List of Big Ten Conference women's basketball regular season champions


The Big Ten Conference began sponsoring women's basketball during the 1982–83 basketball season. In February 1982 during the 1981–82 season, the conference held a tournament at Michigan State in which Ohio State defeated Illinois 69–66 in the championship game. The conference has listed this in some publications as a regular season championship.
YearChampionNational ChampionshipNotes
1982–83Indiana and Ohio StateBig Ten began sponsoring women's basketball
1983–84Ohio State
1984–85Ohio State
1985–86Ohio State
1986–87Iowa and Ohio State
1987–88Iowa
1988–89Iowa and Ohio State
1989–90Iowa and Northwestern
1990–91Purdue
1991–92Iowa
1992–93Iowa and Ohio StatePenn State joins Big Ten Conference
1993–94Penn State and Purdue
1994–95Penn State and Purdue
1995–96Iowa
1996–97Illinois, Michigan State and Purdue
1997–98Iowa
1998–99PurduePurdue
1999–00Penn State
2000–01Purdue
2001–02Purdue
2002–03Penn State
2003–04Penn State
2004–05Michigan State and Ohio State
2005–06Ohio State
2006–07Ohio State
2007–08Iowa and Ohio State
2008–09Ohio State
2009–10Ohio State
2010–11Michigan State
2011–12Penn StateNebraska joins Big Ten Conference
2012–13Penn State
2013–14Michigan State and Penn State
2014–15MarylandMaryland and Rutgers join Big Ten Conference
2015–16Maryland
2016–17Maryland and Ohio State
2017–18Ohio State
2018–19Maryland
2019-20Maryland and Northwestern

Championships by school

Bold indicates an outright championship.