| 2022–23 SM-liiga | |
| League: | SM-liiga |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Defending Champs: | Tappara |
| Duration: | September 2022 – April 2023 |
| No Of Games: | 60 |
| No Of Teams: | 15 |
| Tv: | Telia C More |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Tappara |
| Season Champ Name: | Best record |
| Second Place: | Ilves |
| Mvp: | Michael Joly (HPK) |
| Mvp Link: | Lasse Oksanen trophy |
| Top Scorer: | Michael Joly (HPK) |
| Top Scorer Link: | Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: | Jari Kurri Trophy |
| Playoffs Mvp: | Veli-Matti Savinainen (Tappara) |
| Playoffs Mvp Link: | Jari Kurri Trophy |
| Finals Champ: | Tappara |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Pelicans |
| Seasonslist: | List of Liiga seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | SM-liiga |
| Prevseason Link: | 2021–22 Liiga season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2023–24 Liiga season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 SM-liiga season was the 48th season of the Liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975.
| Team | City | Head coach | Arena | Capacity | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teemu Tallberg | ||||||
| Jarno Pikkarainen | Juuso Hietanen | |||||
| Eemeli Suomi | ||||||
| Juhamatti Aaltonen | ||||||
| Robert Rooba | ||||||
| Tuomas Kiiskinen | ||||||
| Olli Salo | Heikki Liedes | |||||
| Atte Ohtamaa | ||||||
| Anrei Hakulinen | ||||||
| Tommi Niemelä | Miika Roine | |||||
| Jarno Koskiranta | ||||||
| Sebastian Stålberg | ||||||
| Otto Rauhala | ||||||
| Jussi Ahokas | Juhani Jasu | |||||
| Karri Kivi | West Areena | Jesse Joensuu |
Top six advanced straight to the quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions played a wild card round for the final two spots. The SM-liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
The following players led the league in regular season points.
| Player | Team | data-sort-type="number" style="width: 4em;" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Joly | HPK | 60 | 25 | 39 | 64 | +9 | 18 | |
| Jori Lehterä | Tappara | 57 | 11 | 46 | 57 | +5 | 45 | |
| Jerry Turkulainen | JYP | 60 | 12 | 42 | 54 | –3 | 20 | |
| Petri Kontiola | Ilves | 58 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 0 | 40 | |
| Jaakko Rissanen | KalPa | 57 | 16 | 34 | 50 | +17 | 26 | |
| Henrik Haapala | Ilves | 47 | 15 | 32 | 47 | +9 | 20 | |
| Les Lancaster | Ilves | 60 | 13 | 34 | 47 | +20 | 22 | |
| Joona Ikonen | Ilves | 54 | 23 | 22 | 45 | +9 | 16 | |
| Veli-Matti Savinainen | Tappara | 54 | 17 | 27 | 44 | +6 | 30 | |
| Thomas Gregoire | Lukko | 57 | 13 | 31 | 44 | +23 | 41 |
Tappara wins the finals 4-1.
| Tappara | ||
| Pelicans | ||
| Ilves | ||
| 4 | HIFK | |
| 5 | Lukko | |
| 6 | KalPa | |
| 7 | Ässät | |
| 8 | KooKoo | |
| 9 | Kärpät | |
| 10 | TPS | |
| 11 | Jukurit | |
| 12 | HPK | |
| 13 | JYP | |
| 14 | Sport | |
| 15 | SaiPa |