The 2016–17 B.League season was the first season of the Japanese B.League.

B1 Regular season # B1 1 Toshiba Kawasaki Brave Thunders 49 11 — 60 2 Link Tochigi Brex 46 14 3 60 3 SeaHorses Mikawa 46 14 3 60 4 Alvark Tokyo 44 16 5 60 5 Chiba Jets 44 16 5 60 6 San-en NeoPhoenix 33 27 16 60 7 Hitachi SunRockers Tokyo-Shibuya 32 28 17 60 8 Ryukyu Golden Kings 29 31 20 60 9 Osaka Evessa 28 32 21 60 10 Niigata Albirex BB 27 33 22 60 11 Nagoya Diamond Dolphins 27 33 23 60 12 Kyoto Hannaryz 25 35 23 60 13 Levanga Hokkaido 23 37 26 60 14 Shiga Lakestars 21 39 28 60 15 Toyama Grouses 18 42 31 60 16 Akita Northern Happinets 18 42 31 60 17 Yokohama B-Corsairs 16 44 33 60 18 Sendai 89ers 14 46 35 60

B1 Playoffs

B1 Relegation playoffs

Sendai 89ers and Akita Happinets were relegated to B2.

B1 Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Nick Fazekas Kawasaki Brave Thunders 27.1 Rebounds per game Ryan Rossiter Link Tochigi Brex 13.3 Assists per game Naoki Uto Toyama Grouses 4.3 Steals per game Kenta Hirose Hitachi SunRockers 2.0 Blocks per game Josh Harrellson Osaka Evessa 1.9 Turnovers per game Julian Mavunga Shiga Lakestars 3.3 Fouls per game Marcus Dove Kyoto Hannaryz 3.3 Minutes per game Seiya Ando Akita Northern Happinets 33.8 FT% Kosuke Kanamaru SeaHorses Mikawa 90.8% 3FG% Kosuke Kanamaru SeaHorses Mikawa 42.6%

B2 Regular season

# B2 1 Shimane Susanoo Magic 51 9 — 60 2 Hiroshima Dragonflies 46 14 5 60 3 Nishinomiya Storks 43 17 8 60 4 Gunma Crane Thunders 40 20 11 60 5 Kumamoto Volters 44 16 7 60 6 Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya 42 18 9 60 7 Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots 32 28 19 60 8 Fukushima Firebonds 30 30 21 60 9 Ehime Orange Vikings 29 31 22 60 10 Aomori Wat's 29 31 22 60 11 Earthfriends Tokyo Z 27 33 24 60 12 Passlab Yamagata Wyverns 26 34 25 60 13 Bambitious Nara 24 36 27 60 14 Tokyo Excellence 22 38 29 60 15 Kagawa Five Arrows 19 41 31 60 16 Iwate Big Bulls 15 45 36 60 17 Shinshu Brave Warriors 14 46 37 60 18 Kagoshima Rebnise 7 53 44 60

B2 Playoffs

Shimane Susanoo Magic and Nishinomiya Storks were promoted to B1. Tokyo Excellence and Kagoshima Rebnise were relegated to B3.

B2 Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Chehales Tapscott Kagawa Five Arrows 19.5 Rebounds per game Solomon Alabi Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya 13.1 Assists per game Takumi Furuno Kumamoto Volters 5.1 Steals per game Takumi Furuno Kumamoto Volters 2.2 Blocks per game Chukwudiebere Maduabum Kagoshima Rebnise 2.4 Turnovers per game Tatsuya Nishiyama Tokyo Excellence 2.9 Fouls per game Takumi Furuno Kumamoto Volters 3.0 Minutes per game Kazuto Sameshima Kagoshima Rebnise 34.0 FT% Masashi Obuchi Gunma Crane Thunders 84.2% 3FG% Edward Yamamoto Shimane Susanoo Magic 45.3%

B3 season

B3 First stage # B3 First Stage 1 Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 9 1 — 10 2 Tokyo Hachioji Trains 8 2 1 10 3 Kanazawa Samuraiz 7 3 2 10 4 Otsuka Corporation Alphas 4 6 5 10 5 Tokyo Cinq Reves 1 9 8 10 6 Saitama Broncos 1 9 8 10

B3 Regular season # B3 Regular season 1 Kanazawa Samuraiz 29 3 — 32 2 Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 28 4 1 32 3 Tokyo Hachioji Trains 21 11 8 32 4 Otsuka Corporation Alphas 20 12 9 32 5 Tokyo Cinq Reves 13 19 16 32 6 Aisin AW Areions Anjo 13 19 16 32 7 Saitama Broncos 12 20 17 32 8 Toyoda Gosei Scorpions 5 27 24 32 9 Tokio Marine Nichido Big Blue 3 29 26 32

B3 Final stage # B3 Final Stage 1 Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 9 1 — 10 2 Kanazawa Samuraiz 8 2 1 10 3 Tokyo Hachioji Trains 5 5 4 10 4 Tokyo Cinq Reves 4 6 5 10 5 Saitama Broncos 3 7 6 10 6 Otsuka Corporation Alphas 1 9 8 10

B3 Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Kyle Richardson (basketball) Otsuka Corporation Alphas 19.344 Rebounds per game Kyle Richardson (basketball) Otsuka Corporation Alphas 10.875 Assists per game Kyohei Kumazawa Aisin AW Areions Anjo 3.969 Steals per game Yusuke Ikeda Tokyo Hachioji Trains 1.967 Blocks per game Matthew Kendrick Toyoda Gosei Scorpions 1.677 FT% Kyohei Kumazawa Aisin AW Areions Anjo 89.3% 3FG% Masaya Ueda Saitama Broncos 41.7%

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