# ProA

The ProA is the 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.

## Current teams (2024–25)

| Team | City |
| ART Giants Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf |
| Artland Dragons | Quakenbrück |
| Dresden Titans | Dresden |
| Eisbären Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven |
| Giessen 46ers | Giessen |
| Science City Jena | Jena |
| Nürnberg Falcons BC | Nuremberg |
| Phoenix Hagen | Hagen |
| PS Karlsruhe LIONS | Karlsruhe |
| VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier | Trier |
| Uni Baskets Münster | Münster |
| Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim | Kirchheim unter Teck |
| VfL SparkassenStars Bochum | Bochum |
| EPG GUARDIANS Koblenz | Koblenz |
| Tigers Tübingen | Tübingen |
| Rasta Vechta II | Vechta |
| HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim | Crailsheim |
| BBC Bayreuth | Bayreuth |

## Champions

The champions of a given ProA season promote to the Basketball Bundesliga, along with the runner-up of the Finals.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up |
| 2007–08 | Giants Nördlingen | Cuxhaven BasCats |
| 2008–09 | Mitteldeutscher BC | Phoenix Hagen |
| 2009–10 | Bayreuth | Cuxhaven BasCats |
| 2010–11 | Bayern Munich | Würzburg Baskets |
| 2011–12 | Mitteldeutscher BC | VfL Kirchheim Knights |
| 2012–13 | Rasta Vechta | Giants Düsseldorf |
| 2013–14 | Göttingen | Crailsheim Merlins |
| 2014–15 | Gießen 46ers | s.Oliver Würzburg |
| 2015–16 | Science City Jena | Rasta Vechta |
| 2016–17 | Mitteldeutscher BC | Oettinger Rockets |
| 2017–18 | Rasta Vechta | Crailsheim Merlins |
| 2018–19 | Hamburg Towers | Nürnberg Falcons |
| 2019–20 | Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic | Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Heidelberg | Bayer Giants Leverkusen |
| 2021–22 | Rostock Seawolves | Tigers Tübingen |
| 2022–23 | Rasta Vechta | Tigers Tübingen |
| 2023–24 | PS Karlsruhe LIONS | Skyliners Frankfurt |

### Performances by club

| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Mitteldeutscher BC | 3 | 0 | 2009, 2012, 2017 | – |
| Rasta Vechta | 3 | 1 | 2013, 2018, 2023 | 2016 |
| Giants Nördlingen | 1 | 0 | 2008 | – |
| Bayern Munich | 1 | 0 | 2011 | – |
| Göttingen | 1 | 0 | 2014 | – |
| Gießen 46ers | 1 | 0 | 2015 | – |
| Science City Jena | 1 | 0 | 2016 | – |
| Hamburg Towers | 1 | 0 | 2019 | – |
| Heidelberg | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – |
| Rostock Seawolves | 1 | 0 | 2022 | – |
| PS Karlsruhe LIONS | 1 | 0 | 2024 | – |
| Bayer Giants Leverkusen | 0 | 1 | – | 2021 |
| Tigers Tübingen | 0 | 1 | – | 2022 |

## Awards

| Player of the Year Main article: ProA Player of the Year Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Roderick Trice Cuxhaven BasCats 2008–09 Wayne Bernard Mitteldeutscher BC 2009–10 Jaivon Harris BBC Bayreuth 2010–11 Lee Jeka Würzburg Baskets 2011–12 Arizona Reid Mitteldeutscher BC (2) 2012–13 Richard Williams SC Rasta Vechta 2013–14 Harper Kamp BG Göttingen 2014–15 Braydon Hobbs Nürnberger BC 2015–16 Christian Standhardinger SC Rasta Vechta | Young Player of the Year Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Per Günther Phoenix Hagen 2008–09 Johannes Lischka LTi Lich 2009–10 Simon Schmitz Science City Jena 2010–11 Bastian Doreth Bayern Munich 2011–12 Jusuf El-Domiaty Cuxhaven BasCats 2012–13 Akeem Vargas BG Göttingen 2013–14 Stephan Haukohl erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule 2014–15 Besnik Bekteshi Gießen 46ers 2015–16 Johannes Thiemann Baunach Young Pikes |

### Coach of the Year

| Year | Coach | Team |
| 2007–08 | Andreas Wagner | Giants Nördlingen |
| 2008–09 | Björn Harmsen | Mitteldeutscher BC |
| 2009–10 | Andreas Wagner (2) | BBC Bayreuth |
| 2010–11 | Torsten Loibl | BV Chemnitz 99 |
| 2011–12 | Silvano Poropat | Mitteldeutscher BC (2) |
| 2011–12 | Felix Schreier | Chemnitz Niners |
| 2012–13 | Patrick Elzie | SC Rasta Vechta |
| 2013–14 | Ralph Junge | erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule |
| 2014–15 | Denis Wucherer | Gießen 46ers |
| 2015–16 | Björn Harmsen | Science City Jena |

## 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.