1986 PBA season

The 1986 PBA season was the 12th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Season highlights

• The Alaska Milkmen became the newest team that joined the league while the Magnolia ballclub, one of the founding members of the PBA, took a temporary leave of absence. Magnolia makes its comeback in the Third Conference with a new lineup composed of 10 rookies, eight of which were former national players from the disbanded Northern Consolidated (NCC) team.
• Teams paraded two reinforcements each in the import-laden conferences, which led to a record-breaking success by the league on the last term of PBA chairman Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca.
• The birth of the most bitter PBA rivalry since the Toyota-Crispa days - that between the Tanduay Rhum Makers and crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel - with both teams winning their first championship during the season.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Champions

• Reinforced Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
• All-Filipino Conference: Tanduay Rhum Makers
• Open Conference: Ginebra San Miguel

• Team with best win-loss percentage: (Ginebra 42-23, .647)

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
• Rookie of the Year: Dondon Ampalayo (Ginebra)
• Most Improved Player: Ricky Relosa (Alaska)
• Best Import-Reinforced Conference: Rob Williams (Tanduay)
• Best Import-Open Conference: Michael Young (Manila Beer)
• Mythical Five:
  • Ricardo Brown (Great Taste)
  • Robert Jaworski (Ginebra)
  • Ramon Fernandez (Tanduay)
  • Manny Victorino (Great Taste)
  • Freddie Hubalde (Tanduay)

• Mythical Second Team:
  • Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
  • Padim Israel (Tanduay)
  • Terry Saldaña (Ginebra)
  • JB Yango (Tanduay)
  • Dondon Ampalayo (Ginebra)

• All-Defensive Team:
  • Chito Loyzaga (Ginebra)
  • Philip Cezar (Shell)
  • Elpidio Villamin (Manila Beer)
  • Ricky Relosa (Alaska)
  • Padim Israel (Tanduay)

Cumulative standings

References