Korisliiga

The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.

Logos

Teams

Current teams

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline

Title holders

1938–39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat
1939–40 Eiran Kisa-Veikot
1940–41 Kadettikoulu
1941–43 Not held due to WWII
1943–44 Kiri-Veikot
1944–45 Kiri-Veikot
1945–46 NMKY Helsinki
1946–47 NMKY Helsinki
1947–48 Kiri-Veikot
1948–49 HOK-Veikot
1949–50 HOK-Veikot
1950–51 HOK-Veikot
1951–52 HOK-Veikot
1952–53 Pantterit
1953–54 Pantterit
1954–55 Pantterit
1955–56 Pantterit
1956–57 Pantterit
1957–58 KTP
1958–59 Pantterit
1959–60 Torpan Pojat
1960–61 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1961–62 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1962–63 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1963–64 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1964–65 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1965–66 Torpan Pojat
1966–67 KTP
1967–68 Tapion Honka
1968–69 Tapion Honka
1969–70 Tapion Honka
1970–71 Tapion Honka
1971–72 Tapion Honka
1972–73 Turun NMKY
1973–74 Honka Playboys
1974–75 Turun NMKY
1975–76 Honka Playboys
1976–77 Turun NMKY
1977–78 Torpan Pojat
1978–79 Playhonka
1979–80 Pantterit
1980–81 Torpan Pojat
1981–82 Turun NMKY
1982–83 Torpan Pojat
1983–84 NMKY Helsinki
1984–85 NMKY Helsinki
1985–86 Torpan Pojat
1986–87 NMKY Helsinki
1987–88 KTP
1988–89 NMKY Helsinki
1989–90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat
1990–91 KTP
1991–92 NMKY Helsinki
1992–93 KTP
1993–94 KTP
1994–95 Kouvot
1995–96 Torpan Pojat
1996–97 Torpan Pojat
1997–98 Torpan Pojat
1998–99 Kouvot
1999-00 Namika Lahti
2000–01 Espoon Honka
2001–02 Espoon Honka
2002–03 Espoon Honka
2003–04 Kouvot
2004–05 Lappeenrannan NMKY
2005–06 Lappeenrannan NMKY
2006–07 Espoon Honka
2007–08 Espoon Honka
2008–09 Namika Lahti
2009–10 Tampereen Pyrintö
2010–11 Tampereen Pyrintö
2011–12 Bisons Loimaa
2012–13 Bisons Loimaa
2013–14 Tampereen Pyrintö
2014–15 Kataja
2015–16 Kouvot
2016–17 Kataja
2017–18 Kauhajoki Karhu
2018–19 Kauhajoki Karhu
2019–20 None
2020–21 Salon Vilpas
2021–22 Kauhajoki Karhu
2022–23 Helsinki Seagulls
2023–24 BC Nokia
2024–25 Helsinki Seagulls
2025–26
Finals

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Club	Wins	Seasons won
Pantterit	14	1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1980
Torpan Pojat	9	1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998
Espoon Honka	8	1974, 1976, 1979, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Helsingin NMKY	7	1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992
KTP	6	1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994
HKT	5	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Tapiolan Honka	5	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Turun NMKY	4	1973, 1975, 1977, 1982
Kouvot	4	1995, 1999, 2004, 2016
Pyrintö	3	2010, 2011, 2014
Kauhajoki Karhu	3	2018, 2019, 2022
Lappeenrannan NMKY	2	2005, 2006
Namika Lahti	2	2000, 2009
Bisons Loimaa	2	2012, 2013
Kataja	2	2015, 2017
Helsinki Seagulls	2	2023, 2025
Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat	1	1939
Eiran Kisa-Veikot	1	1940
Kadettikoulu	1	1941
Korihait	1	1990
Salon Vilpas	1	2021
BC Nokia	1	2024

Records

All-time table of teams

Updated after the 2021–22 season.

Rank	Team	Seasons	GP	W	L	D	W%
1.	KTP-Basket	67	2283	1273	1009	1	55.8	6	7	12
2.	Torpan Pojat	51	1663	995	662	6	59.8	9	9	7
3.	Tampereen Pyrintö	57	1921	962	950	9	50.1	3	5	1
4.	Kouvot	31	1311	711	600	0	54.2	4	4	1
5.	Kataja Basket	29	1230	705	525	0	57.3	2	6	5
6.	Pantterit	54	1284	695	582	7	54.1	14	4	3
7.	Korihait	40	1542	664	878	0	43.1	1	1	3
8.	Helsingin NMKY	48	1191	645	543	3	54.2	7	3	8
9.	Namika Lahti	35	1249	639	610	0	51.2	2	4	1
10.	Tapiolan Honka 00ers	36	1089	600	489	0	55.1	6	5	5

All-time leaders

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Single game records

Source:

Individual player records

As of after the 2021–22 season.

Most points scored in a game:
* 79 by Joe Wright on February 12, 1992 in Turku NKMY 117–145 Panterit
Highest efficiency score in a game
* 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24, 1985 in Kotka Työväe's Ballers 100–73 Säynätsalo Riento
Most 2-point field goals made in a game
* 24 by Herbert Crook on March 11, 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132–111 Turun NMKY
Most 3-point field goals made in a game
* 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17, 1999 in Espoon Honka 98–84 Pussihukat
Most free throws made in a game
* 27 by Ville Kaunisto on April 12, 2004 in Kouvot 96–71 Namika Lahti
Most rebounds in a game
* 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16, 1986 in Tampereen Pyrintö 131–80 Säynätsalon Riento
Awards
MVP – One for domestic players and another for foreign ones.
Finals MVP
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player
Sixth Man of the Year
Coach of the Year
Referee of the Year
Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Attendance

;Averages

Season
1985–1986	248
1986–1987	546
1987–1988	550
1988–1989	367
1989–1990	609
1990–1991	686
1991–1992	643
1992–1993	571
1993–1994	588
1994–1995	660
1995–1996	719
1996–1997	668
1997–1998	793
1998–1999	809
1999–2000	785
2000–2001	736
2001–2002	790
2002–2003	728
2003–2004	808
2004–2005	850
2005–2006	863
2006–2007	918
2007–2008	883
2008–2009	911
2009–2010	905
2010–2011	868
2011–2012	949
2012–2013	776
2013–2014	861
2014–2015	938
2015–2016	1,024
2016–2017	1,017
2017–2018	874
2018–2019	907
2019–2020	830
2020–2021	144
2021–2022	640
2022–2023	879

;Records

Attendance	Game	Year
7,420	Torpan Pojat – Espoon Honka	2005
6,580	Torpan Pojat – Kouvot	1998
6,500	Turun NMKY – Forssan Koripojat	1990
5,450	Espoon Honka – Namika Lahti	2002
5,128	Espoon Honka – Piiloset	2000
4,630	Namika Lahti – Kouvot	2004
4,097	Torpan Pojat – Karkkilan Urheilijat	1998
3,900	Kataja Basket — Salon Vilpas	2017