Russian Professional Basketball Championship

The Russian Professional Basketball Championship is the top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition in Russia. Over the years, there have been 3 different incarnations of the Russian Basketball Championship. The Russian Super League 1, from the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the Russian Professional League (PBL), from the 2010–11 to 2011–13 seasons, and the VTB United League, from the 2013–14 season to the present. During the Soviet Union era, the USSR Premier League served as the national championship for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic clubs.

History

From the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the winner of the Super League 1 was awarded the top-level Russian national championship. For three seasons, the PBL was Russia's highest tier, and in the 2013–14 season, the VTB United League, a regional league for Eastern Europe, was named the new top-level national domestic competition for Russian clubs.

Champions

Key

§	Denotes the team won the Russian Cup as well
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times the club won the title

Season	League	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place
1991–92	Russia Super League A (national)	CSKA Moscow (1)		Stroitel Samara	Avtodor Saratov
1992–93		CSKA Moscow (2)		Spartak Saint Petersburg	Stroitel Samara
1993–94		CSKA Moscow (3)		Avtodor Saratov	CSK VVS Samara
1994–95		CSKA Moscow (4)	3–0	Dynamo Moscow	CSK VVS Samara
1995–96		CSKA Moscow (5)	3–2	Dynamo Moscow	Avtodor Saratov
1996–97		CSKA Moscow (6)	3–2	Avtodor Saratov	BC Samara
1997–98		CSKA Moscow (7)	3–1	Avtodor Saratov	BC Samara
1998–99		CSKA Moscow (8)	2–0	Avtodor Saratov	Arsenal
1999–2000		CSKA Moscow (9)	3–0	Ural Great Perm	UNICS
2000–01		Ural Great Perm (1)	3–0	UNICS	Lokomotiv-Kuban
2001–02		Ural Great Perm (2)	3–1	UNICS	Lokomotiv-Kuban
2002–03		CSKA Moscow§ (10)	3–1	Ural Great Perm	UNICS
2003–04		CSKA Moscow (11)	3–1	UNICS	Dynamo Moscow
2004–05		CSKA Moscow§ (12)	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	UNICS
2005–06		CSKA Moscow§ (13)	3–0	Khimki	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2006–07		CSKA Moscow§ (14)	3–0	UNICS	Khimki
2007–08		CSKA Moscow (15)	3–0	Khimki	Dynamo Moscow
2008–09		CSKA Moscow (16)	3–1	Khimki	UNICS
2009–10		CSKA Moscow§ (17)	3–0	Khimki	UNICS
2010–11	Russia PBL (national)	CSKA Moscow (18)	3–1	Khimki	UNICS
2011–12		CSKA Moscow (19)	2–0	Khimki	Lokomotiv-Kuban
2012–13		CSKA Moscow (20)	—N/a	Khimki	Spartak Saint Petersburg
2013–14	VTB United League (international)	CSKA Moscow (21)	3–0	Nizhny Novgorod	UNICS
2014–15		CSKA Moscow (22)	3–0	Khimki	Lokomotiv-Kuban
2015–16		CSKA Moscow (23)	3–1	UNICS	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2016–17		CSKA Moscow (24)	3–0	Khimki	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2017–18		CSKA Moscow (25)	95:84	Khimki	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018–19		CSKA Moscow (26)	3–0	Khimki	UNICS
2019–20		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced.
2020–21		CSKA Moscow (27)	3–0	UNICS	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2021–22		Zenit Saint Petersburg (1)	4–3	CSKA Moscow	UNICS
2022–23		UNICS (1)	4–1	Lokomotiv Kuban	CSKA Moscow
2023–24		CSKA Moscow (28)	4–1	UNICS	BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
2024–25		CSKA Moscow (29)	4–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	UNICS

Awards

Main article: Russian Gold Basket Awards

MVP

Super League

Year	Player	Team
1994	Valeri Tikhonenko	CSK VVS-Samara
1995	Valeri Tikhonenko (2)	CSK VVS-Samara
1999	Andrei Fetisov	Avtodor Saratov
2001	Sergei Chikalkin	Ural Great Perm

Year	Player	Team
2004	Marcus Brown	CSKA Moscow
2005	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow
2006	Theo Papaloukas	CSKA Moscow
2007	Theo Papaloukas (3)	CSKA Moscow
2008	Trajan Langdon	CSKA Moscow
2009	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	CSKA Moscow

