2021 PBA season

The PBA allows for each team to have up to five players classified as "Filipino-foreigners" in their roster. Filipino-foreigners are natural-born Filipinos who are born outside the Philippines. Natural-born Filipinos born inside the Philippines are not classified as such, and a team can as many of them as roster size permits.[n 1][5]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Replaced
Alaska Aces	Yousef Taha	Maverick Ahanmisi	Michael DiGregorio	Robbie Herndon	Alec Stockton	Taylor Browne
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Christian Standhardinger	Joe Devance	Jared Dillinger	Brian Enriquez	Stanley Pringle
Blackwater Bossing	David Semerad	Simon Enciso	Kelly Nabong	Andre Paras	Joshua Torralba
Magnolia Hotshots	Jerrick Ahanmisi	Loren Brill	Rome dela Rosa	James Laput	Rafi Reavis
Meralco Bolts	Cliff Hodge	Trevis Jackson	Chris Newsome
NLEX Road Warriors	Anthony Semerad	Asi Taulava
NorthPort Batang Pier	Jamie Malonzo	Troy Rike	Greg Slaughter
Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters	Matthew Wright	Chris Banchero	Jason Perkins	Sean Manganti	Sean Anthony
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Norbert Torres	Franky Johnson	Gabe Norwood	Adrian Wong
San Miguel Beermen	CJ Perez	Marcio Lassiter	Chris Ross	Moala Tautuaa
Terrafirma Dyip	Kyle Pascual	Andreas Cahilig	Roosevelt Adams	Rashawn McCarthy	Joshua Munzon
TNT Tropang Giga	Kelly Williams	Mikey Williams

Naturalized Filipinos and foreigners can play as imports. They can only play in import-laced conferences, and usually a team is mandated to have at least one for the duration of the tournament.

A list of imports will be provided on that conferences' article.

• On January 24, Cyrus Baguio announced his retirement. Baguio played for 6 franchises in his 17 seasons in the association.[12]
• On February 1, Harvey Carey announced his retirement. Carey played for TNT Tropang Giga for 17 seasons.[13]
• On March 21, JC Intal announced his retirement. Intal played for 4 franchises in his 13 seasons in the association.[14]
• On May 15, Jay-R Reyes announced his retirement. Reyes played for 8 franchises in his 14 seasons in the association.[15]
• On May 25, Marc Pingris announced his retirement. Pingris played for 3 franchises in his 15 seasons in the association.[16]

• The PBA Board of Governors approved a two-conference format this season. One All-Filipino tournament (Philippine Cup) to be held for four months and one import-laced tournament (Governors' Cup) to be held for six months.[3]
• On March 12, Ricky Vargas of TNT KaTropa was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term as the Chairman of the PBA Board of Governors. Bobby Rosales of Terrafirma Dyip was re-elected as Vice Chairman, while Richard "Dickie" Bachmann of the Alaska Aces was elected as treasurer. Bachmann was also appointed as the chairman of the PBA 3×3 tournament. Vargas became the longest-serving head of the PBA Board of Governors since the presidency of Ginebra San Miguel's Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca III (1983 to 1986) and the chairmanship of Formula Shell's Reynaldo Marquez (1987 to 1990).[20]
• July 9: The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) have approved the proposal from the league to open its 46th season on July 16. The announcement came from the monthly Games and Amusements Board press conference.[21]

• July 18: Barangay Ginebra San Miguel started wearing their "Bagong Tapang" jerseys. The jerseys replace their light uniforms. The said jerseys were launched in April and were made available to fans beginning on May 1.[22]
• July 21: Four games involving the TNT Tropang Giga and the Terrafirma Dyip were postponed due to TNT players' inconclusive COVID-19 test results. [23]
• August 3: The league suspends their games beginning August 4 after the government declared that Metro Manila will be under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August 6 to 20. The league have appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) if they can continue their tournament in Batangas, which is under a more relaxed quarantine restrictions.[24]
• August 23: The league announced that they have got the approval of Pampanga governor Dennis Pineda to resume their games at the Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor starting September 1. [25]

• The league announced that the inaugural 3x3 season will start on November 20.[26]
• November 9: The PBA board of governors have approved to revise the league's policy for Fil-foreigner to be eligible for the PBA draft. Fil-foreigners are only required to submit a Philippine passport upon application to the draft.[27] The board also increased the number of Fil-foreigner players per team from five to seven.[28]

• December 10: The Quezon City government have approved the PBA's request to play their games with spectators. The games will be played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum starting December 15.[29]

*Team has twice-to-beat advantage. Team 1 only has to win once, while Team 2 has to win twice.

• Finals MVP: Mikey Williams (TNT Tropang Giga)