1995–96 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 1995–96 CBA season was the first season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The season was held from 10 December 1995 to 7 April 1996.

The league had 12 teams for its inaugural campaign and every club played each other twice in the regular season.

Results
12 teams played against each other teams twice.

Playoffs
The Playoffs used a Home-Away system. Total points were used to decide the winner.

Bracket
Bold Series winner

All-Star Game
The first CBA All-Star Game was played on April 9, 1996, in Beijing.

The Blue Team, featuring players including Wang Zhizhi and Adiljan Jun, defeated the White Team 106–98.

Awards
These are the award winners for the 1995-96 CBA regular season.