The 2026 PBA Commissioner's Cup, also referred to as the PBA season 50 Commissioner's Cup, was the second conference of the 2025–26 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 23rd edition of the Commissioner's Cup started on March 11 and ended on June 17, 2026. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with unlimited height limit. The Macau Black Knights joined the conference as a guest team. A break was held from April 1 to 4 to make way for the observance of the Holy Week.
The TNT Tropang 5G were the defending Commissioner's Cup champions. Barangay Ginebra San Miguel defeated TNT in 7 games in a rematch of the last year's finals.
Format All participating teams played in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 12 games throughout the duration of the conference. Teams were ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties were broken using tiebreaker criteria. As previously said last conference, the 8th seed playoff was scrapped, and is instead replaced by tiebreakers. The playoff format is as follows: Quarterfinals: Before this change, 1 and 2 have twice to beat against 7 and 8. 3-6 seeds go head-to-head in best of 3 series. This was changed where it patterns the previous conference, where higher seeds (1-4) have twice-to-beat advantage against lower seeds (5-8): 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) F1: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner
Elimination round Team standings
Results table
Bracket
Quarterfinals The top four seeds have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only have to win once, while their opponents have to win twice, to advance.
(1) NLEX vs. (8) TNT
(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (7) Phoenix Super LPG
(3) Rain or Shine vs. (6) San Miguel
(4) Meralco vs. (5) Magnolia
Semifinals The semifinals is a best-of-seven playoff.
(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) Rain or Shine
(4) Meralco vs. (8) TNT
Finals
This is a best-of-seven playoff.
Imports The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.
For guest team Macau Black Knights, players from Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) are considered as locals. They cannot have Filipino players in their roster.
Team Name Debuted Last game Record Ref. Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Justin Brownlee March 20 June 17 18–8 Blackwater Bossing Daniel Ochefu March 13 March 18 0–2 Robert Upshaw March 22 May 9 2–7 No import April 28 0–1 Converge FiberXers Kylor Kelley March 11 April 22 3–6 Donovan Smith April 26 May 9 2–1 Macau Black Knights Tony Mitchell March 11 May 6 3–9 Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots Nuni Omot March 13 March 22 0–3 Clint Chapman March 28 May 16 8–3 Meralco Bolts Marvin Jones March 13 May 24 10–7 Patrick Gardner May 27 May 31 1–2 NLEX Road Warriors Cady Lalanne March 18 May 16 10–4 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters James Dickey III March 13 April 21 5–3 No import April 26 0–1 Johnathan Williams May 1 May 15 1–3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Jaylen Johnson March 14 May 31 11–7 No import March 27 1–0 San Miguel Beermen Marcus Lee March 21 March 28 1–2 Justin Patton March 31 April 8 2–1 No import April 12 0–1 Bennie Boatwright April 19 May 15 4–2 Terrafirma Dyip Mubashar Ali March 11 May 6 4–7 No import May 8 0–1 Titan Ultra Giant Risers Michael Gilmore March 11 May 8 2–10 TNT Tropang 5G Bol Bol March 20 May 22 9–7 No import May 24 1–0 Chris McCullough May 27 June 17 5–5
Awards Player of the Week WeekPlayerRef. March 11–15 Jerrick Ahanmisi March 18–22 Adrian Nocum March 25–29 Robert Bolick March 31 – April 5 CJ Perez April 7–12 Adrian Nocum April 14–19 Schonny Winston April 21–26 Justin Arana April 28 – May 3 Robert Bolick May 5–10 Mark Barroca May 13–16 Andrei Caracut May 20–24 Roger Pogoy May 27–31 RJ Abarrientos
Statistics Individual statistical leaders
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game RJ Abarrientos Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 21.5 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 14.8 Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 8.8 Steals per game Joshua Munzon Titan Ultra Giant Risers 2.9 Blocks per game Zavier Lucero Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 1.9 Turnovers per game Juan Gómez de Liaño Converge FiberXers 3.1 Fouls per game Anthony Semerad NLEX Road Warriors 4.1 Minutes per game Jenning Leung Macau Black Knights 40.8 FG% Ian Sangalang Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 69.8% FT% Jordan Heading TNT Tropang 5G 95.8% 3FG% Chris Newsome Meralco Bolts 53.3% 4FG% Jerrick Ahanmisi Terrafirma Dyip 24.5% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 10Triple-doubles Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 1 Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Bol Bol TNT Tropang 5G 38.2 Rebounds per game Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 16.7 Assists per game Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 6.0 Steals per game Michael Gilmore Titan Ultra Giant Risers 2.1 Blocks per game Bol Bol TNT Tropang 5G 4.3 Turnovers per game Mubashar Ali Terrafirma Dyip 4.4 Fouls per game Donovan Smith Converge FiberXers 5.3 Minutes per game Johnathan Williams Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 43.3 FG% Robert Upshaw Blackwater Bossing 57.1% FT% Clint Chapman Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 82.4% 3FG% Clint Chapman Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 42.9% 4FG% Robert Upshaw Blackwater Bossing 40.9% Double-doubles Bol Bol TNT Tropang 5G 15 Triple-doubles Jaylen Johnson Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1
Individual game highs
Local players Category Player Team Statistic Points Ricci Rivero Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 40 Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 20 Assists Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 14Steals Alec Stockton Converge FiberXers 6 Joshua Munzon Titan Ultra Giant Risers Blocks Zavier Lucero Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 5 Three point field goals Lao Chong Pong Macau Black Knights 8 Four point field goals four players 3
Import players Category Player Team Statistic Points Justin Brownlee Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 54 Rebounds James Dickey III Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 26 Assists Jaylen Johnson Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 10 Steals Michael Gilmore Titan Ultra Giant Risers 5 Blocks Bol Bol TNT Tropang 5G 7 Three point field goals Mubashar Ali Terrafirma Dyip 7 Four point field goals Robert Upshaw Blackwater Bossing 4
Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 112.0 Rebounds per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 58.0 Assists per game Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 26.8 Steals per game Titan Ultra Giant Risers 9.1 Blocks per game TNT Tropang 5G 6.1 Turnovers per game Blackwater Bossing 15.9 Fouls per game Meralco Bolts 26.8 FG% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 48.8% FT% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 79.9% 3FG% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 38.3% 4FG% Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters 37.9%
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