The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) currently has twelve active teams, but there have been numerous teams that departed the league whether through acquisition and dissolution. Additionally, some teams, local and foreign, also competed as guest teams that took part in a number of conferences.
The NorthPort Batang Pier are the most recent team to go defunct, with the franchise being sold in 2024. The Alaska Aces have the most championships among defunct teams with 14, closely followed by the Crispa Redmanizers at 13.
Defunct franchises *Denotes team that won a championship Team Company Principal owner Years active Seasons played Overall win–loss record Win % Championships Acquired by Carrier/Quasar/Fiberlite Concepcion Industries, Inc. José N. Concepcion Sr. – 2 26–44 37.1% 0 none 7-Up (Syjuco group) Seven-Up Bottling Company of the Philippines Santiago Syjuco – 3 25–74 25.2% 0 Filmanbank Filmanbank Filipinas Manufacturers Bank Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. 1978–1979 2 32–57 35.9% 0 Galleon Shipping/CDCP Galleon Shipping/CDCP Galleon Shipping Corporation/Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines Rodolfo Cuenca – 2 32–28 53.3% 0 none Tefilin Filipinas Synthetic Fiber Corporation Patricio L. LimCarlos Palanca Jr. 1980–1981 2 29–33 46.7% 0 none U/Tex Universal Textile Mills, Inc. Patricio L. LimWalter Euyang Sr. 1975–1982 8 210–187 52.9% 2 Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston/Country Fair Mariwasa Noritake/Mariwasa Honda/Finance Inc./Galerie Dominique Mariwasa/Galerie Dominique Emerson CoSeteng/Nikki CoSeteng 1975–1983 9 117–217 35.0% 0 none Toyota Delta Motor Corporation Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. 1975–1983 9 338–178 65.5% 9 Beer Hausen/Manila Beer Crispa P. Floro and Sons, Inc. Pablo B. Floro – 10 403–186 68.4% 13 Shell Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston/Country Fair Sanyu Group of Companies 1983–1984 2 15–48 23.8% 0 none Beer Hausen/Manila Beer Asia Brewery Lucio Tan 1984–1986 3 79–76 50.9% 0 none Tanduay/YCO-Tanduay (Elizalde group) Elizalde and Company, Inc. Manolo Elizalde 1975–1987 13 3 Purefoods/Magnolia* Presto/N-Rich/Great Taste/Tivoli CFC Corporation John Gokongwei Jr.Ignacio Gotao – 18 6 Sta. Lucia Pop Cola/Sarsi/Sunkist/Swift RFM Corporation Jose Ma. Concepcion III – 12 4 Coca-Cola/Powerade Tanduay (Tan group) Tanduay Distillers, Inc. Lucio Tan 1999–2001 3 0 FedEx/Air21/Burger King/Barako Bull Energy Shell Helix/Shell Rimula X/Shell Azodrin/Pilipinas Shell Oilers/Formula Shell Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation 1985–2005 21 4 Welcoat/Rain or Shine* Sta. Lucia Sta. Lucia Realty & Development Corporation Exequiel Robles 1993–2010 17 2 Meralco* Red Bull/Barako Bull Photokina Marketing Corporation Tony Chua 2000–2011 10 3 Shopinas.com/Air21 Coca-Cola/Powerade Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. 2002–2012 11 2 GlobalPort/NorthPort FedEx/Air21/Burger King/Barako Bull Energy Airfreight 2100, Inc. Alberto Lina 2002–2016 14 0 Phoenix* Shopinas.com/Air21 Lina Group of Companies Alberto Lina 2011–2014 3 0 NLEX* Alaska/Hills Bros. Coffee Alaska Milk Corporation Wilfred Steven Uytengsu 1986–2022 35 14 Converge* GlobalPort/NorthPort Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Mikee Romero 2012–2025 12 0 Titan Ultra**Acquiring team still active
Franchise lineage As a result of franchise acquisitions, teams share their lineage with the teams acquired by their respective companies.
Active lineages The lineages listed below are sorted from oldest to newest based on the establishing team. Bold indicates the active team in the lineage.
Crispa → Shell → Welcoat / Rain or Shine N-Rich / Great Taste / Presto / Tivoli → Sta. Lucia → Meralco Royal / Gold Eagle / Magnolia / Petron / San Miguel Tanduay (1975) → Purefoods / B-Meg / San Mig Coffee / Star / Magnolia Gilbey's Gin / St. George Whisky / Añejo Rhum / Gordon's Gin / Ginebra / Barangay Ginebra Hills Bros. / Alaska → Converge Pepsi / 7-Up / Mobiline / Talk 'N Text / TNT Pop Cola / Sarsi / Sunkist / Swift → Coca-Cola / Powerade → GlobalPort / NorthPort → Titan Ultra Tanduay (1999) → FedEx / Air21 (I) / Burger King / Barako Bull Energy → Phoenix Red Bull / Barako Bull Energy Boosters → Shopinas.com / Air21 (II) → NLEX Blackwater Kia / Mahindra / Columbian / Terrafirma
Ended lineages The following lineages have ended due to the final team having dissolved without any acquisitions.
