Top 10 Best NBA Teams of All Time

Which of the greatest teams in NBA history are the best 10?

Attempting to determine the best teams in NBA history depends heavily on which factors are considered. For the sake of this exercise, there are two rules and a deep set of criterion.

The Rules
1. The team must have won the championship to be considered
2. No assumptions will be made in terms of injury factors and cross-era dynamics

The Criterion
1. Championship
2. Level of Domination
3. Level of success and domination considering the strength of the league at the time
4. Balance

ELO ratings were used as a guide for the following rankings of the best NBA teams ever. Here is an explanation of ELO, courtesy FiveThirtyEight.com.

SRS is used for in-season evaluation of each team considered. SRS stands for Simple Rating System. Here is Doug Drinen's explanation of this method.

Through 2015-16 NBA Season

10. 1982-83 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

Regular Season: 65-17
Playoffs: 12-1

Billy Cunningham coached the 76ers to a 65-17 regular season record behind a starting five of Moses Malone, Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Bobby Jones.

These five did everything a team needed to win games consistently. Malone was a force down low, leading the team ins coring at 24.5 points per game. He also led in rebounds at 15.3 per contest. Erving was the slasher, taking the ball to the basket and mixing in a solid perimeter game on his way to more than 21 points a night.

Cheeks poured in 12.5 points per game but his seven assists and 2.3 steals per game set the tone. Toney was the long range weapon and Jones was the team's defensive stopper.

The Sixers has a buy in Round 1 of the playoffs, then dispensed the Knicks in four straight, the Bucks in five and the Lakers in four, finishing 12-1 in the postseason.

Reminder: That Lakers team was full of stars, too. Magic Johnson was in his prime, Kareem Adbdul-Jababar still was scoring more than 20 per game and Jamaal Wilkes, Michael Cooper, James Worthy, Bob McAdoo and Norm Nixon were key players.

Jabbar was named Finals MVP, scoring 25.7 points and grabbing nine rebounds per game, including 30 and 17 in a pivotal Game 2 to steal home court advantage in Boston.

9. 1991-92 CHICAGO BULLS

Regular Season: 67-15
Playoffs: 14-7

The second of the 1990s title run by the Bulls featured Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading a supporting cast including John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, Horace Grant and Bill Cartwright. Phil Jackson ran the show from the bench.

After a 67-15 regular season thanks to the No. 1 SRS (point differential and strength of schedule) in the league. The Bulls ranked No. 1 in offensive efficiency and No. 4 in defensive efficiency.

Jordan led the league in scoring at 30.1 points per game for the sixth straight season, winning third MVP and second straight. Jordan also won the Finals MVP for the second consecutive season.

The Bulls went 14-7 in the playoffs, beating the Portland Trailblazers in six games to clinch the championship.

8. 1984-85 LOS ANGELES LAKERS

REGULAR SEASON: 62-20
PLAYOFFS: 15-3

The best of the 1980s Showtime Lakers, the 84-85 team gelled with big years from Magic, Worthy, Jabbar and Byron Scott, all four of which averaged more than 16 points per game, led by Jabarr's 22.0 average. Johnson finished second in the league in assists at 12.6 (Isaiah Thomas 13.9) and Scott was the best three-point shooter in the NBA that season.

The Lakers led the league in offensive efficiency and scoring (118.2 points per game) and finished No. 2 in SRS. Pat Riley's squad went 15-4 in the playoffs, beating the rival Boston Celtics 4-2 in the Finals, including Game 6 at the Garden.

7. 1988-89 DETROIT PISTONS

Regular Season: 63-19
Playoffs: 15-2

The 1989 Pistons finally broke through past their nemesis -- the Boston Celtics -- and held off Jordan's Bulls in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals (4-2). They continued their dominance in the Finals, sweeping the defending-champion Lakers.

Led by Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, Chuck Daly's club were known as the Bad Boys. Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn and company played a physical brand of basketball from tip to buzzer, holding opponents to just 100.8 points per game (No. 2 in the NBA).

Shooter gets hot? Knock him down until he's cold. Dribble-drive into the lane? Clobber him, make him earn his points at the free-throw line. It worked, and the 1988-89 Pistons are one of the best ever as a result.

6. 2008-09 LOS ANGELES LAKERS

Regular Season: 65-17
Playoffs: 16-7

The second of five teams on this list coached by Phil Jackson (FTR, Jackson coached three of the next four beyond the Top 10 as well), the only one of Jackson's Lakers teams.

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant dominated the majority of Jackson's tenure in L.A. but O'Neal was gone by the time the Lakers peaked as a team, despite winning three titles 2000-2002. Bryant's final two rings were without The Big Aristotle, instead getting key help from Pau Gasol (18.9 pts, 9.6 rebs) and Lamar Odom.

It was a balanced group with Derek Fisher turning in key performances and elite three-point shooting. The Lakers were No. 3 in scoring (106.9) and No. 3 in SRS. They also finished No. 6 in defensive efficiency, the second-best in Jackson's era at the helm of the Lakers.

