| Season | Won | Lost | % | Coach | Asst. Coaches | Final Rank | Team Captains | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | 22 | 14 | .611 | Billy Gillispie | Glynn Cyprien, Jeremy Cox, Tracy Webster | Unranked by AP and ESPN/USA Today | - | - |
| 2007-08 | 18 | 13 | .581 | Billy Gillispie | Glynn Cyprien, Jeremy Cox, Tracy Webster | Unranked by AP and ESPN/USA Today | - | Billy Gillispie's first season Participated as #11 Seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2006-07 | 22 | 12 | .647 | Orlando Smith | David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot | Unranked by AP and ESPN/USA Today | - | Participated as #8 Seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2005-06 | 22 | 13 | .629 | Orlando Smith | David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot | Unranked by AP and ESPN/USA Today | - | Participated as #8 Seed in the Washington D.C. Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2004-05 | 28 | 6 | .824 | Orlando Smith | David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot | 7th by AP and 5th by USA Today/ESPN | - | SEC Champions; SEC-East Champions; Participated as #2 Seed in the Austin Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2003-04 | 27 | 5 | .844 | Orlando Smith | David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot | 2nd by AP and 8th by USA Today/ESPN | - | SEC-East Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the St. Louis Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2002-03 | 32 | 4 | .889 | Orlando Smith | David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot | 1st by AP and 4th by USA Today/ESPN | Souleymane Camara and Keith Bogans | SEC Champions; SEC-East Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2001-02 | 22 | 10 | .688 | Orlando Smith | Mike Sutton, David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson | 16th by AP | J. P. Blevins and Tayshaun Prince | SEC-East Champions [Co-Champion (Florida, Georgia [Vacated])]; Participated as #4 Seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 2000-01 | 24 | 10 | .706 | Orlando Smith | Mike Sutton, David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson | 9th by AP | - | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Florida)]; SEC-East Champions [Co-Champion (Florida)]; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #2 Seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1999-00 | 23 | 10 | .697 | Orlando Smith | George Felton, Shawn Finney, Mike Sutton | 19th by AP | - | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana State)]; SEC-East Champions [Co-Champion (Florida, Tennessee)]; Participated as #5 Seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1998-99 | 28 | 9 | .757 | Orlando Smith | George Felton, Shawn Finney, Mike Sutton | 8th by AP and 5th by USA Today/ESPN | Scott Padgett, Heshimu Evans and Wayne Turner | SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #3 Seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1997-98 | 35 | 4 | .897 | Orlando Smith | George Felton, Shawn Finney, Mike Sutton | 5th by AP and 1st by USA Today/ESPN | Jeff Sheppard, Allen Edwards and Cameron Mills | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; SEC-East Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Orlando Smith's First and Best Season Participated as #2 Seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1996-97 | 35 | 5 | .875 | Rick Pitino | Jim O'Brien, Delray Brooks, Winston Bennett | 5th by AP and 2nd by CNN/USA Today | Derek Anderson, Anthony Epps and Jared Prickett | NCAA Runners-Up; SEC Tournament Champions; Great Alaska Shootout Champions; Rick Pitino's Last Season Participated as #1 Seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1995-96 | 34 | 2 | .944 | Rick Pitino | Jim O'Brien, Delray Brooks, Winston Bennett | 2nd by AP and 2nd by CNN/USA Today | Tony Delk, Walter McCarty and Mark Pope | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; SEC-East Champions; ECAC Holiday Festival Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1994-95 | 28 | 5 | .848 | Rick Pitino | Jim O'Brien, Delray Brooks, Winston Bennett | 2nd by AP and 2nd by CNN/USA Today | Tony Delk, Mark Pope and Rodrick Rhodes | SEC Champions; SEC-East Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1993-94 | 27 | 7 | .794 | Rick Pitino | Billy Donovan, Delray Brooks, Bernadette Locke-Mattox | 7th by AP and 8th by CNN/USA Today | Travis Ford, Gimel Martinez and Jeff Brassow | SEC-East Champions [Co-Champion (Florida)]; SEC Tournament Champions; Maui Classic Champions; Participated as #3 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1992-93 | 30 | 4 | .882 | Rick Pitino | Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan, Bernadette Locke-Mattox | 2nd by AP and 4th by CNN/USA Today | Nehemiah Braddy and Dale Brown | NCAA Final Four; SEC Tournament Champions; ECAC Holiday