Nationale 1 Masculin
The Nationale 1 Masculin is the highest professional basketball league in Senegal. Established in 1971, the league consists of 16 teams.
Each season is finished with a final in a single-game elimination format, held at the Marius Ndiaye Stadium in Dakar. AS Douanes is the most successful team in NM1 history with 11 won titles.
The champions of the NM1 qualify directly for the regular season of the Basketball Africa League, the premiere continental league. The bottom two teams are relegated to the second division Nationale 2.
Teams
The following 16 teams play in the 2022 season:| Team | Location |
| AS Douanes | Dakar |
| ASC Thiès | Thiès |
| Bopp | Dakar |
| ASFA | Dakar |
| DUC Dakar | Dakar |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Dakar |
| Louga | Louga |
| Mermoz BC | Dakar |
| Saint-Louis BC | Saint-Louis |
| Sibac BC | Dakar |
| UGB | Saint-Louis |
| US Rail | Thiès |
| USO | Dakar |
| US Parcelles Assainie | Dakar |
| ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar |
Champions
This is a list of the champions of the Senegalese championship:- 2025: ASC Ville de Dakar
- 2024: ASC Ville de Dakar
- 2023: AS Douanes
- 2022: AS Douanes
- 2021: DUC Dakar
- 2020: None
- 2019 : Douanes
- 2018 : Douanes
- 2017 : Douanes
- 2016 : Douanes
- 2015 : DUC
- 2014 : Douanes
- 2013 : DUC
- 2012 : UGB
- 2011 : Douanes
- 2010 : DUC
- 2009 : DUC
- 2008 : Douanes
- 2007 : Douanes
- 2006 : Rail
- 2005 : Rail
- 2004 : Bopp
- 2003 : Gorée
- 2002 : JA
- 2001 : Bopp
- 2000 : Gorée
- 1999 : Bopp
- 1998 : Douanes
- 1997 : JA
- 1996 : JA
- 1995 : ASFA
- 1994 : ASFA
- 1993 : Bopp
- 1992 : JA
- 1991 : Gorée
- 1990 : JA
- 1989 : Gorée
- 1988 : SEIB
- 1987 : JA
- 1986 : JA
- 1985 : Gorée
- 1984 : ASFA
- 1983 : Police
- 1982 : Police
- 1981 : Police
- 1980 : ASFA
- 1979 : ASFA
- 1978 : ASFA
- 1977 : ASFA
- 1976 : ASFA
- 1975 : ASFA
- 1974 : ASFA
- 1973 : Dial Diop
- 1972 : Dial Diop
- 1971 : Gorée
Recent finals
The finals were originally played in a single-game format. In 2022, the league switched to a best-of-three series format.Performance by club
Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runners-up |
| AS Douanes | 11 | 1 | 1998, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 | 2021 |
| ASFA | 10 | 1 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995 | 2014 |
| JA | 7 | 2 | 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002 | 2023, 2025 |
| US Gorée | 6 | – | 1971, 1985, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2003 | – |
| DUC | 5 | 5 | 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2021 | 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 |
| Bopp | 4 | 1 | 1993, 1999, 2001, 2004 | 2008 |
| Police | 3 | – | 1981, 1982, 1983 | – |
| US Rail | 2 | – | 2005, 2006 | – |
| Dial Diop | 2 | – | 1972, 1973 | – |
| SEIB | 1 | – | 1988 | – |
| ASCVD | 2 | – | 2024, 2025 | – |
| UGB | 1 | 2 | 2012 | 2013, 2015 |
| SLBC | – | 2 | – | 2016, 2017 |