# Russian Professional Basketball Championship

The Russian Professional Basketball Championship is the top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition in Russia. Over the years, there have been 3 different incarnations of the Russian Basketball Championship. The Russian Super League 1, from the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the Russian Professional League (PBL), from the 2010–11 to 2011–13 seasons, and the VTB United League, from the 2013–14 season to the present. During the Soviet Union era, the USSR Premier League served as the national championship for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic clubs.

## History

From the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the winner of the Super League 1 was awarded the top-level Russian national championship. For three seasons, the PBL was Russia's highest tier, and in the 2013–14 season, the VTB United League, a regional league for Eastern Europe, was named the new top-level national domestic competition for Russian clubs.

## Champions

Key :
| § | Denotes the team won the Russian Cup as well |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times the club won the title |
| Season | League | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1991–92 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (1) | | Stroitel Samara | Avtodor Saratov |
| 1992–93 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (2) | | Spartak Saint Petersburg | Stroitel Samara |
| 1993–94 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (3) | | Avtodor Saratov | CSK VVS Samara |
| 1994–95 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (4) | 3–0 | Dynamo Moscow | CSK VVS Samara |
| 1995–96 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (5) | 3–2 | Dynamo Moscow | Avtodor Saratov |
| 1996–97 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (6) | 3–2 | Avtodor Saratov | BC Samara |
| 1997–98 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (7) | 3–1 | Avtodor Saratov | BC Samara |
| 1998–99 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (8) | 2–0 | Avtodor Saratov | Arsenal |
| 1999–2000 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (9) | 3–0 | Ural Great Perm | UNICS |
| 2000–01 | Russia Super League A (national) | Ural Great Perm (1) | 3–0 | UNICS | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| 2001–02 | Russia Super League A (national) | Ural Great Perm (2) | 3–1 | UNICS | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| 2002–03 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow$^§$ (10) | 3–1 | Ural Great Perm | UNICS |
| 2003–04 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (11) | 3–1 | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2004–05 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow$^§$ (12) | 3–1 | Dynamo Moscow | UNICS |
| 2005–06 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow$^§$ (13) | 3–0 | Khimki | Dynamo Saint Petersburg |
| 2006–07 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow$^§$ (14) | 3–0 | UNICS | Khimki |
| 2007–08 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (15) | 3–0 | Khimki | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2008–09 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (16) | 3–1 | Khimki | UNICS |
| 2009–10 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow$^§$ (17) | 3–0 | Khimki | UNICS |
| 2010–11 | Russia PBL (national) | CSKA Moscow (18) | 3–1 | Khimki | UNICS |
| 2011–12 | Russia PBL (national) | CSKA Moscow (19) | 2–0 | Khimki | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| 2012–13 | Russia PBL (national) | CSKA Moscow (20) | — | Khimki | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
| 2013–14 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (21) | 3–0 | Nizhny Novgorod | UNICS |
| 2014–15 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (22) | 3–0 | Khimki | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| 2015–16 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (23) | 3–1 | UNICS | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2016–17 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (24) | 3–0 | Khimki | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2017–18 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (25) | 95:84 | Khimki | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2018–19 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (26) | 3–0 | Khimki | UNICS |
| 2019–20 | VTB United League (international) | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. |
| 2020–21 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (27) | 3–0 | UNICS | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2021–22 | VTB United League (international) | Zenit Saint Petersburg (1) | 4–3 | CSKA Moscow | UNICS |
| 2022–23 | VTB United League (international) | UNICS (1) | 4–1 | Lokomotiv Kuban | CSKA Moscow |
| 2023–24 | VTB United League (international) | | | | |

## Awards

| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Russian Super League A Player of the Year | Marcus Brown | Theo Papaloukas | Theo Papaloukas | Theo Papaloukas | Trajan Langdon | Ramūnas Šiškauskas |
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Russian Super League A Coach of the Year | Dušan Ivković | / David Blatt | Ettore Messina | Ettore Messina | Ettore Messina | Ettore Messina |

## Medals by club

| Club | | | | Total |
| CSKA Moscow | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Ural Great Perm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| UNICS | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Khimki | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Avtodor Saratov | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Samara | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CSK VVS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## All–time national champions

Total number of national champions won by Russian clubs. Table includes titles won during the USSR Premier Basketball League (1923–1992).
| Club | Trophies | Years won |
| CSKA Moscow | 51 | 1944–45, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 |
| Burevestnik Leningrad | 2 | 1937–38, 1939–40 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2 | 1936–37, 1947–48 |
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 2 | 1974–75, 1991–92 |
| Ural Great Perm | 2 | 2000–01, 2001–02 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1 | 1938–39 |
| VVS Moscow | 1 | 1951–52 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 2021–22 |
| UNICS | 1 | 2022–23 |