Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (English: Brazilian Basketball Championship) is the annual championship title of the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Brazil. Over the years, the championship has been held under different leagues. From 1990 to 2008, the top-tier level league competition in Brazil also held the name of Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete
Brazilian Basketball Championship

Founded	1965
Country	Brazil
Level on pyramid	1st
Related competitions	São Paulo State Championship Rio de Janeiro State Championship
Current champions	Franca (2024–25)
Most championships	Franca (15 titles)
Website	http://lnb.com.br/
2022–23 NBB season

See also: Novo Basquete Brasil

History

Taça Brasil de Basquete (1965–1989)

From 1965 to 1989, Brazil's top-tier level basketball championship was contested in the Taça Brasil de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Cup) league. It was organized by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB). In 1990, it was replaced by the Campeonato Nacional de Basquete (National Basketball Championship).

Campeonato Nacional de Basquete (1990–2008)

From 1990 to 2008, Brazil's top-tier level basketball championship was contested in the Campeonato Nacional de Basquete (National Basketball Championship), also called Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Championship) league. It was organized by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB). The Campeonato Nacional had organizational problems, and in 2004, it was nicknamed the "Liga do Busão" ("bus league"), due to the team's transportation by bus, as the CBB wouldn't pay for it, and airplanes tickets were too expensive. In 2009, it was replaced by the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB).

Novo Basquete Brasil (2009–present)

Main article: Novo Basquete Brasil

Since 2009, Brazil's top-tier level basketball championship is contested in the Novo Basquete Brasil. The NBB is endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB), and is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB), in a new format of the Brazilian premier basketball league. The league is managed, for the first time, by 19 Brazilian basketball teams, all of which were LNB founding members.

List of champions

Source: ^[1]

Taça Brasil de Basquete

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up
1965	Corinthians	2–1	Vasco da Gama
1966	Corinthians	76–62 (single game)	Vasco da Gama
1967	Botafogo	Quadrangular final	Corinthians
1968	Sírio	Hexagonal final	Corinthians
1969	Corinthians	Pentagonal final	Sírio
1970	Sírio	Hexagonal final	Corinthians
1971	Franca	Quadrangular final	Sírio
1972	Sírio	Hexagonal final	Fluminense
1973	Vila Nova	Heptagonal final	Trianon
1974	Franca	Hexagonal final	Vila Nova
1975	Franca	Quadrangular final	Palmeiras
1976	Tournament canceled
1977	Palmeiras	66–62 (single game)	Flamengo
1978	Sírio	110–85 (single game)	Palmeiras
1979	Sírio	87–86 (single game)	Franca
1980	Franca	87–67 (single game)	Vasco da Gama
1981 (I)	São José	74–72 (single game)	Franca
1981 (II)	Franca	Quadrangular final	Sírio
1982	Monte Líbano	Quadrangular final	Franca
1983	Sírio	Quadrangular final	Corinthians
1984–85	Monte Líbano	Quadrangular final	Flamengo
1985–86	Monte Líbano	Quadrangular final	Corinthians
1986	Monte Líbano	Quadrangular final	Franca
1987	Monte Líbano	Quadrangular final	Sírio
1988–89	Sírio	Hexagonal final	Franca

Campeonato Nacional de Basquete

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up
1990	Franca	3–0	Lwart/Lwarcel
1991	Franca	3–1	Ipê
1992	Rio Claro	1–0	Ipê
1993	Franca	1–0	Ipê
1994	União Corinthians	3–2	Franca
1995	Rio Claro	3–1	Franca
1996	Corinthians	3–1	União Corinthians
1997	Franca	3–2	União Corinthians
1998	Franca	3–2	COC/Ribeirão Preto
1999	Franca	3–2	Vasco da Gama
2000	Vasco da Gama	3–1	Flamengo
2001	Vasco da Gama	3–0	COC/Ribeirão Preto
2002	Bauru	3–0	Araraquara
2003	COC/Ribeirão Preto	3–1	Uberlândia
2004	Uberlândia	3–0	Flamengo
2005	Telemar/Rio de Janeiro	3–1	Uberlândia
2006	Tournament canceled
2007	Lobos Brasília	3–1	Franca
2008	Flamengo	3–0	Lobos Brasília

Novo Basquete Brasil

Main article: Novo Basquete Brasil

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2009	Flamengo	3–2	Lobos Brasília
2009–10	Lobos Brasília	3–2	Flamengo
2010–11	Lobos Brasília	3–1	Franca
2011–12	Lobos Brasília	78–62 (single game)	São José
2012–13	Flamengo	77–70 (single game)	Uberlândia
2013–14	Flamengo	78–73 (single game)	Paulistano
2014–15	Flamengo	2–0	Bauru
2015–16	Flamengo	3–2	Bauru
2016–17	Bauru	3–2	Paulistano
2017–18	Paulistano	3–1	Mogi das Cruzes
2018–19	Flamengo	3–2	Franca
2019–20	Tournament canceled after the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2020–21	Flamengo	3–0	São Paulo
2021–22	Franca	3–1	Flamengo
2022–23	Franca	3–2	São Paulo
2023–24	Franca	3–1	Flamengo
2024–25	Franca	3–1	Minas

