Polish Basketball League


Polska Liga Koszykówki, officially known as the Orlen Basket Liga due to its sponsorship by Orlen, is a professional men's club basketball list of [basketball leagues|league] in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the league system|Polish league pyramid]. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season. It began in 1947–48, with the name of I Liga, and was originally organized by the Polish [Basketball Federation]. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA took control over the league. In the 2000–01 season, the league turned professional.
The PLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 16 teams. A PLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage.
The competition Polish basketball men's championships has existed since the year 1928. Śląsk Wrocław is the record holder for most titles, with 18.
Legia Warsaw are the defending champions.
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Naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the league has been known under several names:

Medalists

SeasonChampionRunner-upScoreThird place
1997–98Śląsk Wrocław Znicz Pruszków4–3Bobry Bytom
1998–99Śląsk Wrocław KK Włocławek4–3Bobry Bytom
1999–00Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek4–1Znicz Pruszków
2000–01Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek4–1Trefl Sopot
2001–02Śląsk Wrocław Trefl Sopot4–1Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2002–03Włocławek Trefl Sopot4–2Śląsk Wrocław
2003–04Trefl Sopot Śląsk Wrocław4–1Polonia Warszawa
2004–05Trefl Sopot Włocławek4–2Polonia Warszawa
2005–06Trefl Sopot Włocławek4–1Czarni Słupsk
2006–07Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–1Śląsk Wrocław
2007–08Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–3Śląsk Wrocław
2008–09Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–1Anwil Włocławek
2009–10Gdynia Włocławek4–0SKS Starogard Gdański
2010–11Gdynia Turów Zgorzelec4–3Czarni Słupsk
2011–12Gdynia Trefl Sopot4–3Zastal Zielona Góra
2012–13Zastal Zielona Góra Turów Zgorzelec4–0AZS Koszalin
2013–14Turów Zgorzelec Zastal Zielona Góra4–2Trefl Sopot
2014–15Zastal Zielona Góra Turów Zgorzelec4–2Czarni Słupsk
2015–16Zastal Zielona Góra Rosa Radom4–0Czarni Słupsk
2016–17Zastal Zielona Góra Toruń4–1Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2017–18Włocławek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski4–2Toruń
2018–19Anwil Włocławek Toruń4–3Arka Gdynia
2019–20Zielona Góra Start LublinAnwil Włocławek
2020–21Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Zastal Zielona Góra4–2WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2021–22Śląsk Wrocław Legia Warszawa4–1Anwil Włocławek
2022–23King Szczecin Śląsk Wrocław4–2Anwil Włocławek
2023–24Trefl Sopot King Szczecin4–3WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2024–25Legia Warsaw Start Lublin4–3Trefl Sopot

Records and statistics

Individual records

The all-time scoring leaders of Poland's top-tier level men's pro club basketball competition, since the year 1947, when the competition began. From 1947 to 1975, official records of individual player statistics were not kept. The Polish Basketball Association officially began to keep the records of individual player statistics in 1976.

All-time scoring leaders (1976–present)

The all-time scoring leaders of Poland's top-tier level men's pro club basketball competition, since the year 1976, when the Polish Basketball Association officially began to keep the records of individual player statistics.
Player
1.Eugeniusz Kijewski10,185395
2.Adam Wójcik10,097651
3.Edward Jurkiewicz9,832306
4.Jerzy Bińkowski9,204586
5.Mieczysław Młynarski9,026357
6.Mariusz Bacik8,706627
7.Maciej Zieliński8,650579
8.Andrzej Pluta8,512591
9.Henryk Wardach8,163557
10.Dominik Tomczyk8,008556
11.Jarosław Jechorek7,681489
12.Dariusz Zelig7,481420
13.Eugeniusz Durejko7,048365
14.Jarosław Marcinkowski6,979499
15.Jarosław Zyskowski6,774484

Single game scoring highs

  1. Mieczysław Młynarski: 90 points
  2. Edward Jurkiewicz: 84 points
  3. Mieczysław Łopatka: 77 points
  4. Leszek Doliński: 74 points
  5. Edward Jurkiewicz: 67 points
  6. Mieczysław Młynarski: '''63 points'''

Team records

  • '''Highest attendance in a single game:'''

Individual awards

After the end of each season, individual honors are given to the best performing players of a season. A select group of press members vote for the winners of individual awards.

List of Polish basketball champions