| 1 | Phil Jackson — 11 Championships Chicago Bulls / Los Angeles Lakers Jackson won 6 titles with Jordan's Bulls and 5 with Shaq and Kobe's Lakers, the most championships by any coach in NBA history. | Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers | 1991-98, 2000-02, 2009-10 | 11 |
| 2 | Red Auerbach — 9 Championships Boston Celtics Auerbach won 9 championships coaching the Celtics dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s, building the most dominant run in American sports history. | Boston Celtics | 1957-1966 | 9 |
| 3 | Gregg Popovich — 5 Championships San Antonio Spurs Popovich won 5 championships across three decades with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili as the model modern franchise. | San Antonio Spurs | 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014 | 5 |
| 4 | Pat Riley — 5 Championships Los Angeles Lakers / Miami Heat Riley won 4 championships coaching Showtime Lakers and one more as coach and executive with the Miami Heat. | Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat | 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006 | 5 |
| 5 | John Kundla — 5 Championships Minneapolis Lakers Kundla coached the original Lakers dynasty, winning 5 championships in 6 years during the NBA's formative era with George Mikan. | Minneapolis Lakers | 1949-1954 | 5 |
| 6 | Chuck Daly — 2 Championships Detroit Pistons Daly coached the Bad Boys Pistons to back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990, also leading the original Dream Team to gold in 1992. | Detroit Pistons | 1989, 1990 | 2 |
| 7 | Billy Cunningham — 1 Championship Philadelphia 76ers Cunningham coached the dominant 1983 76ers to their championship with Moses Malone's legendary four-four-four prediction coming true. | Philadelphia 76ers | 1983 | 1 |
| 8 | Lenny Wilkens — 1 Championship Seattle SuperSonics Wilkens won one championship with Seattle in 1979 and is the only person inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. | Seattle SuperSonics | 1979 | 1 |
| 9 | Doc Rivers — 1 Championship Boston Celtics Rivers won one championship with the 2008 Celtics, overseeing the Big Three era of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. | Boston Celtics | 2008 | 1 |
| 10 | Larry Bird — 0 Championships Indiana Pacers Bird won Coach of the Year in 1998 and took Indiana to the 2000 Finals in just his third coaching season but fell to Shaq and Kobe's Lakers. | Indiana Pacers | N/A | 0 |