Los Angeles Lakers

The **Los Angeles Lakers** are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They play their home games in the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, which they share with the Los Angeles Clippers, their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lakers were originally known as Minneapolis Lakers. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 17 NBA championships second behind the Boston Celtics for the most in NBA history. More recently, the Lakers were the champions of the NBA's inaugural In-Season Tournament in 2023.

Many famous players played on the Los Angeles Lakers' team, including:
- Kobe Bryant
- Magic Johnson
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Wilt Chamberlain
- George Mikan
- Jerry West
- Elgin Baylor
- Luka Dončić
- Bob McAdoo
- Gail Goodrich
- Norm Nixon
- James Worthy
- Pau Gasol
- Jamaal Wilkes
- Anthony Davis
- Michael Cooper
- Byron Scott
- Glen Rice
- A.C. Green
- Ron Harper
- Nick Van Exel
- Eddie Jones
- Dennis Rodman
- Dwight Howard
- Rajon Rondo
- Steve Nash
- Kyle Kuzma
- Alex Caruso
- Brandon Ingram
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
- Russell Westbrook
- LeBron James
- Carmelo Anthony
- Derek Fisher
- Robert Horry
- Karl Malone
- Rick Fox
- Lamar Odom
- Gary Payton
- Andrew Bynum
- Luke Walton
- Trevor Ariza
- Metta Sandiford-Artest
- Kent Bazemore
- Wayne Ellington
- D'Angelo Russell

The Lakers have won 17 NBA championships, including 5 in Minneapolis (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954) and 12 in Los Angeles (1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009, 2010, 2020).

Six of the Lakers' rivals are the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, and the Sacramento Kings.

## Infobox (basketball club)

- **name**: Los Angeles Lakers
- **current**: 2025–26 Los Angeles Lakers season
- **logo**: Los Angeles Lakers logo.svg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **conference**: Western Conference (NBA), Western
- **division**: Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific
- **founded**: 1947
- **history**: **Minneapolis Lakers**
1947–1960
**Los Angeles Lakers**
1960–present
- **arena**: Crypto.com Arena
- **location**: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- **colors**: Purple, gold, black

- **sponsor**: Wish (company), Wish
- **owner**: Mark Walter (majority), Philip Anschutz, Edward P. Roski, and Patrick Soon-Shiong (minority)
- **president**: Jeanie Buss
- **gm**: Rob Pelinka
- **coach**: J.J. Redick
- **affiliation**: South Bay Lakers
- **league champs**: ***NBA Championships***: **17** (1949 BAA Finals, 1949, 1950 NBA Finals, 1950, 1952 NBA Finals, 1952, 1953 NBA Finals, 1953, 1954 NBA Finals, 1954, 1972 NBA Finals, 1972, 1980 NBA Finals, 1980, 1982 NBA Finals, 1982, 1985 NBA Finals, 1985, 1987 NBA Finals, 1987, 1988 NBA Finals, 1988, 2000 NBA Finals, 2000, 2001 NBA Finals, 2001, 2002 NBA Finals, 2002, 2009 NBA Finals, 2009, 2010 NBA Finals, 2010, 2020 NBA Finals, 2020)
***NBA Cup***: **1** (2023 NBA In-Season Tournament, 2023)
- **conf champs**: **32** (1949 BAA Playoffs, 1949, 1950 NBA Playoffs, 1950, 1952 NBA Playoffs, 1952, 1953 NBA Playoffs, 1953, 1954 NBA Playoffs, 1954, 1959 NBA Playoffs, 1959, 1962 NBA Playoffs, 1962, 1963 NBA Playoffs, 1963, 1965 NBA Playoffs, 1965, 1966 NBA Playoffs, 1966, 1968 NBA Playoffs, 1968, 1969 NBA Playoffs, 1969, 1970 NBA Playoffs, 1970, 1972 NBA Playoffs, 1972, 1973 NBA Playoffs, 1973, 1980 NBA Playoffs, 1980, 1982 NBA Playoffs, 1982, 1983 NBA Playoffs, 1983, 1984 NBA Playoffs, 1984, 1985 NBA Playoffs, 1985, 1987 NBA Playoffs, 1987, 1988 NBA Playoffs, 1988, 1989 NBA Playoffs, 1989, 1991 NBA Playoffs, 1991, 2000 NBA Playoffs, 2000, 2001 NBA Playoffs, 2001, 2002 NBA Playoffs, 2002, 2004 NBA Playoffs, 2004, 2008 NBA Playoffs, 2008, 2009 NBA Playoffs, 2009, 2010 NBA Playoffs, 2010, 2020 NBA Playoffs, 2020)
- **div champs**: **24** (1970–71 NBA season, 1971, 1971–72 NBA season, 1972, 1972–73 NBA season, 1973, 1973–74 NBA season, 1974, 1976–77 NBA season, 1977, 1979–80 NBA season, 1980, 1981–82 NBA season, 1982, 1982–83 NBA season, 1983, 1983–84 NBA season, 1984, 1984–85 NBA season, 1985, 1985–86 NBA season, 1986, 1986–87 NBA season, 1987, 1987–88 NBA season, 1988, 1988–89 NBA season, 1989, 1989–90 NBA season, 1990, 1999–2000 NBA season, 2000, 2000–01 NBA season, 2001, 2003–04 NBA season, 2004, 2007–08 NBA season, 2008, 2008–09 NBA season, 2009, 2009–2010 NBA season, 2010, 2010–11 NBA season, 2011, 2011–12 NBA season, 2012, 2019–20 NBA season, 2020)
- **ret nums**: **14** (Bill Russell, 6, Kobe Bryant, 8, Wilt Chamberlain, 13, Pau Gasol, 16, Michael Cooper, 21, Elgin Baylor, 22, Kobe Bryant, 24, Gail Goodrich, 25, Magic Johnson, 32, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 33, Shaquille O'Neal, 34, James Worthy, 42, Jerry West, 44, Jamaal Wilkes, 52, George Mikan, 99)
- **1 title**: Association
- **1 pattern b**: _2018-19_LAL_association
- **1 pattern s**: _2018-19_LAL_association
- **2 title**: Icon
- **2 pattern b**: _2018-19_LAL_icon
- **2 pattern s**: _2018-19_LAL_icon
- **3 title**: Statement
- **3 pattern b**: _2018-19_LAL_statement
- **3 pattern s**: _2018-19_LAL_statement