NBA Teams Map: All 30 Teams, Cities and Arenas

The NBA has 30 teams: 29 in the United States and one in Canada, the Toronto Raptors. They play in 21 states, Washington, D.C. and Ontario, split into the Eastern and Western conferences of 15 teams each. This NBA teams map shows the location of every NBA franchise and arena on a U.S. map, so you can see all 30 professional basketball teams and their cities at a glance. Last checked October 15, 2026.

NBA teams by conference and division

Each conference has three divisions of five teams. Arena names are the current ones; naming rights deals change often, so a few of these names are new.

Eastern Conference

Division	Team	City	State or province	Arena	Arena opened
Atlantic	Boston Celtics	Boston	Massachusetts	TD Garden	1995
Atlantic	Brooklyn Nets	Brooklyn	New York	Barclays Center	2012
Atlantic	New York Knicks	New York	New York	Madison Square Garden	1968
Atlantic	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Xfinity Mobile Arena	1996
Atlantic	Toronto Raptors	Toronto	Ontario	Scotiabank Arena	1999
Central	Chicago Bulls	Chicago	Illinois	United Center	1994
Central	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland	Ohio	Rocket Arena	1994
Central	Detroit Pistons	Detroit	Michigan	Little Caesars Arena	2017
Central	Indiana Pacers	Indianapolis	Indiana	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	1999
Central	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Fiserv Forum	2018
Southeast	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta	Georgia	State Farm Arena	1999
Southeast	Charlotte Hornets	Charlotte	North Carolina	Spectrum Center	2005
Southeast	Miami Heat	Miami	Florida	Kaseya Center	1999
Southeast	Orlando Magic	Orlando	Florida	Kia Center	2010
Southeast	Washington Wizards	Washington	Washington, D.C.	Capital One Arena	1997

Western Conference

Division	Team	City	State or province	Arena	Arena opened
Northwest	Denver Nuggets	Denver	Colorado	Ball Arena	1999
Northwest	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Target Center	1990
Northwest	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Paycom Center	2002
Northwest	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland	Oregon	Moda Center	1995
Northwest	Utah Jazz	Salt Lake City	Utah	Delta Center	1991
Pacific	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	California	Chase Center	2019
Pacific	Los Angeles Clippers	Inglewood	California	Intuit Dome	2024
Pacific	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles	California	Crypto.com Arena	1999
Pacific	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix	Arizona	Mortgage Matchup Center	1992
Pacific	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento	California	Golden 1 Center	2016
Southwest	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas	Texas	American Airlines Center	2001
Southwest	Houston Rockets	Houston	Texas	Toyota Center	2003
Southwest	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis	Tennessee	FedExForum	2004
Southwest	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans	Louisiana	Smoothie King Center	1999
Southwest	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio	Texas	Frost Bank Center	2002

NBA team locations: where every team plays

The 30 NBA teams play in 30 arenas, with two teams each in the New York and Los Angeles areas. The NBA cities on the map are Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles (Lakers and Clippers), Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto and Washington, D.C. NBA teams play in arenas rather than stadiums, so a map of NBA stadiums is really a map of these 30 arenas.

The usual read of the NBA map is that it leans toward the coasts and the east, and the numbers back that up. 13 of the 30 teams are in the Eastern time zone, 9 in Central, 5 in Pacific and only 3 in Mountain (Denver, Phoenix and Salt Lake City). 29 states have no team at all, and that includes most of the Great Plains and the Mountain West outside those three cities.

Part of that is population, and part of it is history. Franchises have moved toward bigger markets for decades, and the list of cities that lost teams below is long. Even the Toronto Raptors, the one team outside the U.S., are only about 340 miles from the Knicks, and they share the Atlantic Division with four Northeast teams.

A few facts from the arena coordinates: the Trail Blazers are the northernmost team and also the westernmost, the Heat are the southernmost, and the Celtics are the easternmost. The farthest pair is the Heat and Trail Blazers, about 2,704 miles apart in a straight line. The closest are the Nets and Knicks, about 5 miles apart.

NBA teams by state and province

California has four teams, Texas three, and New York and Florida two each. Every other team is the only one in its state or province.

