The Dutch basketball champions, are the winners of the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands, which is the BNXT League since 2022. This page is a list of winners and runners-up in each given DBL season, along with additional information.
Heroes Den Bosch has won a total number of 16 titles, the highest of any club. Currently, only four teams that have won championships are still active in the DBL: Heroes Den Bosch, Landstede Hammers, Leiden and Donar.
From 1945 to 2021, the Dutch basketball champion came from the Dutch Basketball League (formerly the Eredivisie). Since 2022, the champion is decided through the BNXT League; this league features Belgian teams as well but organises a playoffs to determine the Dutch champions.
Two teams have won a treble so far, Donar in 2016 and ZZ Leiden in 2023.
Season summaries (1945–1977)
In the early years of the Eredivisie, a round-robin competition was played to determine the national champion. The team with the most wins was crowned champion. Season Champion Runner–up DED DED (2) APGS APGS AMVJ DED (3) AMVJ (2) The Arrows Rotterdam DED (4) Antilopen Haarlem DED (5) The Arrows Rotterdam DED (6) The Arrows Rotterdam AMVJ (3) SSD Delft DED (7) SSD Delft The Wolves Amsterdam Zeemacht Den Helder DED (8) Blue Stars Blue Stars The Wolves Amsterdam (2) The Wolves Amsterdam (3) Blue Stars Landlust Landlust (2) The Wolves Amsterdam (4) The Wolves Amsterdam (5) Herly Amsterdam Eendracht Utrecht Landlust Flamingo's HaarlemLandlust Punch Blue Stars Blue Stars (3) RZ Flamingo's Haarlem (2) RZ Flamingo's Haarlem (3) Fiat Stars Flamingo's Haarlem (4) Raak Punch RZ Flamingo's Haarlem (5) Punch RZ Amstelveen Flamingo's Haarlem Amstelveen (2) Den Bosch
DBL / BNXT Finals (1978–present) In the 1977–78 Eredivisie season, the play-offs were introduced, along with finals which determined the winner of a given DBL season. Double winner (champion also won NBB Cup)Treble winner (champion also won Dutch Cup and Supercup)*Treble winner (champion also won the Dutch Cup and BNXT League) Season Champion Score Runner–up Champions' coach Playoffs MVP / Finals MVP Leiden (1) Punch Ton Boot Den Bosch (1) Leiden Ton Boot Den Bosch (2) Leiden Ton Boot Den Bosch (3) Leiden Bill Sheridan Donar (1) Den Bosch Maarten van Gent Den Bosch (4) Hatrans Haaksbergen Ton Boot Den Bosch (5) Leiden Ton Boot Den Bosch (6) Leiden Jan Dekker Den Bosch (7) Den Helder Jan Dekker Den Bosch (8) Den Helder Jan Janbroers Den Bosch (9) BSW Jan Dekker Den Helder (1) Den Bosch Ton Boot Den Helder (2) Den Bosch Ton Boot Den Helder (3) Den Bosch Ton Boot Den Helder (4) Den Bosch Ton Boot Den Bosch (10) BSW Cor van Esch BSW (1) Den Bosch Olivier van Kempen Den Helder (5) GOBA Gorinchem Meindert van Veen Den Bosch (11) Den Helder Jos Wolfs Den Bosch (12) Amsterdam Jos Wolfs Den Helder (6) Donar Bob Gonnen Amsterdam Astronauts (1) Den Helder Ton Boot Amsterdam Astronauts (2) Virtus Werkendam Ton Boot Amsterdam Astronauts (3) BSW Ton Boot Amsterdam Astronauts (4) EiffelTowers Nijmegen Ton Boot EiffelTowers Nijmegen (1) Omniworld Almere Marco van den Berg Donar (2) Den Bosch Ton Boot Amsterdam Astronauts (5) Landstede Arik Shivek Joe Spinks Den Bosch (13) Donar Randy Wiel Den Bosch (14) Magixx Randy Wiel Amsterdam (6) Den Bosch Arik Shivek Amsterdam (7) Den Bosch Arik Shivek Donar (3) West-Brabant Giants Marco van den Berg Leiden (2) Donar Toon van Helfteren Den Bosch (15) Leiden Raoul Korner Leiden (3) Aris Leeuwarden Toon van Helfteren Donar (4) Den Bosch Ivica Skelin Arvin Slagter Den Bosch (16) Donar Sam Jones Brandyn Curry Donar (5) Landstede Erik Braal Lance Jeter Donar (6) Landstede Erik Braal Chase Fieler Donar (7) Leiden Erik Braal Brandyn Curry Landstede (1) Donar Herman van den Belt Kaza Kajami-Keane Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic Leiden (4) Heroes Den Bosch Geert Hammink Worthy de Jong BNXT League era Heroes Den Bosch (17) Leiden Erik Braal Thomas van der MarsLeiden (5)*DonarDoug SpradleyThomas RutherfordLeiden (6)Heroes Den BoschDoug SpradleyBrock GardnerHeroes Den Bosch (18)Leiden Erik BraalLe'Tre DarthardLandstede Hammers (2)Leiden Gaëlle BouzinJalen Thomas
