List of NBA franchise post-season droughts
Seasons Team Last appearance in Conference Finals Result
49 Los Angeles Clippers 0 Never z -
40 Washington Wizards 1979 Won vs. San Antonio
29 Charlotte Hornets 0 Never z -
19 New York Knicks 2000 Lost vs. Indiana
18 Philadelphia 76ers 2001 Won vs. Milwaukee
17 Sacramento Kings 2002 Lost vs. Los Angeles Lakers
17 New Orleans Pelicans 0 Never z -
16 Brooklyn Nets 2003 Won vs. Detroit
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 2004 Lost vs. Los Angeles Lakers
12 Utah Jazz 2007 Lost vs. San Antonio
11 Detroit Pistons 2008 Lost vs. Boston
10 Denver Nuggets 2009 Lost vs. Los Angeles Lakers
9 Orlando Magic 2010 Lost vs. Boston
9 Phoenix Suns 2010 Lost vs. Los Angeles Lakers
9 Los Angeles Lakers 2010 Won vs. Phoenix
8 Chicago Bulls 2011 Lost vs. Miami
8 Dallas Mavericks 2011 Won vs. Oklahoma 0 Won vs. Oklahoma City 0
6 Memphis Grizzlies 2013 Lost vs. San Antonio
5 Miami Heat 2014 Won vs. Indiana
5 Indiana Pacers 2014 Lost vs. Miami
Active droughts -- NBA Conference Finals appearance droughts
^ Longest drought in team history
This is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise post-season appearance droughts. This list includes the all-time and the active consecutive non-playoffs. Aside from the NBA playoff appearance droughts, this list also includes droughts of series wins, appearances in the NBA Finals and NBA championship wins. The oldest such franchise is the Suns (51 seasons), while the Royals/Kings and the Hawks have even longer championship droughts (68 and 61 seasons, respectively). Six franchises have never been to the NBA Finals, the highest number among the major North American sports. The oldest such team is the Braves/Clippers franchise (49 seasons); the Kings and the Hawks have appearance droughts that are even longer (69 and 59 seasons, respectively). The longest a franchise has gone without appearing in the playoffs at all is 15 seasons: the Braves/Clippers franchise from 1977 to 1991. Of the 19 franchises that have won an NBA championship, 8 have droughts of 36 seasons or more, which is to say that the past 36 championships have been shared among only 11 franchises: the Lakers (8), Bulls (6), Spurs (5), Celtics (3), Pistons (3), Heat (3), Warriors (3), Rockets (2), Mavericks (1), Cavaliers (1), and Raptors (1). By contrast, the other three major North American sports have each had at least 16 franchises become champions over the same period of time.