List of Utah Jazz seasons explained

Utah Jazz joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) as New Orleans Jazz, an expansion team that began play in the 1974–75 season. The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 1979–80 season.

Seasons

NBA champions	Conference champions	Division champions	Playoff berth

Season	League	Conference	Finish	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	GB	Playoffs	Awards	Head Coach
New Orleans Jazz
			9th		5th	23	59	37			Scotty Robertson Elgin Baylor Butch van Breda Kolff
	NBA	Eastern	8th	Central	4th	38	44	11			Butch van Breda Kolff
	NBA	Eastern	8th	Central	5th	35	47	14			Butch van Breda Kolff Elgin Baylor
	NBA	Eastern	7th	Central	5th	39	43	13			Elgin Baylor
	NBA	Eastern	11th	Central	6th	26	56	22			Elgin Baylor
Utah Jazz
	NBA		10th		5th	24	58	25			Tom Nissalke
	NBA	Western	11th	Midwest	5th	28	54	24		Darrell Griffith (ROY)	Tom Nissalke
	NBA	Western	11th	Midwest	6th	25	57	23			Tom Nissalke Frank Layden
	NBA	Western	9th	Midwest	5th	30	52	23			Frank Layden
	NBA	Western	2nd	Midwest	1st	45	37	—	Won First round (Nuggets) 3–2 Lost conference semifinals (Suns) 4–2	Frank Layden (COY, EOY, JWKC)
	NBA	Western	6th	Midwest	4th	41	41	11	Won First round (Rockets) 3–2 Lost conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4–1	Mark Eaton (DPOY)
	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	4th	42	40	9	Lost First round (Mavericks) 3–1
	NBA	Western	4th	Midwest	2nd	44	38	11	Lost First round (Warriors) 3–2
	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	3rd	47	35	7	Won First round (Trail Blazers) 3–1 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–3
	NBA	Western	2nd	Midwest	1st	51	31	—	Lost First round (Warriors) 3–0	Mark Eaton (DPOY) Karl Malone (ASG MVP) Thurl Bailey (JWKC)	Frank Layden Jerry Sloan
	NBA	Western	4th	Midwest	2nd	55	27	1	Lost First round (Suns) 3–2		Jerry Sloan
	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	2nd	54	28	1	Won First round (Suns) 3–1 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1
	NBA	Western	2nd	Midwest	1st	55	27	—	Won First round (Clippers) 3–2 Won conference semifinals (SuperSonics) 4–1 Lost conference finals (Trail Blazers) 4–2
	NBA	Western	6th	Midwest	3rd	47	35	8	Lost First round (SuperSonics) 3–2	Karl Malone (ASG MVP) John Stockton (ASG MVP)
	NBA	Western	5th	Midwest	3rd	53	29	5	Won First round (Spurs) 3–1 Won conference semifinals (Nuggets) 4–3 Lost conference finals (Rockets) 4–1
	NBA	Western	3rd	Midwest	2nd	60	22	2	Lost First round (Rockets) 3–2
	NBA	Western	3rd	Midwest	2nd	55	27	4	Won First round (Trail Blazers) 3–2 Won conference semifinals (Spurs) 4–2 Lost conference finals (SuperSonics) 4–3
	NBA	Western	1st	Midwest	1st	64	18	—	Won First round (Clippers) 3–0 Won conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–1 Won conference finals (Rockets) 4–2 Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4–2	Karl Malone (MVP)
	NBA	Western	1st	Midwest	1st	62	20	—	Won First round (Rockets) 3–2 Won conference semifinals (Spurs) 4–1 Won conference finals (Lakers) 4–0 Lost NBA Finals (Bulls) 4–2
	NBA^[1]	Western	3rd	Midwest	2nd	37	13	—	Won First round (Kings) 3–2 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–2	Karl Malone (MVP)