7-Up (1975) → Filmanbank → Galleon / CDCP Carrier / Quasar / Fiberlite Mariwasa Noritake / Mariwasa Honda / Finance Inc. / Galerie Dominique Toyota → Manila Beer / Beer Hausen Tefilin U/Tex → Manhattan / Sunkist / Winston / Country Fair
Record-keeping Once a franchise is acquired by a new entity, the previous team is considered to be ceased and all of its records are kept with that team. The new team resulting from the acquisition will then start its records fresh akin to an expansion team. However, there have been a few special cases.
Special cases
Pepsi Mega Bottlers transfer to Lapanday Holdings
When Frederick Dael took over as president of Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI), which owned the Pepsi Mega Bottlers, changes were made in the company's priorities which would see the team be disbanded. PCPPI chairman Luis Lorenzo Sr. sought to transfer ownership of the franchise to one of his other entities, and in January 1996, the team's franchise was transferred to Lapanday Holdings, Lorenzo's holding company. The new team became known as the Mobiline Cellulars after partnering with the Pilipino Telephone Corporation (now PLDT Communication and Energy Ventures), now known as the TNT Tropang 5G, with the records of the 7-Up / Pepsi franchise carrying over.
Tanduay's return Tanduay's first PBA franchise was owned by Elizalde & Company Inc. It was one of the PBA's founding teams, competing from 1975 to 1987. In 1988, Tanduay was sold to Lucio Tan's Twin Ace Holdings Corporation while the PBA franchise was acquired by Pure Foods Corporation, forming today's Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots.
Tan's LT Group would later bring Tanduay back to the PBA in 1999 with the Tanduay Rhum Masters and with it the records of the company's previous franchise carried over. The new Rhum Masters played until 2002 when the team was acquired by the Lina Group, forming the FedEx Express.
Air21 and Barako Bull switch names + Timeline of the Air21–Barako Bull name switch 2011 Governors' Cup 2011–12 Philippine Cup 2012 Commissioner's Cup Current lineage Air21 Express (I) Barako Bull Energy Barako Bull Energy Phoenix Fuel Masters Barako Bull Energy Boosters Shopinas.com Clickers Air21 Express (II) NLEX Road Warriors
When the Lina Group acquired a majority stake in Energy Food and Drinks, the distributor of Red Bull to the Philippines, the group now owned the Barako Bull Energy Boosters alongside their existing team, the Air21 Express. In the 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup, the Energy Boosters were renamed to the Shopinas.com Clickers while the Express were renamed to the Barako Bull Energy. In the following Commissioner's Cup, the Clickers were renamed to the Air21 Express, meaning that the two franchises had switched names.
To prevent any confusion, most of the Shopinas / Air21 (II) franchise history and records were separated from the Red Bull / Barako Bull Energy Boosters franchise as if the Lina Group acquired the latter, with the only elements carrying over being the transaction history and lineage. As with most cases, the Barako Bull Energy franchise retained its history and lineage with FedEx / Burger King / Air21 (I).
To create a distinction between the two Air21 franchises, the original is abbreviated as "AIR21" and the second one as "AIR21X" in the official PBA annual, Hardcourt. In some instances, the team records of the original Air21 franchise is "shared" with the second Air21 franchise. An example would be during the jersey retirement of Vergel Meneses – although he played for the original Air21 franchise, his jersey was retired by the second Air21 franchise.
Air21 (II) were acquired by Manila North Tollways Corporation in 2014, becoming the NLEX Road Warriors, while Phoenix Petroleum acquired the Barako Bull Energy in 2016, establishing the Phoenix Fuel Masters.
Guest teams Local teams Team Original league Seasons played Championships Northern Consolidated Cement N/A (National team) 2 (1984, 1985) 1 (1985 Reinforced)Philippine national team 5 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003) Smart Gilas 2 (2009–10, 2010–11)
Foreign teams Team Country Original league Seasons played Championships Ramrod Blocks (Melbourne Panthers) — 1 (1977) Emtex Sacronel (S.E. Palmeiras) São Paulo State Championship 1 (1977) Adidas Rubberworld — 1 (1980) Nicholas Stoodley — 1 (1980) 1 (1980 Invitational) South Korea N/A (national team) 2 (1982, 2003) KK Novi Sad Basketball League of Serbia 1 (2003) Magnolia-Jilin Tigers (Jilin Yiqi) Chinese Basketball Association 1 (2003) Yonsei University — 1 (2003) U.S. Pro-Am Selection — 1 (2004) UBC Thunderbirds Canada West Universities Athletic Association 1 (2004) Bay Area Dragons East Asia Super League 1 (2022–23) Eastern Hong Kong A1 Division Championship 1 () Macau Giant Pandas — 1 (2026)
Graphical timeline
See also All-time Philippine Basketball Association team standings
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