| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 1986-87 |
| Team: | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Conference: | Big 8 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 8 |
| Aprank: | 20 |
| Record: | 25–11 |
| Conf Record: | 9–5 |
| Head Coach: | Larry Brown |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Gregg Popovich |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach2: | R. C. Buford |
| Ac2 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach3: | Alvin Gentry |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach4: | Ed Manning |
| Ac4 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach5: | John Robic |
| Ac5 Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Cedric Hunter |
| Captain2: | Mark Turgeon |
| Captain2 Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Allen Fieldhouse |
| Bowl Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 1986–87 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas for the NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball season of 1986–87. They were led by Larry Brown in his fourth season as head coach. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.
|-!colspan=8| Regular season
|-!colspan=8| Big 8 Tournament
|-!colspan=8| NCAA Tournament[1]
See main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.