1 championship in 79 seasons since 1948-49. The last one was 76 seasons ago.
All-time ledger and fan lore through 2025-26. Also known as: Rochester → Cincinnati → Kansas City-Omaha → Kansas City.
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
1
1951
Finals appearances
1
0 conference titles
Playoff seasons
30
Seasons that reached the postseason
Regular season
2,810-3,359
45.6% all-time
Best season
Explicit lineage (renames / relocations). Historical names are not replaced by the current brand.
Kansas City Kings
Kansas City · KCK · 1972-73 → 1984-85
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento · SAC · 1985-86 → present
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51-17
1949-50
Worst season
17-65
2008-09
Longest win streak
12
Early 2000s peak · curated
Longest losing streak
16
Lottery decade · curated
Division titles
6
Retired numbers
11
History as of
2025-26
Full franchise records
Career totals in this continuous franchise.
Points
Oscar Robertson
22,009
Rebounds
Sam Lacey
9,353
Assists
Oscar Robertson
7,731
Steals
Sam Lacey
950
Blocks
Sam Lacey
1,098
Threes
Buddy Hield
1,248
The weird, wonderful, and argument-starting stuff.
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.
How this team got here, from season board history (not asset genealogy).
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.
Same noise floors and trend method as analyzeTeamProfile.
2024-25 → 2025-26
2023-24 → 2024-25
2022-23 → 2023-24
2021-22 → 2022-23
Off = team PPG · Def = opponent PPG. Missing cells are unavailable, not zero. Roster for a year lives under Who drives it after you select the season.
| 2023-24 | +1.7 | 58.2% | 55.6% | 116.6 | 114.9 | Season·Compare·Evidence·Games·Ask |
| 2022-23 | +2.6 | 60.8% | 57.2% | 120.7 | 118.1 | Season·Compare·Evidence·Games·Ask |
| 2021-22 | -5.4 | 56.1% | 52.5% | 110.3 | 115.7 | Season·Compare·Evidence·Games·Ask |