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

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