Utah Jazz joined the: National Basketball Association (NBA) as New Orleans Jazz, an expansion team that began play in theββ1974β75 season. The Jazz relocated from New Orleansββto Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 1979β80 season.
Seasonsβ»
NBA champions | Conference champions | Division champions | Playoff berth |
Season | League | Conference | Finish | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Win% | GB | Playoffs | Awards | Head Coach |
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1974β75 | NBA | Eastern | 9th | Central | 5th | 23 | 59 | .280 | 37 | Scotty Robertson Elgin Baylor Butch van Breda Kolff | ||
1975β76 | NBA | Eastern | 8th | Central | 4th | 38 | 44 | .463 | 11 | Butch van Breda Kolff | ||
1976β77 | NBA | Eastern | 8th | Central | 5th | 35 | 47 | .427 | 14 | Butch van Breda Kolff Elgin Baylor | ||
1977β78 | NBA | Eastern | 7th | Central | 5th | 39 | 43 | .476 | 13 | Elgin Baylor | ||
1978β79 | NBA | Eastern | 11th | Central | 6th | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | |||
Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||
1979β80 | NBA | Western | 10th | Midwest | 5th | 24 | 58 | .293 | 25 | Tom Nissalke | ||
1980β81 | NBA | Western | 11th | Midwest | 5th | 28 | 54 | .341 | 24 | Darrell Griffith (ROY) | ||
1981β82 | NBA | Western | 11th | Midwest | 6th | 25 | 57 | .305 | 23 | Tom Nissalke Frank Layden | ||
1982β83 | NBA | Western | 9th | Midwest | 5th | 30 | 52 | .366 | 23 | Frank Layden | ||
1983β84 | NBA | Western | 2nd | Midwest | 1st | 45 | 37 | .549 | β | Won First round (Nuggets) 3β2 Lost conference semifinals (Suns) 4β2 |
Frank Layden (COY, EOY, JWKC) | |
1984β85 | NBA | Western | 6th | Midwest | 4th | 41 | 41 | .500 | 11 | Won First round (Rockets) 3β2 Lost conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4β1 |
Mark Eaton (DPOY) | |
1985β86 | NBA | Western | 5th | Midwest | 4th | 42 | 40 | .512 | 9 | Lost First round (Mavericks) 3β1 | ||
1986β87 | NBA | Western | 4th | Midwest | 2nd | 44 | 38 | .537 | 11 | Lost First round (Warriors) 3β2 | ||
1987β88 | NBA | Western | 5th | Midwest | 3rd | 47 | 35 | .573 | 7 | Won First round (Trail Blazers) 3β1 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4β3 |
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1988β89 | NBA | Western | 2nd | Midwest | 1st | 51 | 31 | .622 | β | Lost First round (Warriors) 3β0 | Mark Eaton (DPOY) Karl Malone (ASG MVP) Thurl Bailey (JWKC) |
Frank Layden Jerry Sloan |
1989β90 | NBA | Western | 4th | Midwest | 2nd | 55 | 27 | .671 | 1 | Lost First round (Suns) 3β2 | Jerry Sloan | |
1990β91 | NBA | Western | 5th | Midwest | 2nd | 54 | 28 | .659 | 1 | Won First round (Suns) 3β1 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4β1 |
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1991β92 | NBA | Western | 2nd | Midwest | 1st | 55 | 27 | .671 | β | Won First round (Clippers) 3β2 Won conference semifinals (SuperSonics) 4β1 Lost conference finals (Trail Blazers) 4β2 |
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1992β93 | NBA | Western | 6th | Midwest | 3rd | 47 | 35 | .573 | 8 | Lost First round (SuperSonics) 3β2 | Karl Malone (ASG MVP) John Stockton (ASG MVP) | |
1993β94 | NBA | Western | 5th | Midwest | 3rd | 53 | 29 | .646 | 5 | Won First round (Spurs) 3β1 Won conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4β3 Lost conference finals (Rockets) 4β1 |
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1994β95 | NBA | Western | 3rd | Midwest | 2nd | 60 | 22 | .732 | 2 | Lost First round (Rockets) 3β2 | ||
1995β96 | NBA | Western | 3rd | Midwest | 2nd | 55 | 27 | .671 | 4 | Won First round (Trail Blazers) 3β2 Won conference semifinals (Spurs) 4β2 Lost conference finals (SuperSonics) 4β3 |
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1996β97 | NBA | Western | 1st | Midwest | 1st | 64 | 18 | .780 | β | Won First round (Clippers) 3β0 Won conference semifinals (Lakers) 4β1 Won conference finals (Rockets) 4β2 Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4β2 |
Karl Malone (MVP) | |
1997β98 | NBA | Western | 1st | Midwest | 1st | 62 | 20 | .756 | β | Won First round (Rockets) 3β2 Won conference semifinals (Spurs) 4β1 Won conference finals (Lakers) 4β0 Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4β2 |
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1998β99 | NBA | Western | 3rd | Midwest | 2nd | 37 | 13 | .740 | β | Won First round (Kings) 3β2 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4β2 |
Karl Malone (MVP) | |
