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DOUNOBALL Team History
Los Angeles Lakers
The franchise story: championships, record holders, retired jerseys, identities and the seasons that shaped it.
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1948
Archive begins
17
Championships
14
Retired jerseys
2013
Franchise archive
Staples Center
The Los Angeles arena shared by the Lakers and Clippers, photographed in 2013.
Carol M. Highsmith · Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress
In the rafters
Retired jerseys
The numbers and people permanently honoured by this franchise.
No. 13
Wilt Chamberlain
No. 16
Pau Gasol
No. 21
Michael Cooper
No. 22
Elgin Baylor
No. 24
Kobe Bryant
No. 25
Gail Goodrich
No. 32
Magic Johnson
No. 33
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
No. 34
Shaquille O'Neal
No. 42
James Worthy
No. 44
Jerry West
No. 52
Jamaal Wilkes
No. 99
George Mikan
League-wide honour
Retired across the NBA
League-wide retired numbers are shown separately from this franchise's own rafters.
No. 6
Bill Russell
Title history
Championship banners
Every NBA championship season in the franchise archive.
Franchise record book
All-time leaders
Regular-season totals credited to this franchise in the DOUNOBALL stats archive. Historical categories begin when the NBA officially started recording that statistic.
PTS
Points
Kobe Bryant
Franchise #1
33,643
REB
Rebounds
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Franchise #1
10,279
AST
Assists
Magic Johnson
Franchise #1
10,141
STL
Steals
Official NBA steals have been recorded since 1973–74.
Kobe Bryant
Franchise #1
1,944
BLK
Blocks
Official NBA blocks have been recorded since 1973–74.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Franchise #1
2,694
3PM
Three-pointers made
The NBA introduced the three-point line in 1979–80.
Kobe Bryant
Franchise #1
1,827
GP
Games played
Kobe Bryant
Franchise #1
1,346
Team names
Through the years
Franchise archive
History timeline
1948
Franchise origin
Minneapolis Lakers founded
Earliest canonical team identity season currently recorded for this franchise is 1948.
1948
Team identity
Minneapolis Lakers era begins
Team identity era begins in 1948-49. Runs through 1959-60. Abbreviation: MNL.
1948
Championship
1948-49 champions
Minneapolis Lakers won the 1948-49 championship. 4-2
1949
Championship
1949-50 champions
Minneapolis Lakers won the 1949-50 championship. 4-2
1951
Championship
1951-52 champions
Minneapolis Lakers won the 1951-52 championship. 4-1
1952
Championship
1952-53 champions
Minneapolis Lakers won the 1952-53 championship. 4-1
1953
Championship
1953-54 champions
Minneapolis Lakers won the 1953-54 championship. 4-3
1960
Name change
Los Angeles Lakers era begins
Team identity era begins in 1960-61. Runs through 2026-27. Abbreviation: LAL.
1971
Championship
1971-72 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1971-72 championship. 4-1
1979
Championship
1979-80 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1979-80 championship. 4-2
1981
Championship
1981-82 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1981-82 championship. 4-2
1984
Championship
1984-85 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1984-85 championship. 4-2
1986
Championship
1986-87 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1986-87 championship. 4-2
1987
Championship
1987-88 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1987-88 championship. 4-3
1999
Championship
1999-00 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 1999-00 championship. 4-2
2000
Championship
2000-01 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2000-01 championship. 4-1
2001
Championship
2001-02 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2001-02 championship. 4-0
2008
Championship
2008-09 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2008-09 championship. 4-1
2009
Championship
2009-10 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2009-10 championship. 4-3
18 Dec 2017
Retired number
No. 24 retired for Kobe Bryant
Retired number honour for Kobe Bryant.
18 Dec 2017
Retired number
No. 8 retired for Kobe Bryant
Retired number honour for Kobe Bryant.
2019
Championship
2019-20 champions
Los Angeles Lakers won the 2019-20 championship. 4-2