List of Star Hotshots seasons

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This is a list of seasons by the Star Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Three-conference era

Season	Conference	Team name	Elimination round						Playoffs
			Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
1988	Open Conference	Purefoods Hotdogs	3rd/6	10	6	4	.600	1	Semifinals Finals	Tied 1st overall (12–6), 6–2 in semifinals San Miguel 4, Purefoods 3
	All-Filipino Cup		1st/6	12	8	4	.667	--	Semifinals Finals	1st overall (13–7), 5–3 in semifinals Añejo Rum 65ers 3, Purefoods 1
	Third Conference		6th/6	10	1	9	.100	6	Did not qualify
1989	Open Conference		4th/6	10	4	6	.400	6	Semifinals	5th overall (7–11), 3–5 in semifinals
	All-Filipino Cup		1st/6	11	9	2	.919	--	Semifinals Finals	1st overall (14–5), 5–3 in semifinals San Miguel 4, Purefoods 2
	Reinforced Conference		2nd/6	10	6	4	.600	--	Semifinals Finals berth playoff	Tied 2nd overall (10–8), 4–4 in semifinals Añejo 113, Purefoods 112*
1990	First Conference		6th/8	10	3	7	.300	5	Did not qualify
	All-Filipino Cup		2nd/8	10	7	3	.700	3	Semifinals Finals	1st overall (13–5), 6–2 in semifinals Presto 4, Purefoods 3
	Third Conference		4th/8	10	6	4	.600	2	Semifinals Finals seed playoff Finals	Tied 2nd overall (11–7), 5–3 in semifinals Purefoods 121, Shell 101* Purefoods 3, Alaska 2
1991	First Conference	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	3rd/8	11	6	5	.545	2	Semifinals 3rd-place playoff	3rd overall (10–9), 4–4 in semifinals Diet Sarsi 3, Purefoods 0
	All-Filipino Cup		2nd/8	11	7	4	.636	1	Semifinals Finals	1st overall (12–7), 5–3 in semifinals Purefoods 3, Sarsi 2
	Third Conference		8th/8	11	2	9	.182	6	Did not qualify
1992	First Conference		6th/8	11	5	6	.455	2	Elimination playoff	Swift 123, Purefoods 117*
	All-Filipino Cup		1st/8	10	8	2	.800	--	Semifinals Finals berth playoff Finals	Tied 2nd overall (12–6), 4–4 in semifinals Purefoods 81, 7-Up 77* San Miguel 4, Purefoods 3
	Third Conference		5th/8	11	5	6	.455	4	Elimination playoff Semifinals	Purefoods 119, Alaska 110* 5th overall (6–13), 1–7 in semifinals
1993	All-Filipino Cup	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	3rd/8	10	6	4	.600	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	3rd overall (9–5) Coney Island 3, Swift 0 Coney Island 4, San Miguel 2
	Commissioner's Cup	Purefoods Oodles	2nd/8	11	8	3	.727	1	Semifinals Finals berth playoff Finals	Tied 2nd overall (11–8) 3–5 in semifinals Purefoods 119, San Miguel 101* Swift 4, Coney Island 2
	Governors' Cup		3rd/8	10	7	3	.700	1	Semifinals	5th overall (9–9), 2–6 in semifinals
1994	All-Filipino Cup	Coney Island Ice Cream Stars	2nd/8	10	7	3	.700	1	Semifinals Finals berth playoff Finals	Tied 1st overall (12–6), 5–3 in semifinals Coney Island 86, Swift 74* San Miguel 4, Coney Island 2
	Commissioner's Cup	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	2nd/8	11	7	4	.636	2	Semifinals Finals	2nd overall (13–6), 6–2 in semifinals Purefoods 4, Alaska 1
	Governors' Cup		Bye to the semifinals						Semifinals 3rd-place playoff	4th overall (4–6) Pepsi 3, Purefoods 1
1995	All-Filipino Cup		5th/8	10	5	5	.500	2	Semifinals Finals berth playoff	Tied 2nd overall (10–8), 5–3 in semifinals Alaska 115, Purefoods 89*
