The Russian basketball league system is a hierarchical league system for professional basketball clubs in Russia, with promotion and relegation between different levels of competition. There are currently five levels of competition: the VTB United League, the Russian Super League 1, the Russian Super League 2, the Russian Super League 3 and the Under-23 Youth League.
| Level | League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | VTB United League (12 teams - 10 from Russia, 1 from Belarus and 1 from Kazakhstan) (Current) (Russian Professional Basketball League (PBL) - defunct) (2010–2013) (Soviet Union Premier League - defunct) (1923–1992) | |||||
| 2. | Russian Super League 1 (First Tier from 1992–2010) (13 teams) | |||||
| 3. | Russian Super League 2 (11 teams) | |||||
| 4. | Russian Super League 3 (9 teams) | |||||
| 5. | Under–23 Youth League (10 teams) | |||||