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The rivalry between the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) led by Ramon S. Ang (RSA) and the Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) Group is a noted aspect of the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) modern history. This extends to the franchise teams the two groups own in the basketball league. [1] [2] [3]
The SMC and MVP groups owns three franchise teams each in the Philippine Basketball Association. [4]
| Group | Team | Company | Joined PBA | Team founded | Acquired by SMC/MVP [lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMC | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. | 1979 | 1984 [lower-alpha 2] | |
| Magnolia Hotshots | San Miguel Food and Beverage | 1988 | 1986 | 2001 [lower-alpha 3] | |
| San Miguel Beermen | San Miguel Brewery, Inc. | 1975 | — | ||
| MVP | Meralco Bolts | Manila Electric Company | 2010 | 1968 | — |
| NLEX Road Warriors | NLEX Corporation | 2014 | 2011 | — [lower-alpha 4] | |
| TNT Tropang Giga | Smart Communications | 1990 | 2001 [lower-alpha 5] | ||
This list is only consists of results starting from the 2010–11 season, when the Meralco Bolts joined the league.
The numbers in parentheses indicate the teams actual ranking in the conference followed by their record.
| SMC group team | |
| MVP group team | |
| Italics indicate team did not make playoffs | |
| Season | Conference | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Philippine | Talk 'N Text (1st, 11–3) | San Miguel (2nd, 11–3) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 10–4) | B-Meg (4th, 7–7) | Meralco (5th, 7–7) | — |
| Commissioner's | Talk 'N Text (1st, 8–1) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 5–4) | B-Meg (7th, 4–5) | Meralco (8th, 3–6) | San Miguel (10th, 2–7) | — | |
| Governors' | Talk 'N Text (1st, 6–2) | Petron (2nd, 5–3) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 5–3) | B-Meg (6th, 4–4) | Meralco (8th, 3–5) | — | |
| 2011–12 | Philippine | B-Meg (1st, 10–4) | Talk 'N Text (2nd, 10–4) | Petron (3rd, 9–5) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 9–5) | Meralco (6th, 8–6) | — |
| Commissioner's | Talk 'N Text (1st, 7–2) | Barangay Ginebra (2nd, 6–3) | B-Meg (3rd, 6–3) | Meralco (6th, 4–5) | Petron (9th, 3–6) | — | |
| Governors' | B-Meg (2nd, 6–3) | Talk 'N Text (3rd, 5–4) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 5–4) | Petron (5th, 5–4) | Meralco (6th, 4–5) | — | |
| 2012–13 | Philippine | Talk 'N Text (1st, 12–2) | San Mig (2nd, 10–4) | Meralco (4th, 8–6) | Barangay Ginebra (6th, 7–7) | Petron (7th, 6–8) | — |
| Commissioner's | Petron (3rd, 8–6) | San Mig (4th, 8–6) | Meralco (5th, 7–7) | Talk 'N Text (6th, 7–7) | Barangay Ginebra (7th, 7–7) | — | |
| Governors' | Petron (1st, 8–1) | San Mig (2nd, 6–3) | Meralco (3rd, 5–4) | Barangay Ginebra (8th, 3–6) | Talk 'N Text (9th, 3–6) | — | |
| 2013–14 | Philippine | Barangay Ginebra (1st, 11–3) | Petron (3rd, 10–4) | Talk 'N Text (4th, 8–6) | San Mig (5th, 7–7) | Meralco (9th, 5–9) | — |
| Commissioner's | Talk 'N Text (1st, 9–0) | San Miguel (2nd, 7–2) | Meralco (5th, 5–4) | San Mig (6th, 4–5) | Barangay Ginebra (8th, 3–6) | — | |
| Governors' | Talk 'N Text (1st, 7–2) | San Mig (4th, 5–4) | San Miguel (5th, 5–4) | Barangay Ginebra (6th, 5–4) | Meralco (9th, 3–6) | — | |
| 2014–15 | Philippine | San Miguel (1st, 9–2) | Talk 'N Text (4th, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (5th, 6–5) | Meralco (6th, 6–5) | Purefoods (7th, 6–5) | NLEX (10th, 4–7) |
| Commissioner's | Talk 'N Text (2nd, 8–3) | Purefoods (3rd, 8–3) | NLEX (4th, 6–5) | Meralco (5th, 6–5) | Barangay Ginebra (8th, 5–6) | San Miguel (9th, 4–7) | |
| Governors' | San Miguel (2nd, 8–3) | Star (5th, 6–5) | Meralco (7th, 5–6) | Barangay Ginebra (8th, 5–6) | Talk 'N Text (10th, 5–6) | NLEX (11th, 3–8) | |
| 2015–16 | Philippine | San Miguel (2nd, 9–2) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 7–4) | TNT (6th, 6–5) | NLEX (7th, 5–6) | Star (9th, 4–7) | Meralco (12th, 1–10) |
| Commissioner's | San Miguel (1st, 8–3) | Meralco (2nd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 7–4) | TNT (6th, 6–5) | NLEX (7th, 5–6) | Star (8th, 5–6) | |