	Commissioner's Cup		4th/8	10	6	4	.600	3	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd-place playoff	4th overall (9–6), 3–2 in quarterfinals Sunkist 3, Purefoods 2 Sta. Lucia 2, Purefoods 0
	Governors' Cup		2nd/8	10	7	3	.700	1	Semifinals	5th overall (9–9), 2–6 in semifinals
1996	All-Filipino Cup		3rd	14	8	6	.521	2	Semifinals Finals	1st overall (14–8), 6–2 in semifinals Alaska 4, Purefoods 1
	Commissioner's Cup		5th/8	10	5	5	.500	3	Elimination playoff Semifinals	Purefoods 89, Sunkist 76* 5th overall (6–12), 1–7 in semifinals
	Governors' Cup		6th/8	11	5	6	.455	3	Elimination playoff Quarterfinals	Purefoods 81, Sta. Lucia 76 San Miguel** 89, Purefoods 86 (1st game: 91–97)
1997	All-Filipino Cup	Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys	2nd/8	14	8	6	.571	2	Semifinals Finals	Tied 1st overall (14–8), 6–2 in semifinals Purefoods 4, Gordon's 2
	Commissioner's Cup		8th/8	10	3	7	.300	3	Did not qualify
	Governors' Cup		4th/8	14	8	6	.571	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Purefoods** def. Mobiline Purefoods 3, San Miguel 2 Alaska 4, Purefoods 1
1998	All-Filipino Cup	Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies	5th/8	11	5	6	.455	4	Semifinals	5th overall (8–13), 3–7 in semifinals
	Commissioner's Cup		4th/8	11	5	6	.455	5	Quarterfinals	Shell** def. Purefoods
	Centennial Cup		5th/9	8	5	3	.625	1	Did not qualify
	Governors' Cup		4th/8	(7) 15	(4) 9	(3) 6	(.571) .600	--	Semifinals Finals berth playoff	Tied 1st overall (12–9) Mobiline 84, Purefoods 80
1999	All-Filipino Cup	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	6th/9	16	7	9	.438	4	Quarterfinals	Alaska** def. Purefoods
	Commissioner's Cup		7th/9	8	3	5	.375	3	Quarterfinals	Shell** def. Purefoods
	Governors' Cup		1st/9	8	7	1	.875	--	Quarterfinals Semifinals	Purefoods** 80, Barangay Ginebra 74 Alaska 3, Purefoods 0
2000	All-Filipino Cup		4th/10	14	8	6	.571	4	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Purefoods** 89, Sta. Lucia 79 Purefoods 3, Tanduay 1 Alaska 3, Purefoods 1
	Commissioner's Cup		5th/10	9	4	5	.444	3	Quarterfinals	Alaska** 85, Purefoods 82
	Governors' Cup		4th/10	9	5	4	.556	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Purefoods** 88, Alaska 69 (1st game: 80–91) Purefoods 3, Mobiline 1 San Miguel 4, Purefoods 1
2001	All-Filipino Cup		4th/10	14	8	6	.521	1	Quarterfinals	Barangay Ginebra 70, Purefoods** 69 (1st game: 77–76)
	Commissioner's Cup		2nd/10	9	6	3	.667	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd-place playoff	Purefoods** 82, Tanduay 74 Red Bull 3, Purefoods 2 Alaska 1, Purefoods 0*
	Governors' Cup		10th/10	13	5	8	.385	3	Did not qualify
2002	Governors' Cup		3rd/12	11	8	3	.727	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Purefoods** 82, Red Bull 77 Purefoods 3, Coca-Cola 2 Purefoods 4, Alaska 3
	Commissioner's Cup		10th/11	10	3	7	.300	4	Did not qualify
	All-Filipino Cup		8th/10	9	3	6	.333	5	Did not qualify
2003	All-Filipino Cup		5th/Grp A	18	5	13	.277	7	Did not qualify
	Invitational Cup		4th/4	4	0	4	.000	4	Did not qualify
	Reinforced Conference		5th/Grp B	13	4	9	.308	4	Elimination playoff	Alaska 93, Purefoods 88*
Elimination round				508	264	244	.520	—	31 semifinal appearances
Playoffs				356	164	192	.461	—	17 Finals appearances
Cumulative totals				864	428	436	.495	—	6 championships

