List of Phoenix Suns seasons

The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Suns began playing in the NBA as an expansion team in the 1968–69 NBA season. In their inaugural season, the Suns posted a win–loss record of 16–66.[1] They participated in the playoffs only once in their first seven seasons.[2]

A home game against the Sacramento Kings in the 2006–07 NBA season

In the 1975–76 season, a rookie Alvan Adams helped the team reach its first NBA Finals, which they lost to the Boston Celtics 4–2.[3] Charles Barkley and Steve Nash won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award while playing for the Suns.[4] Barkley led the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals, where they lost to the Chicago Bulls.[2] After signing with the Suns in 2004,[5] Nash led the team to three straight division titles,[2] but after reaching the Conference Finals in 2009–10 the Suns have subsequently experienced their worst period of on-court failure, missing the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons (the franchise's previous record playoff drought was five seasons, which happened after the team made the postseason in only their second year of existence during the 1969–70 campaign).

Despite their failures in the 2010s, the Suns franchise has the NBA's fourth-best all-time winning percentage,[6] winning 54 percent of its games, as of the end of the 2015–16 season.[2] In their first forty-three seasons, the Suns made the playoffs 29 times, posted nineteen seasons with fifty or more wins, appeared nine times in the Western Conference Finals, and advanced to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993.[2] As a result, based on their all-time winning percentage, the Suns are the most successful franchise to never win an NBA championship.[7]

Table key

Steve Nash won two MVP awards as a member of the Suns.[4]

AMVP	All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
COY	Coach of the Year
Finish	Final position in league or division standings
GB	Games behind first-place team in division^[a]
Losses	Number of regular season losses
EOY	Executive of the Year
JWKC	J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
MVP	Most Valuable Player
ROY	Rookie of the Year
SMOY	Sixth Man of the Year
SPOR	Sportmanship Award
Wins	Number of regular season wins
Win%	Winning percentage

Seasons

Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2019–20.