	NBA	Western	2nd	Midwest	1st	55	27	—	Won First round (SuperSonics) 3–2 Lost conference semifinals (Trail Blazers) 4–1
	NBA	Western	4th	Midwest	2nd	53	29	5	Lost First round (Mavericks) 3–2
	NBA	Western	8th	Midwest	4th	44	38	14	Lost First round (Kings) 3–1
	NBA	Western	7th	Midwest	4th	47	35	13	Lost First round (Kings) 4–1
	NBA	Western	9th	Midwest	7th	42	40	16
	NBA	Western	14th		5th	26	56	26
	NBA	Western	9th	Northwest	2nd	41	41	3
	NBA	Western	4th^[2]	Northwest	1st	51	31	—	Won First round (Rockets) 4–3 Won conference semifinals (Warriors) 4–1 Lost conference finals (Spurs) 4–1
	NBA	Western	4th^[3]	Northwest	1st	54	28	—	Won First round (Rockets) 4–2 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–2
	NBA	Western	8th	Northwest	3rd	48	34	6	Lost First round (Lakers) 4–1
	NBA	Western	5th	Northwest	2nd	53	29	—	Won First round (Nuggets) 4–2 Lost conference semifinals (Lakers) 4–0
	NBA	Western	11th	Northwest	4th	39	43	16			Jerry Sloan Tyrone Corbin
	NBA^[4]	Western	8th	Northwest	3rd	36	30	11	Lost First round (Spurs) 4–0		Tyrone Corbin
	NBA	Western	9th	Northwest	3rd	43	39	17
	NBA	Western	15th	Northwest	5th	25	57	34
	NBA	Western	11th	Northwest	3rd	38	44	13			Quin Snyder
	NBA	Western	9th	Northwest	3rd	40	42	15
	NBA	Western	5th	Northwest	1st	51	31	—	Won First round (Clippers) 4–3 Lost conference semifinals (Warriors) 4–0
	NBA	Western	5th	Northwest	3rd	48	34	1	Won First round (Thunder) 4–2 Lost conference semifinals (Rockets) 4–1	Rudy Gobert (DPOY)
	NBA	Western	5th	Northwest	3rd	50	32	4	Lost First round (Rockets) 4–1	Rudy Gobert (DPOY)
	NBA	Western	6th	Northwest	3rd	44	28	1.5	Lost First round (Nuggets) 4–3
	NBA	Western	1st	Northwest	1st	52	20	—	Won First round (Grizzlies) 4–1 Lost conference semifinals (Clippers) 4–2	Rudy Gobert (DPOY) Jordan Clarkson (SIX)
	NBA	Western	5th	Northwest	1st	49	33	—	Lost First round (Mavericks) 4–2
	NBA	Western	12th	Northwest	4th	37	45	16		Lauri Markkanen (MIP)	Will Hardy
	NBA	Western	12th	Northwest	4th	31	51	26			Will Hardy
All-time regular and playoff totals						2320	2021	1974–present
Regular season totals						2177	1855	1974–present
Playoff totals						143	166	Playoff Series Record: 25–30

Notes and References

A lockout shortened the season to 50 games.
In this season, each division winner was automatically seeded no worse than 4th place. The Jazz were the Northwest Division winner (51–31), but had a worse record than the Spurs (58–24) who were seeded 3rd and the Jazz was seeded 4th. In the first round, the 5th seed Rockets (52–30) had a better record than the 4th seed Jazz, so the Rockets were awarded home-court advantage even with a lower seed.
In this season, each division winner was automatically seeded no worse than 4th place. The Jazz were the Northwest division winner (54–28), with a worse record than 3rd place team Spurs (56–26). While the Rockets were 55–27, tied with the Suns who were also 55–27 (neither of the two teams were a division winner), so even though the Jazz were awarded 4th place, in the first round faced the Rockets (Rockets higher than Suns due to higher records in versus with rest of Western Conference teams) with no home court advantage.
A lockout shortened the season to 66 games.