| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference Name: | Governors' Cup |
| Pixels: | 220px |
| Duration: | December 8–26, 2021 (before suspension) February 11 – April 22, 2022 (resumption) |
| Tv: | Local: One Sports TV5 PBA Rush (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
| Best Player: | Scottie Thompson |
| Best Import: | Justin Brownlee |
| Finals Mvp: | Scottie Thompson |
| Champion: | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| Runner-Up: | Meralco Bolts |
| Prevconf Link: | 2019 PBA Governors' Cup |
| Prevconf Year: | 2019 |
| Nextconf Link: | 2023 PBA Governors' Cup |
| Nextconf Year: | 2023 |
| Prev Conf: | 2021 Philippine |
| Prev Conf Link: | 2021 PBA Philippine Cup |
| Next Conf: | 2022 Philippine |
| Next Conf Link: | 2022 PBA Philippine Cup |
The 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, also known as the 2021 Honda PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second and last conference of the 2021 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 20th edition of the Governors' Cup began on December 8, 2021, after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved the league's request, and ended on April 22, 2022. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6inchesft6inchesin (ftin).[1]
This was the first import-laced tournament held by the league since the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup.
For the first two weeks of the tournament, the league returned to the Ynares Sports Arena with no audience in the venue. Quezon City then gave the permission for sports events to be held there with spectators; the PBA is expected to play at the Araneta Coliseum for the rest of the tournament starting December 15.[2]
On January 3, 2022, the league postponed its scheduled games from January 5 to 9 after Metro Manila was put on Alert Level 3 due to the rising COVID-19 cases.[3] The tournament was subsequently postponed indefinitely on January 6.[4] The tournament resumed on February 11 after the alert level in Metro Manila was downgraded to Alert Level 2.[5] The games were temporarily moved to the Ynares Center from February 23 to 27 as the Araneta Coliseum was used for the February window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:[6]
All match-ups have the higher-seeded team having the twice-to-beat advantage, where they have to be beaten twice, and their opponents just once, to advance.
All match-ups are best-of-five playoffs.
See main article: 2021 PBA Governors' Cup Finals. The Finals is a best-of-seven playoff.
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
| Team | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olu Ashaolu | December 8 | March 6 | 6–5 | ||
| March 16 | March 19 | 1–1 | |||
 Justin Brownlee | December 12 | April 22 | 15–8 | ||
| December 9 | December 22 | 0–5 | |||
| February 12 | March 9 | 1–5 | |||
| Mike Harris | December 15 | April 1 | 12–5 | ||
| December 16 | April 22 | 13–10 | |||
| K. J. McDaniels | December 8 | March 4 | 8–3 | ||
| March 16 | March 30 | 2–4 | |||
| December 8 | December 10 | 0–2 | |||
| No import | December 12, December 15 | 0–2 | |||
| February 12 | March 13 | 5–3 | |||
| Paul Harris | December 9 | December 25 | 3–2 | ||
| Dominique Sutton | February 13 | February 26 | 1–3 | ||
| March 3 | March 18 | 2–2 | |||
| Henry Walker | December 9 | March 6 | 3–8 | ||
| Brandon Brown | December 8 | December 26 | 3–2 | ||
| Orlando Johnson | February 16 | February 23 | 2–1 | ||
| February 27 | March 18 | 2–2 | |||
| December 9 | March 9 | 2–9 | |||
| December 15 | December 22 | 1–2 | |||
| Aaron Fuller | December 26 | March 16 | 6–3 | ||
| March 19 | 0–1 | ||||
| Sources:[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | |||||
| Week | Player | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 8–12 | [19] | ||
| December 15–19 | [20] | ||
| December 22–26 | [21] | ||
| February 11–13, 2022 | [22] | ||
| February 16–20, 2022 | [23] | ||
| February 23–27, 2022 | [24] | ||
| March 2–6, 2022 | [25] | ||
| March 9–13, 2022 | [26] | ||
| March 16–19, 2022 | [27] | ||
| March 23–27, 2022 | [28] | ||
| March 30–April 1, 2022 | [29] |
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 22.1 | |||
| Rebounds per game | 11.2 | |||
| Assists per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 8.8 | |
| Steals per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 2.2 | |
| Blocks per game | NorthPort Batang Pier | 1.8 | ||
| Turnovers per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 3.4 | |
| Fouls per game | 4.1 | |||
| Minutes per game | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 43.7 | |
| FG% | 62.5% | |||
| FT% | 100.0% | |||
| 3FG% | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 56.5% | ||
| Double-doubles | 11 | |||
| Triple-doubles | Scottie Thompson | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 2 |
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 39.0 | |||
| Rebounds per game | Shabazz Muhammad | San Miguel Beermen | 19.0 | |
| Assists per game | 5.9 | |||
| Steals per game | 1.5 | |||
| Terrafirma Dyip | ||||
| Blocks per game | K. J. McDaniels | NLEX Road Warriors | 2.8 | |
| Turnovers per game | K. J. McDaniels | NLEX Road Warriors | 3.8 | |
| Fouls per game | 3.5 | |||
| Minutes per game | 47.3 | |||
| FG% | 55.8% | |||
| FT% | Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 88.5% | |
| 3FG% | 45.9% | |||
| Double-doubles | Tony Bishop | Meralco Bolts | 14 | |
| Triple-doubles | three players | 1 | ||
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 32 | ||
| Meralco Bolts | |||
| Rebounds | 17 | ||
| Scottie Thompson | |||
| Assists | Robert Bolick | NorthPort Batang Pier | 17 |
| Steals | 6 | ||
| Blocks | three players | 4 | |
| Three point field goals | 8 | ||
| Blackwater Bossing | |||
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 57 | |||
| Rebounds | 26 | |||
| Assists | 11 | |||
| Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | ||||
| Steals | 5 | |||
| Justin Brownlee | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | |||
| Blocks | three players | 6 | ||
| Three point field goals | four players | 6 | ||
| Category | Team | Statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 109.2 | ||
| Rebounds per game | 48.9 | ||
| Assists per game | 25.7 | ||
| Steals per game | 8.9 | ||
| Blocks per game | NLEX Road Warriors | 5.0 | |
| Turnovers per game | Alaska Aces | 16.8 | |
| Fouls per game | 24.9 | ||
| FG% | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 48.1% | |
| FT% | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 78.1% | |
| 3FG% | Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots | 35.9% |