Basketball has been a part of the South Asian Games since the 1987 edition.
| 1987 Details | (Kolkata) | India | Pakistan | ||||
| 1991 Details | (Colombo) | India | Pakistan | ||||
| 1995 Details | (Madras) | India | Pakistan | ||||
| 2010 Details | (Dhaka) | Afghanistan | 65–64 | India | Bangladesh | 75–62 | Nepal |
| 2019 Details | (Kathmandu) | India | 101–62 | Sri Lanka | Nepal | 81–59 [1] | Bangladesh |
| 2019 Details | (Kathmandu) | India | 127–46 | Nepal | Maldives | 83–46 [2] | Bhutan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Team | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 2010 | 2016 | Total |
| - | - | - | 1st | 1 | ||
| ? | ? | ? | 3rd | ≥1 | ||
| - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4 | ||
| - | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
| - | - | ? | 4th | ≥1 | ||
| 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ? | 4 | ||
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ≥1 |