| Governors' | TNT (1st, 10–1) | San Miguel (2nd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 8–3) | Meralco (4th, 6–5) | NLEX (7th, 5–6) | Star (11th, 2–9) | |
| 2016–17 | Philippine | San Miguel (1st, 10–1) | Star (3rd, 7–4) | TNT (4th, 6–5) | Barangay Ginebra (7th, 6–5) | Meralco (11th, 3–8) | NLEX (12th, 2–9) |
| Commissioner's | Barangay Ginebra (1st, 9–2) | San Miguel (2nd, 9–2) | Star (3rd, 9–2) | TNT (4th, 8–3) | Meralco (5th, 7–4) | NLEX (12th, 2–9) | |
| Governors' | Meralco (1st, 9–2) | TNT (2nd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 8–3) | Star (4th, 7–4) | NLEX (5th, 7–4) | San Miguel (6th, 7–4) | |
| 2017–18 | Philippine | San Miguel (1st, 8–3) | Magnolia (2nd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 6–5) | NLEX (6th, 6–5) | TNT (8th, 5–6) | Meralco (11th, 4–7) |
| Commissioner's | TNT (3rd, 8–3) | Meralco (4th, 7–4) | Barangay Ginebra (5th, 6–5) | San Miguel (6th, 6–5) | Magnolia (7th, 6–5) | NLEX (11th, 2–9) | |
| Governors' | Barangay Ginebra (1st, 9–2) | Magnolia (4th, 8–3) | San Miguel (6th, 6–5) | Meralco (7th, 5–6) | NLEX (8th, 5–6) | TNT (9th, 4–7) | |
| 2019 | Philippine | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 7–4) | TNT (4th, 7–4) | San Miguel (5th, 7–4) | Magnolia (6th, 6–5) | NLEX (9th, 4–7) | Meralco (11th, 3–8) |
| Commissioner's | TNT (1st, 10–1) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 7–4) | Magnolia (5th, 5–6) | San Miguel (7th, 5–6) | Meralco (9th, 4–7) | NLEX (12th, 3–8) | |
| Governors' | NLEX (1st, 8–3) | Meralco (2nd, 8–3) | TNT (3rd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 7–4) | San Miguel (5th, 6–5) | Magnolia (6th, 6–5) | |
| 2020 | Philippine | Barangay Ginebra (1st, 8–3) | TNT (3rd, 7–4) | San Miguel (4th, 7–4) | Meralco (5th, 7–4) | Magnolia (7th, 7–4) | NLEX (9th, 5–6) |
| 2021 | Philippine | TNT (1st, 10–1) | Meralco (2nd, 9–2) | Magnolia (3rd, 8–3) | San Miguel (4th, 7–4) | NLEX (7th, 5–6) | Barangay Ginebra (8th, 4–7) |
| Governors' | Magnolia (1st, 9–2) | NLEX (2nd, 8–3) | TNT (3rd, 7–4) | Meralco (4th, 7–4) | San Miguel (5th, 7–4) | Barangay Ginebra (6th, 6–5) | |
| 2022–23 | Philippine | San Miguel (1st, 9–2) | TNT (2nd, 8–3) | Magnolia (3rd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (4th, 8–3) | Meralco (5th, 7–4) | NLEX (6th, 6–5) |
| Commissioner's | Magnolia (2nd, 10–2) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 9–3) | San Miguel (5th, 7–5) | NLEX (9th, 5–7) | Meralco (10th, 4–8) | TNT (11th, 4–8) | |
| Governors' | TNT (1st, 10–1) | San Miguel (2nd, 9–2) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 8–3) | Meralco (4th, 7–4) | Magnolia (5th, 7–4) | NLEX (6th, 7–4) | |
| 2023–24 | Commissioner's | Magnolia (1st, 9–2) | San Miguel (2nd, 8–3) | Barangay Ginebra (3rd, 8–3) | Meralco (5th, 8–3) | TNT (8th, 5–6) | NLEX (9th, 4–7) |
| Philippine | San Miguel (1st, 10–1) | Barangay Ginebra (2nd, 7–4) | Meralco (3rd, 6–5) | TNT (4th, 6–5) | NLEX (6th, 6–5) | Magnolia (7th, 6–5) | |
| Won by a team from the SMC group | |
| Won by a team from the MVP group |
In 2023, Dennis Anthony Uy who owns the Converge FiberXers has attributed the "duopoly" or dominance of the two groups to the declining attendance in the PBA. [5] Wilfred Uytengsu of the now-defunct Alaska franchise has long urged for a "level playing field" for the PBA's 12 franchise teams. [6] During the Season 48 draft, coach Yeng Guiao of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters has asked for other teams to strengthen and develop their respective lineups. Guiao also stressed that top picks in the draft may end up in the SMC and MVP teams in future conferences. [7]
As of the 2023–24 Commissioner's Cup, only Alaska and Rain or Shine are the teams not affiliated to the SMC or MVP groups to have won a title across the 34 conferences that were held since 2010. Since the 2016 Governors' Cup, those titles were only won by teams from those two groups.
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The existence of multiple teams under the SMC and MVP groups has been subject to criticism itself; three teams each, with two more other having "ties" with SMC. [9] Alfrancis Chua insist that the maintenance of multiple or sister team is essential to keep the membership count in the PBA. [10]
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