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 winloss record of 16—66.[1] They participated in the playoffs only once in their first seven seasons.[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] but after reaching the Conference Finals in 2009–10 the Suns have subsequently experienced their worst period of on-court failure, not reaching the playoffs in any season since.

Despite their 2010s failures, 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]
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 2015–16 season.

NBA Champions Conference champions Division champions Playoff berth
Season League Conference Finish Division Finish Wins Losses Win% GB Playoffs Awards[4]
196869 NBA Western 7th 16 66 .195 39
196970 NBA Western 3rd 39 43 .476 9 Lost Division Semifinals (Lakers) 4–3[8]
197071 NBA Western 5th Midwest 3rd 48 34 .585 18
197172 NBA Western 5th Midwest 3rd 49 33 .598 14
197273 NBA Western 6th Pacific 3rd 38 44 .463 22
197374 NBA Western 8th Pacific 4th 30 52 .366 17
197475 NBA Western 8th Pacific 4th 32 50 .390 16
197576 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)
197677 NBA Western 10th Pacific 5th 34 48 .415 19
197778 NBA Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 49 33 .598 9 Lost First Round (Bucks) 2–0[10] Walter Davis (ROY)
197879 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]
197980 NBA Western 4th Pacific 3rd 55 27 .671 5 Won First Round (Kings) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–1[12]
198081 NBA Western 1st Pacific1st 57 25 .695 Lost Conference Semifinals (Kings) 4–3[13]
198182 NBA Western 5th Pacific 3rd 46 36 .561 11 Won First Round (Nuggets) 2–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Lakers) 4–0[14]
198283 NBA Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 53 29 .646 5 Lost First Round (Nuggets) 2–1[15]
198384 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]
198485 NBA Western 8th Pacific 3rd 36 46 .439 26 Lost First Round (Lakers) 3–0[17]
198586 NBA Western 9th Pacific 3rd 32 50 .390 30
198687 NBA Western 9th Pacific 5th 36 46 .439 29
198788 NBA Western 9th Pacific 4th 28 54 .341 34
198889 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)
198990 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]
199091 NBA Western 4th Pacific 3rd 55 27 .671 8 Lost First Round (Jazz) 3–1[20] Kevin Johnson (JWKC)
199192 NBA Western 4th Pacific 3rd 53 29 .646 4 Won First Round (Spurs) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1[21]
199293 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)
199394 NBA Western 3rd Pacific 2nd 56 26 .683 7 Won First Round (Warriors) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[23]
199495 NBA Western 2nd Pacific 1st 59 23 .720 Won First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0
Lost Conference Semifinals (Rockets) 4–3[24]
199596 NBA Western 7th Pacific 4th 41 41 .500 23 Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[25]
199697 NBA Western 7th Pacific 4th 40 42 .488 17 Lost First Round (SuperSonics) 3–2[26]
199798 NBA Western 4th Pacific 3rd 56 26 .683 5 Lost First Round (Spurs) 3–1[27] Danny Manning (SMOY)
199899[b] NBA Western 7th Pacific 3rd 27 23 .540 8 Lost First Round (Trail Blazers) 3–0[28]
199900 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)
200001 NBA Western 6th Pacific 3rd 51 31 .623 5 Lost First Round (Kings) 3–1[30]
200102 NBA Western 10th Pacific 6th 36 46 .439 25
200203 NBA Western 8th Pacific 4th 44 38 .537 15 Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–2[31] Amar'e Stoudemire (ROY)
200304 NBA Western 13th Pacific 6th 29 53 .354 27
200405 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)
200506 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)
200607 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)
200708 NBA Western 6th Pacific 2nd 55 27 .671 2 Lost First Round (Spurs) 4–1[35] Grant Hill (SPOR)
200809 NBA Western 9th Pacific 2nd 46 36 .561 19 Shaquille O'Neal (AMVP)
200910 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)
201011 NBA Western 10th Pacific 2nd 40 42 .488 17
201112 [c] NBA Western 10th Pacific 3rd 33 33 .500 17
201213 NBA Western 15th Pacific 5th 25 57 .305 32
201314 NBA Western 9th Pacific 3rd 48 34 .585 9 Goran Dragić (MIP)
201415 NBA Western 10th Pacific 3rd 39 43 .476 28
201516 NBA Western 14th Pacific 4th 23 59 .280 50

All-time records

Statistic Wins Losses Win%
Regular season record (1968–2016) 2,122 1,766 .546
Postseason record (1968–2016) 133 141 .485
All-time regular and post-season record (1968–2016) 2,255 1,907 .542

Notes

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