List of Magnolia Hotshots seasons explained

This is a list of seasons by the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Three-conference era

width=50px rowspan=2Season !width=120px rowspan=2Conference !width=60px rowspan=2Team name !Elimination round Playoffs
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bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=9 style="" Purefoods Hotdogs 3rd/6 10 6 4 .600 1 Semifinals
Finals
Tied 1st overall (12–6), 6–2 in semifinals
San Miguel 4, Purefoods 3
1st/6 12 8 4 .667 Semifinals
Finals
1st overall (13–7), 5–3 in semifinals
Añejo Rum 65ers 3, Purefoods 1
6th/6 10 1 9 .100 6 Did not qualify
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=34th/6 10 4 6 .400 6 Semifinals 5th overall (7–11), 3–5 in semifinals
1st/6 11 9 2 .919 Semifinals
Finals
1st overall (14–5), 5–3 in semifinals
San Miguel 4, Purefoods 2
2nd/6 10 6 4 .600 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Tied 2nd overall (10–8), 4–4 in semifinals
Añejo 113, Purefoods 112*[1]
6th/8 10 3 7 .300 5 Did not qualify
2nd/8 10 7 3 .700 3 Semifinals
Finals
1st overall (13–5), 6–2 in semifinals
Presto 4, Purefoods 3
4th/8 10 6 4 .600 2 Semifinals
Finals seed playoff
Finals
Tied 2nd overall (11–7), 5–3 in semifinals
Purefoods 121, Shell 101*[2]
Purefoods 3, Alaska 2
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=6 style="background:#0055AF; color:#FFFFFF; " Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 3rd/8 11 6 5 .545 2 Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
3rd overall (10–9), 4–4 in semifinals
Diet Sarsi 3, Purefoods 0
2nd/8 11 7 4 .636 1 Semifinals
Finals
1st overall (12–7), 5–3 in semifinals
Purefoods 3, Sarsi 2
8th/8 11 2 9 .182 6 Did not qualify
6th/8 11 5 6 .455 2 Elimination playoff Swift 123, Purefoods 117*[3]
1st/8 10 8 2 .800 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Finals
Tied 2nd overall (12–6), 4–4 in semifinals
Purefoods 81, 7-Up 77*
San Miguel 4, Purefoods 3
5th/8 11 5 6 .455 4 Elimination playoff
Semifinals
Purefoods 119, Alaska 110*
5th overall (6–13), 1–7 in semifinals
bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=fefefe style="" Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 3rd/8 10 6 4 .600 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
3rd overall (9–5)
Coney Island 3, Swift 0
Coney Island 4, San Miguel 2
bgcolor=fefefe style="" Purefoods Oodles Flavor Noodles 2nd/8 11 8 3 .727 1 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Finals
Tied 2nd overall (11–8) 3–5 in semifinals
Purefoods 119, San Miguel 101*
Swift 4, Coney Island 2
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 3rd/8 10 7 3 .700 1 Semifinals 5th overall (9–9), 2–6 in semifinals
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=fefefe style="" Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 2nd/8 10 7 3 .700 1 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Finals
Tied 1st overall (12–6), 5–3 in semifinals
Coney Island 86, Swift 74*
San Miguel 4, Coney Island 2
bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=7 style="background:#0055AF; color:#FFFFFF; " Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 2nd/8 11 7 4 .636 2 Semifinals
Finals
2nd overall (13–6), 6–2 in semifinals
Purefoods 4, Alaska 1
Bye to the semifinals Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
4th overall (4–6)
Pepsi 3, Purefoods 1
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=35th/8 10 5 5 .500 2 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Tied 2nd overall (10–8), 5–3 in semifinals
Alaska 115, Purefoods 89*[4]
4th/8 10 6 4 .600 3 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
4th overall (9–6), 3–2 in quarterfinals
Sunkist 3, Purefoods 2
Sta. Lucia 2, Purefoods 0
2nd/8 10 7 3 .700 1 Semifinals 5th overall (9–9), 2–6 in semifinals
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=33rd 14 8 6 .521 2 Semifinals
Finals
1st overall (14–8), 6–2 in semifinals
Alaska 4, Purefoods 1
5th/8 10 5 5 .500 3 Elimination playoff
Semifinals
Purefoods 89, Sunkist 76*
5th overall (6–12), 1–7 in semifinals
bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=3 style="" Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys 6th/8 11 5 6 .455 3 Elimination playoff
Quarterfinals
Purefoods 81, Sta. Lucia 76
San Miguel** 89, Purefoods 86 (1st game: 91–97)
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=32nd/8 14 8 6 .571 2 Semifinals
Finals
Tied 1st overall (14–8), 6–2 in semifinals
Purefoods 4, Gordon's 2
8th/8 10 3 7 .300 3 Did not qualify
bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=2 style="" Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies 4th/8 14 8 6 .571 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods** def. Mobiline
Purefoods 3, San Miguel 2
Alaska 4, Purefoods 1
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=45th/8 11 5 6 .455 4 Semifinals 5th overall (8–13), 3–7 in semifinals
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 4th/8 11 5 6 .455 5 Quarterfinals Shell
    • def. Purefoods
5th/9 8 5 3 .625 1 Did not qualify
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Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Tied 1st overall (12–9)
Mobiline 84, Purefoods 80
6th/9 16 7 9 .438 4 Quarterfinals Alaska
    • def. Purefoods
7th/9 8 3 5 .375 3 Quarterfinals Shell
    • def. Purefoods
1st/9 8 7 1 .875 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Purefoods** 80, Barangay Ginebra 74
Alaska 3, Purefoods 0
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=34th/10 14 8 6 .571 4 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods** 89, Sta. Lucia 79
Purefoods 3, Tanduay 1
Alaska 4, Purefoods 1
5th/10 9 4 5 .444 3 Quarterfinals Alaska
    • 85, Purefoods 82
Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 4th/10 9 5 4 .556 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods** 88, Alaska 69 (1st game: 80–91)
Purefoods 3, Mobiline 1
San Miguel 4, Purefoods 1
4th/10 14 8 6 .521 1 Quarterfinals Barangay Ginebra 70, Purefoods** 69 (1st game: 77–76)
2nd/10 9 6 3 .667 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
Purefoods** 82, Tanduay 74
Red Bull 3, Purefoods 2
Alaska 1, Purefoods 0*
10th/10 13 5 8 .385 3 Did not qualify
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 3rd/12 11 8 3 .727 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods** 82, Red Bull 77
Purefoods 3, Coca-Cola 2
Purefoods 4, Alaska 3
10th/11 10 3 7 .300 4 Did not qualify
8th/10 9 3 6 .333 5 Did not qualify
5th/Grp A 18 5 13 .277 7 Did not qualify
4th/4 4 0 4 .000 4 Did not qualify
5th/Grp B 13 4 9 .308 4 Elimination playoff Alaska 93, Purefoods 88*
Elimination round 508 264 244 .520 31 semi-final appearances
Playoffs 356 164 192 .461 17 Finals appearances
Cumulative totals 864 428 436 .495 6 championships

