2016 National League Championship Series

DatesOctober 15–22MVPJavier Báez and Jon Lester (Chicago)UmpiresTed Barrett, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Ángel Hernández, Alfonso Márquez, Paul Nauert (Games 1–2) and Bill Welke (Games 3–6)BroadcastTelevisionFS1(English)
Fox Deportes(Spanish)TV announcersJoe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci(English)
Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez(Spanish)RadioESPN(English)
ESPN Deportes(Spanish)Radio announcersDan Shulman and Aaron Boone(English)
Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, and Orlando Hernández(Spanish)NLDS

The 2016 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball’s 2016 postseason in which the overall #1 seed Chicago Cubs defeated the third-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in six games for their first National League (NL) pennant since 1945, and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians. As the Division Series winner with the best regular season record in the National League, the Cubs earned home-field advantage regardless of opponent. The series was the 47th in league history. FS1 televised all of the games in the United States.

The Cubs would go on to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series in seven games, after overcoming a 3–1 series deficit, winning their first World Series championship in 108 years, and ending the Curse of the Billy Goat.

As of 2026, this is the last conference championship won by a Chicago-based team.