The Milwaukee Bucks were founded in 1968 and play in Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum. The franchise has won two championships, in 1971 and 2021, and has made 36 playoff appearances. The figures below bring together the team’s major milestones, statistical leaders, and notable performances, with source labels retained for context.
Milwaukee Bucks statistics at a glance
- Founded: 1968 (NBA.com team info)
- Home city: Milwaukee (NBA.com team info)
- Home arena: Fiserv Forum (NBA.com team info)
- Affiliate: Wisconsin Herd (NBA.com team info)
- Governor: Wesley Edens (NBA.com team info)
- General manager: Jon Horst (NBA.com team info)
- Head coach: Doc Rivers (NBA.com team info)
- Championships: 2, in 1971 and 2021 (NBA.com retired numbers; NBA.com team info)
- Conference titles: 3, including 1974 (NBA.com team info)
- Playoff appearances: 36 (NBA.com retired numbers)
- Retired jersey numbers: 9 (NBA.com retired numbers)
Contents
- Franchise milestones
- All-time scoring and rebounding leaders
- Blocks and defensive records
- Assists and playmaking
- Scoring and rebounding seasons
- Retired-number era leaders
Franchise milestones
Milwaukee’s championship history has two distinct high points. The first title came in 1971, while the second arrived in 2021 (NBA.com team info). The Bucks have three conference titles, with 1974 identified as a conference-title year in the NBA.com team information. Their 36 playoff appearances and two championships provide the broadest measures of postseason success listed in the supplied NBA.com records (NBA.com retired numbers; NBA.com team info).
The franchise’s division-title record spans its early years, the strong 1980s, and the modern Giannis Antetokounmpo era. Milwaukee won division titles in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986. The later division-title years were 2001, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 (NBA.com team info).
| Milestone | Statistic | Source label |
|---|---|---|
| Franchise founding | 1968 | NBA.com team info |
| Championships | 2 | NBA.com retired numbers; NBA.com team info |
| Conference titles | 3 | NBA.com team info |
| Playoff appearances | 36 | NBA.com retired numbers |
| Retired jersey numbers | 9 | NBA.com retired numbers |
The organizational profile attached to the team information lists Wesley Edens as governor, Jon Horst as general manager, Doc Rivers as head coach, and the Wisconsin Herd as the affiliate. These are team-information figures rather than player-performance statistics (NBA.com team info).
All-time scoring and rebounding leaders
Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks in the franchise-leader figures for several major categories. His listed Milwaukee totals are 21,531 points, 8,882 rebounds, 4,484 assists, and 1,088 blocks (NBA.com franchise leaders). Those totals describe his career production for Milwaukee in the franchise-leader listing.
The NBA.com scoring-leaders article gives a separate scoring table with Giannis first at 20,538 points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is second with 14,211 points, and Khris Middleton is third with 12,586 points (NBA.com scoring leaders). Because the supplied records come from differently labeled NBA.com lists, the values are best read as the figures shown in each source rather than combined into a new total.
The rebound-leaders list places Giannis first with 8,530 rebounds. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks second with 7,161, Bob Dandridge is third with 4,497, Marques Johnson is fourth with 3,923, and Andrew Bogut is fifth with 3,810 (NBA.com rebound leaders).
These leaderboards show the depth of Milwaukee’s statistical history. Giannis is represented at the top of both the scoring and rebounding lists, while Abdul-Jabbar appears immediately behind him in each. Dandridge, Johnson, and Bogut complete the listed top five for rebounds, giving the category a mix of championship-era and later Bucks contributors (NBA.com scoring leaders; NBA.com rebound leaders).
Blocks and defensive records
Giannis also leads the NBA.com block-leaders list for Milwaukee with 1,064 blocks. Brook Lopez is second with 990, Alton Lister is third with 804, Harvey Catchings is fourth with 709, and Andrew Bogut is fifth with 642 (NBA.com block leaders).
The supplied NBA.com figures include several career and season markers behind that ranking. Lopez spent eight seasons in Milwaukee, finished in the top 10 of Defensive Player of the Year voting twice as a Buck, and averaged at least 2.0 blocks in a season five times in his career. He also made at least 1.4 three-pointers per game in each Bucks season listed by the source (NBA.com block leaders).
