# Korisliiga

The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.

## Logos

* The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015–16 season

## Teams
### Current teams

| Team | City | Home arena | Founded | Head coach |
| Helsinki Seagulls | Helsinki | Töölön kisahalli | 2013 | Vesa Vertio |
| Joensuun Kataja | Joensuu | Motonet Areena | 1949 | Petri Virtanen |
| Kauhajoen Karhu | Kauhajoki | IKH Areena | 1910 | Janne Koskimies |
| Kobrat | Lapua | Kobra-Areena | 1989 | Ville Turja |
| Korihait | Uusikaupunki | Uusikaupunki Areena | 1974 | Ivan Ivanovic |
| Kouvot | Kouvola | MLL Areena | 1964 | Jyri Lehtonen |
| KTP-Basket | Kotka | Steveco Areena | 1927 | Darko Mihajlovic |
| BC Nokia | Nokia | Harjuniityn palloiluhalli | 1997 | Greg Gibson |
| Salon Vilpas | Salo | Salohalli | 1908 | Jussi Savolainen |
| Tampereen Pyrintö | Tampere | Pyynikin palloiluhalli | 1896 | Tero Vasell |
| Bisons Loimaa | Loimaa | Loimaan liikuntahalli | 1964 | Konsta Mastomäki |
| Tapiolan Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheiluhalli | 1957 | Aapo Heinonen |

### From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline

| 2000– 2001 | 2001– 2002 | 2002– 2003 | 2003– 2004 | 2004– 2005 | 2005– 2006 | 2006– 2007 | 2007– 2008 | 2008– 2009 | 2009– 2010 | 2010– 2011 | 2011– 2012 | 2012– 2013 | 2013– 2014 | 2014– 2015 | 2015– 2016 |
| Pyrbasket | Pyrbasket | Pyrbasket | Pyrbasket | Pyrbasket | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö | Pyrintö |
| KTP ||||||||||||||||
| Kouvot ||||||||||||||||
| | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja | Kataja |
| Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | |
| Vilpas | Vilpas | Vilpas | Vilpas | Vilpas | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Korihait | Korihait | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Karhu | | | | | | | | |
| LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | LrNMKY | N. Lpr | | |
| Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tapiolan Honka | Tapiolan Honka | |
| | | Tarmo | Tarmo | Tarmo | Tarmo | Tarmo | Tarmo | Tarmo | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | LoKoKo | LoKoKo | LoKoKo | LoKoKo | LoKoKo |
| | | | | | ToPo | ToPo | ToPo | ToPo | ToPo | ToPo | ToPo | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Seagulls | Seagulls |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Kobrat | Kobrat | Kobrat | Kobrat |
| | FoKoPo | FoKoPo | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| T. Comp. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pussihukat | Pussihukat | Pussihukat | Pussihukat | Pussihukat | Pussihukat | Pussihukat | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Aura Basket | Aura Basket | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huima | Huima | Huima | Huima | Huima | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BC Jyväskylä | BC Jyväskylä | BC Jyväskylä | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BC Nokia | BC Nokia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SäyRi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pantterit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Title holders

