When it comes to basketball trivia, there’s no shortage of NBA facts to choose from. Whether you’re a lifelong NBA enthusiast or a fair-weather fan, the following basketball trivia questions will put your sports knowledge to the test.
Do you know which team is the defending NBA champion? Or which star is the reigning Most Valuable Player?
The 2024-25 NBA season comes to a close this summer with a match of top contenders, and we have some NBA trivia to get the basketball vibes going as the world’s top league wraps up its 79th season.
Whether you’re a Michael Jordan superfan or a LeBron James diehard, we have some layup-level questions to get you started, all the way up to a 3-point level of difficulty for the real hoop heads out there.
No matter your team allegiance, test your knowledge and see if you’re an All-Star or a Hall of Fame-level NBA fan.
Easy NBA Trivia Questions
- What do the letters N-B-A stand for? Answer: National Basketball Association
- How tall is the hoop in the NBA? Answer: 10 feet
- How many fouls can a player commit before fouling out of a game? Answer: Six
- How long is an NBA game? Answer: 48 minutes
- Who is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer? Answer: LeBron James
- What team did Kobe Bryant play his entire career for? Answer: Los Angeles Lakers
- Which team did Michael Jordan primarily play for? Answer: Chicago Bulls (Bonus points if you know he played for the Washington Wizards late in his career.)
- What teams did Magic Johnson and Larry Bird play for during their famous 1980s rivalry? Answer: Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, respectively
- Which championship team was nicknamed the “Bad Boys”? Answer: Detroit Pistons
- Which player has the highest career scoring average in NBA history? Answer: Michael Jordan, 30.12 points per game. (Wilt Chamberlain is a close second, with 30.07 points per game)
- Who won the 2023-2024 NBA championship? Answer: Boston Celtics
- What are the two teams based in New York City? Answer: The New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets
- Which NBA star took a break from his career in the mid-1990s to pursue a career in professional baseball? Answer: Michael Jordan
- What city in Canada has an NBA team? Answer: The Toronto Raptors
- Which player won the NBA’s MVP award last season in 2023-24? Answer: Denver’s Nikola Jokic
Intermediate NBA Questions
- Who scored the most points in an NBA game? Answer: Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in 1962
- Who is the NBA’s current commissioner? Answer: Adam Silver
- How many championships did Michael Jordan’s teams win? Answer: Six
- What was the first team to win a championship in the NBA’s inaugural season in 1949-50? Answer: Minneapolis Lakers
- Which player has won the most MVP awards? Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with six
- What head coach has the most NBA titles? Answer: Phil Jackson with 11
- Who has made the most 3-pointers in NBA history? Answer: Stephen Curry
- Whose record did LeBron James break to become the NBA’s all-leading scorer? Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Which franchise has won the most NBA titles in history? Answer: Boston Celtics with 18
- Which player has made the most All-Star teams in NBA history? Answer: LeBron James, 20 through the 2023-24 season
- Which player won the most NBA titles in his career? Answer: Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics with 11
- Which player has the most career scoring titles in NBA history? Answer: Michael Jordan with 10
- Which team has the longest winning streak in NBA history? Answer: Los Angeles Lakers, 33 in a row in the 1971-72 season
- When were NBA players allowed to start competing in the Olympics? Answer: The 1992 Dream Team
- Who was the NBA’s leading scorer in the 2023-24 season? Answer: Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks, 33.9 points per game
- Which NBA team set the record for most wins in the regular season with 73? Answer: Golden State Warriors in 2015-16
Difficult NBA Trivia Questions
- Who has the most triple-doubles in their career? Answer: Russell Westbrook, 203 going into the 2024-25 season
- Who has the most rebounds in NBA history? Answer: Wilt Chamberlain with 23,924
- Which player had the most rebounds in one game? Answer: Wilt Chamberlain, 55 in 1960
- Who has the most assists in NBA history? Answer: John Stockton with 15,806
- What important rule was introduced into the NBA in 1954? Answer: 24-second shot clock
- Who is the only person to win NBA MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year? Answer: Larry Bird
- Who has the most assists in one game? Answer: Scott Skiles, 30 in 1990
- Who is the shortest player to ever win the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest? Answer: Spud Webb, at 5’6”
- Who has made the most 3-pointers in an NBA game? Answer: Klay Thompson, 14
- Where were the Grizzlies located before they became the Memphis Grizzlies? Answer: Vancouver, Canada
- Who is the shortest player in NBA history? Answer: Muggsy Bogues, 5’3”
- Who is the tallest player in NBA history? Answer: (tie) Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, 7’7”
- Which player has won the most NBA Slam-Dunk Contest titles? Answer: Nate Robinson, 3
- Who has the most blocked shots in NBA history? Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon with 3,830
- Which player has won the MVP of the NBA Finals the most times? Answer: Michael Jordan, six
- Who is the shortest player to ever win the NBA scoring title? Answer: Allen Iverson, 6’1”
- Which player had the second-most points in one game? Answer: Kobe Bryant, 81 in 2006
- What league merged with the NBA in 1976? Answer: American Basketball Association (ABA)
- What was the last expansion team added to the NBA? Answer: Charlotte Bobcats, now the Charlotte Hornets, in 2004
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