Malte Delow

Malte Delow (born 22 April 2001) is a German professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and the EuroLeague. He plays the small forward position.

Malte Delow

No. 6 – Alba Berlin
Position	Small forward
League	Basketball Bundesliga EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 24) Berlin, Germany
Listed height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–present	Alba Berlin
2017–2018	→SSV Lokomotive Bernau
Career highlights
3x Bundesliga champion (2020–2022) 2x German Cup winner (2020, 2022)

Early life

Delow was born on 22 April 2001, in Berlin. Delow mostly played football growing up, before making the switch to basketball. After only a few months of playing basketball for the first time, Delow tried out for the youth team of Alba Berlin, where he eventually joined the club.^[1] Delow went through the youth system of Alba Berlin, winning two titles, at the U16 and U19 level.^[2]

Professional career

During the 2017–18 season, Delow was loaned to second division club SSV Lokomotive Bernau, where he spent the first few seasons to begin his career. Prior to the 2019–20 season, Delow rejoined Alba Berlin, where he made his debut. He scored six points, in their victory against Vechta.^[3] At the conclusion of Delow's first season with the club, he helped the team capture their ninth Bundesliga title.^[4]

A year later, in June 2021, Delow signed his first professional contract with Alba Berlin through the 2024–25 season.^[5]

National team career

Delow's first opportunity to represent Germany in international competition, came at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship. During the event with the Germany U18 national team, Delow finished with averages of 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.^[6]

Two years later, Delow represented the Germany U20 national team, at the 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers competition. He completed the event with averages of 4.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.^[7] In July 2023, Delow was selected to play in an international U23 tournament with Germany.^[8]

The following year, in February 2024, Delow was selected to the senior Germany national team for the first time. He made his debut in a EuroBasket 2025 qualifier, scoring 13 points against Montenegro.^[9][10]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Alba Berlin	6	0	4.2	.600	.500	—	—	.2	.2	—	1.2	0.8
2020–21		23	2	8.3	.385	.267	.667	.9	.5	.4	—	1.6	0.7
2021–22		30	15	14.2	.395	.406	.846	1.9	.6	.4	—	2.9	1.9
2022–23		25	4	14.3	.513	.368	.571	2.0	1.0	.6	.1	3.9	3.1
2023–24		34	8	16.9	.390	.323	.783	2.3	2.4	.8	.1	5.2	4.6
Career		118	29	13.3	.420	.344	.761	1.7	1.1	.6	.0	3.4	2.7

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Lok. Bernau	ProB	4	13.2	.125	.143	.000	1.0	1.0	1.2	—	0.7
2018–19	Lok. Bernau	ProB	25	19.1	.393	.333	.846	2.8	1.0	.8	.3	4.6
2019–20	Lok. Bernau	ProB	15	27.8	.365	.325	.719	4.1	3.9	1.5	.3	9.9
2019–20	Alba Berlin	BBL	14	8.3	.286	.286	1.000	1.1	.5	.3	.1	1.6
2020–21	Lok. Bernau	ProB	8	28.0	.381	.373	.550	6.6	2.5	1.5	.5	11.7
2020–21	Alba Berlin	BBL	38	12.8	.410	.235	.692	2.0	.9	.6	.1	2.9
2021–22	Lok. Bernau	ProB	9	21.7	.375	.280	.700	4.2	3.7	1.1	.3	9.8
2021–22	Alba Berlin	BBL	34	17.2	.469	.383	.826	2.5	1.3	.8	.2	5.5
2022–23	Alba Berlin	BBL	34	17.2	.450	.365	.759	2.7	2.0	.7	.1	5.6
2023–24	Alba Berlin	BBL	46	19.5	.438	.295	.843	2.7	2.4	.5	.2	6.5