The MPBL finals is the championship series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League held at the conclusion of the league's postseason. Since its inception, the national finals is a best-of-five series. Since the 2019 edition, it is contested between the champions of the North Division and the South Division. The finals is structured in a 2–2–1 format, where the team with the better regular season record is given homecourt advantage and hosts games 1, 2, and 5.
Five different teams have won the national championship with neither winning more than once. Since the introduction of divisions, three teams did so as a member of the North Division, while one did so as a member of the South Division.
The first parenthesis indicate the teams' playoff seed within their division. The second parenthesis indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL finals record up to date.
| North Division champion | South Division champion |
| Year | Winning team | Coach | Series | Losing team | Coach | Finals MVP | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 2018 | Batangas City Athletics (1) | Mac Tan | align=center | 3–1 | Muntinlupa Cagers (3) | Aldrin Morante | Val Acuña | [1] [2] |
| align=center | 2019 Datu Cup | San Juan Knights (3) | Randy Alcantara | align=center | 3–2 | Davao Occidental Tigers (1) | Don Dulay | Mike Ayonayon | [3] |
| align=center | 2021 | Davao Occidental Tigers (1) | Don Dulay | align=center | 3–1 | San Juan Knights (1) | Randy Alcantara | Mark Yee | [4] |
| align=center | 2022 | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards (1) | Jerson Cabiltes | align=center | 3–1 | Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines (1) | Vic Ycasiano | Byron Villarias | [5] |
| align=center | 2023 | Pampanga Giant Lanterns (1) | Dennis Pineda | align=center | 3–0 | Bacoor City Strikers (1) | Alex Angeles | Justine Baltazar | [6] |
| align=center | 2024 | To be determined between Pampanga Giant Lanterns or Quezon Huskers | |||||||
The league's annual Preseason Invitational culminates in a single game to determine the champion of the tournament.
| Year | Winning team | Coach | Score | Losing team | Coach | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Basilan Jumbo Plastic | Jerson Cabiltes | align=center | 83–80 (OT) | | Carlo Tan | [7] | ||
| align=center | | Vic Ycasiano | align=center | 88–80 | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards | Jerson Cabiltes | [8] | ||
| align=center | Pampanga Giant Lanterns | align=center | 93–75 | | Elvis Tolentino | [9] |
| † | Team has since departed the league |
| Team | W | L | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2019 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 2021 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | – | align=left | 2018 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | – | align=left | 2022 | ||||
| align=left bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | Bacoor City† | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | align=left | 2023 |
| Team | W | L | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | Basilan† | 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | |||
| align=left | 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | ||||
| align=left | 1 | 0 | 1 | align=left | – | ||||
| align=left | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | align=left | 2021, 2023 | |||
| align=left | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | align=left | 2024 |