Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 11 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams four times in the regular season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 40 regular season games. The top eight teams continue to the league's playoffs, in which all series are in a best-of-five format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.
Logos
Teams in the season 2018–2019
From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline
Title holders
- 1938-39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat
- 1939-40 Eiran Kisa-Veikot
- 1940-41 Kadettikoulu
- 1941-43 Not held due to WWII
- 1943-44 Kiri-Veikot
- 1944-45 Kiri-Veikot
- 1945-46 NMKY Helsinki
- 1946-47 NMKY Helsinki
- 1947-48 Kiri-Veikot
- 1948-49 HOK-Veikot
- 1949-50 HOK-Veikot
- 1950-51 HOK-Veikot
- 1951-52 HOK-Veikot
- 1952-53 Pantterit
- 1953-54 Pantterit
- 1954-55 Pantterit
- 1955-56 Pantterit
- 1956-57 Pantterit
- 1957-58 KTP
- 1958-59 Pantterit
- 1959-60 Torpan Pojat
- 1960-61 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
- 1961-62 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
- 1962-63 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
- 1963-64 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
- 1964-65 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
- 1965-66 Torpan Pojat
- 1966-67 KTP
- 1967-68 Espoon Honka
- 1968-69 Espoon Honka
- 1969-70 Espoon Honka
- 1970-71 Espoon Honka
- 1971-72 Espoon Honka
- 1972-73 Turun NMKY
- 1973-74 Espoon Honka
- 1974-75 Turun NMKY
- 1975-76 Espoon Honka
- 1976-77 Turun NMKY
- 1977-78 Torpan Pojat
- 1978-79 Espoon Honka
- 1979-80 Pantterit
- 1980-81 Torpan Pojat
- 1981-82 Turun NMKY
- 1982-83 Torpan Pojat
- 1983-84 NMKY Helsinki
- 1984-85 NMKY Helsinki
- 1985-86 Torpan Pojat
- 1986-87 NMKY Helsinki
- 1987-88 KTP
- 1988-89 NMKY Helsinki
- 1989-90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat
- 1990-91 KTP
- 1991-92 NMKY Helsinki
- 1992-93 KTP
- 1993-94 KTP
- 1994-95 Kouvot
- 1995-96 Torpan Pojat
- 1996-97 Torpan Pojat
- 1997-98 Torpan Pojat
- 1998-99 Kouvot
- 1999-00 Namika Lahti
- 2000-01 Espoon Honka
- 2001-02 Espoon Honka
- 2002-03 Espoon Honka
- 2003-04 Kouvot
- 2004-05 Lappeenrannan NMKY
- 2005-06 Lappeenrannan NMKY
- 2006-07 Espoon Honka
- 2007-08 Espoon Honka
- 2008-09 Namika Lahti
- 2009-10 Tampereen Pyrintö
- 2010-11 Tampereen Pyrintö
- 2011-12 Bisons Loimaa
- 2012-13 Bisons Loimaa
- 2013-14 Tampereen Pyrintö
- 2014-15 Kataja
- 2015-16 Kouvot
- 2016-17 Kataja
- 2017-18 Kauhajoki Karhu
- 2018-19 Kauhajoki Karhu
Finals
Performance by club
Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.| Club | Wins | Seasons won |
| Pantterit | 14 | 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1980 |
| Espoon Honka | 13 | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 |
| Torpan Pojat | 9 | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
| Helsingin NMKY | 7 | 1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992 |
| KTP | 6 | 1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| HKT | 5 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 |
| Turun NMKY | 4 | 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982 |
| Kouvot | 4 | 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016 |
| Pyrintö | 3 | 2010, 2011, 2014 |
| Lappeenrannan NMKY | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Namika Lahti | 2 | 2000, 2009 |
| Bisons Loimaa | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Kataja | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat | 1 | 1939 |
| Eiran Kisa-Veikot | 1 | 1940 |
| Kadettikoulu | 1 | 1941 |
| Korihait | 1 | 1990 |
| Kauhajoki Karhu | 1 | 2018 |
Records
All-time leaders
Source:Single game records
Source:Awards
- MVP – One for domestic players and another for foreign ones.
- Finals MVP
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Most Improved Player
- Sixth Man of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- Referee of the Year
- Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame
Attendance
| Year | |
| 918 | |
| 883 | |
| 911 | |
| 905 | |
| 868 | |
| 949 | |
| 776 |
;Records
| Attendance | Game | Year |
| Torpan Pojat – Espoon Honka | ||
| Torpan Pojat – Kouvot | ||
| Turun NMKY – Forssan Koripojat | ||
| Espoon Honka – Namika Lahti | ||
| Espoon Honka – Piiloset | ||
| Namika Lahti – Kouvot | ||
| Torpan Pojat – Karkkilan Urheilijat |