# 2022–23 VTB United League

The 2022–23 VTB United League was the 14th season of the VTB United League. It was the 10th season that the league functions as the Russian domestic top tier level. It started on 2 October 2022 with the regular season and ended on 16 May 2023 with the finals.
Zenit Saint Petersburg was the defending champion.

## Format changes

For this season, the regular season will be divided into two phases since none team will participate in European competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the first phase, 12 teams will play two rounds, after which the teams will be divided into two groups: Group A with top six teams from first phase and Group B with last six teams from first phase. At the second phase, the teams will play among themselves in their groups for two more rounds. For the playoffs, all series will be played in best-of-seven playoffs, except for the quarterfinals that will be played in best-of-five playoffs.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2021–22 season (eight Russian teams, one Belarusian team and one Kazakhstani team) and two newly-joined Russian sides (Samara and MBA Moscow). Other two Russian sides (Uralmash Ekaterinburg and Runa Moscow) also applied to participate, but they did not fulfill the requirements to join the league.

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Astana | Astana | Arena Velotrack | 9,270 |
| Avtodor | Saratov | DS Kristall | 5,500 |
| CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Megasport Arena | 13,344 |
| Yenisey | Krasnoyarsk | Arena.Sever | 4,000 |
| Lokomotiv-Kuban | Krasnodar | Basket-Hall | 7,500 |
| MBA Moscow | Moscow | Basket Hall Moscow | 5,000 |
| BC Minsk | Minsk | Falcon Club Arena | |
| BC Minsk | Minsk | Minsk-Arena | 15,000 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Trade Union Sport Palace | 5,500 |
| PARMA-PARI | Perm | UDS Molot | 7,000 |
| Samara | Samara | Ice Sports Palace | 5,000 |
| UNICS | Kazan | Basket-Hall | 7,000 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 6,381 |

## First stage
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2165 | 1633 | +532 | 44 | Qualification to Group A |
| 2 | UNICS | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1927 | 1583 | +344 | 42 | Qualification to Group A |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1816 | 1563 | +253 | 38 | Qualification to Group A |
| 4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1659 | 1647 | +12 | 35 | Qualification to Group A |
| 5 | MBA Moscow | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1743 | 1705 | +38 | 35 | Qualification to Group A |
| 6 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1724 | 1689 | +35 | 34 | Qualification to Group A |
| 7 | Samara | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1706 | 1688 | +18 | 31 | Qualification to Group B |
| 8 | PARMA-PARI | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1735 | 1800 | −65 | 31 | Qualification to Group B |
| 9 | Avtodor | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1751 | 1841 | −90 | 29 | Qualification to Group B |
| 10 | Yenisey | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1623 | 1772 | −149 | 28 | Qualification to Group B |
| 11 | Astana | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1434 | 1902 | −468 | 26 | Qualification to Group B |
| 12 | MINSK | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1338 | 1798 | −460 | 23 | Qualification to Group B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | AVT | CSK | ENI | LOK | MBA | MIN | NIZ | PAR | SAM | UNI | ZEN |
| Astana | — | 70–69 | 64–101 | 57–88 | 67–98 | 69–103 | 77–48 | 60–80 | 84–72 | 51–99 | 41–79 | 75–93 |
| Avtodor | 94–72 | — | 75–102 | 86–81 | 84–100 | 72–68 | 88–77 | 69–71 | 94–95 | 74–69 | 71–83 | 91–79 |
| CSKA Moscow | 100–72 | 103–76 | — | 102–66 | 94–80 | 110–78 | 107–63 | 107–63 | 109–71 | 95–82 | 92–79 | 100–80 |
| Yenisey | 89–76 | 88–84 | 81–109 | — | 69–71 | 85–80 | 61–63 | 82–90 | 74–76 | 72–65 | 79–89 | 61–89 |
| Lokomotiv-Kuban | 73–53 | 89–76 | 64–84 | 75–71 | — | 73–86 | 74–56 | 63–73 | 88–86 | 79–70 | 70–82 | 62–68 |
| MBA Moscow | 81–59 | 85–70 | 75–92 | 89–76 | 89–76 | — | 81–62 | 55–88 | 102–87 | 71–60 | 81–97 | 76–75 |
| MINSK | 65–76 | 72–97 | 66–101 | 36–54 | 70–92 | 61–76 | — | 57–68 | 48–77 | 68–80 | 54–58 | 66–91 |
| Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 86–59 | 74–69 | 79–109 | 73–67 | 93–79 | 80–87 | 84–67 | — | 78–73 | 52–90 | 57–75 | 67–72 |
| PARMA-PARI | 94–74 | 89–83 | 74–83 | 88–75 | 85–92 | 78–70 | 85–62 | 85–83 | — | 81–83 | 82–89 | 60–65 |
| Samara | 93–58 | 87–82 | 72–85 | 92–86 | 77–80 | 74–82 | 78–71 | 60–83 | 80–63 | — | 74–86 | 70–82 |
| UNICS | 109–54 | 95–76 | 93–95 | 104–59 | 83–75 | 74–66 | 102–53 | 86–71 | 93–74 | 94–86 | — | 95–94 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 88–66 | 92–71 | 80–85 | 78–59 | 73–71 | 87–62 | 91–53 | 76–66 | 91–60 | 93–65 | 79–82 | — |

