Miami Heat history

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

Banners in the rafters

3 championships in 39 seasons since 1988-89. The last one was 14 seasons ago.

Champs06

2000s

Champs12Champs13

2010s

1988-8939 seasons2026-27

Franchise scrapbook

All-time ledger and fan lore through 2025-26.

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

2006 · 2012 · 2013

Finals appearances

7 conference titles

Playoff seasons

Seasons that reached the postseason

Regular season

1,601-1,448

52.5% all-time

Peaks & valleys

Best season

Franchise timeline

Only the current name is mapped for this franchise. Earlier names, if any, are listed in the scrapbook above.

Miami Heat
Miami · MIA · 1988-89 → present
Open 1988-89

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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
- Opponent PPG+8.5
- Point differential+1.8
- Steals / game+0.5
- Turnovers / game+0.5
2023-24 → 2024-25
- Opponent PPG+1.7
- Point differential-1.2
- Turnovers / game+0.8
- Steals / game+0.6
2022-23 → 2023-24
- Point differential+2.0
- Opponent PPG-1.4
- Turnovers / game-1.0
- Steals / game-0.5
2021-22 → 2022-23
- Point differential-4.7
- Opponent PPG+4.2
- Turnovers / game-1.0
- Steals / game+0.6

Season	Diff	TS%	eFG%	Off	Def	Explore
2025-26	+2.3	58.0%	54.2%	120.9	118.6	Season·Compare·Evidence·Games·Ask
2024-25	+0.5	57.6%	54.4%	110.6	110.1	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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Miami Heat history

Banners in the rafters

Franchise scrapbook

Peaks & valleys

Franchise timeline

Team Arc

Biggest team changes

Franchise leaders

Fan lore

Team Arc

Biggest team changes