Titles by club

Including all three league formats, the Taça Brasil de Basquete, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete, and the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

By team

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-rup
Franca	15	9	1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25	1979, 1981 (I), 1982, 1986, 1988–89, 1994, 2007, 2010–11, 2018–19
Flamengo	8	7	2008, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21	1977, 1984–85, 2000, 2004, 2009–10, 2021–22, 2023–24
Sírio	7	4	1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1988–89	1969, 1971, 1981 (II), 1987
Monte Líbano	5	0	1982, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986, 1987	—
Corinthians	4	5	1965, 1966, 1969, 1996	1967, 1968, 1970, 1983, 1985–86
Lobos Brasília	4	2	2007, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12	2008, 2008–09
Vasco da Gama	2	4	2000, 2001	1965, 1966, 1980, 1999
Bauru	2	2	2002, 2016–17	2014–15, 2015–16
Rio Claro	2	0	1992, 1995	—
Uberlândia	1	3	2004	2003, 2005, 2012–13
Palmeiras	1	2	1977	1975, 1978
União Corinthians	1	2	1994	1996, 1997
COC/Ribeirão Preto	1	2	2003	1998, 2001
Paulistano	1	2	2017–18	2013–14, 2016–17
Vila Nova	1	1	1973	1974
São José	1	1	1981 (I)	2011–12
Botafogo	1	0	1967	—
Telemar/Rio de Janeiro	1	0	2005	—

By state

State	Winners	Runners-up
São Paulo	39	37
Rio de Janeiro	12	12
Distrito Federal	4	2
Minas Gerais	1	4
Rio Grande do Sul	1	2
Goiás	1	1

Players with most titles

In bold, players that are still active.

Player	Winners	Seasons won
Fausto Giannecchini	7	1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II), 1983
Marcelinho Machado		2005, 2008, 2009, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Demétrius Ferraciú	6	1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005
Helinho		1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
Marquinhos Vieira		2002, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Alex Garcia		2003, 2007, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17
Bira Maciel	5	1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1981 (I)
Washington "Dodi" Joseph		1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1979
Roberto "Robertão" José Corrêa		1971, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981 (II)
Marco "Chuí" dos Santos		1981 (II), 1988–89, 1993, 1998, 1999
Ricardo "Cadum" Guimarães		1982, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986, 1987
Maury de Souza		1983, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986, 1987
João "Pipoka" Vianna		1985, 1985–86, 1986, 1987, 2007
Valtinho da Silva		1995, 1999, 2004, 2009–10, 2016–17
Rogério Klafke		1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004
Nezinho dos Santos		2003, 2007, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Gegê Chaia		2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Carlos Olivinha		2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19
Hélio Rubens Garcia	4	1971, 1974, 1975, 1980
Marquinhos Leite		1972, 1979, 1983, 1988–89
Gilson Trinidade de Jesus		1974, 1975, 1977, 1981 (II)
Jorge "Guerrinha" Guerra		1980, 1981 (II), 1990, 1991
André Stoffel		1982, 1985, 1985–86, 1986
Israel Andrade		1982, 1985, 1985–86, 1986
Paulinho Villas Boas		1983, 1987, 1992, 1995
Josuel dos Santos		1993, 1995, 2002, 2005
Duda Machado		2007, 2008, 2009, 2012–13

Nossa Liga de Basquete (unofficial)

During the 2005–06 season, the Campeonato Nacional de Basquete, which was organized by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB), was cancelled due to a legal dispute between the CBB and the Nossa Liga de Basquetebol (NLB). Winner/Limeira was the champion of the competition that was organized by the NLB.^[3][4][5] The NLB was led by the former player Oscar Schmidt.