State or province	Teams	Who
California	4	Warriors, Clippers, Lakers, Kings
Texas	3	Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs
Florida	2	Heat, Magic
New York	2	Nets, Knicks
Arizona	1	Suns
Colorado	1	Nuggets
Georgia	1	Hawks
Illinois	1	Bulls
Indiana	1	Pacers
Louisiana	1	Pelicans
Massachusetts	1	Celtics
Michigan	1	Pistons
Minnesota	1	Timberwolves
North Carolina	1	Hornets
Ohio	1	Cavaliers
Oklahoma	1	Thunder
Ontario	1	Raptors
Oregon	1	Trail Blazers
Pennsylvania	1	76ers
Tennessee	1	Grizzlies
Utah	1	Jazz
Washington, D.C.	1	Wizards
Wisconsin	1	Bucks

NBA teams by time zone

Time zone	Teams	Cities
Eastern	13	Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, Washington
Central	9	Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, San Antonio
Mountain	3	Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix
Pacific	5	Portland, San Francisco, Inglewood, Los Angeles, Sacramento

Cities that lost an NBA team

The league started in 1946 in a mix of large and small cities, then consolidated and moved west and south. These are the moves that took a team out of a market. The gray dots on the map mark the seven cities that lost a team in the last 50 years, since 1976. Oakland and New Jersey sit next to cities that still have a team, so their gray dots are drawn slightly apart from the active team’s dot. Older moves that left a city without a team are listed here too. Every franchise move, including the ones inside one metro area, is in the franchise history section below.

City	Team that left	Where it went	Year
Oakland, California	Warriors	San Francisco (still the Warriors)	2019
East Rutherford and Newark, New Jersey	Nets	Brooklyn	2012
Seattle, Washington	SuperSonics	Oklahoma City (now the Thunder)	2008
Vancouver, British Columbia	Grizzlies	Memphis	2001
Kansas City, Missouri	Kings	Sacramento	1985
San Diego, California	Clippers	Los Angeles	1984
Buffalo, New York	Braves	San Diego (later the Clippers)	1978
Cincinnati, Ohio	Royals	Kansas City and Omaha (later the Kings)	1972
San Diego, California	Rockets	Houston	1971
St. Louis, Missouri	Hawks	Atlanta	1968
Syracuse, New York	Nationals	Philadelphia (now the 76ers)	1963
Fort Wayne, Indiana	Pistons	Detroit	1957
Rochester, New York	Royals	Cincinnati	1957

NBA franchise history: every move since 1946

Since 1946, NBA franchises have changed cities 23 times and 15 teams have folded. Press Time machine on the map above to watch the league change season by season: teams appear, fold and fly to new cities, and a tap on any dot gives that franchise’s full history. The count of moves includes moves inside one metro area, such as Oakland to San Francisco, and leaves out the two temporary ones: the Hornets in Oklahoma City after Hurricane Katrina (2005 to 2007) and the Raptors in Tampa during the COVID-19 border closure (2020-21).

The league started as the Basketball Association of America with 11 teams in 1946, grew to 17 when it merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, and shrank to 8 teams from 1955 to 1960. It reached 22 after the 1976 merger with the ABA and 30 when the Charlotte Bobcats joined in 2004.

Every NBA franchise move

First season	From	To	Team today
1951-52	Tri-Cities Blackhawks (Moline, Illinois)	Milwaukee Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
1955-56	Milwaukee Hawks	St. Louis Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
1957-58	Fort Wayne Pistons	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Pistons
1957-58	Rochester Royals	Cincinnati Royals	Sacramento Kings
1960-61	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
1962-63	Philadelphia Warriors	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors
1963-64	Chicago Zephyrs	Baltimore Bullets	Washington Wizards
1963-64	Syracuse Nationals	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia 76ers
1968-69	St. Louis Hawks	Atlanta Hawks	Atlanta Hawks
1971-72	San Diego Rockets	Houston Rockets	Houston Rockets
1971-72	San Francisco Warriors	Golden State Warriors (Oakland)	Golden State Warriors
1972-73	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Sacramento Kings
1973-74	Baltimore Bullets	Capital Bullets (Landover, Maryland)	Washington Wizards
1977-78	New York Nets (Uniondale, New York)	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets
1978-79	Buffalo Braves	San Diego Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
1979-80	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
1984-85	San Diego Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
1985-86	Kansas City Kings	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings
2001-02	Vancouver Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
2002-03	Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
2008-09	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
2012-13	New Jersey Nets	Brooklyn Nets	Brooklyn Nets
2019-20	Golden State Warriors (Oakland)	Golden State Warriors (San Francisco)	Golden State Warriors

NBA teams that no longer exist

All 15 folded in the league’s first nine seasons. Nine of them played only one season. No NBA team has folded since the Baltimore Bullets in 1954; today’s Washington Wizards, who played as the Baltimore Bullets from 1963 to 1973, are a different franchise.

