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List of New Zealand NBL champions

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Below is a list of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL) champions. The NBL's championship round has predominantly been a one-game decider, with the exception being 1995–97 and 2007–10 when a best-of-three finals series was used. The Wellington Saints have won a league-best 12 championships to go with 20 appearances in the championship round.

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Year	Champions	Result(s)	Runners-up	Source(s)
1982	Auckland	N/A	Waitemata Dolphins	^[1]
1983	Auckland	80 – 77	Wellington Saints	^[2]
1984	Wellington Saints	96 – 83	Auckland	^[3]
1985	Wellington Saints	114 – 111	Auckland	^[4]
1986	Canterbury Rams	87 – 82	Wellington Saints	^[5]
1987	Wellington Saints	100 – 87	Canterbury Rams	^[6]
1988	Wellington Saints	81 – 78	North Shore	^[7]
1989	Canterbury Rams	91 – 83	Auckland	^[8]
1990	Canterbury Rams	76 – 73	Nelson Giants	^[9]
1991	Hutt Valley Lakers	103 – 92	Wellington Saints	^[10]
1992	Canterbury Rams	79 – 71	Palmerston North Jets	^[11]
1993	Hutt Valley Lakers	68 – 66	Canterbury Rams	^[12]
1994	Nelson Giants	67 – 66	Canterbury Rams	^[13]
1995	Auckland Stars	2 – 0 (80–74, 70–57)	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[14]
1996	Auckland Stars	2 – 1 (95–110, 109–98, 94–90)	Nelson Giants	^[15]
1997	Auckland Rebels	2 – 0 (115–94, 100–82)	Nelson Giants	^[16]
1998	Nelson Giants	81 – 73	North Harbour Kings	^[17]
1999	Auckland Rebels	79 – 72	Canterbury Rams	^[18]
2000	Auckland Rebels	95 – 78	Nelson Giants	^[19]
2001	Waikato Titans	112 – 97	Wellington Saints	^[20]
2002	Waikato Titans	85 – 83	Nelson Giants	^[21]
2003	Wellington Saints	97 – 88	Waikato Titans	^[22]
2004	Auckland Stars	80 – 68	Nelson Giants	^[23]
2005	Auckland Stars	69 – 68	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[24]
2006	Hawke's Bay Hawks	84 – 69	Auckland Stars	^[25]
2007	Nelson Giants	2 – 0 (76–67, 96–83)	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[26]
2008	Waikato Pistons	2 – 0 (95–78, 84–79)	Wellington Saints	^[27]
2009	Waikato Pistons	2 – 0 (81–69, 94–84)	Nelson Giants	^[28]
2010	Wellington Saints	2 – 1 (74–84, 98–69, 82–79)	Waikato Pistons	^[29]
2011	Wellington Saints	106 – 97	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[30]
2012	Auckland Pirates	89 – 83	Wellington Saints	^[31]
2013	Southland Sharks	92 – 81	Nelson Giants	^[32]
2014	Wellington Saints	85 – 69	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[33]
2015	Southland Sharks	72 – 68	Wellington Saints	^[34]
2016	Wellington Saints	94 – 82	Super City Rangers	^[35]
2017	Wellington Saints	108 – 75	Southland Sharks	^[36]
2018	Southland Sharks	98 – 96	Wellington Saints	^[37]
2019	Wellington Saints	78 – 68	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[38]
2020	Otago Nuggets	79 – 77	Manawatu Jets	^[39]^[40]
2021	Wellington Saints	77 – 75	Hawke's Bay Hawks	^[41]
2022	Otago Nuggets	81 – 73	Auckland Tuatara	^[42]
2023	Canterbury Rams	93 – 82	Auckland Tuatara	^[43]

Team	Title(s)	Runner(s)-up	Total	Year(s) won	Year(s) lost
Wellington Saints	12	8	20	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021	1983, 1986, 1991, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018
Auckland Stars	9	4	13	1982, 1983, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005	1984, 1985, 1989, 2006
Canterbury Rams	5	4	9	1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2023	1987, 1993, 1994, 1999
Waikato Pistons	4	2	6	2001, 2002, 2008, 2009	2003, 2010
Nelson Giants	3	8	11	1994, 1998, 2007	1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013
Southland Sharks	3	1	4	2013, 2015, 2018	2017
Hutt Valley Lakers	2	0	2	1991, 1993
Otago Nuggets	2	0	2	2020, 2022
Hawke's Bay Hawks	1	7	8	2006	1995, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2021
Auckland Pirates	1	0	1	2012
Harbour Heat	0	2	2		1988, 1998
Manawatu Jets	0	2	2		1992, 2020
Auckland Tuatara	0	2	2		2022, 2023
Waitemata Dolphins	0	1	1		1982
Super City Rangers	0	1	1		2016

List_of_New_Zealand_NBL_champions

List of New Zealand NBL champions

Champions

Results by team

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