List of BAL records

This article lists all-time records achieved in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in major statistical categories recognised by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career.

General performances

By club

A total of five clubs have won the BAL since its inaugural season. Petro de Luanda holds the record for most finals appearances with three.

Performances in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Petro de Luanda	1	2	2024	2022, 2025
US Monastir	1	1	2022	2021
Al Ahli Tripoli	1	0	2025	—
Al Ahly	1	0	2023	—
Zamalek	1	0	2021	—
AS Douanes	0	1	—	2023
Al Ahly Ly	0	1	—	2024

By nation

Clubs from four countries have reached the BAL final thus far. Egyptian clubs have been most successful as two titles were won, one each by Al Ahly and Zamalek.

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Egypt	2	0	Al Ahly (1) Zamalek (1)	—
Angola	1	2	Petro de Luanda (1)	Petro de Luanda (2)
Tunisia	1	1	US Monastir (1)	US Monastir (1)
Libya	1	1	Al Ahli Tripoli (1)	Al Ahly Ly (1)
Senegal	0	1	—	AS Douanes (1)

All-time club rankings

Teams are ranked by their number of wins in the BAL (updated as of 30 May 2023).^[1]

Rank	Club	Years	Pld	W	L	QF	4th	3rd	RU	W
1	Petro de Luanda	3	22	17	5	–	1	1	1	–
2	US Monastir	3	19	15	4	–	–	–	1	1
3	Zamalek	2	14	13	1	–	–	1	–	1
4	REG	2	12	7	5	2	–	–	–	–
5	Al Ahly	1	8	7	1	–	–	–	–	1
6	AS Douanes	2	12	6	6	–	–	–	1	–
7	AS Salé	2	10	5	5	2	–	–	–	–
8	Stade Malien	1	8	5	3	–	–	1	–	–
9	FAP	2	12	4	8	1	1	–	–	–
10	Cape Town Tigers	2	12	4	8	2	–	–	–	–
11	Ferroviário da Beira	2	11	3	9	1	–	–	–	–
12	SLAC	2	11	3	8	1	–	–	–	–
13	Patriots	1	6	3	3	–	1	–	–	–
14	ABC Fighters	1	6	3	3	1	–	–	–	–
15	Ferroviário de Maputo	1	4	2	2	1	–	–	–	–
16	DUC	1	5	1	4	–	–	–	–	–
17	Cobra Sport	1	5	1	4	–	–	–	–	–
18	Espoir Fukash	1	5	1	4	–	–	–	–	–
19	Rivers Hoopers	1	3	1	2	–	–	–	–	–
20	City Oilers	1	5	1	4	–	–	–	–	–
21	AS Police	1	3	0	3	–	–	–	–	–
22	GS Pétroliers	1	3	0	3	–	–	–	–	–
23	GNBC	1	3	0	3	–	–	–	–	–
24	Kwara Falcons	1	5	0	5	–	–	–	–	–

Number of participating clubs

A total of 35 different clubs from 23 associations have played in or have qualified for the BAL main tournament. Seasons in bold represents teams qualified for the playoffs in that season.

Country	No.	Club	Seasons
Mozambique (2)	2	Ferroviário da Beira	2022, 2023
	1	Ferroviário de Maputo	2021
Rwanda (3)	2	REG	2022, 2023
	2	APR	2024, 2025
	1	Patriots	2021
Senegal (2)	3	AS Douanes	2021, 2023, 2024
	1	ASC Ville de Dakar	2025
	1	DUC	2022
Egypt (3)	2	Zamalek	2021, 2022
	2	Al Ahly	2023, 2024
	1	Al Ittihad Alexandria	2025
Mali (2)	2	Stade Malien	2023, 2025
	1	AS Police	2021
Nigeria (2)	3	Rivers Hoopers	2021, 2024, 2025
	1	Kwara Falcons	2023
Cameroon (1)	1	FAP	2021, 2022
Angola (1)	5	Petro de Luanda	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Morocco (2)	2	AS Salé	2021, 2022
	2	FUS Rabat	2024, 2025
Tunisia (1)	5	US Monastir	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Guinea (1)	2	SLAC	2022, 2023
South Africa (2)	3	Cape Town Tigers	2022, 2023, 2024
	1	MBB	2025
Algeria (1)	1	MC Alger[a]	2021
DR Congo (1)	1	Espoir Fukash	2022
Madagascar (1)	1	GNBC	2021
Ivory Coast (1)	1	ABC Fighters	2023
Uganda (1)	2	City Oilers	2023, 2024
South Sudan (1)	1	Cobra Sport	2022
Burundi (1)	1	Dynamo	2024
Libya (2)	1	Al Ahly Benghazi	2024
	1	Al Ahli Tripoli	2025
Central African Republic (1)	1	Bangui Sporting Club	2024
Kenya (1)	1	Nairobi City Thunder	2025
Cape Verde (1)	1	Kriol Star	2025

Semi-final appearances by club

Years in bold denote years in which the team reached the BAL finals.