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2006	Limeira	1–0	Araraquara

Top scorers

By total points

Source: cbb.com.br

Season	Player	Club	Points
1979	Oscar Schmidt	Sirio
1980	Oscar Schmidt	Sirio
1990	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	Lwart/Lwarcel	505
1991	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo (2)	Clube do Ipe	529
1992	Paulinho Villas Boas	Rio Claro	494
1993	Dexter Shouse	Franca	466
1994	Alvin Frederick	União Corinthians-RS	431
1995	Robyn Terence Davis	Clube do Ipe	755
1996	Oscar Schmidt	Corinthians	959
1997	Oscar Schmidt	Bandeirandes	992
1998	Oscar Schmidt	Bandeirandes	1.113
1999	Oscar Schmidt	Flamengo	1.375
2000	Oscar Schmidt	Flamengo	1.327
2001	Oscar Schmidt	Flamengo	1.121
2002	Oscar Schmidt	Flamengo	1.183
2003	Oscar Schmidt (10)	Flamengo	1.026
2004	Vanderlei Mazzuchini	Universo/Ajax	723
2005	Marcelinho Machado	Unitri/Uberlândia	1.124
2007	Victor Thomas	Minas Tênis Clube	671
2008	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	732
2008–09	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	1.047
2009–10	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	934
2010–11	Marcelinho Machado (5)	Flamengo	918
2011–12	Murilo Becker	São José	743
2012–13	Marquinhos	Flamengo	872
2013–14	David Jackson	Limeirense de Basquete	761
2014–15	Shamell Stallworth	Mogi das Cruzes	777
2015–16	Shamell Stallworth	Mogi das Cruzes	687
2016–17	Desmond Holloway	Esporte Clube Pinheiros	831
2017–18	Marquinhos (2)	Flamengo	626
2018–19	Kyle Fuller	Corinthians	661
2019–20	Shamell Stallworth (3)	São Paulo	489
2020–21	Lucas Dias	Flamengo	728
2021–22	Lucas Mariano	Franca	807
2022–23	Lucas Mariano (2)	Franca	751
2023–24	Lucas Dias (2)	Franca	706

By average (NBB)

Season	Player	Club	PPG
2008–09	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	26.8
2009–10	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	25.9
2010–11	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo	26.2
2011–12	Murilo Becker	São José	20.6
2012–13	Desmond Holloway	Liga Sorocabana	20.3
2013–14	Shamell Stallworth	Esporte Clube Pinheiros	20.8
2014–15	Shamell Stallworth (2)	Mogi das Cruzes	19.9
2015–16	Neto	Liga Sorocabana	19.1
2016–17	Kendall Anthony	Associação Macaé de Basquete	20.6
2017–18	Marquinhos	Flamengo	17.9
2018–19	Kyle Fuller	Corinthians	20.7
2019–20	Leandro Barbosa	Minas Tênis Clube	20.1
2020–21	Lucas Dias	Flamengo	22,8
2021–22	Lucas Mariano	Franca	18,8
2022–23	Dexter McClanahan	Fortaleza Esporte Clube/Cearense	21,4
2023–24	Lucas Dias (2)	Franca	19.61

Players with most awards

Total points

Player	Awards	Years
Oscar Schmidt	10	1979, 1980, 1996–2003
Marcelinho Machado	5	2005, 2008–2011
Shamell Stallworth	3	2015, 2016, 2020
Luiz Felipe de Azevedo	2	1990, 1991
Lucas Dias	2	2021, 2024
Lucas Mariano	2	2022, 2023
Lucas Dias	2	2021, 2024
Marquinhos	2	2013, 2018

Awards

See also: Novo Basquete Brasil awards

MVP

Season	Player	Club
1996	Oscar Schmidt	Corinthians
2005	Marcelinho Machado	Unitri/Uberlândia
2008	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo

Finals MVP

Season	Player	Club
1996	Oscar Schmidt	Corinthians
2003	Renato Lamas Pinto	COC/Ribeirão Preto
2008	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo

Statistical leaders

The leaders are average per game.

