# List of NBA G League champions

NBA G League awards and honors :
Championship :
G League Trophy :
Individual awards :
Most Valuable Player
All-Star Game MVP
Impact Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sportsmanship Award
Basketball Executive of the Year
Finals MVP
Defensive Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
Coach of the Year
Team Executive of the Year :
Honors :
All-NBA G League Team
All-Rookie Team
All-Defensive Team
Development Champion :
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The NBA G League Finals is the championship game or series for the NBA G League and the conclusion of the league's postseason. The league was previously known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005 and the National Basketball Association Development League (NBA D-League) from 2005 to 2017.
Since the league's inception in 2001–02, a variety of formats has been used to determine the champion. From the inaugural postseason in 2002 until 2006, the four teams with the best records advanced to the postseason. In the first two seasons, both the semifinal round and the Finals were held in a best-of-three format. Then, between 2004 and 2007, the playoffs used a single-elimination tournament among the four teams, with two semifinal games and one winner-take-all championship match.
In 2007, the league expanded to twelve teams and was divided into Eastern and Western Conferences, comprising six teams each. All playoff rounds were one game each, ending with the Eastern Conference's Dakota Wizards winning the championship 129–121 in overtime against the Colorado 14ers. The best-of-three format for the Finals returned in 2008. With the league's continued expansion to fourteen teams in 2008 and sixteen teams in 2009, the two-conference format was replaced with a three-division format consisting of Western, Southwestern and Central Divisions. Both the 2008 and 2009 NBADL championship series were between teams representing the Western and Southwestern Divisions, with no Central teams making it to the finals. The 2009–10 season saw a reformatting to having Eastern and Western Conferences, with the 2012–13 season being the only one with a third conference named as the Central and the 2013–14 season having just Divisions rather than conferences. Due to there being two more teams in the Western Conference (nine) than the Eastern Conference (seven), and because the top eight teams with the best regular season records qualified for the postseason irrespective of conference, the 2010 and 2012 NBADL Finals consisted of two Western Conference teams. Finally, in the 2014–15 season, the playoff structure was changed so the teams were separated by conference in seeding. The 2021 edition of the Finals was a one-game match, which equaled the number of games played for the other playoff rounds as played by the eight teams that were seeded solely by record. The league returned to the best-of-three format for the Finals in 2022.
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers lead the league in championship appearances (seven) and championships (four).

## Key

| Bold | Winning team of the Finals |
| $^†$ | Had or tied for the best regular season record for that season |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times the team has won (also includes past names of franchise, if applicable) |

