List of Orlando Magic seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Orlando Magic. The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1989. The Magic have not won an NBA title, but have appeared in the NBA Finals twice, in 1995 and 2009. The best record posted by the Magic was 60–22, in the 1995–96 season, and their worst record was 18–64, in the team's inaugural season. In their 35 seasons of existence, the Magic have made the playoffs 17 times.

Contents

Table key

AMVP All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
COY Coach of the Year
DPOY Defensive Player of the Year
FinishFinal position in league or division standings
GB Games behind first-place team in division
LNumber of regular season losses
EOY Executive of the Year
FMVP Finals Most Valuable Player
JWKC J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship
MVP Most Valuable Player
ROY Rookie of the Year
SIX Sixth Man of the Year
MIP Most Improved Player Award
SPOR Sportsmanship Award
WNumber of regular season wins

Seasons

NBA champions Conference championsDivision championsPlayoff berth
Season Team Conference Finish Division FinishWinsLosses Win% GB Playoffs Awards Head coach
1989–90 1989–90 Eastern 12th Central 7th1864.22041 Matt Guokas
1990–91 1990–91 Western 9th Midwest 4th3151.37824 Scott Skiles (MIP)
1991–92 1991–92 Eastern 14th Atlantic 7th2161.25630
1992–93 1992–93 Eastern 9th Atlantic 4th4141.50019 Shaquille O'Neal (ROY)
1993–94 1993–94 Eastern 4th Atlantic 2nd5032.6107Lost First round (Pacers) 3–0 Brian Hill
1994–95 1994–95 Eastern 1st Atlantic 1st5725.695—Won First round (Celtics) 3–1
Won Conference Semifinals (Bulls) 4–2
Won Conference Finals (Pacers) 4–3
Lost NBA Finals (Rockets) 4–0
1995–96 1995–96 Eastern 2nd Atlantic 1st6022.732—Won First round (Pistons) 3–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Hawks) 4–1
Lost Conference Finals (Bulls) 4–0
1996–97 1996–97 Eastern 7th Atlantic 3rd4537.54916Lost First round (Heat) 3–2Brian Hill
Richie Adubato
1997–98 1997–98 Eastern 10th Atlantic 5th4141.50014 Chuck Daly
1998–99 1998–99 Eastern 3rd Atlantic 2nd3317.660—Lost First round (76ers) 3–1 Darrell Armstrong (SIX, MIP)
1999–00 1999–00 Eastern 9th Atlantic 4th4141.50011 Doc Rivers (COY)
John Gabriel (EOY)		 Doc Rivers
2000–01 2000–01 Eastern 7th Atlantic 4th4339.52413Lost First round (Bucks) 3–1 Mike Miller (ROY)
Tracy McGrady (MIP)
2001–02 2001–02 Eastern 5th Atlantic 3rd4438.5378Lost First round (Hornets) 3–1
2002–03 2002–03 Eastern 8th Atlantic 4th4240.5127Lost First round (Pistons) 4–3
2003–04 2003–04 Eastern 15th Atlantic 7th2161.25626Doc Rivers
Johnny Davis
2004–05 2004–05 Eastern 10th Southeast 3rd3646.43923 Grant Hill (SPOR)Johnny Davis
Chris Jent
2005–06 2005–06 Eastern 10th Southeast 3rd3646.43916Brian Hill
2006–07 2006–07 Eastern 8th Southeast 3rd4042.4884Lost First round (Pistons) 4–0
2007–08 2007–08 Eastern 3rd Southeast 1st5230.634—Won First round (Raptors) 4–1
Lost Conference Semifinals (Pistons) 4–1		 Hedo Türkoğlu (MIP) Stan Van Gundy
2008–09 2008–09 Eastern 3rd Southeast 1st5923.720—Won First round (76ers) 4–2
Won Conference Semifinals (Celtics) 4–3
Won Conference Finals (Cavaliers) 4–2
Lost NBA Finals (Lakers) 4–1		 Dwight Howard (DPOY)
2009–10 2009–10 Eastern 2nd Southeast 1st5923.720—Won First round (Bobcats) 4–0
Won Conference Semifinals (Hawks) 4–0
Lost Conference Finals (Celtics) 4–2		 Dwight Howard (DPOY)
2010–11 2010–11 Eastern 4th Southeast 2nd5230.6346Lost First round (Hawks) 4–2 Dwight Howard (DPOY)
2011–12 2011–12 Eastern 6th Southeast 3rd3729.5619Lost First round (Pacers) 4–1 Ryan Anderson (MIP)
2012–13 2012–13 Eastern 15th Southeast 5th2062.24446 Jacque Vaughn
2013–14 2013–14 Eastern 13th Southeast 5th2359.28031
2014–15 2014–15 Eastern 13th Southeast 5th2557.30535Jacque Vaughn
James Borrego
2015–16 2015–16 Eastern 11th Southeast 5th3547.42713 Scott Skiles
2016–17 2016–17 Eastern 13th Southeast 5th2953.35420 Frank Vogel
2017–18 2017–18 Eastern 14th Southeast 4th2557.30519
2018–19 2018–19 Eastern 7th Southeast 1st4240.512—Lost First round (Raptors) 4–1 Steve Clifford
2019–20 2019–20 Eastern 8th Southeast 2nd3340.45211.5Lost First round (Bucks) 4–1
2020–21 2020–21 Eastern 14th Southeast 5th2151.29220
2021–22 2021–22 Eastern 15th Southeast 5th2260.26831 Jamahl Mosley
2022–23 2022–23 Eastern 13th Southeast 3rd3448.41510 Paolo Banchero (ROY)
2023–24 2023–24 Eastern 5th Southeast 1st4735.573—Lost First round (Cavaliers) 4–3

All-time records

Note: statistics are correct as of the conclusion of the 2022–23 NBA season

StatisticWinsLosses Win%
All-time regular season record1,2681,453.466
All-time post-season record5974.444
All-time regular and post-season record1,3271,527.465

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