The 2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup, also referred to as the PBA season 50 Philippine Cup, was the first conference of the 2025–26 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 50th PBA Philippine Cup started on October 5, 2025 and ended on February 1, 2026. A break was held from November 17 to December 4 to make way for the first window of 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
This is the first conference of the Titan Ultra Giant Risers in the league, following Pureblends Corporation's acquisition of the NorthPort Batang Pier franchise. The San Miguel Beermen entered this conference as the defending Philippine Cup champions, and successfully defended the title in a rematch of the last year's finals against the TNT Tropang 5G.
Format All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 11 games throughout the duration of the conference. Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties are broken using tiebreaker criteria. Beginning with this conference, there will no longer be a one-game playoff for the eighth seed in case of a tie. The standard tiebreakers will be used instead. The playoff formats are as follows: Quarterfinals (higher seeds twice-to-beat): QF1: #1 vs #8 QF2: #2 vs #7 QF3: #3 vs #6 QF4: #4 vs #5 Semifinals (best-of-seven series): SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner Finals (best-of-seven series)
Elimination round Team standings
Results table
Bracket
Quarterfinals The top four seeds have the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(1) San Miguel vs. (8) NLEX
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Meralco
(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia
(4) Converge vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
Semifinals (1) San Miguel vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
(3) TNT vs. (7) Meralco
Finals
Awards Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. October 5–12 Juan Gómez de Liaño October 15–19 CJ Cansino October 22–26 Juan Gómez de Liaño October 29 – November 2 Rey Nambatac November 5–8 Don Trollano November 12–16 Robert Bolick Juan Gómez de Liaño December 5–7 CJ Perez December 10–14 CJ Cansino December 15–21 Juan Gómez de Liaño December 25–29 RJ Abarrientos January 4–11 Scottie Thompson January 14–16 CJ Perez
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Calvin Abueva Titan Ultra Giant Risers 23.6 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 14.6 Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 8.6 Steals per game CJ Perez San Miguel Beermen 2.0 Blocks per game Zavier Lucero Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 2.2 Turnovers per game Calvin Abueva Titan Ultra Giant Risers 3.9 Fouls per game Brandon Bates Meralco Bolts 4.1 Minutes per game Zavier Lucero Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 36.8 FG% James Una Blackwater Bossing 72.7% FT% James Una Blackwater Bossing 100.0% 3FG% Jansen Rios Meralco Bolts 85.7% 4FG% Rey Nambatac TNT Tropang 5G 54.5% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 18 Triple-doubles Juan Gómez de Liaño Converge FiberXers 3
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Calvin Abueva Titan Ultra Giant Risers 41CJ Perez San Miguel Beermen Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 27Assists Mark Nonoy Terrafirma Dyip 13 Mark Barroca Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Steals three players 6 Blocks Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser TNT Tropang 5G 5 Three point field goals Kelly Williams TNT Tropang 5G 8 Four point field goals four players 3
Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game San Miguel Beermen 109.4 Rebounds per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 55.1 Assists per game Converge FiberXers 24.1 Steals per game Titan Ultra Giant Risers 9.5 Blocks per game TNT Tropang 5G 4.6 Turnovers per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 15.7 Fouls per game Meralco Bolts 25.2 FG% Converge FiberXers 46.1% FT% TNT Tropang 5G 74.6% 3FG% Converge FiberXers 35.8% 4FG% TNT Tropang 5G 38.3%
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