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Philadelphia 76ers

The franchise story: championships, record holders, retired jerseys, identities and the seasons that shaped it.

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1949

Archive begins

3

Championships

10

Retired jerseys

In the rafters

Retired jerseys

The numbers and people permanently honoured by this franchise.

League-wide honour

Retired across the NBA

League-wide retired numbers are shown separately from this franchise's own rafters.

Title history

Championship banners

Every NBA championship season in the franchise archive.

NBA ChampionsPhiladelphia 76ers1982-83
NBA ChampionsPhiladelphia 76ers1966-67
NBA ChampionsPhiladelphia 76ers1954-55

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.

Team names

Through the years

Philadelphia 76ers

PHI

1963-64 → 2026-27

First seasonLatest season

Syracuse Nationals

SYR

1949-50 → 1962-63

First seasonLatest season

Franchise archive

History timeline

1949

Franchise origin

Syracuse Nationals founded

Earliest canonical team identity season currently recorded for this franchise is 1949.

1949

Team identity

Syracuse Nationals era begins

Team identity era begins in 1949-50. Runs through 1962-63. Abbreviation: SYR.

Open 1957-58 team

1954

Championship

1954-55 champions

Syracuse Nationals won the 1954-55 championship. 4-3

Open 1954-55 team

1963

Name change

Philadelphia 76ers era begins

Team identity era begins in 1963-64. Runs through 2026-27. Abbreviation: PHI.

Open 2000-01 team

1966

Championship

1966-67 champions

Philadelphia 76ers won the 1966-67 championship. 4-2

Open 1966-67 team

1982

Championship

1982-83 champions

Philadelphia 76ers won the 1982-83 championship. 4-0

Open 1982-83 team