The Wisconsin Badgers compete in the Big Ten and hold an all-time record of 1771–1296 (.577 winning percentage) across 123 recorded seasons dating back to 1898-99. The program has won 1 NCAA national championship (1941) and reached 4 Final Fours.
| Season | Record | Conference | Coach | AP peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24-10 | 14-6 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #23 |
| 2024-25 | 27-10 | 13-7 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #11 |
| 2023-24 | 22-14 | 11-9 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #6 |
| 2022-23 | 20-15 | 9-11 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #14 |
| 2021-22 | 25-8 | 15-5 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #8 |
| 2020-21 | 18-13 | 10-10 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #4 |
| 2019-20 | 21-10 | 14-6 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #17 |
| 2018-19 | 23-11 | 14-6 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #12 |
| 2017-18 | 15-18 | 7-11 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | |
| 2016-17 | 27-10 | 12-6 (Big Ten) | Greg Gard | AP #7 |
| 2015-16 | 22-13 | 12-6 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan,Greg Gard | AP #17 |
| 2014-15 | 36-4 | 16-2 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #2 |
| 2013-14 | 30-8 | 12-6 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #3 |
| 2012-13 | 23-12 | 12-6 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #17 |
| 2011-12 | 26-10 | 12-6 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #9 |
| 2010-11 | 25-9 | 13-5 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #10 |
| 2009-10 | 24-9 | 13-5 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #11 |
| 2008-09 | 20-13 | 10-8 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #25 |
| 2007-08 | 31-5 | 16-2 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #6 |
| 2006-07 | 30-6 | 13-3 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #1 |
| 2005-06 | 19-12 | 9-7 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #15 |
| 2004-05 | 25-9 | 11-5 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #18 |
| 2003-04 | 25-7 | 12-4 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #10 |
| 2002-03 | 24-8 | 12-4 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | AP #18 |
| 2001-02 | 19-13 | 11-5 (Big Ten) | Bo Ryan | |
| 2000-01 | 18-11 | 9-7 (Big Ten) | Brad Soderberg,Dick Bennett | AP #10 |
| 1999-00 | 22-14 | 8-8 (Big Ten) | Dick Bennett | |
| 1998-99 | 22-10 | 9-7 (Big Ten) | Dick Bennett | AP #11 |
| 1997-98 | 12-19 | 3-13 (Big Ten) | Dick Bennett | |
| 1996-97 | 18-10 | 11-7 (Big Ten) | Dick Bennett | |
| 1994-95 | 13-14 | 7-11 (Big Ten) | Stan Van Gundy | AP #13 |
| 1993-94 | 18-11 | 8-10 (Big Ten) | Stu Jackson | AP #12 |
| 1992-93 | 14-14 | 7-11 (Big Ten) | Stu Jackson | |
| 1991-92 | 13-18 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1990-91 | 15-15 | 8-10 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1989-90 | 14-17 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1988-89 | 18-12 | 8-10 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1987-88 | 12-16 | 6-12 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1986-87 | 14-17 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1985-86 | 12-16 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1984-85 | 14-14 | 5-13 (Big Ten) | Steve Yoder | |
| 1980-81 | 11-16 | 5-13 (Big Ten) | Bill Cofield | |
| 1979-80 | 15-14 | 7-11 (Big Ten) | Bill Cofield | |
| 1978-79 | 12-15 | 6-12 (Big Ten) | Bill Cofield | |
| 1977-78 | 8-19 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | Bill Cofield | |
| 1975-76 | 10-16 | 4-14 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1974-75 | 8-18 | 5-13 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1973-74 | 16-8 | 8-6 (Big Ten) | John Powless | AP #13 |
| 1972-73 | 11-13 | 5-9 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1971-72 | 13-11 | 6-8 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1970-71 | 9-15 | 4-10 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1969-70 | 10-14 | 5-9 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1968-69 | 11-13 | 5-9 (Big Ten) | John Powless | |
| 1967-68 | 13-11 | 7-7 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1966-67 | 13-11 | 8-6 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1965-66 | 11-13 | 6-8 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1964-65 | 9-13 | 4-10 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1963-64 | 8-16 | 2-12 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1962-63 | 14-10 | 7-7 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | AP #6 |
