Basketball has been a part of the South Asian Games since the 1987 edition.

1987 Details	India (Kolkata)	India		Pakistan
1991 Details	Sri Lanka (Colombo)	India		Pakistan
1995 Details	India (Madras)	India		Pakistan
2010 Details	Bangladesh (Dhaka)	Afghanistan	65–64	India	Bangladesh	75–62	Nepal
2019 Details	Nepal (Kathmandu)	India	101–62	Sri Lanka	Nepal	81–59[1]	Bangladesh

2019 Details

Nepal (Kathmandu)

India

127–46

Nepal

Maldives

83–46[2]

Bhutan

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	4	1	0	5
2	Afghanistan (AFG)	1	0	0	1
3	Pakistan (PAK)	0	3	0	3
4	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
	Nepal (NEP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	4	2	11

Team	1987	1991	1995	2010	2016	Total
Afghanistan	-	-	-	1st		1
Bangladesh	?	?	?	3rd		≥1
Bhutan	-	-	-	-		0
India	1st	1st	1st	2nd		4
Maldives	-	?	?	?		?
Nepal	-	-	?	4th		≥1
Pakistan	2nd	2nd	2nd	?		4
Sri Lanka	?	?	?	?		≥1

• Pakistan basketball team named for 11th South Asian Games Archived 2018-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, gz2010.cn, accessed 25 March 2012.
• South Asian Games: Shooters, swimmers shine as India consolidate dominance, TimesOfIndia.com, accessed 16 May 2012.