1987 WNBL season

1987 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	Nunawading Spectres
Season MVP	Robyn Maher
Top scorer	Kathy Foster (Hobart Islanders)
Finals
Champions	Nunawading Spectres
Runners-up	Coburg Cougars

The 1987 WNBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Regular season

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	Nunawading Spectres	20	18	2	90
2	Coburg Cougars	20	14	6	70
3	North Adelaide Rockets	20	13	7	65
4	West Adelaide Bearcats	20	13	7	65
5	Australian Institute of Sport	20	10	10	50
6	Brisbane Blazers	20	10	10	50
7	Noarlunga Tigers	20	10	10	50
8	Bankstown Bruins	20	8	12	40
9	Canberra Capitals	20	7	13	35
10	Hobart Islanders	20	4	16	20
11	Bulleen Melbourne Boomers	20	3	17	15

The following shows the leaders for each statistic during the 1987 regular season.

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Kathy Foster	Hobart Islanders	20.8 PPG
Rebounds per game	Samantha Thornton	Bulleen Melbourne Boomers	12.3 RPG
Assists per game	Karin Maar	Coburg Cougars	5.2 APG
Steals per game	Donna Brown	Noarlunga Tigers	3.3 SPG
Blocks per game	Chris Saunders	Bulleen Melbourne Boomers	1.2 BPG
Field goal percentage	Marisa Rowe	Coburg Cougars	53.5% (69/129)
Three point FG percentage	Cheryl Chambers	Coburg Cougars	42.9% (18/42)
Free throw percentage	Sandy Brondello	Australian Institute of Sport	79.1% (34/43)

WNBL seasons

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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