{"id":711476,"date":"2026-04-16T02:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711476\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:09:20","slug":"most-dominant-seasons-in-chicago-bulls-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/711476\/","title":{"rendered":"Most dominant seasons in Chicago Bulls history"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stacker<\/a>Wed, April 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC\"<\/p>\n

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Most dominant seasons in Chicago Bulls history<\/p>\n

While championships often define legacy, regular-season dominance can reveal just as much about a team’s peak performance. From record-setting win totals to historically efficient offenses and suffocating defenses, these seasons represent the highest sustained levels of excellence each franchise has reached.<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the most dominant seasons in Chicago Bulls history using data from Stathead<\/a>. Seasons are ranked by Simple Rating System (SRS), which measures point differential adjusted for strength of schedule. Developed by Sports Reference, SRS measures a team’s average point differential while adjusting for strength of schedule, making it one of the clearest ways to compare teams across eras.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the five most dominant seasons in team history.<\/p>\n

#5. 1971-72 Season
– Record: 57-25
– SRS: 7.91 (#44 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Dick Motta
– Leading Scorer: Bob Love (25.8 PPG)<\/p>\n

#4. 1990-91 Season
– Record: 61-21
– SRS: 8.57 (#24 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Phil Jackson
– Leading Scorer: Michael Jordan (31.5 PPG)<\/p>\n

#3. 1991-92 Season
– Record: 67-15
– SRS: 10.07 (#12 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Phil Jackson
– Leading Scorer: Michael Jordan (30.1 PPG)<\/p>\n

#2. 1996-97 Season
– Record: 69-13
– SRS: 10.7 (#9 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Phil Jackson
– Leading Scorer: Michael Jordan (29.6 PPG)<\/p>\n

#1. 1995-96 Season
– Record: 72-10
– SRS: 11.8 (#4 all-time SRS rank)
– Head Coach: Phil Jackson
– Leading Scorer: Michael Jordan (30.4 PPG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, April 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC – Most dominant seasons in Chicago Bulls history While championships…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,935,6,8844],"class_list":{"0":"post-711476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-michael-jordan","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-seasons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116411955815690160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}