Ladder progression
edit- Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
- Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
- Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
| 2016–17 NBL season | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Adelaide 36ers | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brisbane Bullets | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Cairns Taipans | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Illawarra Hawks | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Melbourne United | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| New Zealand Breakers | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Perth Wildcats | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Sydney Kings | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |