World title lineage
NBA LIGHTWEIGHT Champions
A complete roll of NBA lightweight champions since 1921 — 82 champions across 135 reigns. FLOYD SCHOFIELD is the current titleholder. The longest reign belongs to IKE WILLIAMS (6y 1m, 8 defences).
- 135FLOYD SCHOFIELDCURRENT CHAMPION
2026–present · 9d · 0 defences
- 134
2026 · 6m · 0 defences
- 133
2026 · 20d · 0 defences
- 132
2026 · 22d · 0 defences
- 131
2025–2026 · 1y 2m · 0 defences
- 130
2023–2025 · 1y 2m · 1 defence
- 129
2022–2023 · 1y 6m · 1 defence
- 128
2021–2022 · 5m · 0 defences
- 127
2020–2021 · 1y 2m · 0 defences
- 126
2019–2020 · 1y 6m · 0 defences
- 125
2018–2019 · 4m · 0 defences
- 124
2018 · 7m · 0 defences
- 123
2018 · 1m · 0 defences
- 122
2016–2018 · 1y 6m · 3 defences
- 121
2015–2016 · 10m · 0 defences
- 120
2015 · 7m · 0 defences
- 119
2011–2015 · 3y 5m · 1 defence · won vacant
- 118
2011 · 4m · 0 defences · later vacated
- 117
2011 · 5m · 1 defence
- 116
2010–2011 · 3m · 0 defences
- 115
2010 · 3m · 0 defences
- 114
2009–2010 · 10m · 0 defences
- 113
2009 · 1m · 0 defences
- 112
2009 · 4m · 0 defences
- 111
2008–2009 · 6m · 0 defences
- 110
2008 · 22d · 0 defences
- 109
2008 · 9m · 0 defences
- 108
2006–2008 · 1y 11m · 4 defences
- 107
2005–2006 · 7m · 0 defences
- 106
2005 · 3m · 0 defences
- 105
2005 · 1m · 0 defences
- 104
2004–2005 · 7m · 1 defence
- 103
2004 · 12d · 0 defences
- 102
2004 · 3m · 0 defences
- 101
2004 · 21d · 0 defences
- 100
2004 · 1d · 0 defences
- 99
2004 · 3m · 0 defences
- 98
2004 · 3m · 0 defences
- 97
2003–2004 · 7m · 0 defences
- 96
2002–2003 · 9m · 0 defences
- 95
2001–2002 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 94
2001 · 2m · 0 defences
- 93
2000–2001 · 12m · 1 defence
- 92
2000 · 1m · 0 defences
- 91
2000 · 4m · 0 defences
- 90
1999–2000 · 4m · 0 defences
- 89
1999 · 1m · 0 defences
- 88
1999 · 2m · 0 defences
- 87
1998–1999 · 11m · 0 defences
- 86
1997–1998 · 1y · 0 defences
- 85
1997 · 4m · 0 defences
- 84
1996–1997 · 9m · 0 defences
- 83
1995–1996 · 8m · 0 defences
- 82
1995 · 10m · 0 defences
- 81
1994–1995 · 3m · 0 defences
- 80
1993–1994 · 1y 5m · 5 defences
- 79
1993 · 14d · 0 defences
- 78
1993 · 4m · 1 defence
- 77
1993 · 10d · 0 defences
- 76
1992–1993 · 2m · 0 defences
- 75
1992 · 2m · 0 defences
- 74
1992 · 4m · 0 defences
- 73
1991–1992 · 11m · 1 defence
- 72
1991 · 29d · 0 defences
- 71
1991 · 4m · 0 defences
- 70
1987–1991 · 3y 3m · 2 defences
- 69
1987 · 3m · 0 defences
- 68
1986–1987 · 9m · 0 defences
- 67
1985–1986 · 1y 11m · 0 defences
- 66
1984–1985 · 1m · 0 defences
- 65
1984 · 10m · 1 defence
- 64
1983–1984 · 5m · 1 defence
- 63
1983 · 6m · 0 defences
- 62
1982–1983 · 8m · 1 defence
- 61
1982 · 20d · 0 defences
- 60
1982 · 2m · 0 defences
- 59
1982 · 2m · 0 defences
- 58
1981–1982 · 4m · 1 defence
- 57
1981 · 5m · 1 defence
- 56
1981 · 3m · 0 defences
- 55
1980–1981 · 8m · 2 defences
- 54
1980 · 0d · 0 defences
- 53
1980 · 5m · 0 defences
- 52
1979–1980 · 9m · 1 defence
- 51
1974–1979 · 5y 3m · 8 defences
- 50
1973–1974 · 6m · 0 defences
- 49
1972–1973 · 1y 2m · 3 defences
- 48
1970–1972 · 1y 9m · 2 defences
- 47
1968–1970 · 2y 7m · 0 defences
- 46
1967–1968 · 5m · 0 defences
- 45
1967 · 3m · 0 defences
- 44
1967 · 3d · 0 defences
- 43
1967 · 5m · 1 defence
- 42
1967 · 26d · 0 defences
- 41
1966–1967 · 2m · 1 defence
- 40
1966 · 3m · 0 defences
- 39
1966 · 2m · 0 defences
- 38
1965–1966 · 9m · 1 defence
- 37
1965 · 4m · 0 defences
- 36
1965 · 11d · 0 defences
- 35
1964–1965 · 5m · 0 defences
- 34
1964 · 2m · 0 defences
- 33
1964 · 7m · 1 defence
- 32
1964 · 15d · 0 defences
- 31
1963–1964 · 7m · 0 defences
- 30
1963 · 3m · 1 defence
- 29
1963 · 3m · 0 defences
- 28
1962–1963 · 3m · 0 defences
- 27
1960–1962 · 1y 11m · 3 defences
- 26
1955–1960 · 5y 5m · 1 defence
- 25
1954–1955 · 7m · 0 defences
- 24
1954 · 9m · 0 defences
- 23
1952–1954 · 1y 5m · 3 defences
- 22
1952 · 5m · 0 defences
- 21
1951–1952 · 12m · 2 defences
- 20
1945–1951 · 6y 1m · 8 defences
- 19
1944–1945 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 18
1942–1944 · 1y 10m · 1 defence
- 17
1942 · 2m · 0 defences
- 16
1940–1942 · 1y 10m · 1 defence
- 15
1939–1940 · 9m · 0 defences
- 14
1938–1939 · 1y · 1 defence
- 13
1936–1938 · 1y 12m · 1 defence
- 12
1935–1936 · 1y 4m · 1 defence
- 11
1933–1935 · 1y 11m · 1 defence
- 10
1932–1933 · 8m · 0 defences
- 9
1932 · 10m · 0 defences
- 8
1930–1932 · 1y 2m · 3 defences
- 7
1930 · 9m · 1 defence
- 6
1929–1930 · 7m · 0 defences
- 5
1928–1929 · 10m · 0 defences
- 4
1927–1928 · 10m · 0 defences
- 3
1923–1927 · 4y 5m · 0 defences
- 2
1922–1923 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 1
1921–1922 · 1y 5m · 1 defence