1999β00 | NBA | Western | 2nd | Midwest | 1st | 55 | 27 | .671 | β | Won First round (SuperSonics) 3β2 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4β1 |
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2000β01 | NBA | Western | 4th | Midwest | 2nd | 53 | 29 | .646 | 5 | Lost First round (Mavericks) 3β2 | ||
2001β02 | NBA | Western | 8th | Midwest | 4th | 44 | 38 | .537 | 14 | Lost First round (Kings) 3β1 | ||
2002β03 | NBA | Western | 7th | Midwest | 4th | 47 | 35 | .573 | 13 | Lost First round (Kings) 4β1 | ||
2003β04 | NBA | Western | 9th | Midwest | 7th | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16 | |||
2004β05 | NBA | Western | 14th | Northwest | 5th | 26 | 56 | .317 | 26 | |||
2005β06 | NBA | Western | 9th | Northwest | 2nd | 41 | 41 | .500 | 3 | |||
2006β07 | NBA | Western | 4th | Northwest | 1st | 51 | 31 | .622 | β | Won First round (Rockets) 4β3 Won conference semifinals (Warriors) 4β1 Lost conference finals (Spurs) 4β1 |
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2007β08 | NBA | Western | 4th | Northwest | 1st | 54 | 28 | .659 | β | Won First round (Rockets) 4β2 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4β2 |
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2008β09 | NBA | Western | 8th | Northwest | 3rd | 48 | 34 | .585 | 6 | Lost First round (Lakers) 4β1 | ||
2009β10 | NBA | Western | 5th | Northwest | 2nd | 53 | 29 | .646 | β | Won First round (Nuggets) 4β2 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4β0 |
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2010β11 | NBA | Western | 11th | Northwest | 4th | 39 | 43 | .476 | 16 | Jerry Sloan Tyrone Corbin | ||
2011β12 | NBA | Western | 8th | Northwest | 3rd | 36 | 30 | .545 | 11 | Lost First round (Spurs) 4β0 | Tyrone Corbin | |
2012β13 | NBA | Western | 9th | Northwest | 3rd | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17 | |||
2013β14 | NBA | Western | 15th | Northwest | 5th | 25 | 57 | .305 | 34 | |||
2014β15 | NBA | Western | 11th | Northwest | 3rd | 38 | 44 | .463 | 13 | Quin Snyder | ||
2015β16 | NBA | Western | 9th | Northwest | 3rd | 40 | 42 | .488 | 15 | |||
2016β17 | NBA | Western | 5th | Northwest | 1st | 51 | 31 | .622 | β | Won First round (Clippers) 4β3 Lost conference semifinals (Warriors) 4β0 |
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2017β18 | NBA | Western | 5th | Northwest | 3rd | 48 | 34 | .585 | 1 | Won First round (Thunder) 4β2 Lost conference semifinals (Rockets) 4β1 |
Rudy Gobert (DPOY) | |
2018β19 | NBA | Western | 5th | Northwest | 3rd | 50 | 32 | .610 | 4 | Lost First round (Rockets) 4β1 | Rudy Gobert (DPOY) | |
2019β20 | NBA | Western | 6th | Northwest | 3rd | 44 | 28 | .611 | 1.5 | Lost First round (Nuggets) 4β3 | ||
2020β21 | NBA | Western | 1st | Northwest | 1st | 52 | 20 | .722 | β | Won First round (Grizzlies) 4β1 Lost conference semifinals (Clippers) 4β2 |
Rudy Gobert (DPOY) Jordan Clarkson (SIX) | |
2021β22 | NBA | Western | 5th | Northwest | 1st | 49 | 33 | .598 | β | Lost First round (Mavericks) 4β2 | ||
2022β23 | NBA | Western | 12th | Northwest | 4th | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | Lauri Markkanen (MIP) | Will Hardy | |
2023β24 | NBA | Western | 12th | Northwest | 4th | 31 | 51 | .378 | 26 | |||
All-time regular and playoff totals | 2320 | 2021 | .534 | 1974βpresent | ||||||||
Regular season totals | 2177 | 1855 | .540 | |||||||||
Playoff totals | 143 | 166 | .463 | Playoff Series Record: 25β30 |
Footnotesβ»
- ^ A lockout shortened the seasonββto 50 games.
- ^ In this season, "each division winner was automatically seeded no worse than 4th place." The Jazz were the Northwest Division winner (51β31), but had a worse record than the Spurs (58β24) who were seeded 3rd. And the "Jazz was seeded 4th." In the first round, the 5th seed Rockets (52β30) had a better record than the 4th seed Jazz, "so the Rockets were awarded home-court advantage even with a lower seed."
- ^ In this season, each division winner was automatically seeded no worse than 4th place. The Jazz were the Northwest division winner (54β28), with a worse record than 3rd place team Spurs (56β26). While the Rockets were 55β27, tied with the Suns who were also 55β27 (neither of the two teams were a division winner), so even though the Jazz were awarded 4th place, in the first round faced the Rockets (Rockets higher than Suns due to higher records in versus with rest of Western Conference teams) with no home court advantage.
- ^ A lockout shortened the season to 66 games.