NBA Champions

Conference champions

Division champions

Playoff berth

Season	League	Conference	Finish	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Win%	GB	Playoffs	Awards[4]
1968–69	NBA	—	—	Western	7th	16	66	.195	39
1969–70	NBA	—	—	Western	4th	39	43	.476	9	Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 4–3[8]
1970–71	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	3rd	48	34	.585	18
1971–72	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	3rd	49	33	.598	14
1972–73	NBA	Western	6th	Pacific	3rd	38	44	.463	22
1973–74	NBA	Western	8th	Pacific	4th	30	52	.366	17
1974–75	NBA	Western	8th	Pacific	4th	32	50	.390	16
1975–76	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	3rd	42	40	.512	17	Won Conference Semifinals (SuperSonics) 4–2 Won Conference Finals (Warriors) 4–3 Lost NBA Finals (Celtics) 4–2[9]	Alvan Adams (ROY)
1976–77	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	5th	34	48	.415	19
1977–78	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	49	33	.598	9	Lost First Round (Bucks) 2–0[10]	Walter Davis (ROY)
1978–79	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	50	32	.610	2	Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 2–1 Won Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–1 Lost Conference Finals (SuperSonics) 4–3[11]
1979–80	NBA	Western	4th	Pacific	3rd	55	27	.671	5	Won First Round (Kings) 2–1 Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[12]
1980–81	NBA	Western	1st	Pacific	1st	57	25	.695	—	Lost Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–3[13]
1981–82	NBA	Western	5th	Pacific	3rd	46	36	.561	11	Won First Round (Nuggets) 2–1 Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–0[14]
1982–83	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	53	29	.646	5	Lost First Round (Nuggets) 2–1[15]
1983–84	NBA	Western	6th	Pacific	4th	41	41	.500	13	Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–2 Won Conference Semifinals (Jazz) 4–2 Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–2[16]
1984–85	NBA	Western	8th	Pacific	3rd	36	46	.439	26	Lost First Round (Lakers) 3–0[17]
1985–86	NBA	Western	9th	Pacific	3rd	32	50	.390	30
1986–87	NBA	Western	9th	Pacific	5th	36	46	.439	29
1987–88	NBA	Western	9th	Pacific	4th	28	54	.341	34
1988–89	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	55	27	.671	2	Won First Round (Nuggets) 3–0 Won Conference Semifinals (Warriors) 4–1 Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–0[18]	Kevin Johnson (MIP) Cotton Fitzsimmons (COY) Eddie Johnson (SMOY)
1989–90	NBA	Western	5th	Pacific	3rd	54	28	.659	9	Won First Round (Jazz) 3–2 Won Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1 Lost Conference Finals (Trail Blazers) 4–2[19]
1990–91	NBA	Western	4th	Pacific	3rd	55	27	.671	8	Lost First Round (Jazz) 3–1[20]	Kevin Johnson (JWKC)
1991–92	NBA	Western	4th	Pacific	3rd	53	29	.646	4	Won First Round (Spurs) 3–0 Lost Conference Semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1[21]
1992–93	NBA	Western	1st	Pacific	1st	62	20	.756	—	Won First Round (Lakers) 3–2 Won Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–2 Won Conference Finals (SuperSonics) 4–3 Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4–2[22]	Charles Barkley (MVP)
1993–94	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	56	26	.683	7	Won First Round (Warriors) 3–0 Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[23]
1994–95	NBA	Western	2nd	Pacific	1st	59	23	.720	—	Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0 Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[24]
1995–96	NBA	Western	7th	Pacific	4th	41	41	.500	23	Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[25]
1996–97	NBA	Western	7th	Pacific	4th	40	42	.488	17	Lost First Round (SuperSonics) 3–2[26]
1997–98	NBA	Western	4th	Pacific	3rd	56	26	.683	5	Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[27]	Danny Manning (SMOY)
1998–99^[b]	NBA	Western	7th	Pacific	3rd	27	23	.540	8	Lost First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0[28]
1999–00	NBA	Western	5th	Pacific	3rd	53	29	.646	14	Won First Round (Spurs) 3–1 Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[29]	Rodney Rogers (SMOY)
2000–01	NBA	Western	6th	Pacific	3rd	51	31	.623	5	Lost First Round (Kings) 3–1[30]
2001–02	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	6th	36	46	.439	25
2002–03	NBA	Western	8th	Pacific	4th	44	38	.537	15	Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–2[31]	Amar'e Stoudemire (ROY)
2003–04	NBA	Western	13th	Pacific	6th	29	53	.354	27
2004–05	NBA	Western	1st	Pacific	1st	62	20	.756	—	Won First Round (Grizzlies) 4–0 Won Conference Semifinals (Mavericks) 4–2 Lost Conference Finals (Spurs) 4–1[32]	Steve Nash (MVP) Mike D'Antoni (COY)
2005–06	NBA	Western	2nd	Pacific	1st	54	28	.659	—	Won First Round (Lakers) 4–3 Won Conference Semifinals (Clippers) 4–3 Lost Conference Finals (Mavericks) 4–2[33]	Steve Nash (MVP) Boris Diaw (MIP)
2006–07	NBA	Western	2nd	Pacific	1st	61	21	.744	—	Won First Round (Lakers) 4–1 Lost Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–2[34]	Leandro Barbosa (SMOY) Steve Nash (JWKC)
2007–08	NBA	Western	6th	Pacific	2nd	55	27	.671	2	Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–1[35]	Grant Hill (SPOR)
2008–09	NBA	Western	9th	Pacific	2nd	46	36	.561	19		Shaquille O'Neal (AMVP)
2009–10	NBA	Western	3rd	Pacific	2nd	54	28	.659	3	Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 4–2 Won Conference Semifinals (Spurs) 4–0 Lost Conference Finals (Lakers) 4–2[36]	Grant Hill (SPOR)
2010–11	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	2nd	40	42	.488	17
2011–12 ^[c]	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	3rd	33	33	.500	17
2012–13	NBA	Western	15th	Pacific	5th	25	57	.305	32
2013–14	NBA	Western	9th	Pacific	3rd	48	34	.585	9		Goran Dragić (MIP)
2014–15	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	3rd	39	43	.476	28
2015–16	NBA	Western	14th	Pacific	4th	23	59	.280	50
2016–17	NBA	Western	15th	Pacific	5th	24	58	.293	43
2017–18	NBA	Western	15th	Pacific	5th	21	61	.256	37
2018–19	NBA	Western	15th	Pacific	5th	19	63	.232	38
2019–20	NBA	Western	10th	Pacific	3rd	34	39	.466	19

All-time records

Statistic	Wins	Losses	Win%
Regular season record (1968–2020)	2,220	1,987	.528
Postseason record (1968–2020)	133	141	.485
All-time regular and post-season record (1968–2020)	2,353	2,128	.525

Notes

• ^a This is determined by adding the absolute difference in wins between the leading team and the team of interest to the absolute difference in losses between the two teams, and dividing by two.
• ^b Because of a lockout, the season did not start until February 5, 1999, and all 29 teams played a shortened 50-game regular season schedule.[37]
• ^c Because of a lockout, the season did not start until December 25, 2011, and all 30 teams played a shortened 66-game regular season schedule.

References

General

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• "Suns History: The Seasons". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
• "Phoenix Suns". databasebasketball.com. databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2011.

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