List of Philippine Basketball Association champions


The Philippine Basketball Association awards a championship trophy to the winning team at the end of each conference.
To determine a champion for a conference, a double-round elimination round is usually held. After the elimination round, the playoffs would be held.
There had been a variety of ways the league conducted its playoffs, such as:
There are two types of conferences: All-Filipino or import-laden. The All-Filipino conferences are tournaments where the teams are prohibited from hiring a foreigner as an additional player. An import-laden conference is a tournament where teams are allowed to hire a foreigner as an additional player.
Starting from the PBA's first conference, most finals series are in a best-of-five format. The 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference is the first finals series that is best-of-seven. Starting the season after that, championship series in import-laden conferences are in a best-of-seven format, while all-Filipino conferences are best-of-five. Starting in 1989, almost finals series are in a best-of-seven format, excluding special conferences like the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup, or if the PBA is forced to shorten the season, like during the 2013–14 season, where the last two conferences were made into best-of-five series to make way for the Philippine national team's participation in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and 2014 Asian Games.
The winning team is said to be the champions of the conference. After each season, there would be no playoffs in order to determine a "season champion."
However, the teams which are both boldfaced and italicized, the Crispa Redmanizers, the San Miguel Beermen, the Alaska Milkmen and the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers, hold the distinction of winning all three conferences in one season and have the distinction of winning the "Grand Slam". Winning the Grand Slam is the equivalent of the "season championship," where the team is said to be the undisputed champion in the league.
The league previously holds a "battle for third place" playoff to determine the third-place team in a conference. This practice was abandoned beginning the 2010–11 season.

Champions by season

1975–2010

2010–present

Starting from the 2010 season, the third-place playoff was no longer held.
SeasonConferenceChampionSeriesRunner-upWinning coach
2010–11PhilippineTalk 'N Text4–2San MiguelChot Reyes
2010–11Commissioner'sTalk 'N Text4–2Barangay GinebraChot Reyes
2010–11Governors'Petron4–3Talk 'N TextAto Agustin
2011–12PhilippineTalk 'N Text4–1PoweradeChot Reyes
2011–12Commissioner'sB-Meg4–3Talk 'N TextTim Cone
2011–12Governors'Rain or Shine4–3B-MegYeng Guiao
2012–13PhilippineTalk 'N Text4–0Rain or ShineNorman Black
2012–13Commissioner'sAlaska3–0Barangay GinebraLuigi Trillo
2012–13Governors'San Mig Coffee4–3PetronTim Cone
2013–14PhilippineSan Mig Coffee4–2Rain or ShineTim Cone
2013–14Commissioner'sSan Mig Coffee3–1Talk 'N TextTim Cone
2013–14Governors'San Mig Coffee3–2Rain or ShineTim Cone
2014–15PhilippineSan Miguel4–3AlaskaLeo Austria
2014–15Commissioner'sTalk 'N Text4–3Rain or ShineJong Uichico
2014–15Governors'San Miguel4–0AlaskaLeo Austria
2015–16PhilippineSan Miguel4–3AlaskaLeo Austria
2015–16Commissioner'sRain or Shine4–2AlaskaYeng Guiao
2015–16Governors'Barangay Ginebra4–2MeralcoTim Cone
2016–17PhilippineSan Miguel4–1Barangay GinebraLeo Austria
2016–17Commissioner'sSan Miguel4–2TNTLeo Austria
2016–17Governors'Barangay Ginebra4–3MeralcoTim Cone
2017–18PhilippineSan Miguel4–1MagnoliaLeo Austria
2017–18Commissioner'sBarangay Ginebra4–2San MiguelTim Cone
2017–18Governors'Magnolia4–2AlaskaChito Victolero
2019PhilippineSan Miguel4–3MagnoliaLeo Austria
2019Commissioner'sSan Miguel4–2TNTLeo Austria
2019Governors'Barangay Ginebra4–1MeralcoTim Cone
2020PhilippineBarangay Ginebra4–1TNTTim Cone
2021PhilippineTNT4–1MagnoliaChot Reyes
2021Governors'Barangay Ginebra4–2MeralcoTim Cone
2022–23PhilippineSan Miguel4–3TNTLeo Austria
2022–23Commissioner'sBarangay Ginebra4–3Bay Area Tim Cone
2022–23Governors'TNT4–2Barangay GinebraJojo Lastimosa
2023–24Commissioner'sSan Miguel4–2MagnoliaJorge Gallent
2023–24PhilippineMeralco4–2San MiguelLuigi Trillo
2024–25Governors'TNT4–2Barangay GinebraChot Reyes
2024–25Commissioner'sTNT4–3Barangay GinebraChot Reyes
2024–25PhilippineSan Miguel4–2TNTLeo Austria

Championships by franchise

Championships won from conferences shaded in gray above, such as Mobiline's 1998 Centennial Cup and Añejo's 1988 PBA-IBA Championship titles are not included in the table below.
FranchiseChampionshipsRunners-upThird placesTotal trophiesLast championship
San Miguel / Royal / Gold Eagle / Magnolia / Petron 301615612025 Philippine
Barangay Ginebra / Gilbey's Gin / St. George / Ginebra / Añejo / Tondeña / Gordon's Gin 15177392022–23 Commissioner's
Alaska / Hills Bros.141712432013 Commissioner's
Magnolia / Purefoods / Coney Island / B-Meg Derby Ace / B-Meg / San Mig Coffee / San Mig Super Coffee / Star 14181332018 Governors'
Crispa / Walk Tall 1374241984 First All-Filipino
TNT / Pepsi / 7-Up / Mobiline / Talk 'N Text 11145302024–25 Commissioner's
Toyota993211982 Open
Great Taste / Presto / N-Rich644141990 All-Filipino
Shell456151999 All-Filipino
Pop Cola / Sarsi / Diet Sarsi / Swift / Sunkist437141995 Commissioner's
Tanduay328131987 Open
Red Bull / Barako Bull32492005–06 Fiesta
Rain or Shine / Welcoat24062016 Commissioner's
Powerade / Coca-Cola23162003 Reinforced
U/Tex22591980 Open
Sta. Lucia21692007–08 Philippine
Meralco14052024 Philippine
Northern Cement*10231985 Reinforced
Nicholas Stoodley *10011980 Invitational
Manila Beer / Beer Hausen0314—
Barako Bull / FedEx / Air21 / Burger King0123—
Noritake / Mariwasa0123—
Bay Area *0101—
Filmanbank0101—
Adidas *0011—
Emtex *0011—
South Korea*0011—

Bold denotes active franchise