Festival Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1991-92 | 29 | 7 | .806 | Rick Pitino | Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan, Bernadette Locke-Mattox, Mike Atkinson | 6th by AP and 9th by UPI and 6th by CNN/USA Today | Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, John Pelphrey and Sean Woods | SEC-East Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #2 Seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1990-91 | 22 | 6 | .786 | Rick Pitino | Orlando Smith, Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan, Bernadette Locke | 9th by AP | Deron Feldhaus, Reggie Hanson and John Pelphrey | Best conference record however due to SEC by-laws LSU and Mississippi State were recognized as co-champs |
| 1989-90 | 14 | 14 | .5 | Rick Pitino | Ralph Willard, Orlando Smith, Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan | Unranked by AP | Derrick Miller | Rick Pitino's First Season |
| 1988-89 | 13 | 19 | .406 | Eddie Sutton | James Dickey, Dwane Casey, Jimmy Dykes, Brock Touloukian | Unranked by AP | Mike Scott | Eddie Sutton's Last and Worst season |
| 1987-88 | 27 | 6 | .818 | Eddie Sutton | James Dickey, Dwane Casey, Jimmy Dykes, Roger Harden | 6th by AP and 6th by UPI and 9th by CNN/USA Today | Winston Bennett, Ed Davender, Cedric Jenkins, Robert Lock and Richard Madison | NCAA erased wins over Southern and Maryland and loss to Villanova; SEC Tournament title vacated Participated as #2 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1986-87 | 18 | 11 | .621 | Eddie Sutton | James Dickey, Dwane Casey, Doug Barnes, Wayne Breeden | Unranked by AP | James Blackmon and Paul Andrews | Participated as #8 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1985-86 | 32 | 4 | .889 | Eddie Sutton | Leonard Hamilton, James Dickey, Doug Barnes, Wayne Breeden | 3rd by AP and 4th by UPI and 4th by CNN/USA Today | Kenny Walker, Roger Harden and Leroy Byrd | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Eddie Sutton's First and Best Season Participated as #1 Seed in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1984-85 | 18 | 13 | .581 | Joe B. Hall | Leonard Hamilton, Jim Hatfield, Lake Kelly | 24th by CNN/USA Today | Winston Bennett and Kenny Walker | Joe B. Hall's Final Season Participated as #12 Seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1983-84 | 29 | 5 | .853 | Joe B. Hall | Leonard Hamilton, Jim Hatfield, Lake Kelly, Wayne Breeden | 3rd by AP and 3rd by UPI and 3rd by CNN/USA Today | Dicky Beal | NCAA Final Four; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1982-83 | 23 | 8 | .742 | Joe B. Hall | Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr., Bob Chambers, Jeff Riley | 12th by AP and 10th by UPI and 6th by CNN/USA Today | Charles Hurt | SEC Champions; Participated as #3 Seed in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1981-82 | 22 | 8 | .733 | Joe B. Hall | Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr., Bob Chambers, Gordy Parido | 15th by AP | Chuck Verderber | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Tennessee)]; Participated as #6 Seed in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1980-81 | 22 | 6 | .786 | Joe B. Hall | Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr., Bob Chambers, Harry Lancaster | 8th by AP and 8th by UPI | Chuck Verderber | Participated as #2 Seed in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1979-80 | 29 | 6 | .829 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr., Jim Lankster | 4th by AP and 3rd by UPI | Kyle Macy | SEC Champions; Great Alaska Shootout Champions; Participated as #1 Seed in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1978-79 | 19 | 12 | .613 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr. | Unranked by AP | Dwane Casey and Truman Claytor | - |
| 1977-78 | 30 | 2 | .938 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Joe Dean Jr., Frank Ramsey | 1st by AP and 1st by UPI | Jack Givens and Rick Robey | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1976-77 | 26 | 4 | .867 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Jim Long, Jim Andrews | 3rd by AP and 5th by UPI | Larry Johnson and Merion Haskins | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Tennessee)]; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1975-76 | 20 | 10 | .667 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Lynn Nance | Unranked by AP | Jack Givens | NIT Champions; |
| 1974-75 | 26 | 5 | .839 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Leonard Hamilton, Lynn Nance, Ray Edelman | 2nd by AP and 4th by UPI | Jimmy Dan Conner | NCAA Runners-Up; SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Alabama)]; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1973-74 | 13 | 13 | .5 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Boyd Grant, Jim Hatfield, Jim Dinwiddie, Ken Trivette | Unranked by AP | Ronnie Lyons | Joe B. Hall's Worst Season |
