ProA


The ProA is the German [basketball league system|second-tier] league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the 2. [Basketball Bundesliga], which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ProA and ProB. Before the 2007–08 season, the 2. Basketball Bundesliga was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage, the top two teams qualify for the Basketball Bundesliga, and the teams positioned 15th and 16th are relegated to the lower league, ProB.

Current teams (2025–26)

TeamCity
Artland DragonsQuakenbrück
Bayer Giants LeverkusenLeverkusen
BBC BayreuthBayreuth
BG GöttingenGöttingen
Bozic Estriche Knights KirchheimKirchheim unter Teck
Eisbären BremerhavenBremerhaven
EPG Baskets KoblenzKoblenz
Giessen 46ersGiessen
HAKRO Merlins CrailsheimCrailsheim
Nürnberg Falcons BCNuremberg
Paderborn BasketsPaderborn
Phoenix HagenHagen
PS Karlsruhe LIONSKarlsruhe
RheinStars KölnKöln
SBB Baskets WolmirstedtWolmirstedt
Tigers TübingenTübingen
Uni Baskets MünsterMünster
VfL SparkassenStars BochumBochum

Champions

The champions of a given ProA season promote to the Basketball Bundesliga, along with the runner-up of the Finals.

Performances by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Mitteldeutscher BC302009, 2012, 2017
Rasta Vechta312013, 2018, 20232016
Science City Jena1120162025
Giants Nördlingen102008
BBC Bayreuth102010
Bayern Munich102011
Göttingen102014
Gießen 46ers102015
Hamburg Towers102019
Heidelberg102021
Rostock Seawolves102022
PS Karlsruhe LIONS102024
VET Concept Gladiators Trier102025
Cuxhaven BasCats022008, 2010
Würzburg Baskets022011, 2015
Crailsheim Merlins022014, 2018
Tigers Tübingen022022, 2023
VfL Kirchheim Knights012012
Giants Düsseldorf012013
Oettinger Rockets012017
Nürnberg Falcons012019
Bayer Giants Leverkusen012021
Skyliners Frankfurt012024

Awards

Player of the Year

YearPlayerTeam
2007–08sortname| Roderick|Trice

Records

Lachlan Dent holds the ProA league record for 3-poniters made in a single game. 7 April 2024, he hit 10 for his PS Karlsruhe Lions against Paderborn Baskets.