| 2011–12 WNBL season | |
| League: | Women's National Basketball League |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | 7 October 2011 – 11 March 2012 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Tv: | ABC |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Top Seed: | Adelaide Lightning |
| Mvp: |  Suzy Batkovic Adelaide |
| Mvp Link: | WNBL Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer: | Suzy Batkovic Adelaide |
| Top Scorer Link: | WNBL Top Shooter Award |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Dandenong Rangers |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Bulleen Boomers |
| Finals Mvp: | Kathleen MacLeod Dandenong |
| Finals Mvp Link: | WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of WNBL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | WNBL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2010–11 WNBL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2012–13 WNBL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 WNBL season was the 32nd season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2011 and March 2012, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2012. The Bulleen Boomers attempted to defend their title, but fell short at the last phase, losing in the finals to the Dandenong Rangers.
Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.
Sponsorship included iiNet, entering its second year as league naming rights sponsor. Spalding provided equipment including the official game ball, with Champion supplying team apparel.
| WNBL Championship Ladder | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||||
| 1 | 18 | 4 | 81.8 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 15 | 7 | 68.2 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 14 | 8 | 63.4 | 22 | ||
| 4 | 13 | 9 | 59.0 | 22 | ||
| 5 | Sydney Uni Flames | 13 | 9 | 59.0 | 22 | |
| 6 | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 13 | 40.9 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 20 | 9.0 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 20 | 9.0 | 22 | ||
See main article: 2012 WNBL Finals.
| width=125 | Award | width=125 | Winner | width=125 | Position | width=125 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player Award | Suzy Batkovic | Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning | ||||
| Grand Final MVP Award | Kathleen MacLeod | Guard | Dandenong Rangers | ||||
| Rookie of the Year Award | Carley Mijovic | Forward | AIS | ||||
| Defensive Player of the Year Award | Alicia Poto | Guard | Sydney Uni Flames | ||||
| Coach of the Year Award | Peter Buckle | Coach | Adelaide Lightning | ||||
| Top Shooter Award | Suzy Batkovic | Forward/Centre | Adelaide Lightning | ||||
| All-Star Five | Suzy Batkovic  Shanavia Dowdell Belinda Snell Jenna O'Hea Kathleen MacLeod Samantha Richards | Forward/Centre Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard Guard | Adelaide Lightning Townsville Fire Sydney Uni Flames Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers Bulleen Boomers |
| width=100 | Category | width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=50 | GP | width=50 | Totals | width=50 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points Per Game | Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 438 | 24.3 | ||||||
| Rebounds Per Game | Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Assists Per Game | 22 | 162 | 7.4 | ||||||||
| Steals Per Game | Suzy Batkovic | Adelaide Lightning | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Blocks per game | 22 | 68 | 3.1 | ||||||||
| Field Goal % | 22 | (181/305) | 59.4% | ||||||||
| Three-Point Field Goal % | 22 | (40/91) | 44.0% | ||||||||
| Free Throw % | 22 | (47/50) | 94.0% |
Source: 2014–15 WNBL Media Guide