List of NBA longest losing streaks

This is a list of the longest regular season losing streaks in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Streaks started at the end of one season are carried over into the following season. The Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers are tied for the longest ever losing streak, losing 28 straight games. The 2023–24 Detroit Pistons have the longest losing streak in a single season, while the Philadelphia 76ers lost 28 consecutive games across two seasons: 2014–15 and 2015–16.^[1]

Key

For tiebreakers, precedence is given to single season streaks over multi-season streaks; otherwise ties are listed in chronological order with earliest occurrence listed first.

Streak

Regular season

Playoffs

This list contains only streaks consisting entirely of postseason games.

See also

• List of National Basketball Association longest winning streaks
• List of NBA teams by single season win percentage
• NBA records
• Basketball portal
• Sports portal

Notes

• A Final season of the original Charlotte Hornets. Later moved to New Orleans and renamed the Pelicans. As part of a deal with the NBA and the Pelicans, the current Hornets, formerly the Charlotte Bobcats, reclaimed the history and records of the 1988–2002 Hornets, while all of the Hornets' records during their time in New Orleans from 2002 to 2013 remained with the Pelicans.^[2]

References

1. Bontemps, Tim (December 28, 2023). "Pistons tie 76ers for longest overall losing streak at 28 games". ESPN. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
2. "Hornets all the buzz in Charlotte". Associated Press. May 20, 2014 – via ESPN.

External links

• Basketball-Reference.com list of longest losing streaks
• Basketball-Reference.com list of longest playoffs losing streaks