Worst NBA Teams Ever
It took 74 games, but the Nets finally broke the double-digit mark in wins in the 2009-10 season.
With a 90-84 home victory over the Tony Parker-less and Manu Ginobili-less Spurs on March 29, New Jersey reached win No. 10 on the season and solidified "worst NBA team ever" status for the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers … for now, at least.
But the Nets aren't completely out of the woods. And neither are the Minnesota Timberwolves. Both squads still have a lot of work to do before we can remove them from this list of pro basketball's biggest bottom-feeders.
Come back day by day to see where each team ranks among the all-time awful clubs.
Click on a team's name to see how it compares, game by game, with the 1972-73 Sixers.
| Worst 82-Game NBA Records In History (Through 73 Games) | ||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | LEADING SCORER | SEASON | |
| 67-68 |  | San Diego Rockets | 15 | 58 | .205 | 0 | Don Kojis, 19.7 | 15 - 67 |
| 81-82 |  | Cleveland Cavaliers | 15 | 58 | .205 | 0 | Mike Mitchell, 19.6 | 15 - 67 |
| 99-00 |  | Los Angeles Clippers | 14 | 59 | .192 | 1 | Maurice Taylor, 17.1 | 15 - 67 |
| 80-81 |  | Dallas Mavericks* | 14 | 59 | .192 | 1 | Geoff Huston, 16.1 | 15 - 67 |
| 91-92 |  | Minnesota Timberwolves | 13 | 60 | .178 | 2 | Tony Campbell, 16.8 | 15 - 67 |
| 88-89 |  | Miami Heat* | 13 | 60 | .178 | 2 | Kevin Edwards, 13.8 | 15 - 67 |
| 82-83 |  | Houston Rockets | 13 | 60 | .178 | 2 | Allen Leavell, 14.8 | 14 - 68 |
| 96-97 |  | Boston Celtics | 13 | 60 | .178 | 2 | Antoine Walker, 17.5 | 15 - 67 |
| 07-08 | | Miami Heat | 13 | 60 | .178 | 2 | Dwyane Wade, 24.6 | 15 - 67 |
| 70-71 | | Cleveland Cavaliers* | 12 | 61 | .164 | 3 | Walt Wesley, 17.7 | 15 - 67 |
| 00-01 |  | Chicago Bulls | 12 | 61 | .164 | 3 | Elton Brand, 20.1 | 15 - 67 |
| 86-87 | | Los Angeles Clippers | 12 | 61 | .164 | 3 | Mike Woodson, 17.1 | 12 - 70 |
| 96-97 |  | Vancouver Grizzlies | 12 | 61 | .164 | 3 | S. Abdur-Rahim, 18.7 | 14 - 68 |
| 95-96 | | Vancouver Grizzlies | 12 | 61 | .164 | 3 | Greg Anthony, 14.0 | 15 - 67 |
| 04-05 |  | Atlanta Hawks | 11 | 62 | .151 | 4 | Antoine Walker, 20.4 | 13 - 69 |
| 97-98 |  | Denver Nuggets | 9 | 64 | .123 | 6 | Eric Williams, 19.8 | 11 - 72 |
| 72-73 |  | Philadelphia 76ers | 9 | 64 | .123 | 6 | Fred Carter, 20.0 | 9 - 73 |
| 93-94 | | Dallas Mavericks | 9 | 64 | .123 | 6 | Jim Jackson, 19.2 | 13 - 70 |
| 92-93 | | Dallas Mavericks | 8 | 65 | .110 | 7 | Derek Harper, 18.2 | 11 - 71 |
