1983 WNBL season

1983 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	St Kilda Saints
Season MVP	Karen Ogden Robyn Maher
Top scorer	Julie Nykiel
Finals
Champions	Nunawading Spectres
Runners-up	St Kilda Saints

The 1983 WNBL season (Women's National Basketball League) was the third season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

Ladder

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	St Kilda Saints	17	14	3	82
2	Nunawading Spectres	17	13	4	76
3	Coburg Cougars	17	12	5	71
4	Australian Institute of Sport	18	12	6	67
5	West Adelaide Bearcats	17	9	8	53
6	North Adelaide Rockets	17	7	10	41
7	Brisbane Blazers	10	3	7	30
8	Bankstown Bruins	17	5	12	29
9	Noarlunga Tigers	17	4	13	24
10	Sutherland Sharks	17	3	14	18

Finals

	Semi-finals					Grand Final
	1	St Kilda Saints	72
	4	Australian Institute of Sport	63
						1	St Kilda Saints	46
						2	Nunawading Spectres	70
	3	Coburg Cougars	60
	2	Nunawading Spectres	63

1983 WNBL Awards

Award		Winner	Team
Most Valuable Player Award		Karen Ogden Robyn Maher	St Kilda Saints Nunawading Spectres
Top Shooter Award		Julie Nykiel	Noarlunga Tigers