Bryant's scoring fell for the fourth straight season but his shooting percentage was the highest during that stretch and it was Bryant's best season on defense and in terms of turnovers per possession. This was Bryant's first of back-to-back Finals MVP Awards after scoring 40, 29, 31, 32 and 30 to beat the Magic 4-1.

5. 1997-98 CHICAGO BULLS

Regular Season: 62-20
Playoffs: 15-6

The sixth and final NBA title for Jordan and the Bulls came at the expense of a very good Utah Jazz team in the Finals. Jordan won the scoring title (28.7 ppg), MVP and Finals MVP and the Bulls showed once again they are among the best teams in NBA history.

This team was built a little differently than the first three; A new man in the middle in Luc Longley, who came in after Bill Wennington, Will Perdue and Bill Cartwright and Steve Kerr replaced John Paxson and B.J. Armstrong as the sharpshooter.

Horace Grant was gone at this point, too, with Rodman and Ron Harper complementing Jordan and Pippen.

The Bulls slowed things down this season, ranking No. 22 in pace, perhaps a design to avoid asking too much of a 34-year-old Jordan, 36-year-old Rodman and 32-year-old Pippen. But they were No. 1 in SRS and No. 3 in both defensive efficiency and points allowed.

Jordan's Finals performance (33.5 pts per game) was quite insane, considering the team scored just 88, 93, 96, 86, 81 and 87 points in the six games. Jordan scored 37.9 percent of the Bulls' points in the series.

4. 2014-2015 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

Regular Season: 67-15
Playoffs: 16-5

The Warriors were Kings of Efficiency in 2014-15, finishing No. 1 in SRS, No. 2 in offensive efficiency and No. 1 in defensive efficiency, en route to a stellar season that ended in a 4-2 win over LeBron James and the Cavaliers in the Finals.

Stephen Curry led the league in scoring ( and was the MVP in the regular season. The Finals MVP was Andre Iguadola.

Steve Kerr's Warriors had the league's best record by seven games and the best record in the Western Conference by 11 games. In Round 1 of the playoffs, Golden State swept New Orleans in four games and did not lose more than two games in any series.

The Warriors outshot their opponents in 75 of 82 games, an NBA record. In the seven games they did not, they went 5-2.

3. 1996-97 CHICAGO BULLS

Regular Season: 69-13
Playoffs: 15-4

Another Jackson-Jordan-Pippen Bulls team in the Top 10, but the reasons are obvious. Their 69-13 record gave the franchise a two-year win-loss record of 141-23 and their 15-4 postseason performance brought their two-year playoff record to 30-7.

All of the above are two-year NBA records, with a minimum of 25 playoff games.

Jordan was the MVP of the Finals and led the league in scoring during the regular season at 29.6. Rodman averaged 16.1 rebounds per game and Pippen had his best season playing alongside Jordan (20.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 21.3 PER).

The Bulls led the league in scoring (105.2), SRS and offensive efficiency , finish No. 4 in defensive efficiency.

This Bulls team rivals their best ever, but comes up just short.

2. 1985-86 BOSTON CELTICS

Regular Season: 67-15
Playoffs: 15-3

This is the best of Boston's three titles in 80s and the only disappointment was they weren't able to cap it off versus the Lakers in the Finals. Houston upset L.A. 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals behind the original Twin Towers, Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.

Larry Bird led the Celtics with help from Hall of Famers Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish, and he occasional flash of his old self from another Hall of Famer, Bill Walton.

Bird won his third straight MVP (25.8 pts, 9.8 rebs, 6.8 assists) and was named Finals MVP with almost identical numbers in the six-game series.

Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge filled out the starting lineup, combining for 26 points and 11 assists per game

The Celtics' defense was the difference this season, believe it or not. The club finished No. 3 in points allowed and led the league in defensive efficiency. They also led the NBA in SRS. Boston was the league's best rebounding team and were No. 2 in field goal percentage.

1. 1995-96 CHICAGO BULLS

Regular Season: 72-10
Playoffs: 15-3

The greatest NBA team of all-time is the version of the Chicago Bulls nobody was sure we'd ever see. Jordan retired after the 1992-93 season, returning near the end of the 1994-95 campaign. This was his first full year back, officially becoming The Return of the King.

Jordan won the league's MVP, his fourth of five, his eighth of ten scoring titles and the fourth of his six Finals MVP Awards.

The Bulls led the league in scoring (105.2), offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency and SRS and finished No. 3 in scoring defense (92.9). Their average scoring margin of 12.2 is the third-best in NBA history and the best since 1972.

This Bulls team's scoring margin percentage ranks as the best in NBA history.

In Round 1 of the playoffs, Chicago swept the Miami Heat in three games by an average margin of 23 points per game. In round 2, the Bulls beat the Knicks by 7, 11, 3 and 13 points in a five-game series. In the Conference Finals, Chicago's margins weref 38, 5, 21 and 5 in a four-game sweep.

Versus Seattle in the Finals, the Bulls won by 17, 4, 22 and 12 in a six-game series win.

The average margin of victory in the postseason was 15.1 points. Their overall scoring margin (including losses) was 10.6. Both marks are the best in NBA history with a minimum of eight playoff games played.

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