573 | 3rd | Pacific | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 1978-79 | L.A. | 47 | 35 | .573 | 3rd | Pacific | 3 | 5 | .375 | Lost West Conf Semis | |
| 1973-74 | L.A. | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1st | Pacific | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost West Conf Semis | |
| 48 | 1965-66 | L.A. | 45 | 35 | .562 | 1st | Western | 7 | 7 | .500 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 49 | 1969-70 | L.A. | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2nd | Western | 11 | 7 | .611 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 50 | 1954-55 | Min. | 40 | 32 | .556 | 2nd | Western | 3 | 4 | .429 | Lost West Div Finals |
| 51 | 2012-13 | L.A. | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3rd | Pacific | 0 | 4 | .000 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 2005-06 | L.A. | 45 | 37 | .549 | 3rd | Pacific | 3 | 4 | .428 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd | |
| 1977-78 | L.A. | 45 | 37 | .549 | 4th | Pacific | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd | |
| 54 | 1963-64 | L.A. | 42 | 38 | .525 | 3rd | Western | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost West Div Semis |
| 55 | 2022-23 | L.A. | 43 | 39 | .524 | 5th | Pacific | 8 | 8 | .500 | Lost West Conf Finals |
| 1991-92 | L.A. | 43 | 39 | .524 | 6th | Pacific | 1 | 3 | .250 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd | |
| 57 | 2006-07 | L.A. | 42 | 40 | .512 | 2nd | Pacific | 1 | 4 | .200 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 58 | 1975-76 | L.A. | 40 | 42 | .488 | 4th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 59 | 1992-93 | L.A. | 39 | 43 | .476 | 5th | Pacific | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
| 60 | 1956-57 | Min. | 34 | 38 | .472 | 1st | Western | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost West Div Finals |
| 61 | 1958-59 | Min. | 33 | 39 | .458 | 2nd | Western | 6 | 7 | .462 | Lost NBA Finals |
| 1955-56 | Min. | 33 | 39 | .458 | 2nd | Western | 1 | 2 | .333 | Lost West Div Semis | |
| 63 | 1960-61 | L.A. | 36 | 43 | .456 | 2nd | Western | 6 | 6 | .500 | Lost West Div Finals |
| 64 | 2018-19 | L.A. | 37 | 45 | .451 | 4th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 65 | 1966-67 | L.A. | 36 | 45 | .444 | 3rd | Western | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost West Div Semis |
| 66 | 2017-18 | L.A. | 35 | 47 | .427 | 3rd | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 67 | 2004-05 | L.A. | 34 | 48 | .415 | 4th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 68 | 2021-22 | L.A. | 33 | 49 | .402 | 4th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 1993-94 | L.A. | 33 | 49 | .402 | 5th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ | |
| 70 | 1974-75 | L.A. | 30 | 52 | .366 | 5th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 71 | 1959-60 | Min. | 25 | 50 | .333 | 3rd | Western | 5 | 4 | .556 | Lost West Div Finals |
| 71 | 2013-14 | L.A. | 27 | 55 | .329 | 5th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 73 | 2016-17 | L.A. | 26 | 56 | .317 | 4th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 74 | 1957-58 | Min. | 19 | 53 | .264 | 4th | Western | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 75 | 2014-15 | L.A. | 21 | 61 | .256 | 5th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| 76 | 2015-16 | L.A. | 17 | 65 | .207 | 5th | Pacific | - | - | - | DNQ |
| * strike shortened season | |||||||||||