* 1938–39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat
* 1939–40 Eiran Kisa-Veikot
* 1940–41 Kadettikoulu
* 1941–43 Not held due to WWII
* 1943–44 Kiri-Veikot
* 1944–45 Kiri-Veikot
* 1945–46 NMKY Helsinki
* 1946–47 NMKY Helsinki
* 1947–48 Kiri-Veikot
* 1948–49 HOK-Veikot
* 1949–50 HOK-Veikot
* 1950–51 HOK-Veikot
* 1951–52 HOK-Veikot
* 1952–53 Pantterit
* 1953–54 Pantterit
* 1954–55 Pantterit
* 1955–56 Pantterit
* 1956–57 Pantterit
* 1957–58 KTP
* 1958–59 Pantterit
* 1959–60 Torpan Pojat
* 1960–61 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
* 1961–62 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
* 1962–63 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
* 1963–64 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
* 1964–65 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
* 1965–66 Torpan Pojat
* 1966–67 KTP
* 1967–68 Espoon Honka
* 1968–69 Espoon Honka
* 1969–70 Espoon Honka
* 1970–71 Espoon Honka
* 1971–72 Espoon Honka
* 1972–73 Turun NMKY
* 1973–74 Espoon Honka
* 1974–75 Turun NMKY
* 1975–76 Espoon Honka
* 1976–77 Turun NMKY
* 1977–78 Torpan Pojat
* 1978–79 Espoon Honka
* 1979–80 Pantterit
* 1980–81 Torpan Pojat
* 1981–82 Turun NMKY
* 1982–83 Torpan Pojat
* 1983–84 NMKY Helsinki
* 1984–85 NMKY Helsinki
* 1985–86 Torpan Pojat
* 1986–87 NMKY Helsinki
* 1987–88 KTP
* 1988–89 NMKY Helsinki
* 1989–90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat
* 1990–91 KTP
* 1991–92 NMKY Helsinki
* 1992–93 KTP
* 1993–94 KTP
* 1994–95 Kouvot
* 1995–96 Torpan Pojat
* 1996–97 Torpan Pojat
* 1997–98 Torpan Pojat
* 1998–99 Kouvot
* 1999-00 Namika Lahti
* 2000–01 Espoon Honka
* 2001–02 Espoon Honka
* 2002–03 Espoon Honka
* 2003–04 Kouvot
* 2004–05 Lappeenrannan NMKY
* 2005–06 Lappeenrannan NMKY
* 2006–07 Espoon Honka
* 2007–08 Espoon Honka
* 2008–09 Namika Lahti
* 2009–10 Tampereen Pyrintö
* 2010–11 Tampereen Pyrintö
* 2011–12 Bisons Loimaa (Nilan)
* 2012–13 Bisons Loimaa (Nilan)
* 2013–14 Tampereen Pyrintö
* 2014–15 Kataja
* 2015–16 Kouvot
* 2016–17 Kataja
* 2017–18 Kauhajoki Karhu
* 2018–19 Kauhajoki Karhu
* 2019–20 None
* 2020–21 Salon Vilpas
* 2021–22 Kauhajoki Karhu
* 2022–23 Helsinki Seagulls
* 2023–24 BC Nokia

