The Providence Steamrollers were a Basketball Association of America team based in Providence, Rhode Island.^[1] As of 2024, the Steamrollers were the last professional sports franchise from one of the Big Four leagues to be based in Rhode Island.

The Steamrollers were one of the original eleven NBA franchises (when the league was called the Basketball Association of America). The franchise posted an all-time record of 46–122 (.274) before folding after three seasons.

The Steamrollers still hold the dubious NBA record for the fewest games won in a season with six, in the 1947–48 season, paired with 42 losses. However, the 2011–2012 Charlotte Bobcats hold the record for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history, with .106, the result of a 7–59 record. During that 1947–48 season, the Steamrollers' coach Nat Hickey activated himself as a player for two games, the second of which was two days before his 46th birthday, setting a still-standing record as the oldest player in NBA history.

• Ernie Calverley – Second-team All-NBA and led league in assists during NBA's first season
• George Nostrand – Tallest player in the NBA's first year
• Howie Shannon – Leading NBA rookie in 1949
• Nat Hickey – Oldest player in NBA history
• Kenny Sailors – Led team in scoring in 1948 and 1949

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• Robert Morris (1946–47)
• Hank Soar (1947–48)
• Nat Hickey (1948)
• Ken Loeffler (1948–49)