Two-conference era

Season	Conference	Team name	Elimination/classification round						Playoffs
			Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
(2004)	Fiesta Conference	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	10th/10	18	4	14	.222	12	Wildcard phase	Coca-Cola 94, Purefoods 92*
2004-05	Philippine Cup		6th/10	18	9	9	.500	4	Wildcard phase Quarterfinals	Purefoods 2, Coca-Cola 1 Shell 2, Purefoods 1
	Fiesta Conference		8th/10	18	7	11	.389	5	Wildcard phase Quarterfinals	Purefoods 2, FedEx 1 Shell 2, Purefoods 0
2005-06	Fiesta Conference	Purefoods Chunkee Giants	1st/9	16	10	6	.625	--	Semifinals Finals	Purefoods 4, Air21 2 Red Bull 4, Purefoods 2
	Philippine Cup		1st/9	16	12	4	.750	--	Semifinals Finals	Purefoods 4, Alaska 3 Purefoods 4, Red Bull 2
2006-07	Philippine Cup		5th/10	18	10	8	.556	3	5th-seed playoff Quarterfinals	Purefoods 92, Sta. Lucia 78* Talk 'N Text 3, Purefoods 1
	Fiesta Conference	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	8th/10	18	6	12	.333	7	1st wildcard round	Coca-Cola 100, Purefoods 97*
2007-08	Philippine Cup		1st/10	18	12	6	.667	--	Semifinals Finals	Purefoods 4, Red Bull 3 Sta. Lucia 4, Purefoods 3
	Fiesta Conference		8th/10	18	8	10	.444	4	1st wildcard round	Talk 'N Text 98, Purefoods 83*
2008-09	Philippine Cup		7th/10	18	8	10	.444	4	1st wildcard round	Air21 94, Purefoods 82*
	Fiesta Conference		6th/10	14	7	7	.500	4	Wildcard phase Quarterfinals	Purefoods 126, Talk 'N Text 123 (2OT)* Rain or Shine 2, Purefoods 1
2009-10	Philippine Cup		3rd/10	18	12	6	.667	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Purefoods 3, Rain or Shine 2 Purefoods 4, San Miguel 2 Purefoods 4, Alaska 0
	Fiesta Conference	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	3rd/10	18	13	5	.722	1	2nd-seed playoff Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd-place playoff	San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83* Derby Ace 3, Rain or Shine 2 San Miguel 4, Derby Ace 2 Talk 'N Text 113, Derby Ace 95*
Elimination/classification round				226	118	108	.522	—	8 post-wildcard appearances
Playoffs				93	50	44	.532	—	4 Finals appearances
Cumulative totals				319	168	152	.525	—	2 championships

