The 1982–83 Sheffield Shield season was the 81st season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.
Western Australia topped the regular league ladder but New South Wales won the title.
[1] This was the first time that the championship was decided by virtue of a final held between the two leading sides in the league ladder.
[2] Graham Yallop 1254 [5] Joel Garner 55 [6]