1996 WNBL season

1996 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	ABC; Network Ten
Regular season
Top seed	Adelaide Lightning
Season MVP	Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning)
Top scorer	Gina Stevens (Brisbane Blazers)
Finals
Champions	Adelaide Lightning
Runners-up	Sydney Flames

The 1996 WNBL season was the 16th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

Regular season

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	Sydney Flames	18	17	1	94
2	Adelaide Lightning	18	16	2	89
3	Bulleen Boomers	18	14	4	78
4	Perth Breakers	18	11	7	61
5	Brisbane Blazers	18	9	9	50
6	Dandenong Rangers	18	9	9	50
7	Melbourne Tigers	18	6	12	33
8	Canberra Capitals	18	5	13	28
9	Hobart Islanders	18	2	16	11
10	Australian Institute of Sport	18	1	17	6

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 1996 regular season.

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Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Gina Stevens	Perth Breakers	20.8 PPG
Rebounds per game	Debbie Slimmon	Bulleen Boomers	3.2 RPG
Assists per game	Debbie Black	Hobart Islanders	5.9 APG
Steals per game	Debbie Black	Hobart Islanders	5.1 SPG
Blocks per game	Jenny Whittle	Brisbane Blazers	4.1 BPG
Field goal percentage	Sally Barney	Brisbane Blazers	61.9% (26/42)
Three point percentage	Michele Timms	Sydney Flames	48.5% (48/99)
Free throw percentage	Allison Tranquilli	Dandenong Rangers	91.9% (68/74)