List of MPBL seasons

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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. Initially an amateur league, it gained professional status on December 2021. [1]

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List of seasons

Regular seasonPlayoffs Finals No. of teamsNo. of gamesNotesRef.
YearTop seedRecordYear North champion South champion Year Champion
2018
Rajah Cup		 Batangas City Athletics 8–1
(.889)		 2018 — [a] 2018 Batangas City Athletics 109Inaugural season; started with 10 teams [2]
2018–19
Datu Cup		 Bataan Risers 23–2
(.920)		 2019 San Juan Knights Davao Occidental Tigers 2019 San Juan Knights 262516 expansion teams joined [3]
2019–20
Lakan Season		 San Juan Knights [b] 26–4
(.867)		 2020–21 San Juan Knights Davao Occidental Tigers 2021 Davao Occidental Tigers 3130 [c] 6 expansion teams joined; 1 team departed [4]
2020–21Season cancelled [d]
2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards 21–0
(1.000)		 2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines 2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards 22219 teams departed [6]
2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 26–2
(.929)		 2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns Bacoor City Strikers 2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 2928 [e] 2 expansion teams joined; 5 teams returned [7] [8]
2024 San Juan Knights [f] 26–2
(.929)		 2024 Pampanga Giant Lanterns Quezon Huskers 2024 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 29 [g] 283 expansion teams joined; 1 team returned; 3 teams departed; 1 team withdrew [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2018 season had no division alignment, thus there were no division champions.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ The Navotas–Rizal game was not resumed for player safety. The game was later cancelled, thus both teams only played 29 games.
  4. ↑ The 2020–21 season, originally scheduled for June 12, 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
  5. ↑ The Laguna–Manila game was postponed due to volcanic smog. It was later cancelled, thus both teams only played 27 games.
  6. ↑ The San Juan Knights and Pampanga Giant Lanterns tied for best record in the 2024 season. San Juan won the head-to-head matchup, thus winning the tiebreaker.
  7. ↑ The 2024 season initially featured 30 competing teams. One expansion team, the Tarlac United Force, was pulled out by the league due to the team's failure to comply with financial obligations. [9]

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