Team	City	NBA seasons
Toronto Huskies	Toronto, Ontario	1946-47
Cleveland Rebels	Cleveland, Ohio	1946-47
Detroit Falcons	Detroit, Michigan	1946-47
Pittsburgh Ironmen	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1946-47
Providence Steamrollers	Providence, Rhode Island	1946-47 to 1948-49
Chicago Stags	Chicago, Illinois	1946-47 to 1949-50
St. Louis Bombers	St. Louis, Missouri	1946-47 to 1949-50
Washington Capitols	Washington, D.C.	1946-47 to 1950-51 (folded in January 1951)
Baltimore Bullets	Baltimore, Maryland	1947-48 to 1954-55 (folded in November 1954; 1948 champions)
Indianapolis Jets	Indianapolis, Indiana	1948-49
Anderson Packers	Anderson, Indiana	1949-50
Denver Nuggets (original)	Denver, Colorado	1949-50
Sheboygan Red Skins	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	1949-50
Waterloo Hawks	Waterloo, Iowa	1949-50
Indianapolis Olympians	Indianapolis, Indiana	1949-50 to 1952-53

Will the NBA map change? Seattle and Las Vegas expansion

On March 25, 2026 the NBA Board of Governors voted to open the process of adding expansion teams in Las Vegas and Seattle, with a target start of the 2028-29 season. It was a vote to start the process, not to add the teams. Two more things have to happen: the league has to choose owners, and 23 of the 30 governors have to approve the final deal. Commissioner Adam Silver has said he wants a decision before the end of 2026.

As of October 15, 2026, the Las Vegas expansion bid is further along. Three ownership groups are reported to be bidding, and the reported price is $12 billion to $13 billion including a new arena. The Seattle expansion bid is behind: reporting describes it as waiting until Las Vegas is settled. If both cities get teams, the league would have 32, and league executives expect either the Timberwolves or the Grizzlies to move from the West to the East so each conference has 16. None of that is decided, which is why the map shows the Seattle and Las Vegas expansion candidates only when you tick the box.

NBA arena capacity, biggest to smallest

Seats for basketball. The league average is about 18,700.

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NBA arena capacity, biggest to smallest

Team	Arena	Capacity
Chicago Bulls	United Center	20,917
Washington Wizards	Capital One Arena	20,333
Detroit Pistons	Little Caesars Arena	20,332
Philadelphia 76ers	Xfinity Mobile Arena	20,007
New York Knicks	Madison Square Garden	19,812
Toronto Raptors	Scotiabank Arena	19,800
Miami Heat	Kaseya Center	19,600
Denver Nuggets	Ball Arena	19,520
Cleveland Cavaliers	Rocket Arena	19,432
Portland Trail Blazers	Moda Center	19,411
Dallas Mavericks	American Airlines Center	19,200
Charlotte Hornets	Spectrum Center	19,077
Los Angeles Lakers	Crypto.com Arena	18,997
Orlando Magic	Kia Center	18,846
Boston Celtics	TD Garden	18,624
San Antonio Spurs	Frost Bank Center	18,354
Utah Jazz	Delta Center	18,306
Oklahoma City Thunder	Paycom Center	18,203
Golden State Warriors	Chase Center	18,064
Houston Rockets	Toyota Center	18,055
Minnesota Timberwolves	Target Center	18,024
LA Clippers	Intuit Dome	18,000
Indiana Pacers	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	17,923
Memphis Grizzlies	FedExForum	17,794
Brooklyn Nets	Barclays Center	17,732
Sacramento Kings	Golden 1 Center	17,611
Milwaukee Bucks	Fiserv Forum	17,341
Phoenix Suns	Mortgage Matchup Center	17,071
Atlanta Hawks	State Farm Arena	17,044
New Orleans Pelicans	Smoothie King Center	16,867

New arenas on the way

Four current teams have a new arena under construction or proposed: the Thunder (Continental Coliseum in Oklahoma City, listed for 2028), the 76ers (a new South Philadelphia arena, proposed for 2030), the Mavericks (a new Dallas arena, proposed for 2031) and the Spurs (a new downtown San Antonio arena, proposed for 2032). The newest arena in use is the Clippers’ Intuit Dome, which opened in 2024.

