This table is a year-by-year list of end-of-season records for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and its predecessor clubs.
| Season | League | Regular season | Postseason | Awards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% | GB | ||||
| Nankai Baseball Club | |||||||||
| 1938 fall | JBL | 8th | 11 | 26 | 3 | .297 | 18 | ||
| 1939 | JBL | 5th | 40 | 50 | 6 | .444 | 25 | ||
| 1940 | JBL | 8th | 28 | 71 | 6 | .283 | 45.5 | ||
| 1941 | JBL | 4th | 43 | 41 | 0 | .512 | 19 | ||
| 1942 | JBL | 6th | 49 | 56 | 0 | .467 | 26.5 | ||
| 1943 | JBL | 8th | 26 | 56 | 2 | .317 | 28.5 | ||
| 1944 | JBL | 6th | 11 | 23 | 1 | .324 | 16.5 | ||
| Great Ring | |||||||||
| 1946 | JBL | 1st | 65 | 38 | 2 | .631 | — | JBL Champions | Kazuto Tsuruoka (MVP) |
| Nankai Hawks | |||||||||
| 1947 | JBL | 3rd | 59 | 55 | 5 | .518 | 19 | ||
| 1948 | JBL | 1st | 87 | 49 | 4 | .640 | — | JBL Champions | Kazuto Tsuruoka (MVP) |
| 1949 | JBL | 4th | 67 | 67 | 1 | .500 | 18.5 | ||
| 1950 | Pacific | 2nd | 66 | 49 | 5 | .574 | 15 | ||
| 1951 | Pacific | 1st | 72 | 24 | 8 | .750 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 1-4 (Giants) | Kazuto Yamamoto (PL MVP) Kazuo Kageyama (PL ROY) |
| 1952 | Pacific | 1st | 76 | 44 | 1 | .633 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 2-4 (Giants) | Susumu Yuki (PL MVP) |
| 1953 | Pacific | 1st | 71 | 48 | 1 | .597 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 1-2-4 (Giants) | Isami Okamoto (PL MVP) |
| 1954 | Pacific | 2nd | 91 | 49 | 0 | .650 | 0.5 | Motoji Takuwa (PL ROY) | |
| 1955 | Pacific | 1st | 99 | 41 | 3 | .707 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 3-4 (Giants) | Tokuji Iida (PL MVP) |
| 1956 | Pacific | 2nd | 96 | 52 | 6 | .643 | 0.5 | ||
| 1957 | Pacific | 2nd | 78 | 53 | 1 | .595 | 7 | Tamotsu Kimura (PL ROY) | |
| 1958 | Pacific | 2nd | 77 | 48 | 5 | .612 | 1 | Tadashi Sugiura (PL ROY) | |
| 1959 | Pacific | 1st | 88 | 42 | 4 | .677 | — | Japan Series champions. 4-0 (Giants) | Tadashi Sugiura (PL MVP) |
| 1960 | Pacific | 2nd | 78 | 52 | 6 | .600 | 4 | ||
| 1961 | Pacific | 1st | 85 | 49 | 6 | .629 | — | Lost in Japan Series. 2-4 (Giants) | Katsuya Nomura (PL MVP) |
| 1962 | Pacific | 2nd | 73 | 57 | 3 | .562 | 5 | ||
| 1963 | Pacific | 2nd | 85 | 61 | 4 | .582 | 1 | Katsuya Nomura (PL MVP) | |
| 1964 | Pacific | 1st | 84 | 63 | 3 | .571 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-3 (Tigers) | Joe Stanka (PL MVP) |
| 1965 | Pacific | 1st | 88 | 49 | 3 | .642 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 1-4 (Giants) | Katsuya Nomura (PL MVP) |
| 1966 | Pacific | 1st | 79 | 51 | 3 | .608 | — | Lost in Japan Series, 2-4 (Giants) | Katsuya Nomura (PL MVP) |
| 1967 | Pacific | 4th | 64 | 66 | 3 | .492 | 11 | ||
| 1968 | Pacific | 2nd | 79 | 51 | 6 | .608 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | Pacific | 6th | 50 | 76 | 4 | .397 | 26 | ||
| 1970 | Pacific | 2nd | 69 | 57 | 4 | .548 | 10.5 | Michio Sato (PL ROY) | |
| 1971 | Pacific | 4th | 61 | 65 | 4 | .484 | 22.5 | ||
| 1972 | Pacific | 3rd | 65 | 61 | 4 | .516 | 14 | ||
| 1973 | Pacific | 1st | 68 | 58 | 4 | .540 | 1st/3rd | Lost in Japan Series, 1-4 (Giants) | Katsuya Nomura (PL MVP) |
| 1974 | Pacific | 3rd | 59 | 55 | 16 | .518 | 4th/2nd | ||
| 1975 | Pacific | 5th | 57 | 65 | 8 | .467 | 5th/3rd | ||
| 1976 | Pacific | 2nd | 71 | 56 | 3 | .559 | 2nd/2nd | Manabu Fujita (PL ROY) | |
| 1977 | Pacific | 2nd | 63 | 55 | 12 | .534 | 2nd/3rd | ||
| 1978 | Pacific | 6th | 42 | 77 | 11 | .353 | 6th/6th | Yukihiro Murakami (PL ROY) | |
| 1979 | Pacific | 5th | 46 | 73 | 11 | .387 | 5th/6th | ||
| 1980 | Pacific | 6th | 48 | 77 | 5 | .384 | 5th/6th | ||
| 1981 | Pacific | 5th | 53 | 65 | 12 | .449 | 5th/6th | ||
| 1982 | Pacific | 6th | 53 | 71 | 6 | .427 | 5th/6th | ||
