The 2026 PBA Governors' Cup, also referred to as the PBA season 50 Governors' Cup, is the third and final conference of the 2025–26 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 23rd edition of the Governors' Cup started on July 10, 2026. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m). A break was held from August 15 to October 6 to make way for the preparations for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers and 2026 Asian Games, the conference will be extended to 5 months. The TNT Tropang 5G are the defending Governors' Cup champions.

The Macau Giant Pandas, which last played as the Macau Black Knights in the previous conference, returned as a guest team.

Format The following format was observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups, based on the previous conference's conference finish on a weighted average, with 40% for the Commissioner's Cup, and 60% for the Philippine Cup. This was identically distributed to the reverse drafting order. Group A: TNT Tropang 5G (1st) San Miguel Beermen (4th) Converge FiberXers (5th) NLEX Road Warriors (8th) Titan Ultra Giant Risers (9th) Terrafirma Dyip (12th) Macau Giant Pandas (13th, Guest Team) Group B: Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (2nd) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3rd) Meralco Bolts (6th) Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots (7th) Blackwater Bossing (10th) Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (11th) Teams in a group will play each other twice (12 games per team in Group A and 10 games per team in Group B). Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records by basis of groups. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. The top four teams per group will qualify to the crossover best-of-five quarterfinals. QF1: Group A #1 vs. Group B #4 QF2: Group A #2 vs. Group B #3 QF3: Group A #3 vs. Group B #2 QF4: Group A #4 vs. Group B #1 The two winners in each group will play in the best-of-five semifinals. SF1: QF1 vs. QF3 SF2: QF2 vs. QF4 The two remaining teams that came out on top in their respective group will play in the best-of-seven championship series.

Elimination round The PBA suspended games scheduled on August 9 due to inclement weather caused by the southwest monsoon.

Group A Team standings

Results

Group B Team standings

Results

Imports The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Team Name Debuted Last game Record Ref.Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Riley Grigsby July 19 August 14 2–4 Jordan Murphy Blackwater Bossing Kentrell Barkley July 11 3–3 Converge FiberXers Jalen Hudson July 12 July 22 3–1 Jamaal Franklin July 28 August 5 0–3 Cameron Clark August 11 2–0 Macau Giant Pandas De'Vondre Perry July 10 August 4 2–5 No import August 8 0–1 Oscar Lopez October 7 0–1 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots KJ Buffen July 11 4–3 Meralco Bolts Antonio Hester July 18 2–4 No import July 15 0–1 Jordon Varnado August 14 1–0 NLEX Road Warriors DeQuan Jones July 10 August 11 7–1 No import August 14 0–1 Deonte Burton October 7 1–0 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters B. J. Johnson July 11 August 12 4–3 Marcellus Earlington Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Aaron Fuller July 11 4–2 San Miguel Beermen George King July 14 7–2 Terrafirma Dyip Justin Strings July 10 3–6 Titan Ultra Giant Risers Tirrell Brown July 14 2–5 No import July 10 , July 12 0–2 TNT Tropang 5G Darius Days July 19 July 28 2–2 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson August 1 August 11 2–2 Nick Hornsby October 7 1–0

Awards Player of the Week WeekPlayerRef. July 10–12 RK Ilagan July 14–19 Justin Arana July 21–26 Adrian Nocum July 28–August 2 Rey Nambatac August 4–8 Maverick Ahanmisi August 11–14 Jerom Lastimosa

Statistics Statistics as of October 7, 2026.

Individual statistical leaders

Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Damian Chong Qui Macau Giant Pandas 22.0 Rebounds per game Geo Chiu Terrafirma Dyip 12.1Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 7.6 Maverick Ahanmisi Terrafirma Dyip Steals per game Jenning Leung Macau Giant Pandas 3.7 Blocks per game Geo Chiu Terrafirma Dyip 2.5 Turnovers per game Damian Chong Qui Macau Giant Pandas 3.8 Fouls per game Brent Paraiso Terrafirma Dyip 3.6 Minutes per game Jenning Leung Macau Giant Pandas 43.0 FG% Ian Sangalang Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 78.8% FT% Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 100.0% 3FG% Zavier Lucero Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 52.9% 4FG% Jenning Leung Macau Giant Pandas 60.0% Double-doubles Justin Arana Converge FiberXers 4

Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game George King San Miguel Beermen 34.8 Rebounds per game Kentrell Barkley Blackwater Bossing 16.2Assists per game Justin Strings Terrafirma Dyip 4.9 Tirrell Brown Titan Ultra Giant RisersSteals per game Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang 5G 2.3 De’Vondre Perry Macau Giant Pandas Blocks per game Cameron Clark Converge FiberXers 2.5 Turnovers per game George King San Miguel Beermen 4.2 Fouls per game Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang 5G 3.8 Minutes per game Justin Strings Terrafirma Dyip 44.7 FG% Cameron Clark Converge FiberXers 57.8% FT% Kentrell Barkley Blackwater Bossing 84.4% 3FG% KJ Buffen Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 57.6% 4FG% Riley Grigsby Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 32.0%Double-doubles De’Vondre Perry Macau Giant Pandas 7 Justin Strings Terrafirma Dyip Triple-doubles Kentrell Barkley Blackwater Bossing 1

Individual game highs

Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points Ramon Cao Macau Giant Pandas 41 Rebounds Rodney Brondial San Miguel Beermen 25 Assists Fran Yu Titan Ultra Giant Risers 14 Steals RK Ilagan Blackwater Bossing 6 Blocks Geo Chiu Terrafirma Dyip 6 Three point field goals Damian Chong Qui Macau Giant Pandas 7 Four point field goals Ramon Cao Macau Giant Pandas 5

Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points George King San Miguel Beermen 46 Rebounds Kentrell Barkley Blackwater Bossing 25 Assists Kentrell Barkley Blackwater Bossing 10Steals B. J. Johnson Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 5 Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson TNT Tropang 5G Blocks seven players 3Three point field goals KJ Buffen Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 7 B. J. Johnson Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters Four point field goals Riley Grigsby Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 4

Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game San Miguel Beermen 120.9 Rebounds per game NLEX Road Warriors 54.9 Assists per game San Miguel Beermen 26.7 Steals per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9.8Blocks per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 4.8 Blackwater Bossing Turnovers per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 16.5 Fouls per game TNT Tropang 5G 23.6 FG% San Miguel Beermen 49.8% FT% Converge FiberXers 83.7% 3FG% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 38.8% 4FG% Converge FiberXers 37.7%

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