List of NCAA Philippines basketball champions

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA) holds its annual basketball tournaments for the Seniors' and Juniors' divisions from June to October of the academic year.

The tournament started in 1924, the NCAA's inaugural year, and has been held continuously since then, only interrupted by World War II from 1942 to 1946, suspension of play from 1961 to 1965 due to the proliferation of ineligible players, and the 1980 riot between supporters of La Salle and Letran which wrecked the Rizal Memorial Coliseum which forced the association to suspend the rest of the season.

[1] In 1998, the "Final Four" format used in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) was first applied: in a modified Shaughnessy playoff system, the two teams with the best records possess the "twice to beat advantage" in which they only have to win once to advance to the best-of-three finals while their opponents have to win twice.

[1] Trinity College of Quezon City was also admitted in 1974, the association's golden anniversary, according to publications of the day.

[7] The Ateneo de Manila University left the association in 1978 after the championship series against San Beda College where the final game was held behind closed doors.

After the Ateneo de Manila, La Salle, and San Beda left, the NCAA opened its doors to new members.

In 2007, Philippine Christian University (PCU) were found to have ineligible players in its juniors basketball team.

[12] In 2009, Angeles University Foundation (AUF), Arellano University, Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) participated as guest members for the 2009–10 season;[13] only Arellano and EAC were accepted as members on probation starting on the 2010–11 season.

A black and white photograph of people standing in two rows in front of a basketball hoop. The back row mostly has men wearing white sleeveless shirts and white shorts while standing, while the front row has men wearing white sleeveless shirts and white shorts seated on chairs except for a woman in the center wearing a dress.
The 1978 San Beda Red Lions , the last NCAA seniors' basketball champions from the school until their 2006 championship
San Beda has 46 NCAA basketball championships, the most in NCAA history. San Beda is the only founding member left in the association. Now San Beda has the most number of juniors' and seniors' championships with the juniors having 23 titles and the seniors having 23 of its own. Their juniors team currently holds the record of longest championship streak in the association with seven. They are currently the defending champions in the seniors' tournament.
Mapúa won an association-best 21 juniors' championships (including one shared title) until 2015 when San Beda won its 22nd juniors title.
Letran had the most number of NCAA seniors' championships with 20 until 2016 when San Beda won its 20th seniors title.
San Sebastian College – Recoletos seniors' team had the longest championship run in the association with five consecutive titles until 2014 when San Beda completed its own 5-peat run.
Ateneo de Manila won 14 NCAA Seniors basketball championships before leaving the NCAA in 1978. Up to 2003, the Ateneo had the most number of NCAA seniors' basketball championships.
De La Salle won the first juniors' championship.