| 1961-62 | 17-7 | 10-4 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1960-61 | 7-17 | 4-10 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1959-60 | 8-16 | 4-10 (Big Ten) | John Erickson | |
| 1958-59 | 3-19 | 1-13 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1957-58 | 8-14 | 3-11 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1956-57 | 5-17 | 3-11 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1955-56 | 6-16 | 4-10 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1954-55 | 10-12 | 5-9 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1953-54 | 12-10 | 6-8 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | AP #18 |
| 1952-53 | 13-9 | 10-8 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1951-52 | 10-12 | 5-9 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1950-51 | 10-12 | 7-7 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1949-50 | 17-5 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | AP #15 |
| 1948-49 | 12-10 | 5-7 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1947-48 | 12-8 | 7-5 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1946-47 | 16-6 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1945-46 | 4-17 | 1-11 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1944-45 | 10-11 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1943-44 | 12-9 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1942-43 | 12-9 | 6-6 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1941-42 | 14-7 | 10-5 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1940-41 | 20-3 | 11-1 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1939-40 | 5-15 | 3-9 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1938-39 | 10-10 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1937-38 | 10-10 | 5-7 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1936-37 | 8-12 | 3-9 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1935-36 | 11-9 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1934-35 | 15-5 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Bud Foster | |
| 1933-34 | 14-6 | 8-4 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1932-33 | 7-13 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1931-32 | 8-10 | 3-9 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1930-31 | 8-9 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1929-30 | 15-2 | 8-2 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1928-29 | 15-2 | 10-2 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1927-28 | 13-4 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1926-27 | 10-7 | 7-5 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1925-26 | 8-9 | 4-8 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1924-25 | 6-11 | 3-9 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1923-24 | 11-5 | 8-4 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1922-23 | 12-3 | 11-1 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1921-22 | 14-5 | 8-4 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1920-21 | 13-4 | 8-4 (Big Ten) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1919-20 | 15-5 | 7-5 (Big Ten) | Guy Lowman | |
| 1918-19 | 5-11 | 3-9 (Big Ten) | Guy Lowman | |
| 1917-18 | 14-3 | 9-3 (Big Ten) | Guy Lowman | |
| 1916-17 | 15-3 | 9-3 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1915-16 | 20-1 | 11-1 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1914-15 | 13-4 | 8-4 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1913-14 | 15-0 | 12-0 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1912-13 | 14-1 | 11-1 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1911-12 | 15-0 | 12-0 (Western) | Doc Meanwell | |
| 1910-11 | 9-6 | 6-6 (Western) | Haskell Noyes | |
| 1909-10 | 9-5 | 7-5 (Western) | Haskell Noyes | |
| 1908-09 | 8-4 | 5-4 (Western) | Haskell Noyes | |
| 1907-08 | 10-2 | 7-1 (Western) | Emmett Angell | |
| 1906-07 | 11-3 | 6-2 (Western) | Emmett Angell | |
| 1905-06 | 12-2 | 6-2 (Western) | Emmett Angell | |
| 1904-05 | 10-8 | Western | Emmett Angell | |
| 1903-04 | 11-4 | Western | James Elsom | |
| 1902-03 | 5-2 | Western | James Elsom | |
| 1901-02 | 7-3 | Western | James Elsom | |
| 1900-01 | 1-1 | Western | James Elsom | |
| 1899-00 | 1-1 | Western | James Elsom | |
| 1898-99 | 0-3 | Western | James Elsom |
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Top 100 by all-time D1 wins. Verified against the NCAA record book — and tiered so you can argue properly.
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