## Champions

| Year | Champion | Division | Coach | Result | Runner-up | Division | Coach |
| 2002 | Greenville Groove$^†$ | — | Milton Barnes | 2–0 | North Charleston Lowgators$^†$ | — | Alex English |
| 2003 | Mobile Revelers | Sam Vincent | 2–1 | Fayetteville Patriots$^†$ | Jeff Capel II |
| 2004 | Asheville Altitude$^†$ | Joey Meyer | 108–106 (OT) | Huntsville Flight | Ralph Lewis |
| 2005 | Asheville Altitude (2) | Joey Meyer | 90–67 | Columbus Riverdragons$^†$ | Jeff Malone |
| 2006 | Albuquerque Thunderbirds | Michael Cooper | 119–108 | Fort Worth Flyers$^†$ | Sam Vincent |
| 2007 | Dakota Wizards$^†$ | Eastern | Dave Joerger | 129–121 (OT) | Colorado 14ers | Western | Joe Wolf |
| 2008 | Idaho Stampede$^†$ | Western | Bryan Gates | 2–1 | Austin Toros | Southwest | Quin Snyder |
| 2009 | Colorado 14ers$^†$ | Southwest | Bob MacKinnon Jr | 2–0 | Utah Flash | Western | Brad Jones |
| Year | Champion | Conference | Coach | Result | Runner-up | Conference | Coach |
| 2010 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Western | Chris Finch | 2–0 | Oklahoma City Blue | Western | Nate Tibbetts |
| 2011 | Iowa Energy$^†$ | Eastern | Nick Nurse | 2–1 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Western | Chris Finch |
| 2012 | Austin Toros | Western | Brad Jones | 2–1 | Los Angeles D-Fenders$^†$ | Western | Eric Musselman |
| 2013 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (2) | Central | Nick Nurse | 2–0 | Santa Cruz Warriors | Western | Nate Bjorkgren |
| 2014 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants$^†$ | Eastern | Conner Henry | 2–0 | Santa Cruz Warriors | Western | Casey Hill |
| 2015 | Santa Cruz Warriors$^†$ (2) | Western | Casey Hill | 2–0 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Eastern | Conner Henry |
| 2016 | Sioux Falls Skyforce$^†$ | Eastern | Dan Craig | 2–1 | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Western | Casey Owens |
| 2017 | Raptors 905$^†$ | Eastern | Jerry Stackhouse | 2–1 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Western | Matt Brase |
| 2018 | Austin Spurs$^†$ (2) | Western | Blake Ahearn | 2–0 | Raptors 905 | Eastern | Jerry Stackhouse |
| 2019 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers$^†$ (3) | Western | Joseph Blair | 2–1 | Long Island Nets$^†$ | Eastern | Will Weaver |
| 2020 | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic | No NBA G League playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Lakeland Magic | — | Stan Heath | 97–78 | Delaware Blue Coats | — | Connor Johnson |
| 2022 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (4) | Western | Mahmoud Abdelfattah | 2–0 | Delaware Blue Coats | Eastern | Coby Karl |
| 2023 | Delaware Blue Coats | Eastern | Coby Karl | 2–0 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Western | Kevin Burleson |
| 2024 | Oklahoma City Blue | Western | Kameron Woods | 2–1 | Maine Celtics | Eastern | Blaine Mueller |

## Results by teams

| Teams | Finals appearances | Championships | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up | Playoff appearances |
| Rio Grande Valley Vipers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2019, 2022 | 2011, 2017, 2023 | 12 |
| Asheville Altitude / Tulsa 66ers / Oklahoma City Blue | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2004, 2005, 2024 | 2010 | 10 |
| Dakota Wizards / Santa Cruz Warriors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2007, 2015 | 2013, 2014 | 13 |
| Columbus Riverdragons / Austin Toros / Austin Spurs | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2012, 2018 | 2005, 2008 | 11 |
| Utah Flash / Delaware 87ers / Delaware Blue Coats | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2023 | 2009, 2021, 2022 | 7 |
| Huntsville Flight / Albuquerque Thunderbirds / New Mexico Thunderbirds / Canton Charge / Cleveland Charge | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2004 | 11 |
| Colorado 14ers / Texas Legends | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 2007 | 6 |
| Fort Wayne / Indiana Mad Ants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2014 | 2015 | 7 |
| Raptors 905 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2018 | 5 |
| Greenville Groove | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | — | 1 |
| Mobile Revelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2003 | — | 2 |
| Idaho Stampede / Salt Lake City Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2008 | — | 6 |
| Iowa Energy / Iowa Wolves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2011 | — | 5 |
| Sioux Falls Skyforce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | — | 8 |
| Erie BayHawks / Lakeland Magic / Osceola Magic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2021 | — | 7 |
| Long Island Nets | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 | 4 |
| North Charleston Lowgators / Charleston Lowgators / Florida Flame | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2002 | 4 |
| Fayetteville Patriots | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2003 | 2 |
| Fort Worth Flyers | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 | 2 |
| Maine Celtics | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 | 6 |
| Los Angeles D-Fenders / South Bay Lakers | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 2012, 2016 | 8 |
| Reno Bighorns / Stockton Kings | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Bakersfield Jam / Northern Arizona Suns / Motor City Cruise | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Capital City Go-Go | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Grand Rapids Drive | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Westchester Knicks | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Erie BayHawks / College Park Skyhawks | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erie BayHawks / Birmingham Squadron | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Memphis Hustle | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Agua Caliente / San Diego Clippers | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Windy City Bulls | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| NBA G League Ignite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greensboro Swarm | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Wisconsin Herd | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Rip City Remix | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 |