| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 1985–86 |
| Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Conference: | Big Eight Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 8 |
| Coachrank: | 2 |
| Aprank: | 2 |
| Record: | 35 - 4 |
| Conf Record: | 13 - 1 |
| Head Coach: | Larry Brown |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | R. C. Buford |
| Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach2: | Tom Butler |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Ed Manning |
| Ac3 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach4: | Bill Self |
| Ac4 Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Greg Dreiling |
| Captain2: | Mark Turgeon |
| Captain2 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Allen Fieldhouse |
| Champion: | Big Eight tournament champions Big Eight Regular Season Champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Final Four |
The 1985–86 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. One major rule change that took effect during the season was the introduction of the shot clock.
|-!colspan=8| Regular season
|-!colspan=8| Big 8 Tournament
|-!colspan=8| NCAA Tournament[1]