SMC–MVP basketball rivalry

The rivalry between the San Miguel Corporation led by Ramon S. Ang and the MVP Group led by Manuel V. Pangilinan is a noted aspect of the Philippine Basketball Association's modern history. This extends to the franchise teams the two groups own in the basketball league.

Teams

The SMC and MVP groups owns three franchise teams each in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Results

This list is only consists of results starting from the 2010–11 season, when the Meralco Bolts joined the league.

Elimination round

The numbers in parentheses indicate the teams actual ranking in the conference followed by their record.

Season	Conference	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
2010–11	Philippine	Talk 'N Text	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	B-Meg	Meralco
2010–11	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	Barangay Ginebra	B-Meg	Meralco	San Miguel
2010–11	Governors'	Talk 'N Text	Petron	Barangay Ginebra	B-Meg	Meralco
2011–12	Philippine	B-Meg	Talk 'N Text	Petron	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco
2011–12	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	Barangay Ginebra	B-Meg	Meralco	Petron
2011–12	Governors'	B-Meg	Talk 'N Text	Barangay Ginebra	Petron	Meralco
2012–13	Philippine	Talk 'N Text	San Mig	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	Petron
2012–13	Commissioner's	Petron	San Mig	Meralco	Talk 'N Text	Barangay Ginebra
2012–13	Governors'	Petron	San Mig	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	Talk 'N Text
2013–14	Philippine	Barangay Ginebra	Petron	Talk 'N Text	San Mig	Meralco
2013–14	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	San Miguel	Meralco	San Mig	Barangay Ginebra
2013–14	Governors'	Talk 'N Text	San Mig	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco
2014–15	Philippine	San Miguel	Talk 'N Text	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	Purefoods	NLEX
2014–15	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	Purefoods	NLEX	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	San Miguel
2014–15	Governors'	San Miguel	Star	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	Talk 'N Text	NLEX
2015–16	Philippine	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	TNT	NLEX	Star	Meralco
2015–16	Commissioner's	San Miguel	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	TNT	NLEX	Star
2015–16	Governors'	TNT	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	NLEX	Star
2016–17	Philippine	San Miguel	Star	TNT	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	NLEX
2016–17	Commissioner's	Barangay Ginebra	San Miguel	Star	TNT	Meralco	NLEX
2016–17	Governors'	Meralco	TNT	Barangay Ginebra	Star	NLEX	San Miguel
2017–18	Philippine	San Miguel	Magnolia	Barangay Ginebra	NLEX	TNT	Meralco
2017–18	Commissioner's	TNT	Meralco	Barangay Ginebra	San Miguel	Magnolia	NLEX
2017–18	Governors'	Barangay Ginebra	Magnolia	San Miguel	Meralco	NLEX	TNT
2019	Philippine	Barangay Ginebra	TNT	San Miguel	Magnolia	NLEX	Meralco
2019	Commissioner's	TNT	Barangay Ginebra	Magnolia	San Miguel	Meralco	NLEX
2019	Governors'	NLEX	Meralco	TNT	Barangay Ginebra	San Miguel	Magnolia
2020	Philippine	Barangay Ginebra	TNT	San Miguel	Meralco	Magnolia	NLEX
2021	Philippine	TNT	Meralco	Magnolia	San Miguel	NLEX	Barangay Ginebra
2021	Governors'	Magnolia	NLEX	TNT	Meralco	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra
2022–23	Philippine	San Miguel	TNT	Magnolia	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	NLEX
2022–23	Commissioner's	Magnolia	Barangay Ginebra	San Miguel	NLEX	Meralco	TNT
2022–23	Governors'	TNT	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	Magnolia	NLEX
2023–24	Commissioner's	Magnolia	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	TNT	NLEX
2023–24	Philippine	San Miguel	Barangay Ginebra	Meralco	TNT	NLEX	Magnolia