| 1972-73 | 20 | 8 | .714 | Joe B. Hall | Dick Parsons, Boyd Grant, Jim Hatfield, Ken Trivette | 17th by AP and 15th by UPI | Jim Andrews | SEC Champions; Joe B. Hall's First Season Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1971-72 | 21 | 7 | .75 | Adolph Rupp | Joe B. Hall, W. Gale Catlett, Dick Parsons | 18th by AP and 14th by UPI | Stan Key and Tom Parker | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Tennessee)]; Adolph Rupp's Final Season Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1970-71 | 22 | 6 | .786 | Adolph Rupp | Joe B. Hall, T. L. Plain, Dick Parsons | 8th by AP and 8th by UPI | Mike Casey and Larry Steele | SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1969-70 | 26 | 2 | .929 | Adolph Rupp | Joe B. Hall, T. L. Plain, Dick Parsons | 1st by AP and 1st by UPI | Dan Issel and Mike Pratt | SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1968-69 | 23 | 5 | .821 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Joe B. Hall | 7th by AP and 5th by UPI | Phil Argento | SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1967-68 | 22 | 5 | .815 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Joe B. Hall | 5th by AP and 5th by UPI | Thad Jaracz | SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1966-67 | 13 | 13 | .5 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Joe B. Hall | Unranked by AP | - | Adolph Rupp's Worst Season |
| 1965-66 | 27 | 2 | .931 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Joe B. Hall | 1st by AP and 1st by UPI | - | NCAA Runners-Up; SEC Champions; International Universities Tournament Champions; ? Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1964-65 | 15 | 10 | .6 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Neil Reed, John Lykins | Unranked by AP | Randy Embry | - |
| 1963-64 | 21 | 6 | .778 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Neil Reed | 4th by AP and 3rd by UPI | Cotton Nash and Ted Deeken | SEC Champions; Sugar Bowl Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1962-63 | 16 | 9 | .64 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Rudy Davalos, Ballard Moore, Neil Reed | Unranked by AP | Scotty Baesler | - |
| 1961-62 | 23 | 3 | .885 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Ted Lenhardt, Jerry Gray | 3rd by AP and 3rd by UPI | Larry Pursiful | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Mississippi State)]; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1960-61 | 19 | 9 | .679 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Doug Hines, Ted Lenhardt | 20th by AP and 18th by UPI | Dick Parsons | Accepted NCAA bid when Mississippi State declined Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1959-60 | 18 | 7 | .72 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | Unranked by AP | Bill Lickert and Don Mills | - |
| 1958-59 | 24 | 3 | .889 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Dan Chandler | 2nd by AP and 2nd by UPI | Johnny Cox | Accepted NCAA bid when Mississippi State declined Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1957-58 | 23 | 6 | .793 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster, Bill Wireman | 9th by AP and 14th by UPI | Ed Beck | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1956-57 | 23 | 5 | .821 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 3rd by AP and 3rd by UPI | Ed Beck and Gerry Calvert | SEC Champions; Sugar Bowl Champions; Participated in the Mideast Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1955-56 | 20 | 6 | .769 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 9th by AP and 12th by UPI | Phil Grawemeyer | Accepted NCAA bid when Alabama declined Participated in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1954-55 | 23 | 3 | .885 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 2nd by AP and 2nd by UPI | Billy Evans | SEC Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1953-54 | 25 | 0 | 1 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 1st by AP and 2nd by UPI | Cliff Hagan and Frank Ramsey | Helms Trophy Winners; SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Louisiana State)]; Declined NCAA bid due to stipulation that Graduate Students could not compete in the NCAA tournament |
| 1952-53 | 0 | 0 | ? | - | - | - | No Games Played | |
| 1951-52 | 29 | 3 | .906 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 1st by AP and 1st by UPI | Bobby Watson | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1950-51 | 32 | 2 | .941 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 1st by AP and 1st by UPI | Walter Hirsch | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1949-50 | 25 | 5 | .833 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 3rd by AP | Dale Barnstable | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Sugar Bowl Champions; |
