List of National Basketball League (Australia) seasons

The National Basketball League (NBL) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. The league was founded in 1979.

List

Year[a] Top seed Record Year[b] Champion No. of teams[c] Notes[d]
Regular season Finals
1979 St. Kilda Saints 15–3 1979 St. Kilda Saints 10
1980 St. Kilda Saints 17–5 1980 St. Kilda Saints 12 2 team joined & 1 folded
1981 St. Kilda Saints 17–5 1981 Launceston Casino City 12
1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 21–5 1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 14 2 new teams
1983 Sydney Supersonics 21–4 1983 Canberra Cannons 16 2 new teams
1984 Geelong Supercats 22–4 1984 Canberra Cannons 16
1985 Brisbane Bullets 22–6 1985 Brisbane Bullets 14 2 team folded
1986 Adelaide 36ers 27–3 1986 Adelaide 36ers 14
1987 Brisbane Bullets 24–7 1987 Brisbane Bullets 14 3 team renamed
1988 Adelaide 36ers 19–7 1988 Canberra Cannons 13 1 team renamed
1989 North Melbourne Giants 21–8 1989 North Melbourne Giants 13
1990 North Melbourne Giants 21–8 1990 Perth Wildcats 14 1 team joined
1991 Perth Wildcats 26–5 1991 Perth Wildcats 14
1992 South East Melbourne Magic 26–5 1992 South East Melbourne Magic 13 1 team folded
1993 Perth Wildcats 26–9 1993 Melbourne Tigers 14 1 team joined
1994 North Melbourne Giants 25–8 1994 North Melbourne Giants 14
1995 Perth Wildcats 25–9 1995 Perth Wildcats 14
1996 South East Melbourne Magic 25–8 1996 South East Melbourne Magic 14
1997 South East Melbourne Magic 25–10 1997 Melbourne Tigers 11 3 teams folded
1998 South East Melbourne Magic 28–6 1998 Adelaide 36ers 11 1 team renamed
1998–99 Adelaide 36ers 24–9 1999 Adelaide 36ers 11 1 team renamed
1999–00 Perth Wildcats 28–8 2000 Perth Wildcats 11 1 team folded and the other 1 team joined
2000–01 Townsville Crocodiles 27–10 2001 Wollongong Hawks 11
2001–02 Victoria Titans 23–13 2002 Adelaide 36ers 11
2002–03 Sydney Kings 28–10 2003 Sydney Kings 11 1 team renamed
2003–04 Sydney Kings 31–9 2004 Sydney Kings 12 1 NZ team & 1 team renamed
2004–05 Sydney Kings 26–11 2005 Sydney Kings 11 1 team folded
2005–06 Melbourne Tigers 30–7 2006 Melbourne Tigers 11
2006–07 Brisbane Bullets 33–6 2007 Brisbane Bullets 12 1 team joined
2007–08 Sydney Kings 31–7 2008 Melbourne Tigers 13 1 team joined
2008–09 South Dragons 27–11 2009 South Dragons 10 3 team folded & 1 team renamed
2009–10 Perth Wildcats 17–11 2010 Perth Wildcats 9 2 teams folded
2010–11 New Zealand Breakers 22–6 2011 New Zealand Breakers 9
2011–12 New Zealand Breakers 21–7 2012 New Zealand Breakers 9
2012–13 New Zealand Breakers 24–4 2013 New Zealand Breakers 8 1 team folded
2013–14 Perth Wildcats 24–4 2014 Perth Wildcats 8
2014–15 Cairns Taipans 21–7 2015 New Zealand Breakers 8
2015–16 Melbourne United 28–18 2016 Perth Wildcats 8
2016–17 TBA 0–0 2017 TBA 8 1 team returned and 1 team folded

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