Two-conference era

width=50px rowspan=2Season !width=120px rowspan=2Conference !width=60px rowspan=2Team name !Elimination/classification round Playoffs
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(2004) Fiesta Conference Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 10th/10 18 4 14 .222 12 Wildcard phase Coca-Cola 94, Purefoods 92*
Philippine Cup 6th/10 18 9 9 .500 4 Wildcard phase
Quarterfinals
Purefoods 2, Coca-Cola 1
Shell 2, Purefoods 1
Fiesta Conference 8th/10 18 7 11 .389 5 Wildcard phase
Quarterfinals
Purefoods 2, FedEx 1
Shell 2, Purefoods 0
bgcolor=white rowspan=2Purefoods Chunkee Giants 1st/9 16 10 6 .625 Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods 4, Air21 2
Red Bull 4, Purefoods 2
1st/9 16 12 4 .750 Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods 4, Alaska 3
Purefoods 4, Red Bull 2
5th/10 1810 8 .556 3 5th-seed playoff
Quarterfinals
Purefoods 92, Sta. Lucia 78*
Talk 'N Text 3, Purefoods 1
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 8th/10 18 6 12 .333 7 1st wildcard round Coca-Cola 100, Purefoods 97*
bgcolor=white rowspan=21st/10 18 12 6 .667 Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods 4, Red Bull 3
Sta. Lucia 4, Purefoods 3
8th/10 18 8 10 .444 4 1st wildcard round Talk 'N Text 98, Purefoods 83*
7th/10 18 8 10 .444 4 1st wildcard round Air21 94, Purefoods 82*
Fiesta Conference 6th/10 14 7 7 .500 4 Wildcard phase
Quarterfinals
Purefoods 126, Talk 'N Text 123 (2OT)*
Rain or Shine 2, Purefoods 1
Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 3rd/10 18 12 6 .667 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Purefoods 3, Rain or Shine 2
Purefoods 4, San Miguel 2
Purefoods 4, Alaska 0
bgcolor=fefefe style="" B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 3rd/10 18 13 5 .722 1 2nd-seed playoff
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd-place playoff
San Miguel 88, B-Meg Derby Ace 83*
B-Meg Derby Ace 3, Rain or Shine 2
San Miguel 4, B-Meg Derby Ace 2
Talk 'N Text 113, B-Meg Derby Ace 95*
Elimination/classification round 226 118 108 .522 8 post-wildcard appearances
Playoffs 93 50 44 .532 4 Finals appearances
Cumulative totals 319 168 152 .525 2 championships