Lister missed only six games across his first five Bucks seasons and averaged 1.7 blocks over 471 Milwaukee games. Catchings averaged 2.4 blocks per game in 1980-81 and 1.9 blocks over 372 Bucks games (NBA.com block leaders). Bogut played all 82 games during his rookie season, finished third in Rookie of the Year voting, and averaged 9.3 rebounds over 408 Bucks games (NBA.com rebound leaders).
The defensive leaders therefore combine volume totals with rate and availability markers. Lopez’s five seasons at 2.0 blocks or better, Lister’s 471-game block average, Catchings’s 1980-81 peak, and Bogut’s 82-game rookie season describe different types of contribution rather than a single measure of defensive value.
Assists and playmaking
The NBA.com assists-leaders figures identify Sam Cassell’s best Bucks single-season mark as 9.0 assists per game in 2000. Oscar Robertson recorded 8.2 assists per game in his 1971 Milwaukee season, Paul Pressey posted 7.8 in 1986, Eric Murdock posted 7.6 in 1993, and Cassell posted 7.6 in 2001 (NBA.com assists leaders).
Robertson’s Milwaukee numbers also include 288 career regular-season games, with averages of 16.3 points and 7.5 assists over that span (NBA.com retired numbers; NBA.com assists leaders). In his first Bucks season, he averaged 19.4 points, 8.2 assists, and 5.7 rebounds, finished fifth in 1970-71 MVP voting, and won a championship with Milwaukee in 1971 (NBA.com assists leaders).
Other notable playmaking seasons include Cassell’s 1999-00 averages of 18.3 points and 3.7 rebounds, and his 2001 averages of 18.2 points and 3.8 rebounds (NBA.com assists leaders). Pressey averaged 14.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.1 steals in 1985-86 and was named to the All-Defensive First Team that season (NBA.com assists leaders).
Scoring and rebounding seasons
The Bucks’ scoring figures include both modern Giannis seasons and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s early-1970s production. Giannis averaged 30.4 points per game in 2023-24 and 31.1 in 2022-23. Abdul-Jabbar averaged 34.8 points per game in 1971-72 and 31.7 in 1970-71 (NBA.com scoring leaders).
| Player and season | Points per game | Other supplied rate |
|---|---|---|
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1971-72 | 34.8 | — |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2022-23 | 31.1 | — |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1970-71 | 31.7 | — |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2023-24 | 30.4 | — |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2019-20 | — | 13.6 rebounds per game |
Giannis averaged 13.6 rebounds per game in 2019-20. The NBA.com rebound-leaders source also states that he had averaged at least 10.0 rebounds per game in eight straight seasons entering 2025-26 (NBA.com rebound leaders). That statement is explicitly a streak measured entering the 2025-26 season, while the 13.6 figure is tied to the 2019-20 season.
The scoring and rebounding records illustrate two different forms of sustained production: elite point totals in individual seasons and repeated double-digit rebounding across multiple seasons. Keeping the season labels attached is important because the figures span the 1970-71, 1971-72, 2019-20, 2022-23, and 2023-24 seasons.
Retired-number era leaders
The NBA.com retired-numbers information supplies career snapshots for several prominent Bucks. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made six All-Star teams and won three MVP awards with Milwaukee. Oscar Robertson played 288 career games for the team and averaged 16.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 7.5 assists. Junior Bridgeman played 711 games and averaged 13.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.5 assists (NBA.com retired numbers).
Sidney Moncrief made five All-Star teams and won Defensive Player of the Year twice. Over 695 Bucks games, he averaged 16.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.3 steals (NBA.com retired numbers). Marques Johnson made four All-Star teams and averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.3 steals over 524 Milwaukee games.
Bob Dandridge made three All-Star teams and averaged 18.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists over 618 Bucks games. Jon McGlocklin made one All-Star team and averaged 12.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists over 595 games. Bob Lanier played 278 games for Milwaukee and averaged 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists (NBA.com retired numbers).
Brian Winters made two All-Star teams and averaged 16.7 points over 582 Bucks games (NBA.com retired numbers). Together, these profiles place the franchise’s retired-number history in statistical terms: games played, scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, All-Star selections, and awards all contribute to how Milwaukee’s eras are remembered.
The modern leaderboards add another layer. Giannis’s franchise-leader figures include 21,531 points, 8,882 rebounds, 4,484 assists, and 1,088 blocks, while Quinn Buckner is listed with 1,042 career steals for Milwaukee (NBA.com franchise leaders). Those numbers connect the current generation to the broader statistical record represented by the retired-number legends.