## Second stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CSK | UNI | ZEN | NIZ | LOK | MBA |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 30 | 2 | 3060 | 2417 | +643 | 62 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 91–77 | 86–90 | 76–75 | 94–74 | 94–70 |
| 2 | UNICS | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2724 | 2406 | +318 | 56 | Qualification to playoffs | 112–104 | — | 69–80 | 86–85 | 70–103 | 73–58 |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2621 | 2313 | +308 | 55 | Qualification to playoffs | 69–72 | 83–78 | — | 83–67 | 90–92 | 73–71 |
| 4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2392 | 2409 | −17 | 49 | Qualification to playoffs | 70–89 | 78–68 | 79–70 | — | 75–70 | 55–69 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2523 | 2470 | +53 | 49 | Qualification to playoffs | 66–98 | 78–70 | 74–77 | 80–82 | — | 73–65 |
| 6 | MBA Moscow | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2413 | 2504 | −91 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs | 81–91 | 63–94 | 62–90 | 71–67 | 60–89 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | AVT | ENI | SAM | AST | MIN |
| 1 | PARMA-PARI | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2498 | 2530 | −32 | 48 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 83–91 | 79–78 | 72–67 | 94–59 | 82–67 |
| 2 | Avtodor | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2553 | 2598 | −45 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs | 85–59 | — | 58–73 | 93–83 | 79–70 | 78–70 |
| 3 | Yenisey | 32 | 14 | 18 | 2394 | 2445 | −51 | 46 | | 81–76 | 82–86 | — | 79–74 | 77–67 | 75–55 |
| 4 | Samara | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2514 | 2452 | +62 | 45 | | 74–77 | 83–87 | 69–74 | — | 89–75 | 90–56 |
| 5 | Astana | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2146 | 2736 | −590 | 37 | | 73–74 | 73–80 | 67–83 | 73–92 | — | 86–82 |
| 6 | MINSK | 32 | 3 | 29 | 2008 | 2566 | −558 | 35 | | 55–67 | 81–65 | 42–69 | 78–87 | 84–69 | — |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | UNICS | 101 | 94 | 73 | — | — | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | PARMA-PARI | 76 | 59 | 52 | — | — | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | PARMA-PARI | 76 | 59 | 52 | — | — | 0 | 2 | UNICS | 94 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 67 | 59 | 83 | 104 | 63 | 82 | 79 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 61 | 87 | 86 | 99 | — | 3 | 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 67 | 59 | 83 | 104 | 63 | 82 | 79 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | MBA Moscow | 65 | 60 | 61 | 80 | — | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | MBA Moscow | 65 | 60 | 61 | 80 | — | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UNICS | 76 | 79 | 82 | 90 | 98 | — | — | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 88 | 76 | 81 | 88 | 89 | — | — | 1 |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 103 | 111 | 76 | — | — | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 88 | 76 | 81 | 88 | 89 | — | — | 1 |
| 8 | Avtodor | 68 | 85 | 67 | — | — | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Avtodor | 68 | 85 | 67 | — | — | 0 | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 87 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 68 | 98 | 100 | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 84 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 85 | 75 | 103 | 4 |
| 4 | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 81 | 72 | 81 | — | — | 0 | 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 84 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 85 | 75 | 103 | 4 | 1 | CSKA Moscow | 66 | 85 | 71 | 77 | 82 | — | — | 4 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 93 | 77 | 92 | — | — | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 86 | 61 | 60 | 72 | 79 | — | — | 1 |
Source: VTB United League

## VTB League teams in continental competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Astana | West Asia Super League | 3rd place |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Regular Season MVP | Nikola Milutinov | CSKA Moscow |
| Playoffs MVP | Nenad Dimitrijević | UNICS |
| Scoring Champion | Malik Newman | Avtodor |
| Young Player of the Year | Andrey Martiuk | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| Coach of the Year | Emil Rajković | CSKA Moscow |
| Performance of the Season | Justin Roberson | PARMA-PARI |
| Sixth Man of the Year | Jalen Reynolds | UNICS |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Evgeny Baburin | Pari Nizhny Novgorod |
| Newcomer of the Year | Thomas Heurtel | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| First Team | Thomas Heurtel | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| First Team | Daryl Macon | UNICS |
| First Team | Jaylen Barford | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| First Team | Louis Labeyrie | UNICS |
| First Team | Nikola Milutinov | CSKA Moscow |
| Second Team | Jermaine Love | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Second Team | Alexey Shved | CSKA Moscow |
| Second Team | Justin Robinson | Parma |
| Second Team | Livio Jean-Charles | CSKA Moscow |
| Second Team | James Thompson | Enisey |

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 2022 ||||
| October | Nikola Milutinov | CSKA Moscow |
| November | Thomas Heurtel | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| December | Jalen Reynolds | UNICS |
| 2023 ||||
| January | Alexey Shved | CSKA Moscow |
| February | Malik Newman | Avtodor |
| March | Isaiah Reese | PARMA-PARI |