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2016–17 Golden State Warriors season

2016-17 Golden State Warriors season: NBA team's 71st season, 67-15 (.817) best record with Kevin Durant added; went 16-1 in playoffs, beat Cleveland Cavaliers 4-1 in the 2017 Finals, Durant Finals MVP, fifth franchise title.

2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup (ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2016–2017), season-long long-track series, six rounds from Harbin to a Stavanger final; Heather Bergsma won the women's Grand World Cup.

2016–17 La Liga

2016–17 La Liga, the 86th Spanish top-flight season, won by Real Madrid (Zidane) with 93 points over Barcelona's 90, sealed 0-2 at Málaga on 21 May 2017; 33rd title, 106 goals, record 58 away goals.

2016–17 Leicester City F.C. season

2016–17 Leicester City F.C. season: defending Premier League champions' campaign under Claudio Ranieri then Craig Shakespeare; 12th place with 44 points, Champions League quarter-finals, Ranieri sacked February 2017.

2016–17 Liverpool F.C. season

2016-17 Liverpool F.C. season: Klopp's first full campaign; Liverpool finished 4th in the Premier League with 76 points, up from 8th, qualifying for the Champions League play-off round; League Cup semi-final and FA Cup fourth-round exits.

2016–17 Manchester City F.C. season

2016–17 Manchester City F.C. season: Pep Guardiola's first campaign as manager; City finished third in the Premier League with 78 points, lost the Champions League round of 16 to Monaco, and won no trophy.

2016–17 Manchester United F.C. season

2016–17 Manchester United season: José Mourinho's first campaign; sixth in the Premier League on 69 points but winners of the Community Shield, EFL Cup, and Europa League (2–0 over Ajax), with Pogba's world-record £89m signing and Ibrahimović's 28 goals.

2016–17 National League

2016–17 National League, England's fifth tier. Lincoln City won the Premier division with 99 points; Forest Green Rovers beat Tranmere Rovers 3-1 at Wembley for their first EFL promotion; York City, Braintree, Southport, and North Ferriby were relegated.

2016–17 NBA season

The 2016–17 NBA season, the league's 71st, ran October 25, 2016 to April 12, 2017. Kevin Durant's Warriors beat the Cavaliers 4–1 in the Finals; Russell Westbrook won MVP with a record 42 triple-doubles.

2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

The 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games were 40 postseason games completing the 2016 FBS season, capped by Clemson's 45–40 win over Alabama in the title game in Tampa.

2016–17 NFL playoffs

2016–17 NFL playoffs, the postseason of the 2016 NFL season played January–February 2017; Patriots (14–2) beat Falcons 34–28 in overtime in Super Bowl LI after a 28–3 comeback, winning 36–17 over Pittsburgh and 34–16 over Houston en route.

2016–17 NHL season

2016-17 NHL season, the league's centennial season (October 12, 2016 to April 9, 2017): Pittsburgh Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup champions over Nashville, Connor McDavid won the scoring title with 100 points, and Las Vegas was awarded its expansion franchise.

2016–17 Premier League

2016–17 Premier League, the 25th top-flight season, won by Chelsea under Antonio Conte with 93 points and a record 30 wins; Kane won the Golden Boot with 29 goals; Sunderland, Middlesbrough, and Hull were relegated.

2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

The 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season, under Zinédine Zidane, won La Liga, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the Supercopa de España.

2016–17 Russian Premier League

2016–17 Russian Premier League: 25th Russian top-flight season, 31 July 2016–21 May 2017. Spartak Moscow won its first title in 16 years under Massimo Carrera with 69 points; CSKA second, Zenit third.

2016–17 Scottish Premiership

2016-17 Scottish Premiership: league season won by Celtic, Brendan Rodgers' 'invincibles', unbeaten W34 D4 L0, 30 points clear of Aberdeen; Rangers third on their top-flight return; sixth straight title.

2016–17 Serie A

The 2016–17 Serie A was the 115th season of Italy's top football division, won by Juventus with 91 points, clinching a record sixth consecutive Scudetto in May 2017.

2016–17 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

2016-17 Tottenham Hotspur season: Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs finished Premier League runners-up with a club-record 86 points, unbeaten at White Hart Lane in its final season, Kane winning the Golden Boot with 29 goals.

2016–17 UEFA Champions League

2016–17 UEFA Champions League, won by Real Madrid, who beat Juventus 4-1 in the Cardiff final on 3 June 2017, becoming the first club to defend the title in the current format (12th European Cup); record 380 goals, Ronaldo top scorer with 12.

2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage

2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage: 32 clubs, draw 25 August 2016 in Monaco, six matchdays 13 September to 7 December 2016; 96 games, 278 goals, Dortmund's record 21 goals and 8-4 win over Legia, Messi top scorer with 10.

2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, February to 3 June 2017, ending with Real Madrid beating Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff; Barcelona's 6-1 comeback against PSG, away goals rule in force, Real Madrid's record 12th title.

2016–17 UEFA Europa League

The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the eighth season of UEFA's second-tier club football competition, won by Manchester United, who beat Ajax 2-0 in the final in Solna, Sweden.

2016–17 United States network television schedule

The 2016–17 United States network television schedule: prime-time grids for ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW, announced May 15–19, 2016. NBC won adults 18-49 (2.1), CBS won viewers for a ninth straight year, Sunday Night Football topped all shows.

2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis

The 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis began when President Yahya Jammeh rejected his December 2016 election defeat and ended when Adama Barrow was sworn in under ECOWAS pressure.

2016–2017 Nigerian famine

The 2016–2017 Nigerian famine was a likely famine in the IDP enclaves of Bama and Banki, Borno State, northeast Nigeria, between April and August 2016, driven by the Boko Haram insurgency.

2016–2017 video game voice actor strike

2016–2017 video game voice actor strike: SAG-AFTRA walkout against 11 game companies from October 21, 2016, settled by the 2017 Interactive Media Agreement with 3% annual raises, session bonuses, and transparency rules.

2016–2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo political crisis

The 2016–2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo political crisis was a constitutional standoff in which President Joseph Kabila stayed in office after his final term expired in December 2016.

2017

Year 2017, a common year remembered for Donald Trump's inauguration as 45th US president, the Women's March, a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse, Hurricane Maria, North Korean missile tests, and the Rohingya exodus.

2017 24 Hours of Le Mans

2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, 85th running: won by Porsche #2 919 Hybrid (Bernhard, Bamber, Hartley) after both leading Toyotas failed; #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca second overall; Kobayashi set record 3:14.791 pole.

2017 AFC Cup

2017 AFC Cup, the AFC's secondary Asian club competition, won by Iraq's Air Force Club (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), who beat FC Istiklol 1-0 in the November 4, 2017 final at Hisor Central Stadium to retain their title under a new five-zone format.