The Russian Professional Basketball Championship is the top-tier level men's professional club basketball competition in Russia. Over the years, there have been 3 different incarnations of the Russian Basketball Championship. The Russian Super League 1, from the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the Russian Professional League (PBL), from the 2010–11 to 2011–13 seasons, and the VTB United League, from the 2013–14 season to the present. During the Soviet Union era, the USSR Premier League served as the national championship for Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic clubs.
From the 1991–92 to 2009–10 seasons, the winner of the Super League 1 was awarded the top-level Russian national championship. For three seasons, the PBL was Russia's highest tier, and in the 2013–14 season, the VTB United League, a regional league for Eastern Europe, was named the new top-level national domestic competition for Russian clubs.
| § | Denotes the team won the Russian Cup as well | |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times the club won the title |
| Season | League | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Russia Super League A (national) | CSKA Moscow (1) | Stroitel Samara | Avtodor Saratov | |||
| 1992–93 | CSKA Moscow (2) | Spartak Saint Petersburg | Stroitel Samara | ||||
| 1993–94 | CSKA Moscow (3) | Avtodor Saratov | CSK VVS Samara | ||||
| 1994–95 | CSKA Moscow (4) | 3–0 | Dynamo Moscow | CSK VVS Samara | |||
| 1995–96 | CSKA Moscow (5) | 3–2 | Dynamo Moscow | Avtodor Saratov | |||
| 1996–97 | CSKA Moscow (6) | 3–2 | Avtodor Saratov | BC Samara | |||
| 1997–98 | CSKA Moscow (7) | 3–1 | Avtodor Saratov | BC Samara | |||
| 1998–99 | CSKA Moscow (8) | 2–0 | Avtodor Saratov | Arsenal | |||
| 1999–2000 | CSKA Moscow (9) | 3–0 | Ural Great Perm | UNICS | |||
| 2000–01 | Ural Great Perm (1) | 3–0 | UNICS | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |||
| 2001–02 | Ural Great Perm (2) | 3–1 | UNICS | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |||
| 2002–03 | bgcolor=CFECEC | CSKA Moscow§ (10) | 3–1 | Ural Great Perm | UNICS | ||
| 2003–04 | CSKA Moscow (11) | 3–1 | UNICS | Dynamo Moscow | |||
| 2004–05 | bgcolor=CFECEC | CSKA Moscow§ (12) | 3–1 | Dynamo Moscow | UNICS | ||
| 2005–06 | bgcolor=CFECEC | CSKA Moscow§ (13) | 3–0 | Khimki | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | ||
| 2006–07 | bgcolor=CFECEC | CSKA Moscow§ (14) | 3–0 | UNICS | Khimki | ||
| 2007–08 | CSKA Moscow (15) | 3–0 | Khimki | Dynamo Moscow | |||
| 2008–09 | CSKA Moscow (16) | 3–1 | Khimki | UNICS | |||
| 2009–10 | bgcolor=CFECEC | CSKA Moscow§ (17) | 3–0 | Khimki | UNICS | ||
| 2010–11 | Russia PBL (national) | CSKA Moscow (18) | 3–1 | Khimki | UNICS | ||
| 2011–12 | CSKA Moscow (19) | 2–0 | Khimki | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |||
| 2012–13 | CSKA Moscow (20) | Khimki | Spartak Saint Petersburg | ||||
| 2013–14 | VTB United League (international) | CSKA Moscow (21) | 3–0 | Nizhny Novgorod | UNICS | ||
| 2014–15 | CSKA Moscow (22) | 3–0 | Khimki | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |||
| 2015–16 | CSKA Moscow (23) | 3–1 | UNICS | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| 2016–17 | CSKA Moscow (24) | 3–0 | Khimki | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| 2017–18 | CSKA Moscow (25) | 95:84 | Khimki | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| 2018–19 | CSKA Moscow (26) | 3–0 | Khimki | UNICS | |||
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - no champion announced. | ||||||
| 2020–21 | CSKA Moscow (27) | 3–0 | UNICS | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |||
| 2021–22 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4–3 | CSKA Moscow | UNICS | |||
| 2022–23 | UNICS | 4–1 | Lokomotiv Kuban | CSKA Moscow | |||
| 2023–24 | |||||||
See main article: Russian Gold Basket Awards.
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Super League A Player of the Year |  Ramūnas Šiškauskas |
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Super League A Coach of the Year |  Ettore Messina |
| scope=col | Club | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | scope=col | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | CSKA Moscow | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 | ||||
| scope=row | Ural Great Perm | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| scope=row | UNICS | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| scope=row | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| scope=row | Khimki | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| scope=row | Avtodor Saratov | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| scope=row | Dynamo Moscow | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| scope=row | Lokomotiv Kuban | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| scope=row | Samara | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| scope=row | Spartak Saint Petersburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| scope=row | Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| scope=row | CSK VVS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| scope=row | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| scope=row | Dynamo Saint Petersburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total number of national champions won by Russian clubs. Table includes titles won during the USSR Premier Basketball League (1923–1992).
| Club | Trophies | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moscow | 1944–45, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 | ||
| Burevestnik Leningrad | 1937–38, 1939–40 | ||
| Dynamo Moscow | 1936–37, 1947–48 | ||
| Spartak Saint Petersburg | 1974–75, 1991–92 | ||
| Ural Great Perm | 2000–01, 2001–02 | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1938–39 | ||
| VVS Moscow | 1951–52 | ||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2021–22 | ||
| UNICS | 2022–23 |