*one-game playoffs

Three-conference era

Season	Conference	Team name	Elimination round						Playoffs
			Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
2010-11	Philippine Cup	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados	4th/10	14	7	7	.500	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals	B-Meg Derby Ace 2, Meralco 0 Talk 'N Text 4, B-Meg Derby Ace 0
	Commissioner's Cup		7th/10	9	4	5	.444	4	Did not qualify
	Governors' Cup	B-Meg Llamados	6th/9	8	4	4	.500	2	Semifinals	6th overall (5–8), 1–4 in semifinals
2011-12	Philippine Cup		1st/10	14	10	4	.714	--	Quarterfinals	Powerade def. B-Meg** 97–88, 131–123 (OT)
	Commissioner's Cup		3rd/10	9	6	3	.667	1	2nd-seed playoff Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Barangay Ginebra 93, B-Meg 84 B-Meg 2, Meralco 1 B-Meg 3, Barangay Ginebra 1 B-Meg 4, Talk 'N Text 3
	Governors' Cup		2nd/10	9	6	3	.667	2	Semifinals Finals berth playoff Finals	T-2nd overall (9–5), 3–2 in semifinals B-Meg 74, Barangay Ginebra 72* Rain or Shine 4, B-Meg 3
2012-13	Philippine Cup	San Mig Coffee Mixers	2nd/10	14	10	4	.714	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals	San Mig Coffee** def. Petron in 1 game Rain or Shine 4, San Mig Coffee 2
	Commissioner's Cup		4th/10	14	8	6	.571	1	Quarterfinals Semifinals	San Mig Coffee 2, Meralco 1 Alaska 3, San Mig Coffee 1
	Governors' Cup		2nd/10	9	6	3	.667	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	San Mig Coffee** 105, Alaska 112 San Mig Coffee** 83, Alaska 73 San Mig Coffee 3,Meralco 1, San Mig Coffee 4, Petron 3
2013-14	Philippine Cup	San Mig Super Coffee Mixers	5th/10	14	7	7	.500	4	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	San Mig Coffee 2, Talk 'N Text 1 San Mig Coffee 4,Barangay Ginebra 3, San Mig Coffee 4, Rain or Shine 2
	Commissioner's Cup		6th/10	9	4	5	.444	5	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	San Mig Coffee 2, Alaska 1 San Mig Coffee 3,Air21 2, San Mig Coffee 3, Talk 'N Text 1
	Governors' Cup		4th/10	9	5	4	.556	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	San Mig Coffee** 97, San Miguel 90 San Mig Coffee 3, Talk 'N Text 2, San Mig Coffee 3, Rain or Shine 2
2014-15	Philippine Cup	Purefoods Star	7th/12	11	6	5	.545	3	Quarterfinals 1st phase	Meralco** def. Purefoods Star in 1 game
	Commissioner's Cup		3rd/12	11	8	3	.727	--	Quarterfinals Semifinals	Purefoods Star 2, Alaska 0 Talk 'N Text 3, Purefoods Star 1
	Governors Cup		5th/12	11	6	5	.545	2	Quarterfinals Semifinals	Star def. GlobalPort** in 2 games Alaska 3, Star 0
Elimination round				166	98	68	.590	—	12 semifinal appearances
Playoffs				119	63	56	.529	—	6 Finals appearances
Cumulative records				285	161	124	.564	—	5 championships

*one-game playoffs
**team had the twice-to-beat advantage

End-of-season records

PBA season	Team season	GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
1988	1988	59	30	29	.508	Runner-up (Open and All-Filipino)
1989	1989	66	34	32	.515	Runner-up (All-Filipino)
1990	1990	59	34	25	.576	Champions (Third)
1991	1991	37	27	30	.474	Champions (All-Filipino)
1992	1992	38	28	30	.483	Runner-up (All-Filipino)
1993	1993	67	39	28	.582	Champion (All-Filipino)
1994	1994	63	37	26	.548	Champion (Commissioner's)
1995	1995	61	30	31	.492
1996	1996	60	29	31	.483	Runner-up (All-Filipino)
1997	1997	63	34	29	.540	Champion (All-Filipino)
1998	1998	59	27	32	.458	Third place (Governors')
1999	1999	41	20	21	.488
2000	2000	55	27	28	.491	Runner-up (All-Filipino and Governors')
2001	2001	45	22	23	.489
2002	2002	43	22	21	.512	Champions (Governors')
2003	2003	36	9	27	.250
2004 Fiesta	2004–05	17	4	13	.235	Wildcard phase
2004–05		47	21	26	.447	Quarterfinals (Philippine and Fiesta)
2005–06	2005–06	57	36	21	.632	Champions (Philippine)
2006–07	2006–07	42	18	24	.429	Quarterfinals (Philippine)
2007–08	2007–08	51	27	24	.529	Runners-up (Philippine)
2008–09	2008–09	37	17	20	.459	Quarterfinals (Fiesta)
2009–10	2009–10	63	41	23	.641	Champions (Philippine)
2010–11	2010–11	44	20	24	.455	Semifinals (Philippine and Governors')
2011–12	2011–12	62	38	24	.613	Champions (Commissioner's)
2012–13	2012–13	64	38	26	.594	Champions (Governors')
2013–14	2013–14	71	41	30	.577	Champions (Philippine, Commissioner's and Governors')
2014–15	2014–15	45	25	20	.555	Semifinals (Commissioner's and Governors')

Cumulative records

Era	GP	W	L	PCT
Three-conference era (1975–2003)	892	449	443	.503
Two-conference era (2004–2010)	318	168	152	.525
Three-conference era (2010–present)	285	161	124	.564
Total	1,497	778	719	.519