| 1948-49 | 32 | 2 | .941 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | 1st by AP | - | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1947-48 | 36 | 3 | .923 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | - | Ken Rollins | NCAA Champions; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Olympic Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1946-47 | 34 | 3 | .919 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | - | Ken Rollins | NIT Runners-Up; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1945-46 | 28 | 2 | .933 | Adolph Rupp | Elmer Gilb | - | Jack Parkinson | NIT Champions; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1944-45 | 22 | 4 | .846 | Adolph Rupp | Lyman Ginger | - | - | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1943-44 | 19 | 2 | .905 | Adolph Rupp | Harry Lancaster | - | - | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1942-43 | 17 | 6 | .739 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Marvin Akers and Melvin Brewer | - |
| 1941-42 | 19 | 6 | .76 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Carl Staker | NCAA Final Four; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Participated in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament |
| 1940-41 | 17 | 8 | .68 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Lee Huber | - |
| 1939-40 | 15 | 6 | .714 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Layton Rouse | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; Sugar Bowl Champions; |
| 1938-39 | 16 | 4 | .8 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Bernard Opper | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1937-38 | 13 | 5 | .722 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | J. Rice Walker | Sugar Bowl Champions; |
| 1936-37 | 17 | 5 | .773 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Warfield Donohue | SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1935-36 | 15 | 6 | .714 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Milerd Anderson | - |
| 1934-35 | 19 | 2 | .905 | Adolph Rupp | Paul McBrayer | - | Dave Lawrence and Jack Tucker | SEC Champions [Co-Champion (Louisiana State)]; |
| 1933-34 | 16 | 1 | .941 | Adolph Rupp | Len Miller | - | John DeMoisey | - |
| 1932-33 | 21 | 3 | .875 | Adolph Rupp | Len Miller | - | Forest Sale | Helms Trophy Winners; SEC Champions; SEC Tournament Champions; |
| 1931-32 | 15 | 2 | .882 | Adolph Rupp | Len Miller | - | Ellis Johnson | Southern Conference Champions [Co-Champion (Maryland)]; |
| 1930-31 | 15 | 3 | .833 | Adolph Rupp | Cecil Combs, Birkette Pribble | - | Carey Spicer | Adolph Rupp's First Season |
| 1929-30 | 16 | 3 | .842 | John Mauer | - | - | Paul McBrayer | - |
| 1928-29 | 12 | 5 | .706 | John Mauer | - | - | Lawrence McGinnis | - |
| 1927-28 | 12 | 6 | .667 | John Mauer | - | - | Paul Jenkins | - |
| 1926-27 | 3 | 13 | .188 | Basil Hayden | - | - | Paul Jenkins | - |
| 1925-26 | 15 | 3 | .833 | Ray Eklund | - | - | Burgess Carey | Southern Conference Champions; |
| 1924-25 | 13 | 8 | .619 | Clarence Applegran | - | - | James McFarland | Alumni Gym Opens |
| 1923-24 | 13 | 3 | .813 | George C. Buchheit | - | - | A.T. Rice | - |
| 1922-23 | 3 | 10 | .231 | George C. Buchheit | - | - | Fred Fest | - |
| 1921-22 | 10 | 6 | .625 | George C. Buchheit | - | - | Bob Lavin | - |
| 1920-21 | 13 | 1 | .929 | George C. Buchheit | - | - | Basil Hayden | SIAA Conference Tournament Champions; |
| 1919-20 | 5 | 7 | .417 | George C. Buchheit | - | - | John Everett | - |
| 1918-19 | 6 | 8 | .429 | Andrew Gill | - | - | Joseph Dishman | - |
| 1917-18 | 9 | 2 | .792 | Stanley A. Boles | - | - | Patrick Campbell | - |
| 1916-17 | 4 | 6 | .4 | William P. Tuttle | - | - | Robert Ireland | - |
| 1915-16 | 8 | 6 | .571 | James Park | - | - | Karl Zerfoss | - |
| 1914-15 | 7 | 5 | .583 | Alpha Brumage | - | - | Ralph Morgan | - |
| 1913-14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | Alpha Brumage | - | - | William P. Tuttle | - |
| 1912-13 | 5 | 3 | .625 | John J. Tigert | - | - | Brinkley Barnett | - |
| 1911-12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Edwin R. Sweetland | - | - | W.C. Harrison | - |
| 1910-11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | Harold J. Iddings | - | - | Jake Gaiser | - |
| 1909-10 | 4 | 8 | .333 | Edwin R. Sweetland | - | - | William Rodes | R.E. Spahr assumed coaching duties while Sweetland was ill |
| 1908-09 | 5 | 4 | .556 | Unnamed | - | - | Walter C. Fox | - |
| 1907-08 | 5 | 6 | .455 | Unnamed | - | - | Richard Barbee | - |
| 1906-07 | 3 | 6 | .333 | Unnamed | - | - | Maury Wilson | - |
| 1905-06 | 5 | 9 | .357 | Unnamed | - | - | Don Pedro Branson | - |
| 1904-05 | 1 | 4 | .2 | Unnamed | - | - | Joe Coons | - |
| 1903-04 | 1 | 4 | .2 | Unnamed | - | - | Claire St. John | - |
| 1902-03 | 1 | 2 | .333 | WWH Mustaine | - | - | - | First Season |