Three-conference era

width=50px rowspan=2Season !width=120px rowspan=2Conference !width=60px rowspan=2Team name !Elimination round Playoffs
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bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados 4th/10 14 7 7 .500 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
B-MEG Derby Ace 2, Meralco 0
Talk 'N Text 4, B-MEG Derby Ace 2
7th/10 9 4 5 .444 4 Did not qualify
6th/9 8 4 4 .500 2 Semifinals 6th overall (5–8), 1–4 in semifinals
B-Meg Llamados 1st/10 14 10 4 .714 Quarterfinals Powerade def. B-MEG** in 2 games
3rd/10 9 6 3 .667 1 2nd-seed playoff
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Barangay Ginebra 93, B-MEG 84*
B-MEG 2, Meralco 1
B-MEG 3, Barangay Ginebra 1
B-MEG 4, Talk 'N Text 3
2nd/10 9 6 3 .667 2 Semifinals
Finals berth playoff
Finals
T-2nd overall (9–5), 3–2 in semifinals
B-MEG 74, Barangay Ginebra 72*
Rain or Shine 4, B-MEG 3
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3 style="" San Mig Coffee Mixers 2nd/10 14 10 4 .714 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
San Mig Coffee** 92, Petron 87
Rain or Shine 4, San Mig Coffee 2
4th/10 14 8 6 .571 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
San Mig Coffee 2, Meralco 1
Alaska 3, San Mig Coffee 1
2nd/10 9 6 3 .667 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
San Mig Coffee** def. Alaska in 2 games
San Mig Coffee 3, Meralco 1
San Mig Coffee 4, Petron 3
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3 style="" San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5th/10 14 7 7 .500 4 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
San Mig Super Coffee 2, Talk 'N Text 1
San Mig Super Coffee 4, Barangay Ginebra 3
San Mig Super Coffee 4, Rain or Shine 2
6th/10 9 4 5 .444 5 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
San Mig Super Coffee 2, Alaska 1
San Mig Super Coffee 3, Air21 2
San Mig Super Coffee 3, Talk 'N Text 1
4th/10 9 5 4 .556 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
San Mig Super Coffee** 97, San Miguel 90
San Mig Super Coffee 3, Talk 'N Text 2
San Mig Super Coffee 3, Rain or Shine 2
Purefoods Star Hotshots 7th/12 11 6 5 .545 3Quarterfinals 1st phase Meralco
    • 77, Purefoods 65
3rd/12 11 8 3 .727 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Purefoods 2, Alaska 0
Talk 'N Text 3, Purefoods 1
bgcolor=fefefe rowspan=7 style="" Star Hotshots 5th/12 11 6 5 .545 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Star def. GlobalPort** in 2 games
Alaska 3, Star 0
9th/12 11 4 7 .364 5 Quarterfinals 1st phase Barangay Ginebra
    • 92, Star 89
8th/12 11 5 6 .455 3 Quarterfinals San Miguel
    • def. Star in 2 games
11th/12 11 2 9 .182 8 Did not qualify
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=33rd/12 11 7 4 .636 3 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Star 2, Phoenix 0
Barangay Ginebra 4, Star 3
3rd/12 11 9 2 .818 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Star 2, Rain or Shine 0
San Miguel 3, Star 1
4th/12 11 7 4 .636 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Star** 89, NLEX 77
Meralco 3, Star 0
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=7 style="" Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok 2nd/12 11 8 3 .727 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Magnolia** 86, GlobalPort 79
Magnolia 4, NLEX 2
San Miguel 4, Magnolia 1
7th/1211 6 5 .545 3 Quarterfinals Alaska
    • 89, Magnolia 78
4th/12 11 8 3 .727 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Magnolia** 103, Blackwater 99
Magnolia 3, Barangay Ginebra 1,
Magnolia 4, Alaska 2
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=36th/12 11 6 5 .545 3 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Magnolia 2, Barangay Ginebra 1
Magnolia 4, Rain or Shine 3
San Miguel 4, Magnolia 3
5th/12 11 5 6 .455 5 Quarterfinals Barangay Ginebra 2, Magnolia 0
6th/12 11 6 5 .545 2 Quarterfinals TNT
    • 98, Magnolia 97
7th/12 11 7 4 .636 1 Quarterfinals Phoenix Super LPG
    • 89, Magnolia 88
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=2bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=2 style="" Magnolia Pambansang Manok Hotshots 3rd/12 11 8 3 .727 2 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Magnolia 2, Rain or Shine 0
Magnolia 4, Meralco 2
TNT 4, Magnolia 1
1st/12 11 9 2 .818 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Magnolia** 127, Phoenix Super LPG 88
Meralco 3, Magnolia 2
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=3Philippinebgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=5 style="" Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 3rd/12 11 8 3 .727 1 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Magnolia 2, NLEX 1
TNT 4, Magnolia 2
2nd/13 12 10 2 .833 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Magnolia** 102, Phoenix Super LPG 95
Barangay Ginebra 3, Magnolia 1
5th/12 11 7 4 .636 3 Quarterfinals Meralco
    • 113, Magnolia 107[5]
bgcolor=#fefefe rowspan=21st/12 11 9 2 .818 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Magnolia** 109, TNT 94
Magnolia 3, Phoenix Super LPG 1
San Miguel 4, Magnolia 2
7th/12 11 6 5 .545 4 Quarterfinals Barangay Ginebra
    • 99, Magnolia 77
Elimination round 386 234 152 .606 23 Semifinals appearances
Playoffs 234 120 114 .513 11 Finals appearances
Cumulative records 620 354 266 .571 6 Championships