Frequently asked questions

How many NBA teams are there?

There are 30 NBA teams: 29 in the United States and one, the Toronto Raptors, in Canada. They are split into the Eastern and Western conferences with 15 teams each, and each conference has three divisions of five teams. The league has been at 30 since the Charlotte Bobcats joined in 2004.

Which NBA team is not in the United States?

The Toronto Raptors, who play at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The league also had a second Canadian team, the Vancouver Grizzlies, from 1995 until they moved to Memphis in 2001.

Which state has the most NBA teams?

California, with four: the Lakers, Clippers, Warriors and Kings. Texas has three (Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs), and New York and Florida have two each. Another 17 states plus Washington, D.C. and Ontario have one each, which leaves 29 states with no NBA team.

Which two NBA teams are closest together?

The Nets and the Knicks, whose arenas in Brooklyn and Manhattan are about 5 miles apart. The two Los Angeles teams are next, about 8 miles apart. Between different metro areas, the closest pair is the Warriors and the Kings, about 77 miles apart.

Which NBA teams are farthest apart?

Measured arena to arena in a straight line, the Heat and the Trail Blazers are the farthest pair, about 2,704 miles apart.

Will the NBA add expansion teams in Seattle and Las Vegas?

Not decided yet. On March 25, 2026 the Board of Governors voted to open the process of adding expansion teams in Seattle and Las Vegas, with a target start of the 2028-29 season. Commissioner Adam Silver has said he wants a decision before the end of 2026. Until the league approves new teams it has 30, and the map above shows both cities as proposed only.

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Is there a map of all NBA teams?

Yes. The interactive NBA teams map at the top of this page shows all 30 teams and arenas on a U.S. map. Tap a dot for the team, arena and division, switch to the closest team tool, or measure the distance between two teams. The New York and Los Angeles teams are drawn slightly apart so every dot shows; zoom in for their exact positions.

Where are all the NBA teams located?

The 30 NBA teams play in 30 arenas across 21 states, Washington, D.C. and Ontario. 13 are in the Eastern time zone, 9 in Central, 5 in Pacific and 3 in Mountain. The tables above list every team by city, state and arena.

Which cities used to have an NBA team?

Seattle (SuperSonics, until 2008), Vancouver (Grizzlies, until 2001), Kansas City (Kings, until 1985), San Diego (Clippers, until 1984) and Buffalo (Braves, until 1978) have no team today. Oakland (Warriors, until 2019) and New Jersey (Nets, until 2012) lost teams too but sit next to cities that still have one. They show as black circles with a red X on the map. Seattle and Las Vegas are also candidates for NBA expansion.

Which NBA teams no longer exist?

15 teams from the league’s early years folded, all between 1947 and 1954: the Anderson Packers, Baltimore Bullets, Chicago Stags, Cleveland Rebels, Denver Nuggets (the original team), Detroit Falcons, Indianapolis Jets, Indianapolis Olympians, Pittsburgh Ironmen, Providence Steamrollers, Sheboygan Red Skins, St. Louis Bombers, Toronto Huskies, Washington Capitols and Waterloo Hawks. The Baltimore Bullets were the last, folding 14 games into the 1954-55 season. No NBA team has folded since.

How many teams were in the first NBA season?

11. The league began in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America, which the NBA counts as its first season. Only the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks still play in the same city under the same name. The Philadelphia Warriors survive too, as today’s Golden State Warriors. The other eight teams folded.

Sources

Teams, divisions, arenas and coordinates: Wikipedia, National Basketball Association and List of NBA arenas, read October 15, 2026. Expansion: NBA press release and ESPN reporting from March 2026, and ESPN and Las Vegas Review-Journal reporting from October 2026. Distances are calculated from arena coordinates. Last checked October 15, 2026.