List of Phoenix Suns seasons

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

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 years.[2]

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]

The Suns franchise has the NBA's fourth-best all-time winning percentage,[6] winning 56% of its games, as of the end of the 2010–11 season.[2] In forty-three years, they have made the playoffs twenty-nine times, posted nineteen seasons of 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 win–loss percentage, the Suns are the franchise with the most wins to have never won an NBA championship.[7]

Table key

Steve Nash won two MVP awards as a member of the Suns.[4]
AMVPAll-Star Game Most Valuable Player
COYCoach of the Year
FinishFinal position in league or division standings
GBGames behind first-place team in division[a]
LossesNumber of regular season losses
EOYExecutive of the Year
JWKCJ. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
MVPMost Valuable Player
ROYRookie of the Year
SMOYSixth Man of the Year
SPORSportmanship Award
WinsNumber of regular season wins
Win%Winning percentage

Seasons

Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2013–14 season.

NBA Champions Conference champions Division champions Playoff berth
Season Conference Finish Division Finish Wins Losses Win% GB Playoffs Awards[4]
Phoenix Suns
1968–69 — — Western 7th 16 66 .195 39
1969–70 — — Western 3rd 39 43 .476 9 Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 4–3[8]
1970–71 Western 5th Midwest 3rd 48 34 .585 18
1971–72 Western 5th Midwest 3rd 49 33 .598 14
1972–73 Western 6th Pacific 3rd 38 44 .463 22
1973–74 Western 8th Pacific 4th 30 52 .366 17
1974–75 Western 8th Pacific 4th 32 50 .390 16
1975–76 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 Western 10th Pacific 5th 34 48 .415 19
1977–78 Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 49 33 .598 9 Lost First Round (Bucks) 2–0[10] Walter Davis (ROY)
1978–79 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 Western 4th Pacific 3rd 55 27 .671 5 Won First Round (Kings) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[12]
1980–81 Western 1st Pacific1st 57 25 .695 — Lost Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–3[13]
1981–82 Western 5th Pacific 3rd 46 36 .561 11 Won First Round (Nuggets) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–0[14]
1982–83 Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 53 29 .646 5 Lost First Round (Nuggets) 2–1[15]
1983–84 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 Western 8th Pacific 3rd 36 46 .439 26 Lost First Round (Lakers) 3–0[17]
1985–86 Western 9th Pacific 3rd 32 50 .390 30
1986–87 Western 9th Pacific 5th 36 46 .439 29
1987–88 Western 9th Pacific 4th 28 54 .341 34
1988–89 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 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 Western 4th Pacific 3rd 55 27 .671 8 Lost First Round (Jazz) 3–1[20] Kevin Johnson (JWKC)
1991–92 Western 4th Pacific 3rd 53 29 .646 4 Won First Round (Spurs) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1[21]
1992–93 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 Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 56 26 .683 7 Won First Round (Warriors) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[23]
1994–95 Western 2nd Pacific 1st 59 23 .720 — Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[24]
1995–96 Western 7th Pacific 4th 41 41 .500 23 Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[25]
1996–97 Western 7th Pacific 4th 40 42 .488 17 Lost First Round (SuperSonics) 3–2[26]
1997–98 Western 4th Pacific 3rd 56 26 .683 5 Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[27] Danny Manning (SMOY)
1998–99[b] Western 7th Pacific 3rd 27 23 .540 8 Lost First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0[28]
1999–00 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 Western 6th Pacific 3rd 51 31 .623 5 Lost First Round (Kings) 3–1[30]
2001–02 Western 10th Pacific 6th 36 46 .439 25
2002–03 Western 8th Pacific 4th 44 38 .537 15 Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–2[31] Amar'e Stoudemire (ROY)
2003–04 Western 13th Pacific 6th 29 53 .354 27
2004–05 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 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 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 Western 6th Pacific 2nd 55 27 .671 2 Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–1[35] Grant Hill (SPOR)
2008–09 Western 9th Pacific 2nd 46 36 .561 19 Shaquille O'Neal (AMVP)
2009–10 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 Western 10th Pacific 2nd 40 42 .488 17
2011–12 Western 10th Pacific 3rd 33 33 .500 17
2012–13 Western 15th Pacific 5th 25 57 .305 32
2013–14 Western 9th Pacific 3rd 48 34 .585 9 Goran Dragić (MIP)
2014–15 Western 10th Pacific 3rd 39 43 .476 28

All-time records

Statistic Wins Losses Win%
Regular season record (1968–2013) 2,012 1,630 .552
Postseason record (1968–2013) 133 141 .485
All-time regular and post-season record (1968–2013) 2,145 1,771 .548

Notes

References

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