| 1983 | Pacific | 5th | 52 | 69 | 9 | .430 | 31.5 | ||
| 1984 | Pacific | 5th | 53 | 65 | 12 | .449 | 21 | ||
| 1985 | Pacific | 6th | 44 | 76 | 10 | .367 | 33 | ||
| 1986 | Pacific | 6th | 49 | 73 | 8 | .402 | 21.5 | ||
| 1987 | Pacific | 4th | 57 | 63 | 10 | .475 | 16 | ||
| 1988 | Pacific | 5th | 58 | 71 | 1 | .450 | 17.5 | Hiromitsu Kadota (PL MVP) | |
| Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |||||||||
| 1989 | Pacific | 4th | 59 | 64 | 7 | .480 | 11 | ||
| 1990 | Pacific | 6th | 41 | 85 | 4 | .325 | 40 | ||
| 1991 | Pacific | 5th | 53 | 73 | 4 | .421 | 29 | ||
| 1992 | Pacific | 4th | 57 | 72 | 1 | .442 | 24 | ||
| 1993 | Pacific | 6th | 45 | 80 | 5 | .360 | 28 | ||
| 1994 | Pacific | 4th | 69 | 60 | 1 | .535 | 7.5 | Hidekazu Watanabe (PL ROY) | |
| 1995 | Pacific | 5th | 54 | 72 | 4 | .429 | 26.5 | ||
| 1996 | Pacific | 6th | 54 | 74 | 2 | .422 | 22 | ||
| 1997 | Pacific | 4th | 63 | 71 | 1 | .470 | 14 | ||
| 1998 | Pacific | 3rd | 67 | 67 | 1 | .500 | 4.5 | ||
| 1999 | Pacific | 1st | 78 | 54 | 3 | .591 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-1 (Dragons) | Kimiyasu Kudoh (PL MVP) |
| 2000 | Pacific | 1st | 73 | 60 | 2 | .549 | — | Lost in Japan Series 2-4 (Giants) | Nobuhiko Matsunaka (PL MVP) |
| 2001 | Pacific | 2nd | 76 | 63 | 1 | .547 | 2.5 | ||
| 2002 | Pacific | 2nd | 73 | 65 | 2 | .529 | 16.5 | ||
| 2003 | Pacific | 1st | 82 | 55 | 3 | .599 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-3 (Tigers) | Kenji Johjima (PL MVP) Tsuyoshi Wada (PL ROY) Kazumi Saito (Sawamura) |
| 2004 | Pacific | 1st | 77 | 52 | 5 | .597 | — | Lost in PO 2nd Stage, 2–3, (Lions) | Nobuhiko Matsunaka (PL MVP) Koji Mise (PL ROY) |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||
| 2005 | Pacific | 1st | 89 | 45 | 2 | .664 | — | Lost in PO 2nd Stage, 2-3 (Marines) | Toshiya Sugiuchi (PL MVP, Sawamura) |
| 2006 | Pacific | 3rd | 75 | 56 | 5 | .573 | 4.5 | Lost in PO 2nd Stage, 0-2 (Fighters) | Kazumi Saito (Sawamura) |
| 2007 | Pacific | 3rd | 73 | 66 | 5 | .525 | 6 | Lost in CS 1st Stage, 1-2 (Marines) | |
| 2008 | Pacific | 6th | 64 | 77 | 3 | .454 | 12.5 | ||
| 2009 | Pacific | 3rd | 74 | 65 | 5 | .532 | 6.5 | Lost in CS 1st Stage, 0-2 (Eagles) | Tadashi Settsu (PL ROY) |
| 2010 | Pacific | 1st | 76 | 63 | 5 | .547 | — | Lost in CS Final Stage, 3-4 (Marines) | Tsuyoshi Wada (PL MVP) |
| 2011 | Pacific | 1st | 88 | 46 | 10 | .657 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-3 (Dragons) | Seiichi Uchikawa (PL MVP) |
| 2012 | Pacific | 3rd | 67 | 65 | 12 | .508 | 6.5 | Lost in CS Final Stage, 0-4 (Fighters) | Tadashi Settsu (Sawamura) |
| 2013 | Pacific | 4th | 73 | 69 | 2 | .514 | 9.5 | ||
| 2014 | Pacific | 1st | 78 | 60 | 6 | .565 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-1 (Tigers) | |
| 2015 | Pacific | 1st | 90 | 49 | 4 | .647 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-1 (Swallows) | Yuki Yanagita (PL MVP) |
| 2016 | Pacific | 2nd | 83 | 54 | 6 | .606 | 2.5 | Lost in CS Final Stage, 2-4 (Fighters) | |
| 2017 | Pacific | 1st | 94 | 49 | 0 | .657 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-2 (BayStars) | Dennis Sarfate (PL MVP) |
| 2018 | Pacific | 2nd | 82 | 60 | 1 | .577 | 6.5 | Japan Series champions, 4-1-1 (Carp) | |
| 2019 | Pacific | 2nd | 76 | 62 | 5 | .551 | 2.0 | Japan Series champions, 4-0 (Giants) | |
| 2020 | Pacific | 1st | 73 | 42 | 5 | .635 | — | Japan Series champions, 4-0 (Giants) | Yuki Yanagita (PL MVP) |
| 2021 | Pacific | 4th | 60 | 62 | 21 | .492 | 8.5 | ||
| 2022 | Pacific | 2nd | 76 | 65 | 2 | .539 | 0 | Lost in CS Final Stage, 1-4 (Buffaloes) | |
| 2023 | Pacific | 3rd | 71 | 69 | 3 | .507 | 15.5 | Lost in CS First Stage, 1-2 (Marines) | |
| 2024 | Pacific | 1st | 91 | 49 | 3 | .650 | — | Lost 2024 Japan Series, 2-4 (BayStars) | Kensuke Kondoh (PL MVP) |