Lakers Primary Logo
The Los Angeles Lakers have one of the most iconic logos in all of the sports. The logo has been around since the team's inception in 1947 and has gone through several iterations over its long history, but it remains instantly recognizable to basketball fans everywhere.
The first iteration of the logo featured a purple basketball with yellow trim inside an orange circle with white stars on either side and “Los Angeles” written above it. This version was used until 1968 when they changed their colors from purple and gold to blue, green, red, and yellow; at this time they also adopted a new logo featuring an interlocking "LA" surrounded by stars. This design would remain unchanged for more than 25 years before being tweaked slightly in 1995 when two additional stars were added to represent their 16 NBA championships at that time (it now stands at 17).
In 2017, after 70 years as part of the franchise identity, the Lakers unveiled yet another update to their primary logo: a silhouette image depicting both Laker greats Magic Johnson & Jerry West facing off against each other mid-game - which is meant to symbolize not only past accomplishments but also future success for one of the sport's greatest teams ever assembled! The updated look retains much of what made previous designs so beloved while incorporating modern touches such as shading effects & subtle 3D elements that help bring out even more detail within this already classic emblematic representation!
2002 - Present
The latest Lakers logo consists of a wordmark, “LOS ANGELES LAKERS” written in a strong purple with stretched lines from the text signifies the fast speed of the team, on top of a gold with black outline basketball.
1977 - 2001
In 1977, the logo colors changed, as now the ball is clear yellow with black accents and the ball is rotated, the font is exactly the same and the color is a light purple lilac with the streaks.
1961 - 1976
The first LA logo consists of a wordmark “LAKERS” written in purple with streaking lines and “LOS ANGELES” on top. Both wordmarks are on top of a gold basketball.
1948 - 1960
The first logo of the Lakers was back when the team was in Minneapolis. The logo has a map of Minnesota in white on a brown and black outline basketball as a background and the location of Minneapolis is highlighted by a yellow star. A wordmark “MPLS.” in yellow with two stars and “LAKERS” below in yellow.