List of German basketball champions

West German / German champions (men)

German championship (1938–1939)

• 1938–39 LSV Spandau
• 1939-46 Not held due to World War II
• 1946–47 MTSV Schwabing
• 1947–48 Turnerbund Heidelberg
• 1948–49 MTSV Schwabing
• 1949–50 Stuttgart-Degerloch
• 1950–51 Turnerbund Heidelberg
• 1951–52 Turnerbund Heidelberg
• 1952–53 Turnerbund Heidelberg
• 1953–54 Bayern Munich
• 1954–55 Bayern Munich
• 1955–56 ATV Düsseldorf
• 1956–57 USC Heidelberg
• 1957–58 USC Heidelberg
• 1958–59 USC Heidelberg
• 1959–60 USC Heidelberg
• 1960–61 USC Heidelberg
• 1961–62 USC Heidelberg
• 1962–63 Alemannia Aachen
• 1963–64 Alemannia Aachen
• 1964–65 Gießen 46ers
• 1965–66 USC Heidelberg

  [Basketball Bundesliga] (1967–present)

Season	Champion	Finals score	Runners-up	Champions' coach	Finals MVP
1966–67	Gießen	85–73	VfL Osnabrück	Laszlo Lakfalvi
1967–68	Gießen	79–69	VfL Osnabrück	Laszlo Lakfalvi
1968–69	VfL Osnabrück	76–69	Gießen	Miloslav Kříž
1969–70	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	76–73	Gießen	Günter Hagedorn
1970–71	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	158–136	USC Munich	Günter Hagedorn
1971–72	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	150–142	Gießen	Günter Hagedorn
1972–73	Heidelberg	141–140	Gießen
1973–74	Hagen	137–118	Heidelberg
1974–75	Gießen	140–136	Heidelberg	Dietfried Kienast
1975–76	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		Wolfenbüttel
1976–77	Heidelberg		Gießen
1977–78	Gießen		Heidelberg
1978–79	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		Gießen
1979–80	SSC Göttingen		Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1980–81	Saturn Köln		Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1981–82	Saturn Köln		ASC Göttingen
1982–83	ASC Göttingen	2–0	Saturn Köln
1983–84	ASC Göttingen	2–0	Saturn Köln
1984–85	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2–0	DTV Charlottenburg
1985–86	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2–0	Saturn Köln
1986–87	Saturn Köln	2–0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Tony DiLeo
1987–88	Saturn Köln	2–0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Tony DiLeo
1988–89	Bayreuth	3–1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Lester Habegger
1989–90	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–1	Bayreuth	Dirk Bauermann
1990–91	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–2	Charlottenburg	Dirk Bauermann
1991–92	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–2	Alba Berlin	Dirk Bauermann
1992–93	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–1	Bamberg	Dirk Bauermann
1993–94	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–0	Brandt Hagen	Dirk Bauermann
1994–95	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–0	Alba Berlin	Dirk Bauermann
1995–96	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3–1	Alba Berlin	Dirk Bauermann
1996–97	Alba Berlin	3–0	Ulm	Svetislav Pešić
1997–98	Alba Berlin	3–0	Ulm	Svetislav Pešić
1998–99	Alba Berlin	3–2	Bonn	Svetislav Pešić
1999–2000	Alba Berlin	3–0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Svetislav Pešić
2000–01	Alba Berlin	3–0	Bonn	Emir Mutapčić
2001–02	Alba Berlin	3–0	Köln 99ers	Emir Mutapčić
2002–03	Alba Berlin	3–0	Bamberg	Emir Mutapčić
2003–04	Skyliners Frankfurt	3–2	Bamberg	Gordon Herbert
2004–05	Bamberg	3–2	Skyliners Frankfurt	Dirk Bauermann	Chris Williams
2005–06	Köln 99ers	3–1	Alba Berlin	Saša Obradović	Immanuel McElroy
2006–07	Bamberg	3–1	Artland Dragons	Dirk Bauermann	Casey Jacobsen
2007–08	Alba Berlin	3–1	Bonn	Luka Pavićević	Julius Jenkins
2008–09	Oldenburg	3–2	Bonn	Predrag Krunić	Rickey Paulding
2009–10	Bamberg	3–2	Skyliners Frankfurt	Chris Fleming	Casey Jacobsen
2010–11	Bamberg	3–2	Alba Berlin	Chris Fleming	Kyle Hines
2011–12	Bamberg	3–0	Ulm	Chris Fleming	P. J. Tucker
2012–13	Bamberg	3–0	Oldenburg	Chris Fleming	Anton Gavel
2013–14	Bayern Munich	3–1	Alba Berlin	Svetislav Pešić	Malcolm Delaney
2014–15	Bamberg	3–2	Bayern Munich	Andrea Trinchieri	Brad Wanamaker
2015–16	Bamberg	3–0	Ulm	Andrea Trinchieri	Darius Miller
2016–17	Bamberg	3–0	Oldenburg	Andrea Trinchieri	Fabien Causeur
2017–18	Bayern Munich	3–2	Alba Berlin	Dejan Radonjić	Danilo Barthel
2018–19	Bayern Munich	3–0	Alba Berlin	Dejan Radonjić	Nihad Đedović

East German champions (men)

German champions (women)