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When did Sacramento Kings last win the NBA championship?

The Sacramento Kings franchise last won an overall league championship in the 1950-51 season, when it played as the Rochester Royals. The 1950-51 season title was clinched on April 21, 1951.
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON1951April 21, 1951

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The calendar reads 1951. Here is who arrived, who left, what launched, what people watched, and how the world worked.

Wait, That Happened?

UNIVAC went to work.

UNIVAC I was dedicated to the Census Bureau on June 14, a milestone in civilian and commercial computing.
Source: UNIVAC I ↗

World events

Presidential terms were capped.

The 22nd Amendment was ratified on February 27, limiting presidents to two elected terms.
Source: Amendments 11–27 ↗

Discovery

Atoms were deliberately transformed.

John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton received the Physics Nobel for transmuting atomic nuclei with artificially accelerated particles.
Source: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 ↗
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.