PBL

Year	Player	Team
2011	Maciej Lampe	UNICS Kazan
2012	Davon Jefferson	Triumph Lyubertsy
2013	Miloš Teodosić	PBC CSKA Moscow

VTB Promo

Year	Player	Team
2009–10	Victor Khryapa	PBC CSKA Moscow
2010–11	Ramel Curry	BC Azovmash
2011–12	Andrei Kirilenko	PBC CSKA Moscow
2012–13	E.J. Rowland	VEF Rīga

VTB

Year	Player	Team
2013–14	Drew Goudelock	UNICS Kazan
2014–15	Nando de Colo	PBC CSKA Moscow
2015–16	Nando de Colo	PBC CSKA Moscow
2016–17	Alexey Shved	BC Khimki
2017–18	Nando de Colo (3)	PBC CSKA Moscow
2018–19	Alexey Shved (2)	BC Khimki
2019–20	Not awarded
2020–21	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv Kuban
2021–22	Mario Hezonja	UNICS Kazan
2022–23	Nikola Milutinov	PBC CSKA Moscow
2023–24	Nenad Dimitrijević	UNICS Kazan
2024-25	Dwayne Bacon	BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Coaches

Super League

Year	Player	Team
2004	Dušan Ivković	CSKA Moscow
2005	/ David Blatt	BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2006	Ettore Messina	CSKA Moscow
2007	Ettore Messina	CSKA Moscow
2008	Ettore Messina	CSKA Moscow
2009	Ettore Messina (4)	CSKA Moscow

Topscorers

Super League

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2008	Lee Nailon	Sibirtelecom Lokomotiv Novosibirsk	22.0
2009	Lionel Chalmers	Universitet Yugra Surgut	21.5
2010	Sergey Bykov	Dynamo Moscow	20.8

PBL

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2010-11	Tywain McKee	Triumph Lyubertsy	18.6
2011-12	Davon Jefferson	Triumph Lyubertsy	20.8
2012–13	Sergey Karasev	Triumph Lyubertsy	317 (total)

Source: eurobasket.com

VTB :

Main article: List of VTB United League season scoring leaders

Statistical leaders

Rebounds

Super League

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2009	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	7.9
2010	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	8.7

PBL

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2010-11	Alexey Zhukanenko	Dynamo Moscow	7.4
2011-12	Cuthbert Victor	Spartak Primorye	8.1
2012–13	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	113 (total)

Assists

Super League

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2009	Jannero Pargo	Dynamo Moscow	5.9
2010	J.R. Bremer	BC Krasnye Krylia	5.7

PBL

Year	Player	Team	PPG
2010-11	Marcus Williams	Enisey Krasnoyarsk	8.6
2011-12	Aaron Miles	BC Krasnye Krylia	6.0
2012–13	Aaron Miles	BC Krasnye Krylia	96 (total)

Source: eurobasket.com

Medals by club

Club				Total
CSKA Moscow	27	1	1	29
Ural Great Perm	2	2	0	4
UNICS	1	6	9	16
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	0	4	5
Khimki	0	11	1	12
Avtodor Saratov	0	4	2	6
Dynamo Moscow	0	3	2	5
Lokomotiv Kuban	0	1	4	5
Samara	0	1	3	4
Spartak Saint Petersburg	0	1	1	2
Nizhny Novgorod	0	1	0	1
CSK VVS	0	0	2	2
Arsenal	0	0	1	1
Dynamo Saint Petersburg	0	0	1	1

All–time national champions

Total number of national champions won by Russian clubs. Table includes titles won during the USSR Premier Basketball League (1923–1992).

Club	Trophies	Years won
CSKA Moscow	51	1944–45, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
Burevestnik Leningrad	2	1937–38, 1939–40
Dynamo Moscow	2	1936–37, 1947–48
Spartak Saint Petersburg	2	1974–75, 1991–92
Ural Great Perm	2	2000–01, 2001–02
Lokomotiv Moscow	1	1938–39
VVS Moscow	1	1951–52
Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	2021–22
UNICS	1	2022–23

See also

• Russian Super League 1: (1992–present)
• Russian Professional League: (2010–2013)
• Russian Cup: (1999–present)
• VTB United League: (2008–present)
• USSR Premier League: (1923–1992)
• USSR Cup: (1949–1987)
• Russian basketball league system
• Basketball in Russia