Playoffs finals performances by clubs
The following table lists all clubs that have won or finished as runners-up in the Dutch League since the introducing of playoff finals.
Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved. Teams in bold indicates clubs that are currently active in the top division. Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up Heroes Den Bosch 181230 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2025 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2021, 2024 Donar7613 1982, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 1998, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 Amsterdam718 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 1997 Den Helder6410 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998 1986, 1987, 1996, 1999 Leiden61015 1978, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2012, 2018, 2022, 2025, 2026 Landstede Hammers234 2019, 2026 2005, 2016, 2017 BSW134 1994 1988, 1993, 2001 EiffelTowers Nijmegen112.500 2003 2002 Aris Leeuwarden–11.000 – 2013 West-Brabant Giants–11.000 – 2010 Magixx–11.000 – 2007 GOBA Gorinchem–11.000 – 1995 Punch–11.000 – 1978 Virtus Werkendam–11.000 – 2000 Almere Pioneers–11.000 – 2003 Tonego–11.000 – 1983
Titles by club The following table lists all clubs that have won the national championship. Seventeen clubs have been crowned Dutch national basketball champions. RankClubWinsRunner-upSeasons wonHeroes Den Bosch 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2025DED81945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58Astronauts Amsterdam71998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09Donar71981–82, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18Den Helder61988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1997–98ZZ Leiden1977–78, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24The Wolves Amsterdam1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65Flamingo's Haarlem1985–86, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73AMVJ31948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55Blue Stars1958–59, 1969–70Landlust1961–62, 1962–63Punch Delft1968–69, 1974–75Landstede Hammers2018–19, 2025–26Amstelveen1975–76, 1976–77APGS1947–48Herly Amsterdam1965–66SVE Utrecht1966–67RZ1973–74BSW Weert1993–94EiffelTowers Nijmegen2002–03
Titles by province RegionChampionshipsClubsDED (8), ABC Amsterdam (7), Den Helder (6), Flamingo's Haarlem (4), The Wolves Amsterdam (4), AMVJ (3), Landlust (2), Blue Stars (2), APGS (1), Amstelveen (1), Herly (1)Heroes Den Bosch (18)Leiden (6), Punch (2), RZ (1)7Donar (7)Landstede Hammers (2)BSW Weert (1)EiffelTowers (1)SVE Utrecht (1)––––
Titles by city CityChampionshipsClubsAmsterdamDED (8), ABC Amsterdam (7), The Wolves Amsterdam (4), AMVJ (3), Landlust (2), APGS (1), Amstelveen (1), Herly (1)'s-HertogenboschHeroes Den Bosch (18)Groningen7Donar (7)Den HelderDen Helder (6)LeidenLeiden (6)HaarlemFlamingo's Haarlem (4)DiemenBlue Stars (2)DelftPunch (2)ZwolleLandstede Hammers (2)WeertBSW Weert (1)NijmegenEiffelTowers (1)UtrechtSVE UtrechtRotterdamRZ (1)
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