Dutch Basketball League (Dutch Basketball League) History

League status

The Dutch Basketball League is the first-tier professional basketball league in Holland. DBL was established in 1960.
The DBL sits above the Promotiedivisie which effectively forms the second-tier of Dutch basketball.
At the end of regular season, top 6 teams qualify to the play-offs.
Limits of non-Dutch players per team: 7 import players (non-Europeans), 7 Bosman players (with European passport) . Total number of allowed imports and Bosmans is 7.

League name history

1960-2010: Eredivisie  2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
2010 until now: Dutch Basketball League  2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
Until 2010
2010-2019
Since 2019

Title holders

Championships by club

TitlesClubYears
2ZZ Leiden 2022-23, 2023-24
1Den Bosch 2024-25

Finals year-by-year

SeasonChampionResultRunner-Up
2022-23Zorg and Zekerheid Leiden3-2Donar Groningen
2023-24Zorg and Zekerheid Leiden92-81Heroes Den Bosch
2024-25Heroes Den Bosch3-0Zorg and Zekerheid Leiden
2025-26Not held

Finals participants

ClubWLTotal
ZZ Leiden213
Den Bosch112
Groningen011

Final Four participants

Club1st2nd3rd4th
ZZ Leiden1100
Den Bosch1100
Groningen0020
Zwolle0001
Leeuwarden0001

Players with the most appearances in the Dutch Finals

PlayerFinals AppearancesYears
Luuk Van Bree32023, 2024, 2025
Duko Bos32023, 2024, 2025
Roeland Schaftenaar32023, 2024, 2025
Stan Van Den Elzen32023, 2024, 2025
Lucas Kruithof32023, 2024, 2025
Marijn Ververs22023, 2024
Maarten Bouwknecht22023, 2024
Thijs Beens22024, 2025
Boy Van Vliet22024, 2025
Sherron Dorsey-Walker22024, 2025

Players with the most Dutch titles

PlayerCountYears Won
Luuk Van Bree32023, 2024, 2025
Marijn Ververs22023, 2024
Duko Bos22023, 2024
Roeland Schaftenaar22023, 2024
Maarten Bouwknecht22023, 2024
Stan Van Den Elzen22023, 2024
Lucas Kruithof22023, 2024