| Prevseason Year: | 1999–2000 |
| Finals Champ: | HC TPS |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Tampereen Tappara |
| Seasonslist: | List of SM-liiga seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | SM-liiga |
| Prevseason Link: | 1999–2000 SM-liiga season |
| Nextseason Link: | 2001–02 SM-liiga season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 SM-liiga season was the 26th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 13 teams participated in the league, and TPS Turku won the championship.
| Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts | ||
| 1 | 56 | 35 | 7 | 14 | 184 | 127 | +57 | 77 | ||
| 2 | 56 | 36 | 4 | 16 | 186 | 115 | +71 | 76 | ||
| 3 | 56 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 166 | 134 | +32 | 69 | ||
| 4 | 56 | 26 | 7 | 23 | 172 | 171 | +1 | 59 | ||
| 5 | 56 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 147 | 146 | +1 | 59 | ||
| 6 | 56 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 146 | 146 | 0 | 56 | ||
| 7 | 56 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 170 | 164 | +6 | 55 | ||
| 8 | 56 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 165 | 178 | -13 | 54 | ||
| 9 | 56 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 154 | 152 | +2 | 52 | ||
| 10 | 56 | 24 | 3 | 29 | 152 | 154 | -2 | 51 | ||
| 11 | 56 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 161 | 180 | -19 | 51 | ||
| 12 | 56 | 15 | 9 | 32 | 136 | 185 | -49 | 39 | ||
| 13 | 56 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 141 | 228 | -87 | 30 |