The 2016–17 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
Special draft
Regular draft
Rain or Shine passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and three third round picks.
Roster
Philippine Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | November 23 | TNT | W 101–87 | Jericho Cruz (18) | Raymond Almazan (12) | seven players (2) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | November 30 | Mahindra | W 105–83 | Jericho Cruz (15) | Beau Belga (8) | Ahanmisi, Cruz, Maiquez (4) | Ynares Center | 2–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | December 4 | Barangay Ginebra | L 74–81 | Raymond Almazan (13) | Jay Washington (17) | Ahanmisi, Belga (3) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | December 9 | Blackwater | W 107–93 | James Yap (15) | Raymond Almazan (16) | Beau Belga (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | December 18 | Star | L 91–99 | Raymond Almazan (19) | Raymond Almazan (13) | Jeff Chan (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | December 23 | NLEX | W 107–97 | Jewel Ponferada (22) | Belga, Ponferada (9) | Maverick Ahanmisi (7) | PhilSports Arena | 4–2
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | January 8 | Phoenix | W 97–82 | Jericho Cruz (21) | Jay Washington (11) | Beau Belga (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 5–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | January 13 | San Miguel | L 101–107 (OT) | Beau Belga (14) | Jay Washington (6) | Ahanmisi, Norwood (6) | Mall of Asia Arena | 5–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | January 20 | Meralco | L 72–82 | James Yap (17) | Gabe Norwood (8) | Gabe Norwood (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | January 29 | GlobalPort | L 99–117 | Jeff Chan (26) | Belga, Ponferada (9) | Beau Belga (5) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–5
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | February 1 | Alaska | L 89–94 | Norwood, Yap (16) | Belga, Norwood (8) | Chan, Cruz (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–6
Playoffs
Bracket
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | February 3 | Blackwater | W 103–80 | Jay Washington (15) | Cruz (12) | Jeff Chan (6) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | February 5 | San Miguel | L 91–98 | Beau Belga (18) | Norwood, Washington (8) | Jeff Chan (4) | Ynares Center | 0–1
Commissioner's Cup
Eliminations
Standings
Game log
|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | March 17 | NLEX | W 113–105 | James Yap (26) | Shawn Taggart (10) | Belga, Taggart (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 | March 19 | Mahindra | W 99–95 (OT) | Shawn Taggart (29) | Belga, Taggart (10) | Ahanmisi, Taggart (4) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 2–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | March 26 | Blackwater | W 95–88 | Shawn Taggart (26) | Shawn Taggart (12) | Belga, Cruz (4) | Ynares Center | 3–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | March 31 | Meralco | L 83–89 | Shawn Taggart (27) | Shawn Taggart (13) | Chris Tiu (3) | Mall of Asia Arena | 3–1
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | April 2 | Alaska | L 102–105 | Shawn Taggart (40) | Shawn Taggart (14) | Jeff Chan (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | April 12 | Phoenix | W 96–94 | Jeff Chan (24) | Shawn Taggart (17) | Shawn Taggart (5) | Smart Araneta Coliseum | 4–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | April 22 | San Miguel | L 98–111 | Shawn Taggart (24) | Shawn Taggart (10) | four players (3) | Mall of Asia Arena | 4–3 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | May 6 | Star | L 93–99 | Chan, Taggart (20) | Jay Washington (11) | four players (2) | Batangas City Coliseum | 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | May 19 | Barangay Ginebra | W 118–112 | Duke Crews (28) | Duke Crews (22) | Jeff Chan (4) | Cuneta Astrodome | 5–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | May 26 | GlobalPort | L 101–107 | Duke Crews (23) | Duke Crews (17) | Jericho Cruz (6) | Alonte Sports Arena | 5–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | May 28 | TNT | L 102–105 | James Yap (23) | Duke Crews (17) | Belga, Cruz (3) | Ynares Center | 5–6