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	Top seed	Record	Year	Champion	No. of teams	Notes
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	TBA	0–0	2016	TBA	8

See also

• List of WNBL seasons