The BAL All-Defensive Team is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) honor bestowed on the best defensive players in the league following every BAL season. The All-Defensive Team is composed of five players. The honour was introduced in the 2022 season, the second season of the league.[1]
In the first two seasons only one team was announced, however, starting from 2024 there were two all-defensive teams.
| ^ | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL | |
| Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | ||
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected | |
| Player (in bold text) | Indicates the player who won the BAL Defensive Player of the Year in the same year | |
| G | Guard | |
| F | Forward | |
| C | Center |
| Season | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | G | ^ | Petro de Luanda | |
| G | ^ | REG | ||
| F | ^ | Petro de Luanda | ||
| F | FAP | |||
| C | ^ | US Monastir | ||
| 2023 | G | (2)^ | Petro de Luanda | [2] |
| G | ^ | AS Douanes | ||
| F | ^ | Cape Town Tigers | ||
| C | ^ | Stade Malien | ||
| C | (2)^ | Petro de Luanda |
| Season | First team | Second team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | ||
| 2024 | ^ | Al Ahly Ly | (3)^ | Petro de Luanda | [3] [4] |
| ^ | AS Douanes | (2)^ | AS Douanes | ||
| ^ | Cape Town Tigers | ^ | Rivers Hoopers | ||
| ^ | Al Ahly Ly | ^ | Rivers Hoopers | ||
| (2)^ | FUS Rabat | (3)^ | US Monastir | ||
The following table lists the players with the most overall selections.
| ^ | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL |
| Rank | Player | First team | Second team | Total | Defensive Player of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| ^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | ^ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| ^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |