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] | Champions | No. of teams[c] | Notes[d] |
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Regular season | Finals | |||||
1979 | St. Kilda Saints | 15–3 | 1979 | St. Kilda Saints | 10 | Inaugural season. |
1980 | St. Kilda Saints | 17–5 | 1980 | St. Kilda Saints | 12 | 3 new teams joined and 1 team folded. |
1981 | St. Kilda Saints | 17–5 | 1981 | Launceston Casino City Tigers | 12 | 1 team renamed. |
1982 | West Adelaide Bearcats | 21–5 | 1982 | West Adelaide Bearcats | 14 | 1 team left, 3 new teams joined and 1 team renamed. |
1983 | Sydney Supersonics | 21–4 | 1983 | Canberra Cannons | 16 | 1 team left, 3 new teams joined and 1 team renamed. |
1984 | Geelong Supercats | 22–4 | 1984 | Canberra Cannons | 17 | All-time highest number of teams competed in a single season. 1 new team joined and 1 team renamed. |
1985 | Brisbane Bullets | 22–6 | 1985 | Brisbane Bullets | 14 | 2 teams folded and 1 team left. |
1986 | Adelaide 36ers | 27–3 | 1986 | Adelaide 36ers | 14 | Grand Final series introduced. 2 teams renamed. |
1987 | Brisbane Bullets | 24–7 | 1987 | Brisbane Bullets | 14 | 3 Melbourne teams renamed. |
1988 | Adelaide 36ers | 19–7 | 1988 | Canberra Cannons | 13 | 2 Sydney teams merged and 1 team renamed. |
1989 | North Melbourne Giants | 21–8 | 1989 | North Melbourne Giants | 13 | First time in the league history that the same teams from the previous season competed in the next season. |
1990 | North Melbourne Giants | 21–8 | 1990 | Perth Wildcats | 14 | 1 new team joined. |
1991 | Perth Wildcats | 26–5 | 1991 | Perth Wildcats | 14 | 2 teams renamed. |
1992 | South East Melbourne Magic | 26–5 | 1992 | South East Melbourne Magic | 13 | 2 Melbourne teams merged. |
1993 | Perth Wildcats | 26–9 | 1993 | Melbourne Tigers | 14 | 1 new 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 | 1 team renamed. |
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 | 2 Melbourne teams merged, 1 new team joined and 1 team renamed. |
1999–00 | Perth Wildcats | 28–8 | 2000 | Perth Wildcats | 11 | 1 team folded and 1 new 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 New Zealand team joined and 1 team relocated and 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 new team joined and 1 team relocated to Singapore and renamed. |
2007–08 | Sydney Kings | 31–7 | 2008 | Melbourne Tigers | 13 | 1 team joined. |
2008–09 | South Dragons | 27–11 | 2009 | South Dragons | 10 | 2 teams folded, 1 team left and 1 team renamed. |
2009–10 | Perth Wildcats | 17–11 | 2010 | Perth Wildcats | 8 | 1 team folded and 1 team quit. |
2010–11 | New Zealand Breakers | 22–6 | 2011 | New Zealand Breakers | 9 | 1 team returned. |
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 | 1 team left and 1 new team joined. |
2015–16 | Melbourne United | 18–10 | 2016 | Perth Wildcats | 8 | 1 team renamed. |
2016–17 | Adelaide 36ers | 17–11 | 2017 | Perth Wildcats | 8 | 1 team folded and 1 team returned. |
2017–18 | Melbourne United | 20–8 | 2018 | Melbourne United | 8 |
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