Russian Leagues System
Evolution of the Russian basketball league system
| Tier\Years | 1924-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-71 | 1971-77 | 1977-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-08 | 2008-10 | 2010-13 | 2013-15 | 2015-17 | 2017-22 | 2022-25 | 2025- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regional | National | Visshaya Liga | CIS National | Superleague A | PBL | |||||||||
| 2 | 1Liga | Superleague B | Superleague | Superleague 1 | Superleague | ||||||||||
| 3 | Higher | Superleague 2 | Higher | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | VTB Youth | Superleague 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Junior | ||||||||||||||
