Atlanta Hawks history

Titles, retired numbers, the franchise timeline, a season-by-season arc, and head-to-head records.

Banners in the rafters

1 championship in 78 seasons since 1949-50. The last one was 69 seasons ago.

Champs58

1950s

1949-5078 seasons2026-27

Franchise scrapbook

All-time ledger and fan lore through 2025-26. Also known as: Tri-Cities → Milwaukee → St. Louis.

What counts

Records, titles and leaders include every league this franchise played in (NBA, ABA or BAA). Retired numbers include banners for coaches and owners. Streaks and lore are curated.

Championships

1958

Finals appearances

0 conference titles

Playoff seasons

Seasons that reached the postseason

Regular season

3,013-3,088

49.4% all-time

Peaks & valleys

Best season

60-22

2014-15

Worst season

13-69

2004-05

Longest win streak

2014-15 (franchise high in Atlanta era) · curated

Longest losing streak

Multiple eras · curated

Division titles

Retired numbers

History as of

2025-26

Full franchise records

Franchise leaders

Career totals in this continuous franchise.

Points

Fan lore

The weird, wonderful, and argument-starting stuff.

Only title came in St. Louis (1958), with Bob Pettit’s club.
Dominique’s 57-point night in the Garden is still Hawks lore.
Spud Webb won the 1986 Dunk Contest at 5'7".

Continuous franchises keep relocated history. Conference titles count from 1970-71, when the NBA split into conferences. Season boards and roster live on the other team tabs.

Franchise timeline

Explicit lineage (renames / relocations). Historical names are not replaced by the current brand.

St. Louis Hawks
St. Louis · STL · 1955-56 → 1967-68
Open 1955-56
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta · ATL · 1968-69 → present
Open 1968-69

expansion · 1955-56: St. Louis Hawks era begins
relocation · 1968-69: St. Louis Hawks → Atlanta Hawks

Franchise scrapbook ↑ · All franchises

Team Arc

How this team got here, from season board history (not asset genealogy).

Show full history →Rank this team's seasons

Team-season board rows available 2021-22 → 2025-26 for this team. Cross-season metrics limited to stable counting/efficiency fields (point differential, TS%, eFG%, PPG, opp PPG). Arc coverage starts 2001-02 (documented team-board reliability floor). Earlier seasons are not treated as zeros. Absent from board in 2026-27.

Continuity follows this team's id across seasons. It is not a merged multi-franchise genealogy.

Biggest team changes

Same noise floors and trend method as analyzeTeamProfile.

2024-25 → 2025-26
- Point differential+3.5
- Opponent PPG-3.2
- Turnovers / game-1.3
- Blocks / game-0.4
2023-24 → 2024-25
- Steals / game+2.2
- Turnovers / game+1.9
- Opponent PPG-1.1
- Point differential+1.0
2022-23 → 2023-24
- Point differential-2.3
- Opponent PPG+2.2
- Steals / game+0.4
- Turnovers / game+0.4
2021-22 → 2022-23
- Opponent PPG+5.8
- Point differential-1.3
- Turnovers / game+1.1
- Blocks / game+0.6

Season	Diff	TS%	eFG%	Off	Def	Explore
2025-26	+2.4	58.4%	55.4%	118.5	116.1	Season·Compare·Evidence·Games·Ask
2024-25	-1.1	57.9%	54.6%	118.2	119.3	Season·Compare·Evidence·Games

Off = team PPG · Def = opponent PPG. Missing cells are unavailable, not zero. Pick a season to see that year's roster on the Players tab.

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