ProA


The ProA is the [German basketball Sports league|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.
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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 BasCats02–2008, 2010
Würzburg Baskets02–2011, 2015
Crailsheim Merlins02–2014, 2018
Tigers Tübingen02–2022, 2023
VfL Kirchheim Knights01–2012
Giants Düsseldorf01–2013
Oettinger Rockets01–2017
Nürnberg Falcons01–2019
Bayer Giants Leverkusen01–2021
Skyliners Frankfurt01–2024

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.