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When did Atlanta Hawks last win the NBA championship?

The Atlanta Hawks franchise last won an overall league championship in the 1957-58 season, when it played as the St. Louis Hawks. The 1957-58 season title was clinched on April 12, 1958.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON1958April 12, 1958

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Television moves in

The calendar reads 1958. Here is who arrived, who left, what launched, what people watched, and how the world worked.

Discovery

America entered the satellite age.

Explorer 1 launched on January 31 and helped lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts.
Source: Story of Explorer 1 ↗

Everyday life

The first Pizza Hut opened.

The Carney brothers borrowed $600 from their mother and opened the Wichita restaurant on May 31.
Source: Pizza Hut Museum ↗
How do you count “winning it all”?

We count the top championship named for the selected competition—not conference, division, playoff appearance, or consolation titles. Season labels stay separate from the date the trophy was actually clinched.

  • NFL defaults to Super Bowls; pre-Super Bowl league titles are identified separately when included.
  • Relocations follow the franchise unless a league’s official record book separates the history.
  • FBS selectors, split titles, claims, vacancies, and co-champions are labeled rather than flattened.

Result checked 2026-08-28. View List of NBA champions ↗

NBA championships only; ABA titles are not counted, but are disclosed in lineage notes. The archive includes every recognized title attributed to the current franchise under this policy.