## Finals

| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Finals score | Bronze medal |
| 1980–81 | Torpan Pojat | Tampereen Pyrintö | 3–0 | Hyvinkään Tahko |
| 1981–82 | Turun NMKY | Pantterit | 3–2 | KTP Basket |
| 1982–83 | Torpan Pojat | Pantterit | 3–2 | Turun NMKY |
| 1983–84 | Helsingin NMKY | Tapiolan Honka | 3–0 | KTP Basket |
| 1984–85 | Helsingin NMKY | KTP Basket | 3–1 | UU |
| 1985–86 | Torpan Pojat | KTP Basket | 3–1 | Helsingin NMKY |
| 1986–87 | Helsingin NMKY | KTP Basket | 3–0 | UU |
| 1987–88 | KTP Basket | Helsingin NMKY | 3–2 | Torpan Pojat |
| 1988–89 | Helsingin NMKY | HoNsU | 3–2 | Pantterit |
| 1989–90 | UU | KTP Basket | 3–1 | Helsingin NMKY |
| 1990–91 | KTP Basket | HoNsU | 3–2 | Torpan Pojat |
| 1991–92 | Helsingin NMKY | Pantterit | 4–2 | UU |
| 1992–93 | KTP Basket | Torpan Pojat | 3–0 | HoNsU |
| 1993–94 | KTP Basket | Torpan Pojat | 3–2 | Forssan Koripojat |
| 1994–95 | Kouvot | Korihait | 3–1 | Torpan Pojat |
| 1995–96 | Torpan Pojat | Namika Lahti | | Espoon Honka |
| 1996–97 | Torpan Pojat | Kouvot | | Espoon Honka |
| 1997–98 | Torpan Pojat | Kouvot | | Espoon Honka |
| 1998–99 | Kouvot | Espoon Honka | 3–1 | Turun NMKY |
| 1999–00 | Namika Lahti | Torpan Pojat | 3–2 | Espoon Honka |
| 2000–01 | Espoon Honka | Tampereen Pyrintö | 3–0 | Namika Lahti |
| 2001–02 | Espoon Honka | Namika Lahti | 3–2 | Kataja |
| 2002–03 | Espoon Honka | Kataja | 3–1 | Pussihukat |
| 2003–04 | Kouvot | Namika Lahti | 3–1 | KTP Basket |
| 2004–05 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | Pussihukat | 3–2 | Kataja |
| 2005–06 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | Kataja | 3–2 | Espoon Honka |
| 2006–07 | Espoon Honka | Namika Lahti | 3–0 | Kataja |
| 2007–08 | Espoon Honka | Kouvot | 3–1 | Lappeenrannan NMKY |
| 2008–09 | Namika Lahti | Kataja | 3–0 | Tampereen Pyrintö |
| 2009–10 | Tampereen Pyrintö | Torpan Pojat | 3–2 | Kouvot |
| 2010–11 | Tampereen Pyrintö | Kataja | 3–2 | KTP Basket |
| 2011–12 | Bisons Loimaa | Kataja | 3–1 | Torpan Pojat |
| 2012–13 | Bisons Loimaa | KTP Basket | 3–2 | Kataja |
| 2013–14 | Tampereen Pyrintö | Kataja | 3–1 | Bisons Loimaa |
| 2014–15 | Kataja | Bisons Loimaa | 3–2 | KTP |
| 2015–16 | Kouvot | Tampereen Pyrintö | 4–1 | BC Nokia |
| 2016–17 | Kataja | Salon Vilpas | 4–2 | Helsinki Seagulls |
| 2017–18 | Kauhajoki Karhu | Salon Vilpas | 4–2 | Helsinki Seagulls |
| 2018–19 | Kauhajoki Karhu | Kouvot | 4–1 | KTP |
| 2019–20 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Salon Vilpas | Kauhajoki Karhu | 4–2 | Helsinki Seagulls |
| 2021–22 | Kauhajoki Karhu | Salon Vilpas | 3–1 | Helsinki Seagulls |
| 2022–23 | Helsinki Seagulls | Kauhajoki Karhu | 4–2 | Kataja Basket |
| 2023–24 | BC Nokia | Helsinki Seagulls | 4–3 | Kauhajoki Karhu |

## Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.
Korisliiga winners by club :
| Club | Wins | Seasons won |
| Pantterit | 14 | 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1980 |
| Espoon Honka | 13 | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 |
| Torpan Pojat | 9 | 1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998 |
| Helsingin NMKY | 7 | 1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992 |
| KTP | 6 | 1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| HKT | 5 | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 |
| Turun NMKY | 4 | 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982 |
| Kouvot | 4 | 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016 |
| Pyrintö | 3 | 2010, 2011, 2014 |
| Kauhajoki Karhu | 3 | 2018, 2019, 2022 |
| Lappeenrannan NMKY | 2 | 2005, 2006 |
| Namika Lahti | 2 | 2000, 2009 |
| Bisons Loimaa | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Kataja | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat | 1 | 1939 |
| Eiran Kisa-Veikot | 1 | 1940 |
| Kadettikoulu | 1 | 1941 |
| Korihait | 1 | 1990 |
| Salon Vilpas | 1 | 2021 |
| Helsinki Seagulls | 1 | 2023 |
| BC Nokia | 1 | 2024 |

## Records
### All-time table of teams

   Updated after the 2021–22 season.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | GP | W | L | D | W% | | | |
| 1. | KTP-Basket | 65 | 2215 | 1245 | 969 | 1 | 56.2 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 2. | Torpan Pojat | 51 | 1663 | 995 | 662 | 6 | 59.8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 3. | Tampereen Pyrintö | 55 | 1853 | 935 | 909 | 9 | 50.5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 4. | Pantterit | 54 | 1284 | 695 | 582 | 7 | 54.1 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 5. | Kouvot | 29 | 1241 | 676 | 565 | 0 | 54.5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. | Kataja Basket | 27 | 1144 | 662 | 482 | 0 | 57.9 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 7. | Helsingin NMKY | 48 | 1191 | 645 | 543 | 3 | 54.2 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 8. | Namika Lahti | 35 | 1249 | 639 | 610 | 0 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 9. | Korihait | 38 | 1474 | 633 | 841 | 0 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10. | Tapiolan Honka 00ers | 36 | 1089 | 600 | 489 | 0 | 55.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |

