The 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 59th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It ran from 20 September 2024 to 26 June 2025. The season will be played with 17 teams after only one team was promoted from the ProA and no wildcards given out.
Bayern Munich won their second straight and seventh overall title with a finals win over Ratiopharm Ulm.
Format After a double round-robin, the top six teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. Teams placed seven to ten entered into a play-in tournament for the final two seeds of the playoffs.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2023–24 ProA Relegated from2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga Skyliners FrankfurtKarlsruhe Lions Crailsheim MerlinsTigers Tübingen Karlsruhe Lions were not allowed to participate after not getting the license. The other teams voted that no relegated team would receive a wildcard.
Arenas and locations TeamCityArenaCapacityBamberg BasketsBambergBrose ArenaAlba BerlinBerlinUber ArenaTelekom Baskets BonnBonnTelekom DomeLöwen BraunschweigBraunschweigVolkswagen HalleNiners ChemnitzChemnitzChemnitz ArenaSkyliners FrankfurtFrankfurtSüwag Energie ARENABG GöttingenGöttingenSparkassen ArenaHamburg TowersHamburgInselpark ArenaBarclays Arena (1 Game)MLP Academics HeidelbergHeidelbergSNP DomeMHP Riesen LudwigsburgLudwigsburgMHP-ArenaSyntainics MBCWeißenfelsStadthalle WeißenfelsBayern MunichMunichBMW ParkEWE Baskets OldenburgOldenburgGroße EWE ArenaRostock SeawolvesRostockStadthalle Rostockratiopharm UlmUlmratiopharm arenaRasta VechtaVechtaRasta DomeFIT/One Würzburg BasketsWürzburgs.Oliver Arena
Regular season Standings
Results
Playoffs
Play-in tournament
Bracket
Awards and statistics Major award winners The awards were announced in May 2025.
Award Player Club Most Valuable Player Jhivvan Jackson FIT/One Würzburg Baskets Finals MVP Shabazz Napier Bayern Munich Top Scorer Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson Brandon Randolph Riesen LudwigsburgRasta Vechta Best Offensive Player Jhivvan Jackson FIT/One Würzburg Baskets Best Defender Nick Weiler-Babb Bayern Munich Most Effective Player International Jhivvan Jackson FIT/One Würzburg Baskets Most Effective Player National Sananda Fru Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Best German Young Player Sananda Fru Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Coach of the Year Jesús Ramírez Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
Statistical leaders Category Player Club Average Points per game Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson Brandon Randolph Riesen LudwigsburgRasta Vechta 19.0 Rebounds per game Demajeo Wiggins BG Göttingen 10.3 Assists per game Geno Crandall Baskets Oldenburg 7.5 Steals per game Justin Simon Riesen Ludwigsburg 2.3 Blocks per game Isaiah Cozart Sananda Fru Kur Kuath Rasta VechtaBasketball Löwen BraunschweigHamburg Towers 1.6 Efficiency per game Sananda Fru Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 17.4
German clubs in European competitions Team Competition ResultAlba BerlinEuroLeague Regular seasonBayern Munich Play-inNiners ChemnitzChampions League Play-insRasta Vechta Regular seasonFIT/One Würzburg Baskets Round of 16Telekom Baskets Bonn Play-insHamburg TowersEuroCup Regular seasonratiopharm Ulm Regular seasonRiesen LudwigsburgFIBA Europe Cup Play-offsLowen Braunschweig Regular season
German clubs in Regional competitions TeamCompetitionProgressBamberg BasketsEuropean North Basketball LeagueQuarterfinals
Attendances Home games and overall
Pos. Team Regular season Play-in and playoffs Overall 2023–24average Change Matches Attendance Average Matches Attendance Average Matches Total Average 1 FC Bayern Munich 16 111,389 6,962 7 79,900 11,414 23 191,289 8,317 5,997 +38.7% 2 ALBA Berlin 16 132,429 8,277 2 14,073 7,037 18 146,502 8,139 8,403 −3.1% 3 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 16 99,200 6,200 1 6,200 6,200 17 105,400 6,200 6,200 0.0% 4 Telekom Baskets Bonn 16 93,277 5,830 0 — — 16 93,277 5,830 5,872 −0.7% 5 Ratiopharm Ulm 16 91,302 5,706 7 42,000 6,000 23 133,302 5,796 5,850 −0.9% 6 MLP Academics Heidelberg 16 78,071 4,879 4 18,058 4,515 20 96,129 4,806 4,358 +10.3% 7 NINERS Chemnitz 16 76,848 4,803 2 9,474 4,737 18 86,322 4,796 4,666 +2.8% 8 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 16 72,907 4,557 3 16,839 5,613 19 89,746 4,723 4,501 +4.9% 9 Bamberg Baskets 16 74,421 4,651 0 — — 16 74,421 4,651 4,702 −1.1% 10 SKYLINERS 16 69,772 4,361 0 — — 16 69,772 4,361 — — 11 ROSTOCK SEAWOLVES 16 69,666 4,354 0 — — 16 69,666 4,354 4,252 +2.4% 12 Veolia Towers Hamburg 16 61,288 3,830 0 — — 16 61,288 3,830 3,637 +5.3% 13 MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg 16 60,731 3,796 0 — — 16 60,731 3,796 3,902 −2.7% 14 SC RASTA Vechta 16 50,023 3,126 0 — — 16 50,023 3,126 3,130 −0.1% 15 Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 16 48,660 3,041 4 12,560 3,140 20 61,220 3,061 2,985 +2.5% 16 SYNTAINICS MBC 16 41,700 2,606 2 5,100 2,550 18 46,800 2,600 2,536 +2.5% 17 BG Göttingen 16 40,735 2,546 0 — — 16 40,735 2,546 3,125 −18.5% League total 272 1,272,419 4,678 32 204,204 6,381 304 1,476,623 4,857 4,414 +10.0%
Sources: Sport.de regular season, Sport.de play-in and playoffs and 2023–24 regular-season averages. The change is calculated by comparing the 2024–25 overall average with the 2023–24 regular-season average. The dash indicates that the team did not participate in the postseason or, in the case of SKYLINERS, did not participate in the 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga season.
References
External links Official website