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 of NBL champions Year Season champions Record Year Champions No. of teams Notes 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 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 (Eastern)Geelong Cats (Western) 19–318–4 1983 Canberra Cannons 16 1 team left, 3 new teams joined and 1 team renamed. 1984 Brisbane Bullets (Eastern)Geelong Cats (Western) 19–521–2 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 20–6 1985 Brisbane Bullets 14 2 teams folded and 1 team left. 1986 Adelaide 36ers 24–2 1986 Adelaide 36ers 14 Grand Final series introduced. 2 teams renamed. 1987 Adelaide 36ers 21–5 1987 Brisbane Bullets 14 3 Melbourne teams renamed. 1988 Adelaide 36ers 19–5 1988 Canberra Cannons 13 2 Sydney teams merged and 1 team renamed. 1989 Canberra Cannons 18–6 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 20–6 1990 Perth Wildcats 14 1 new team joined. 1991 Perth Wildcats 22–4 1991 Perth Wildcats 14 2 teams renamed. 1992 South East Melbourne Magic 20–4 1992 South East Melbourne Magic 13 2 Melbourne teams merged. 1993 Perth Wildcats 21–5 1993 Melbourne Tigers 14 1 new team joined. 1994 Melbourne Tigers 19–7 1994 North Melbourne Giants 14 1995 Perth Wildcats 19–7 1995 Perth Wildcats 14 1996 Melbourne Tigers 21–5 1996 South East Melbourne Magic 14 1 team renamed. 1997 South East Melbourne Magic 22–8 1997 Melbourne Tigers 11 3 teams folded. 1998 South East Melbourne Magic 26–4 1998 Adelaide 36ers 11 1 team renamed. 1998–99 Adelaide 36ers 18–8 1999 Adelaide 36ers 11 2 Melbourne teams merged, 1 new team joined and 1 team renamed. 1999–00 Adelaide 36ers 22–6 2000 Perth Wildcats 11 1 team folded and 1 new team joined. 2000–01 Victoria Titans 22–6 2001 Wollongong Hawks 11 2001–02 Victoria Titans 21–9 2002 Adelaide 36ers 11 2002–03 Sydney Kings 22–8 2003 Sydney Kings 11 1 team renamed. 2003–04 Sydney Kings 26–7 2004 Sydney Kings 12 1 New Zealand team joined and 1 team relocated and renamed. 2004–05 Sydney Kings 21–11 2005 Sydney Kings 11 1 team folded. 2005–06 Sydney Kings 26–6 2006 Melbourne Tigers 11 2006–07 Brisbane Bullets 28–5 2007 Brisbane Bullets 12 1 new team joined and 1 team relocated to Singapore and renamed. 2007–08 Sydney Kings 27–3 2008 Melbourne Tigers 13 1 team joined. 2008–09 South Dragons 22–8 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 2018–19 Perth Wildcats 18–10 2019 Perth Wildcats 8 2019–20 Sydney Kings 20–8 2020 Perth Wildcats 9 1 team joined. Finals were shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020–21 Melbourne United 28–8 2021 Melbourne United 9 2021–22 Melbourne United 20–8 2022 Sydney Kings 10 1 new team joined. 2022–23 Sydney Kings 19–9 2023 Sydney Kings 10 2023–24 Melbourne United 20–8 2024 Tasmania JackJumpers 10 2024–25 Illawarra Hawks 20–9 2025 Illawarra Hawks 10
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Grand Final 10 July: St. Kilda 94, Canberra 93
See also
NBL Finals List of WNBL seasons
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