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 five seasons and currently consists of 29 teams.

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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.

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Regular seasonPlayoffsFinalsNo. of teamsNo. of gamesNotesRef.
YearTop seedRecordYear North champion South champion Year Champion
2018
Rajah Cup		 Batangas City Athletics 8–1
(.889)		 2018 — [lower-alpha 1] 2018 Batangas City Athletics 109Inaugural 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 262516 expansion teams joined [2]
2019–20
Lakan Season		 San Juan Knights [lower-alpha 2] 26–4
(.867)		 2020–21 San Juan Knights Davao Occidental Tigers 2021 Davao Occidental Tigers 3129–30 [lower-alpha 3] 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 22219 teams departed [4]
2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 26–2
(.929)		 2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns Bacoor City Strikers 2023 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 2927–28 [lower-alpha 4] 2 expansion teams joined; 5 teams returned [5] [6]
2024 To be determined 2024 To be determined 2024 To be determined30293 expansion teams joined; 1 team returned; 3 teams departed

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, thus both teams only played 29 games.
  4. ↑ The Laguna–Manila game was cancelled due to volcanic smog, thus both teams only played 27 games.

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References

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