Team	No.	Years
Petro de Luanda	5	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
US Monastir	2	2021, 2022
Zamalek	2	2021, 2022
Patriots	1	2021
FAP	1	2022
Al Ahly	1	2023
AS Douanes	1	2023
Stade Malien	1	2023
Rivers Hoopers	1	2024
Al Ahly Ly	1	2024
Cape Town Tigers	1	2024
Al Ahli Tripoli	1	2025
APR	1	2025
Al Ittihad Alexandria	1	2025

Medals by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	2	0	1	3
2	Angola	1	2	1	4
3	Libya	1	1	0	2
	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
5	Senegal	0	1	1	2
6	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	6	16

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, two clubs have achieved the distinction of winning the BAL, their domestic championship, and their primary domestic cup competition in the same season, known colloquially as the "continental treble":

• Al Ahly in 2023, having won the 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League and the 2022–23 Egyptian Cup^[2]
• US Monastir in 2022, having won the 2021–22 Championnat Pro A and 2021–22 Tunisian Cup^[3]
  

All-time scoring leaders

Updated on 30 May 2023 after Season 3.^[4]

Chris Crawford is the current career scoring leader

Chris Crawford is the current all-time leading scorer in BAL history, with a total of 329 points scored in three seasons. Players in bold are still active in the BAL.

Rank	Team	Total points	Seasons	Team(s)
1	Chris Crawford	341	3	US Monastir (84) SLAC (84) AS Douanes (150)
2	Terrell Stoglin	329	3	AS Salé (308) AS Douanes (21)
3	Abdoulaye Harouna	300	3	FAP (77) AS Salé (119) ABC Fighters (104)
4	Carlos Morais	299	3	Petro de Luanda (299)
5	Radhouane Slimane	227	3	US Monastir (227)
6	Gerson Gonçalves	223	3	Petro de Luanda (223)
	Ater Majok		3	US Monastir (159) Petro de Luanda (64)
8	Cleveland Thomas	221	2	REG (221)
9	Childe Dundão	215	3	Petro de Luanda (215)
10	Dane Miller Jr.	194	2	SLAC (194)

Individual game records

• Most points in a game

• 42 by Jo Lual-Acuil, Al-Ahly Ly (vs. City Oilers) on April 27, 2024^[5]

• Most rebounds in a game

• 25 by Nkosinathi Sibanyoni, Cobra Sport (vs. Zamalek) on May 26, 2024^[6]

• Most assists in a game

• 15 by Hameed Ali, DUC (vs. AS Salé) on March 15, 2022

• Most steals in a game

• 8 by Mark Lyons, Al Ahly (vs. Al Ahly Ly) on April 26, 2024^[7]

• Most blocks in a game

• 8 by Aliou Diarra, APR (vs. Nairobi City Thunder) on May 26, 2025^[8]

• Most 2-point field goals made in a game

• 20 by Jo Lual-Acuil, Al-Ahly Ly (vs. City Oilers) on April 27, 2024^[9]

• Most 3-point field goals made in a game

• 10 by Axel Mpoyo, APR (vs. Al Ittihad) on June 13, 2025^[10]

• Most free throws made in a game

• 17 by Obadiah Noel, APR (vs. Rivers Hoopers) on May 5, 2024^[11]

• Highest efficiency in a game
  • 43 by Deon Thompson, Al Ahli Tripoli (vs. Nairobi City Thunder) on May 18, 2025^[12]
• Most minutes played in a game
  • 45 by Anderson Correia, Kriol Star (vs. Petro de Luanda) on May 4, 2025^[13]

Individual season records

• Highest points per game average

• 30.8 by Terrell Stoglin (AS Salé), 2022

• Highest rebounds per game average

• 13.5 by Khaman Maluach (City Oilers), 2024

• Highest assists per game average

• 9.0 by Chris Crawford (US Monastir), 2024
  

Team game records

• Most points in a game by a team

• 123 by APR (vs. Al Ittihad) 123–90 on June 13, 2025^[10]

• Most points in a half by a team
  • 74 points by APR (vs. Al Ittihad) 123–90 on June 13, 2025^[10]
• Most points in a first quarter by a team
  • 74 points by APR (vs. Al Ittihad) 123–90 on June 13, 2025^[10]
• Most points scored in a game by both teams
  • 213 points in Al Ittihad 90–123 APR on June 13, 2025^[14]

• Fewest points in a game

• 46 by Patriots (vs. US Monastir) on May 29, 2021

• Largest margin of victory

• 47 – US Monastir defeated GNBC 66–113 on May 17, 2021

• Most 3-point field goals made in a game

• 26 by APR (vs. Al Ittihad) 123–90 on June 13, 2025^[14]

Playoffs

• Largest margin of playoff victory

• 41 – US Monastir defeated Patriots BBC 87–46 on May 29, 2021 in the semifinals

Team season records

• Best record, by winning percentage

• 6–0 (100%) by Zamalek in the 2021 season

• Best record, by wins

• 9–1 (90%) by Al Ahli Tripoli in the 2025 season

Individual player records

• Tallest player
  • David Craig of MBB, 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)^[15]

Notes

1. MC Alger played in the 2021 season under its former name GS Pétroliers.