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