Finals

Season	Conference	Champion	Series	Runner-Up	Winning coach
2010–11	Philippine	Talk 'N Text	4–2	San Miguel	Chot Reyes
2010–11	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	4–2	Barangay Ginebra	Chot Reyes
2010–11	Governors'	Petron	4–3	Talk 'N Text	Ato Agustin
2011–12	Philippine	Talk 'N Text	4–1	Powerade	Chot Reyes
2011–12	Commissioner's	B-Meg	4–3	Talk 'N Text	Tim Cone
2011–12	Governors'	Rain or Shine	4–3	B-Meg	Yeng Guiao
2012–13	Philippine	Talk 'N Text	4–0	Rain or Shine	Norman Black
2012–13	Commissioner's	Alaska	3–0	Barangay Ginebra	Luigi Trillo
2012–13	Governors'	San Mig Coffee	4–3	Petron	Tim Cone
2013–14	Philippine	San Mig Coffee	4–2	Rain or Shine	Tim Cone
2013–14	Commissioner's	San Mig Coffee	3–1	Talk 'N Text	Tim Cone
2013–14	Governors'	San Mig Coffee	3–2	Rain or Shine	Tim Cone
2014–15	Philippine	San Miguel	4–3	Alaska	Leo Austria
2014–15	Commissioner's	Talk 'N Text	4–3	Rain or Shine	Jong Uichico
2014–15	Governors'	San Miguel	4–0	Alaska	Leo Austria
2015–16	Philippine	San Miguel	4–3	Alaska	Leo Austria
2015–16	Commissioner's	Rain or Shine	4–2	Alaska	Yeng Guiao
2015–16	Governors'	Barangay Ginebra	4–2	Meralco	Tim Cone
2016–17	Philippine	San Miguel	4–1	Barangay Ginebra	Leo Austria
2016–17	Commissioner's	San Miguel	4–2	TNT	Leo Austria
2016–17	Governors'	Barangay Ginebra	4–3	Meralco	Tim Cone
2017–18	Philippine	San Miguel	4–1	Magnolia	Leo Austria
2017–18	Commissioner's	Barangay Ginebra	4–2	San Miguel	Tim Cone
2017–18	Governors'	Magnolia	4–2	Alaska	Chito Victolero
2019	Philippine	San Miguel	4–3	Magnolia	Leo Austria
2019	Commissioner's	San Miguel	4–2	TNT	Leo Austria
2019	Governors'	Barangay Ginebra	4–1	Meralco	Tim Cone
2020	Philippine	Barangay Ginebra	4–1	TNT	Tim Cone
2021	Philippine	TNT	4–1	Magnolia	Chot Reyes
2021	Governors'	Barangay Ginebra	4–2	Meralco	Tim Cone
2022–23	Philippine	San Miguel	4–3	TNT	Leo Austria
2022–23	Commissioner's	Barangay Ginebra	4–3	Bay Area	Tim Cone
2022–23	Governors'	TNT	4–2	Barangay Ginebra	Jojo Lastimosa
2023–24	Commissioner's	San Miguel	4–2	Magnolia	Jorge Gallent
2023–24	Philippine	Meralco	4–2	San Miguel	Luigi Trillo

Effect on the league

In 2023, Dennis Anthony Uy who owns the Converge FiberXers has attributed the "duopoly" or dominance of the two groups to the declining attendance in the PBA. Wilfred Uytengsu of the now-defunct Alaska franchise has long urged for a "level playing field" for the PBA's 12 franchise teams. During the Season 48 draft, coach Yeng Guiao of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters has asked for other teams to strengthen and develop their respective lineups. Guiao also stressed that top picks in the draft may end up in the SMC and MVP teams in future conferences.
As of the 2023–24 Commissioner's Cup, only Alaska and Rain or Shine are the teams not affiliated to the SMC or MVP groups to have won a title across the 34 conferences that were held since 2010. Since the 2016 Governors' Cup, those titles were only won by teams from those two groups.
In the PBA Board, the SMC and MVP groups have multiple votes in issues. Since 2014, the two groups have three votes each. For basketball-related issues, the two groups only have two votes each. The six other independent teams also have their own voting power in the board.
The existence of multiple teams under the SMC and MVP groups has been subject to criticism itself; three teams each, with two more other having "ties" with SMC. Alfrancis Chua insist that the maintenance of multiple or sister team is essential to keep the membership count in the PBA.