| 2010 New Zealand NBL season | |
| League: | New Zealand NBL |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | 4 March – 1 July |
| No Of Games: | 18 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Minor Premiers: | Wellington Saints |
| Mvp: | Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) |
| Mvp Link: | New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer: | Eric Devendorf (Wellington Saints) |
| Top Scorer Link: | New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion |
| Finals: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | Wellington Saints |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Waikato Pistons |
| Finals Mvp: | Lindsay Tait |
| Finals Mvp Link: | New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslistnames: | New Zealand NBL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2009 New Zealand NBL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2009 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2011 New Zealand NBL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2011 |
The 2010 NBL season was the 29th season of the National Basketball League. Foundation member and nine-time NBL champions the Auckland Stars withdrew from the league in 2010, while the Otago Nuggets returned after a one-year absence and the Southland Sharks joined for the first time.
The regular season began on Thursday 4 March and concluded on Friday 19 June. The playoffs began on Tuesday 22 June and concluded on Thursday 1 July, with the Wellington Saints taking home their sixth NBL title after defeating the Waikato Pistons 2–1 in the best-of-three finals series. Saints' guard Lindsay Tait was recognised as the most valuable player of the regular season and of the finals series.
| Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 4 | |
| 2 | 13 | 5 | |
| 3 | 12 | 6 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | |
| 5 | 11 | 7 | |
| 6 | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8 | 6 | 12 | |
| 9 | 5 | 13 | |
| 10 | 0 | 18 | |
| Round | Player | Team | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [1] | |||
| 2 | [2] | |||
| 3 | [3] [4] | |||
| 4 | [5] [6] | |||
| 5 | [7] [8] | |||
| 6 | [9] | |||
| 7 | [10] | |||
| 8 | [11] | |||
| 9 | [12] | |||
| 10 | Michael Harrison | [13] | ||
| 11 | [14] | |||
| 12 | [15] | |||
| 13 | [16] | |||
| 14 | [17] | |||
| 15 | [18] | |||
| 16 | [19] |
Stats as of the end of the regular season[20]
| Category | Player | Team | Stat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 25.6 | |||
| Rebounds per game | 12.6 | |||
| Assists per game | 7.1 | |||
| Steals per game | 3.8 | |||
| Blocks per game | Jon Rogers | 2.2 |