### All-time leaders

| Category | Player | Total |
| Games | Jarkko Tuomala | 623 |
| Points | Gerald Lee, Sr. | 12,552 |
| Rebounds | Jonathan Moore | 4,414 |
| Assists | Petri Virtanen | 1,653 |
| Steals | Gerald Lee, Sr. | 1,145 |
| Blocks | Sami Lehtoranta | 551 |
Source: Basket.fi

### Single game records

| Category | Player | Record | Season |
| Points | Joe Wright | 79 | 1991–92 |
| Rebounds | Garcia Hopkins | 42 | 1985–86 |
| Assists | Petri Niiranen | 23 | 1991–92 |
| Efficiency | Larry Pounds | 70 | 1985–86 |
| Steals | Gerald Lee, Sr. | 12 | 1988–89 |
| Blocks | Damon Vance | 14 | 1987–88 |
Source: Basket.fi

### Individual player records

As of after the 2021–22 season.
* Most points scored in a game:
** 79 by Joe Wright on February 12, 1992 in Turku NKMY 117–145 Panterit
* Highest efficiency score in a game
** 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24, 1985 in Kotka Työväe's Ballers 100–73 Säynätsalo Riento
* Most 2-point field goals made in a game
** 24 by Herbert Crook on March 11, 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132–111 Turun NMKY
* Most 3-point field goals made in a game
** 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17, 1999 in Espoon Honka 98–84 Pussihukat
* Most free throws made in a game
** 27 by Ville Kaunisto on April 12, 2004 in Kouvot 96–71 Namika Lahti
* Most rebounds in a game
** 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16, 1986 in Tampereen Pyrintö 131–80 Säynätsalon Riento

## Awards

* MVP – One for domestic players and another for foreign ones.
* Finals MVP
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Rookie of the Year
* Most Improved Player
* Sixth Man of the Year
* Coach of the Year
* Referee of the Year
* Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame

## Attendance

| Season | Avg |
| 1985–1986 | 248 |
| 1986–1987 | 546 |
| 1987–1988 | 550 |
| 1988–1989 | 367 |
| 1989–1990 | 609 |
| 1990–1991 | 686 |
| 1991–1992 | 643 |
| 1992–1993 | 571 |
| 1993–1994 | 588 |
| 1994–1995 | 660 |
| 1995–1996 | 719 |
| 1996–1997 | 668 |
| 1997–1998 | 793 |
| 1998–1999 | 809 |
| 1999–2000 | 785 |
| 2000–2001 | 736 |
| 2001–2002 | 790 |
| 2002–2003 | 728 |
| 2003–2004 | 808 |
| 2004–2005 | 850 |
| 2005–2006 | 863 |
| 2006–2007 | 918 |
| 2007–2008 | 883 |
| 2008–2009 | 911 |
| 2009–2010 | 905 |
| 2010–2011 | 868 |
| 2011–2012 | 949 |
| 2012–2013 | 776 |
| 2013–2014 | 861 |
| 2014–2015 | 938 |
| 2015–2016 | 1,024 |
| 2016–2017 | 1,017 |
| 2017–2018 | 874 |
| 2018–2019 | 907 |
| 2019–2020 | 830 |
| 2020–2021 | 144 |
| 2021–2022 | 640 |
| 2022–2023 | 879 |
| Attendance | Game | Year |
| 7,420 | Torpan Pojat – Espoon Honka | 2005 |
| 6,580 | Torpan Pojat – Kouvot | 1998 |
| 6,500 | Turun NMKY – Forssan Koripojat | 1990 |
| 5,450 | Espoon Honka – Namika Lahti | 2002 |
| 5,128 | Espoon Honka – Piiloset | 2000 |
| 4,630 | Namika Lahti – Kouvot | 2004 |
| 4,097 | Torpan Pojat – Karkkilan Urheilijat | 1998 |
| 3,900 | Kataja Basket — Salon Vilpas | 2017 |