End-of-season records

PBA
season
Team
season
width=25GP !width=25W !width=25L !width=35PCT !Best finish
1988198859 30 29 Finals
1989198966 34 32 Finals
1990199059 34 25 Champions
1991199157 27 30 Champions
1992199258 28 30 Finals
1993199367 39 28 Champions
1994199463 37 26 Champions
1995199561 30 31 Semifinals
1996199660 29 31 Finals
1997199763 34 29 Champions
1998199859 27 32 Semifinals
1999199941 20 21 Semifinals
2000200055 27 28 Finals
2001200145 22 23 Semifinals
2002200243 22 21 Champions
2003200336 9 27 Eliminations
2004 Fiesta2004–0517 4 13 Wildcard phase
2004–0547 21 26 Quarterfinals
2005–062005–0657 36 21 Champions
2006–072006–0742 18 24 Quarterfinals
2007–082007–0851 27 24 Finals
2008–092008–0937 17 20 Quarterfinals
2009–102009–1063 41 23 Champions
2010–112010–1144 20 24 Semifinals
2011–122011–1262 38 24 Champions
2012–132012–1364 38 26 Champions
2013–142013–1471 41 30 Champions
2014–152014–1545 25 20 Semifinals
2015–162015–1636 12 24 Quarterfinals
2016–172016–1752 32 20 Semifinals
2017–182017–1857 36 21 Champions
2019201953 26 27 Finals
2020202012 7 5 Quarterfinals
2021202141 27 14 Finals
2022–232022–2349 31 18 Semifinals
2023–242023–2434 21 13 Finals

Cumulative records

width=250pxEra !width=35pxGP!width=35pxW!width=35pxL!width=35pxPCT
Three-conference era (1988–2003) 892 449 443
Two-conference era (2004–2010) 317 164 153
Three-conference era (2010–present) 620 354 266
Total 1,829 967 862

Notes and References

  1. News: November 25, 1989 . Anejo squeaker puts it in finals . April 12, 2024 . . 28.
  2. News: Nazareno . Rocky . December 5, 1990 . End of road for Shell five . March 31, 2024 . Manila Standard.
  3. News: Nazareno . Rocky . March 24, 1992 . Swift books ticket to semis, applies broom on Purefoods . Manila Standard.
  4. News: Guile . Jimbo . May 5, 1995 . Alaska bumps Purefoods off All-Pinoy Finals . March 31, 2024 . . 24.
  5. Web site: Terrado . Reuben . March 22, 2023 . Great Meralco comeback puts heartbreaking end to Magnolia season . March 1, 2024 . Spin.ph . en.