List of MPBL seasons

The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a professional basketball league in the Philippines. Since its establishment in 2017, the league has played through six seasons and currently consists of 29 teams.

Five different teams have finished with the league's top seed. Four of them did so as a member of the North Division. The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards are the only team to accomplish an undefeated regular season, doing so in 2022.

List edit

Regular season			Playoffs			Finals		No. of teams	No. of games	Notes	Ref.
Year	Top seed	Record	Year	North champion	South champion	Year	Champion	No. of teams	No. of games	Notes	Ref.
2018 Rajah Cup	Batangas City Athletics	8–1 (.889)	2018	—^[a]		2018	Batangas City Athletics	10	9	Inaugural season; started with 10 teams	^[1]
2018–19 Datu Cup	Bataan Risers	23–2 (.920)	2019	San Juan Knights	Davao Occidental Tigers	2019	San Juan Knights	26	25	16 expansion teams joined	^[2]
2019–20 Lakan Season	San Juan Knights^[b]	26–4 (.867)	2020–21	San Juan Knights	Davao Occidental Tigers	2021	Davao Occidental Tigers	31	29–30^[c]	1 team departed; 6 expansion teams joined	^[3]
2022	Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards	21–0 (1.000)	2022	Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards	Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines	2022	Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards	22	21	9 teams departed	^[4]
2023	Pampanga Giant Lanterns	26–2 (.929)	2023	Pampanga Giant Lanterns	Bacoor City Strikers	2023	Pampanga Giant Lanterns	29	27–28^[d]	2 expansion teams joined; 5 teams returned	^[5]^[6]
2024	To be determined		2024	To be determined		2024	To be determined	29	28	2 expansion teams joined; 1 team returned; 3 teams departed

Notes edit

^ The 2018 season had no division alignment, thus there were no division champions.
^ The San Juan Knights and Davao Occidental Tigers tied for best record in the 2019–20 season. San Juan won the head-to-head matchup, thus winning the tiebreaker.
^ The Navotas–Rizal game was not resumed for player safety, thus both teams only played 29 games.
^ The Laguna–Manila game was cancelled due to volcanic smog, thus both teams only played 27 games.

References edit

^ "Batangas holds off Muntinlupa to win inaugural MPBL championship". ABS-CBN News. April 19, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ "San Juan is MPBL champ as late Clarito basket breaks Tigers' hearts". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ "Davao Occidental bags MPBL Lakan Cup crown; Mark Yee is finals MVP". GMA News Online. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ "Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
^ "MPBL welcomes Quezon Province, Negros Muscovados". Manila Bulletin. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "Pampanga sweeps Bacoor to win MPBL title on the road". Philippine Star. December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

[nodivisions-1] The 2018 season had no division alignment, thus there were no division champions.

[SJKDVO-4] The San Juan Knights and Davao Occidental Tigers tied for best record in the 2019–20 season. San Juan won the head-to-head matchup, thus winning the tiebreaker.

[NAVRZL-5] The Navotas–Rizal game was not resumed for player safety, thus both teams only played 29 games.

[LAGMNL-8] The Laguna–Manila game was cancelled due to volcanic smog, thus both teams only played 27 games.

[2] "Batangas holds off Muntinlupa to win inaugural MPBL championship". ABS-CBN News. April 19, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[3] "San Juan is MPBL champ as late Clarito basket breaks Tigers' hearts". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[6] "Davao Occidental bags MPBL Lakan Cup crown; Mark Yee is finals MVP". GMA News Online. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[7] "Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

[mnlbull-9] "MPBL welcomes Quezon Province, Negros Muscovados". Manila Bulletin. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.

[10] "Pampanga sweeps Bacoor to win MPBL title on the road". Philippine Star. December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

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