1985 WNBL season

1985 WNBL season
League	Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	North Adelaide Rockets
Season MVP	Kathy Foster
Top scorer	Julie Nykiel
Finals
Champions	Coburg Cougars
Runners-up	Noarlunga Tigers

The 1985 WNBL season was the fifth season of competition in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Ladder

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Won %
1	North Adelaide Rockets	18	15	3	83
2	Nunawading Spectres	18	14	4	78
3	Noarlunga Tigers	18	13	5	72
4	Coburg Cougars	18	13	5	72
5	Brisbane Blazers	12	7	5	58
6	West Adelaide Bearcats	18	10	8	56
7	St Kilda Saints	18	9	9	50
8	Bankstown Bruins	19	7	12	37
9	Australian Institute of Sport	18	3	15	17
10	Bulleen Melbourne Boomers	18	3	15	17
11	Sutherland Sharks	19	3	16	16

Finals

	Semi Finals					Grand Final
	1	North Adelaide Rockets	52
	4	Coburg Cougars	56
						4	Coburg Cougars	73
						3	Noarlunga Tigers	71
	3	Noarlunga Tigers	64
	2	Nunawading Spectres	54