The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship of selected physical fitness variables and basketball performance of state level male basketball players. To achieve the purpose of the study, twenty male (n=20) were selected as subjects who had participated in Punjab state basketball championship as subjects. The age of the subjects was ranged between 18 to 25 years. The subject’s performance was measured for their physical fitness variables which included Fifty meter dash for speed, agility run (4 X 10m), Cooper’s 12 minutes run/walk test were assessed. Statistical analysis of data comprised of Pearson‘s product movement correlation to assess the relationship between playing ability variable and physical fitness variables. The obtained coefficients were compared at .05 level of significance. The Result of this study indicates that their significant relationship was found between selected physical fitness variables with basketball performance. Findings of this study concluded that physical fitness variables make a huge impact upon the performance of a player and improvement in the fitness can make difference in the performance of a player as well as the results