| NBL champions | League champions | Runners-up | Finals berth |
| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Post-season | Head coach | Captain | Club MVP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | |||||||
| Brisbane Bullets | |||||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 18 | 10 | 8 | .556 | Did not qualify | Bob Young | Bruce Fitzgerald | not awarded |
| 1980 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | 22 | 15 | 7 | .682 | Lost semifinal (West Adelaide) 94–101 | Dave Claxton | Bruce Fitzgerald | not awarded |
| 1981 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 22 | 13 | 9 | .591 | Lost semifinal (Launceston) 69–71 | Dave Claxton | Brian Banks | not awarded |
| 1982 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 | Did not qualify | Rick Harden | Brian Banks Larry Sengstock |
not awarded |
| 1983 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 22 | 10 | 12 | .455 | Did not qualify | Rick Harden | Larry Sengstock | not awarded |
| 1984 | 1 | NBL | 1st | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | Won preliminary final (Coburg) 105–104 Won semifinal (Geelong) 107–103 Lost NBL final (Canberra) 82–84 |
Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1985 | 1 | NBL | 1st | 26 | 20 | 6 | .769 | Won semifinal (Canberra) 93–76 Won NBL final (Adelaide) 121–95 |
Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1986 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | 26 | 17 | 9 | .654 | Won elimination final (Sydney) 100–82 Won semifinal (Canberra) 120–100 Lost NBL finals (Adelaide) 1–2 |
Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1987 | 1 | NBL | 2nd | 26 | 20 | 6 | .769 | Won semifinals (Illawarra) 2–1 Won NBL finals (Perth) 2–0 |
Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1988 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | Lost elimination final (Perth) 98–113 | Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1989 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | Did not qualify | Brian Kerle | Larry Sengstock | Leroy Loggins |
| 1990 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | 26 | 18 | 8 | .692 | Won elimination finals (Sydney) 2–1 Won semifinals (Eastside) 2–0 Lost NBL finals (Perth) 1–2 |
Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Derek Rucker |
| 1991 | 1 | NBL | 9th | 26 | 13 | 13 | .500 | Did not qualify | Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Leroy Loggins |
| 1992 | 1 | NBL | 7th | 24 | 12 | 12 | .500 | Lost quarterfinals (Sydney) 0–2 | Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Leroy Loggins |
| 1993 | 1 | NBL | 4th | 26 | 16 | 10 | .615 | Won quarterfinals (Newcastle) 2–0 Lost semifinals (Perth) 1–2 |
Bruce Palmer | Leroy Loggins | Leroy Loggins |
| 1994 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 26 | 18 | 8 | .692 | Lost quarterfinals (Adelaide) 1–2 | Bruce Palmer | Leroy Loggins | Leroy Loggins |
| 1995 | 1 | NBL | 6th | 26 | 16 | 10 | .615 | Lost quarterfinals (North Melbourne) 0–2 | Bruce Palmer | Leroy Loggins | Leroy Loggins |
| 1996 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 26 | 14 | 12 | .538 | Lost quarterfinals (Melbourne) 1–2 | Dave Ingham | Leroy Loggins | Steve Woodberry |
| 1997 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 30 | 15 | 15 | .500 | Lost elimination finals (Perth) 0–2 | Dave Ingham | Leroy Loggins | Steve Woodberry |
| 1998 | 1 | NBL | 4th | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | Won elimination finals (Melbourne) 2–0 Lost semifinals (S.E. Melbourne) 0–2 |
Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Steve Woodberry |
| 1998–99 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 26 | 13 | 13 | .500 | Lost qualifying finals (Melbourne) 0–2 | Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Steve Woodberry |
| 1999–2000 | 1 | NBL | 10th | 28 | 7 | 21 | .250 | Did not qualify | Brian Kerle | Leroy Loggins | Kelvin Price |
| 2000–01 | 1 | NBL | 10th | 28 | 4 | 24 | .143 | Did not qualify | Richard Orlick | Leroy Loggins | Simon Kerle |
| 2001–02 | 1 | NBL | 7th | 30 | 14 | 16 | .467 | Did not qualify | Richard Orlick | Simon Kerle | Randy Rutherford |
| 2002–03 | 1 | NBL | 11th | 30 | 6 | 24 | .200 | Did not qualify | Richard Orlick Joey Wright |
Simon Kerle | Damien Ryan |
| 2003–04 | 1 | NBL | 4th | 33 | 22 | 11 | .667 | Won quarterfinal (Melbourne) 112–101 Lost semifinals (Sydney) 0–2 |
Joey Wright | Derek Rucker | Stephen Black |
| 2004–05 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 32 | 17 | 15 | .531 | Won elimination final (Hunter) 113–99 Won quarterfinal (Adelaide) 125–110 Lost semifinals (Sydney) 0–2 |
Joey Wright | Derek Rucker | not awarded |
| 2005–06 | 1 | NBL | 6th | 32 | 17 | 15 | .531 | Lost elimination final (Perth) 91–96 | Joey Wright | Sam Mackinnon | not awarded |
| 2006–07 | 1 | NBL | 1st | 33 | 28 | 5 | .848 | Won semifinals (Sydney) 2–0 Won NBL finals (Melbourne) 3–1 |
Joey Wright | Sam Mackinnon | not awarded |
| 2007–08 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | 30 | 20 | 10 | .667 | Won quarterfinal (New Zealand) 106–89 Lost semifinals (Melbourne) 0–2 |
Joey Wright | Sam Mackinnon | Ebi Ere |
| 2016–17 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 | Did not qualify | Andrej Lemanis | Adam Gibson | Torrey Craig |
| 2017–18 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 28 | 9 | 19 | .321 | Did not qualify | Andrej Lemanis | Adam Gibson | Travis Trice |
| 2018–19 | 1 | NBL | 4th | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 | Lost semifinals (Perth) 0–2 | Andrej Lemanis | Adam Gibson | Lamar Patterson |
| 2019–20 | 1 | NBL | 5th | 28 | 15 | 13 | .536 | Did not qualify | Andrej Lemanis | Rotating captaincy | Lamar Patterson |
| 2020–21 | 1 | NBL | 6th | 36 | 18 | 18 | .500 | Did not qualify | Andrej Lemanis | Jason Cadee | Nathan Sobey |
| 2021–22 | 1 | NBL | 8th | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 | Did not qualify | James Duncan | Jason Cadee | Robert Franks |
| 2022–23 | 1 | NBL | 9th | 28 | 8 | 20 | .286 | Did not qualify | James Duncan Sam Mackinnon Greg Vanderjagt |
Aron Baynes | Nathan Sobey |
| 2023–24 | 1 | NBL | 7th | 28 | 13 | 15 | .464 | Did not qualify | Justin Schueller | Nathan Sobey | Nathan Sobey |
| Regular season record | 1034 | 548 | 486 | .530 | 3 regular season champions | ||||||
| Finals record | 68 | 32 | 36 | .471 | 3 NBL championships | ||||||
As of the end of the 2023–24 season
*Note: In 1983 and 1984, the NBL was split into Eastern and Western divisions during the regular season.