| Sezon | Şampiyon | Finalist | NBA Final MVP | Sonuç |
| 2020-21 | Milwaukee Bucks | Phoenix Suns | G.Antetokounmpo | 4-2 |
| 2019-20 | Los Angeles Lakers | Miami Heat | LeBron James | 4-2 |
| 2018-19 | Toronto Raptors | Golden State Warriors | Kawhi Leonard | 4-2 |
| 2017-18 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kevin Durant | 4-0 |
| 2016-17 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kevin Durant | 4-1 |
| 2015-16 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Golden State Warriors | LeBron James | 4-3 |
| 2014-15 | Golden State Warriors | Cleveland Cavaliers | Andre Iguodala | 4-2 |
| 2013-14 | San Antonio Spurs | Miami Heat | Kawhi Leonard | 4-1 |
| 2012-13 | Miami Heat | San Antonio Spurs | LeBron James | 4-3 |
| 2011-12 | Miami Heat | Oklahoma City Thunder | LeBron James | 4-1 |
| 2010-11 | Dallas Mavericks | Miami Heat | Dirk Nowitzki | 4-2 |
| 2009-10 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | Kobe Bryant | 4-3 |
| 2008-09 | Los Angeles Lakers | Orlando Magic | Kobe Bryant | 4-1 |
| 2007-08 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | Paul Pierce | 4-2 |
| 2006-07 | San Antonio Spurs | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tony Parker | 4-0 |
| 2005-06 | Miami Heat | Dallas Mavericks | Dwyane Wade | 4-2 |
| 2004-05 | San Antonio Spurs | Detroit Pistons | Tim Duncan | 4-3 |
| 2003-04 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | Chauncey Billups | 4-1 |
| 2002-03 | San Antonio Spurs | New Jersey Nets | Tim Duncan | 4-2 |
| 2001-02 | Los Angeles Lakers | New Jersey Nets | Shaquille O’Neal | 4-0 |
| 2000-01 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | Shaquille O’Neal | 4-1 |
| 1999-00 | Los Angeles Lakers | Indiana Pacers | Shaquille O’Neal | 4-2 |
| 1998-99 | San Antonio Spurs | New York Knicks | Tim Duncan | 4-1 |
| 1997-98 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | Michael Jordan | 4-2 |
| 1996-97 | Chicago Bulls | Utah Jazz | Michael Jordan | 4-2 |
| 1995-96 | Chicago Bulls | Seattle SuperSonics | Michael Jordan | 4-2 |
| 1994-95 | Houston Rockets | Orlando Magic | Hakeem Olajuwon | 4-0 |
| 1993-94 | Houston Rockets | New York Knicks | Hakeem Olajuwon | 4-3 |
| 1992-93 | Chicago Bulls | Phoenix Suns | Michael Jordan | 4-2 |
| 1991-92 | Chicago Bulls | Rick Adelman | Michael Jordan | 4-2 |
| 1990-91 | Chicago Bulls | Los Angeles Lakers | Michael Jordan | 4-1 |
| 1989-90 | Detroit Pistons | Portland Trail Blazers | Isiah Thomas | 4-1 |
| 1988-89 | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | Joe Dumars | 4-0 |
| 1987-88 | Los Angeles Lakers | Detroit Pistons | Pat Riley | 4-3 |
| 1986-87 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | Magic Johnson | 4-2 |
| 1985-86 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | Larry Bird | 4-2 |
| 1984-85 | Los Angeles Lakers | Boston Celtics | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 4-2 |
| 1983-84 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | Larry Bird | 4-3 |
| 1982-83 | Philadelphia 76ers | Los Angeles Lakers | Moses Malone | 4-0 |
| 1981-82 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | Magic Johnson | 4-2 |
| 1980-81 | Boston Celtics | Houston Rockets | Cedric Maxwell | 4-2 |
| 1979-80 | Los Angeles Lakers | Philadelphia 76ers | Magic Johnson | 4-2 |
| 1978-79 | Seattle SuperSonics | Washington Bullets | Dennis Johnson | 4-1 |
| 1977-78 | Washington Bullets | Seattle SuperSonics | Wes Unseld | 4-3 |
| 1976-77 | Portland Trail Blazers | Philadelphia 76ers | Bill Walton | 4-2 |
| 1975-76 | Boston Celtics | Phoenix Suns | Jo Jo White | 4-2 |
| 1974-75 | Golden State Warriors | Washington Bullets | Rick Barry | 4-0 |
| 1973-74 | Boston Celtics | Milwaukee Bucks | John Havlicek | 4-3 |
| 1972-73 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | Willis Reed | 4-1 |
| 1971-72 | Los Angeles Lakers | New York Knicks | Wilt Chamberlain | 4-1 |
| 1970-71 | Milwaukee Bucks | Washington Bullets | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 4-0 |
| 1969-70 | New York Knicks | Los Angeles Lakers | Willis Reed | 4-3 |
| 1968-69 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | Jerry West | 4-3 |
| 1967-68 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | – | 4-2 |
| 1966-67 | Philadelphia 76ers | San Francisco Warriors | – | 4-2 |
| 1965-66 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | – | 4-3 |
| 1964-65 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | – | 4-1 |
| 1963-64 | Boston Celtics | San Francisco Warriors | – | 4-1 |
| 1962-63 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | – | 4-2 |
| 1961-62 | Boston Celtics | Los Angeles Lakers | – | 4-3 |
| 1960-61 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | – | 4-1 |
| 1959-60 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | – | 4-3 |
| 1958-59 | Boston Celtics | Minneapolis Lakers | – | 4-0 |
| 1957-58 | St. Louis Hawks | Boston Celtics | – | 4-2 |
| 1956-57 | Boston Celtics | St. Louis Hawks | – | 4-3 |
| 1955-56 | Philadelphia Warriors | Fort Wayne Pistons | – | 4-1 |
| 1954-55 | Syracuse Nationals | Fort Wayne Pistons | – | 4-3 |
| 1953-54 | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | – | 4-3 |
| 1952-53 | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | – | 4-1 |
| 1951-52 | Minneapolis Lakers | New York Knicks | – | 4-3 |
| 1950-51 | Rochester Royals | New York Knicks | – | 4-3 |
| 1949-50 | Minneapolis Lakers | Syracuse Nationals | – | 4-2 |
| 1948-49 | Minneapolis Lakers | Washington Capitols | – | 4-2 |
| 1947-48 | Baltimore Bullets | Philadelphia Warriors | – | 4-2 |
| 1946-47 | Philadelphia Warriors | Chicago Stags | – | 4-1 |
