# What is the best Detroit Pistons season?

> A bruising title team, a no-superstar champion and a record-setting 64-win machine make this a hard call. Grit or balance, you pick the year worth replaying.

*By YPB Team · Published October 17, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-detroit-pistons-season*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **2005-06** — score 1000/1000
   Detroit posted a franchise-record 64 wins and the top seed in the East.
2. **2003-04** — score 800/1000
   A team without a superstar beat the Lakers' Hall of Fame lineup in five games to win the title.
3. **2001-02** — score 600/1000
   Detroit won 50 games and its division behind Ben Wallace, the first step in the Going to Work rebuild.
4. **1987-88** — score 491/1000
   Isiah Thomas and the Bad Boys reached the NBA Finals and took the Lakers to seven games.
5. **1988-89** — score 360/1000
   A 63-win season that ended with the franchise's first championship, a sweep of the Lakers.
6. **2004-05** — score 0/1000
   The defending champions pushed the Spurs to a seventh game in the Finals.

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