Season		Assits		Steals		Topscorer		Blocks		Rebounds
1996		Maury (Guaru)		Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú (Franca)		Oscar Schmidt (Corinthians)		Rogério Klafke (Franca)		Caio Silveira (Nosso Clube-Limeira)
1997		Marc Brown (Corinthians-RS)		Luiz Felipe (ABAJ-Joinville)		Oscar Schmidt (Corinthians)		Pipoka (Mogi das Cruzes)		Josuel (COC/Ribeirão Preto)
1998		Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú (Franca)		Ernest Patterson (Palmeiras)		Oscar Schimdt (Bandeirantes/Barueri)		Pipoka (Mogi das Cruzes)		Leon Jones (Palmeiras)
1999		Maury (Bauru)		Marcelinho Machado (Botafogo)		Oscar Schimdt (Mackenzie/Microcamp/Barueri)		Pipoka (Flamengo)		Josuel (Mackenzie/Microcamp/Barueri)
2000		Maury (Bauru)		Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú (Vasco)		Oscar Schimdt (Flamengo)		Alírio (Mogi das Cruzes)		Gastão (Casa Branca)
2001		Álvaro Reis (Unisanta)		Fúlvio (Casa Branca)		Oscar Schimdt (Flamengo)		Marcionílio (Universo/Ajax)		Mike Higgins (Fluminense)
2002		Valtinho (Unit/Uberlândia)		Demétrius (Minas)		Oscar Schimdt (Flamengo)		Alírio (Mogi das Cruzes)		Janjão (Flamengo)
2003		Daniel Farabello (Vasco)		Valtinho (Unit/Uberlândia)		Oscar Schimdt (Flamengo)		Alírio (Mogi das Cruzes)		Ricardo Probst (Londrina)
2004		Nezinho (COC/Ribeirão Preto)		Valtinho (Unit/Uberlândia)		Vanderlei Mazzuchini (Universo/Ajax)		Alírio (Corinthians/Mogi)		Luís Fernando (Araraquara)
2005		Nezinho (COC/Ribeirão Preto)		Marcelinho Machado (Telemar/Rio de Janeiro)		Marcelinho Machado (Telemar/Rio de Janeiro)		Todão (Ulbra/Torres)		Ricardo Probst (Paulistano)
2006		Nezinho (COC/Ribeirão Preto)		Demétrius (Franca)		Jefferson William (COC/Ribeirão Preto)		Murilo Becker (Franca)		Paulão Prestes (COC/Ribeirão Preto)
2007		Facundo Sucatzky (Minas)		Nezinho (Lobos Brasília)		Victor Thomas (Minas)		Alírio (Lobos Brasília)		Shilton (Joinville BA)
2008		Facundo Sucatzky (Minas)		Duda Machado (Flamengo)		Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)		Estevam Ferreira (Lobos Brasília)		Shilton (Joinville BA)
2009		Facundo Sucatzky (Minas)		Larry Taylor (Bauru)		Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)		Guilherme Teichmann (Limeira)		Shilton (Joinville BA)
2009–10		Facundo Sucatzky (Minas)		Magen McNeil (Cetaf)		Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)		Adriano Machado (ADL-Londrina)		Olivinha (Pinheiros)
2010–11		Fúlvio (São José)		Nezinho (Lobos Brasília)		Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo)		Adriano Machado (Assis)		Shilton (Joinville BA)
2011–12		Fúlvio (São José)		Kojo Mensah (Joinville BA)		Murilo Becker (São José)		Léo Waszkiewicz (Unitri/Uberlândia)		Murilo Becker (São José)
2012–13		Fúlvio (São José)		Neto (Liga Sorocabana)		Desmond Holloway (Liga Sorocabana)		Felipe Ribeiro (Basquete Cearense)		Olivinha (Flamengo)
2013–14		Valtinho (Unitri/Uberlândia)		Maxi Stanic (Palmeiras)		Shamell Stallworth (Pinheiros)		Morro (Pinheiros)		Jefferson William (São José)
2014–15		Ricardo Fischer (Bauru)		Worrell Clahar (Liga Sorocabana)		Shamell Stallworth (Mogi das Cruzes)		Jerome Meyinsse (Flamengo)		Caio Torres (São José)
2015–16		Fúlvio (Lobos Brasília)		Neto (Liga Sorocabana)		Neto (Liga Sorocabana)		Thiago Mathias (Franca)		Guilherme Teichmann (Rio Claro)
2016–17		Fúlvio (Lobos Brasília)		Kenny Dawkins (Universo/EC Vitória)		Kendall Anthony (Macaé)		Léo Waszkiewicz (Basquete Cearense)		Olivinha (Flamengo)
2017–18		Gegê (Minas)		Deonta Stocks (Joinville-AABJ)		Marquinhos (Flamengo)		Guilherme Teichmann (Minas)		Léo Waszkiewicz (Basquete Cearense)
2018–19		Gegê (Minas)		Jefferson Socas (Joinville-AABJ)		Kyle Fuller (Corinthians)		Léo Waszkiewicz (Minas)		J.P. Batista (Mogi das Cruzes)
2019–20		Pepo Vidal (Unifacisa)		Gegê (Pato Basquete)		Leandrinho Barbosa (Minas)		João Vitor (Unifacisa)		Georginho (São Paulo)
2020–21		Fúlvio (Mogi das Cruzes)		Dontrell Brite (Fortaleza/Basq. Cearense)		Lucas Dias (Franca)		Lucas Mariano (São Paulo)		Thiago Mathias (Fortaleza/Basq. Cearense)
2021–22		Elinho (São Paulo)		Dontrell Brite (Bauru) Guilherme Lessa (Mogi das Cruzes)		Lucas Mariano (Franca)		Bruno Caboclo (São Paulo)		Mãozinha (Fortaleza/Basq. Cearense)
2022–23		Elinho (São Paulo)		Adyel (Paulistano)		Dexter McClanahan (Fortaleza/Basq. Cearense)		Mãozinha (Corinthians)		Mãozinha (Corinthians)
2023–24		Elinho (Corinthians)		Dontrell Brite (Bauru)		Isaac Thornton (Botafogo)		França (Botafogo)		Ruan (Paulistano)

See also

• Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB)
• São Paulo State Championship
• Rio de Janeiro State Championship