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The LNB Élite, currently known for sponsorship reasons as Betclic Élite,

1987–1992: Best-of-3 series
1993: Best-of-5
1994: Best-of-3
1995–1996: Best-of-5
1997–2004: Best-of-3
2005–2012: Single match (at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris)
2013–present: Best-of-5
2021 only: Single match due to COVID-19 issues

From the 2003–04 season, through the 2006–07 season, the Pro A League had 18 teams. Through the wild-card system, it will have 18 teams again from the 2014–15 season.

Current teams

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

!City

!Arena

!Capacity

|AS Monaco Basket

|Fontvieille, Monaco

|Salle Gaston Médecin

|4,560

|ASVEL Basket

|Lyon - Villeurbanne

|Astroballe

|5,556

|BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque

|Gravelines

|Sportica

|3,043

|Boulazac Basket Dordogne

|Boulazac

|Le Palio

|5,200

|Cholet Basket

|Cholet

|La Meilleraie

|5,191

|Élan Chalon

|Chalon-sur-Saône

|Le Colisée

|4,540

|ESSM Le Portel

|Le Portel

|Le Chaudron

|3,500

|JDA Dijon Basket

|Dijon

|Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy

|4,628

|JL Bourg Basket

|Bourg-en-Bresse

|Ekinox

|3,548

|Le Mans Sarthe Basket

|Le Mans

|Antarès

|6,023

|Limoges CSP

|Limoges

|Beaublanc

|5,516

|Nanterre 92

|Nanterre

|Palais des Sports

|3,000

|Paris Basketball

|Paris

|Adidas Arena

|8,000

|Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball

|Saint-Quentin

|Palais des Sports Pierre Ratte

|3,800

|SIG Strasbourg

|Strasbourg

|Rhénus Sport

|6,200

|SLUC Nancy Basket

|Nancy

|Jean Weille

|6,027

Arena rules

Currently, LNB Élite clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,000 people.

French League history

1920–21 to 1948–49  Excellence
1949–50 to 1962–63  Nationale
1963–64 to 1964–65  Première Division
1965–66 to 1986–87  Nationale 1
1987–88 to 1991–92  Nationale 1A
1992–93 Nationale A1
1993–94 to 2017–18 Pro A
2017–18 to 2020–21 Jeep Élite (title sponsorship took effect in the later stages of the 2017–18 season)
2021–22 to present: Betclic Elite

Title holders

1920–21: Stade Français
1921–22: Lille
1922–23: École Normale Arras
1923–24: FAM
1924–25: FAM
1925–26: FAM
1926–27: Stade Français
1927–28: FAM
1928–29: FAM
1929–30: FAM
1930–31: FAM
1931–32: CAUFA Reims
1932–33: CAUFA Reims
1933–34: Olympique Lillois
1934–35: CAM
1935–36: SCPO
1936–37: CAM
1937–38: SCPO
1938–39: Métro
1939–41: Not held due to WWII
1941–42: Métro
1942–43: Grenoble
1943–44: Grenoble
1944–45: Championnet Sports
1945–46: ESSMG Lyon
1946–47: PUC
1947–48: Union athlétique de Marseille
1948–49: ASVEL
1949–50: ASVEL
1950–51: Racing Club de France
1951–52: ASVEL
1952–53: Racing Club de France
1953–54: Racing Club de France
1954–55: ASVEL
1955–56: ASVEL

1956–57: ASVEL
1957–58: Étoile Charleville-Mézières
1958–59: Chorale Mulsant
1959–60: Étoile Charleville-Mézières
1960–61: Alsace de Bagnolet
1961–62: Alsace de Bagnolet
1962–63: PUC
1963–64: ASVEL
1964–65: Denain Voltaire
1965–66: ASVEL
1966–67: Alsace de Bagnolet
1967–68: ASVEL
1968–69: ASVEL
1969–70: Olympique Antibes
1970–71: ASVEL
1971–72: ASVEL
1972–73: Berck
1973–74: Berck
1974–75: ASVEL
1975–76: ASPO Tours
1976–77: ASVEL
1977–78: Moderne
1978–79: Moderne
1979–80: ASPO Tours
1980–81: ASVEL
1981–82: Moderne
1982–83: Limoges CSP
1983–84: Limoges CSP
1984–85: Limoges CSP
1985–86: Orthez
1986–87: Orthez
1987–88: Limoges CSP
1988–89: Limoges CSP
1989–90: Limoges CSP
1990–91: Olympique Antibes

1991–92: Pau-Orthez
1992–93: Limoges CSP
1993–94: Limoges CSP
1994–95: Olympique Antibes
1995–96: Pau-Orthez
1996–97: PSG Racing
1997–98: Pau-Orthez
1998–99: Pau-Orthez
1999–00: Limoges CSP
2000–01: Pau-Orthez
2001–02: ASVEL
2002–03: Pau-Orthez
2003–04: Pau-Orthez
2004–05: SIG Strasbourg
2005–06: Le Mans Sarthe
2006–07: Chorale Roanne
2007–08: SLUC Nancy
2008–09: ASVEL
2009–10: Cholet
2010–11: SLUC Nancy
2011–12: Élan Chalon
2012–13: JSF Nanterre
2013–14: Limoges CSP
2014–15: Limoges CSP
2015–16: ASVEL
2016–17: Élan Chalon
2017–18: Le Mans Sarthe
2018–19: ASVEL
2019–20: Cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21: ASVEL
2021–22: ASVEL
2022–23: AS Monaco
2023–24: AS Monaco
2024–25: Paris Basketball

Performance by club

{| class="wikitable"

! Club

! Champions

! Winning years

| ASVEL

| align=center | 21

| 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 11

| 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–00, 2013–14, 2014–15

| Pau-Lacq-Orthez

| align=center | 9

| 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04

| FAM

| align=center | 7

| 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31

| Le Mans Sarthe

| align=center | 5

| 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2005–06, 2017–18

| Racing Paris

| align=center | 4

| 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1996–97

| Alsace de Bagnolet

| align=center | 3

| 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67

| Olympique Antibes

| align=center | 3

| 1969–70, 1990–91, 1994–95

| Stade Français

| align=center | 2

| 1920–21, 1926–27

| CAUFA Reims

| align=center | 2

| 1931–32, 1932–33

| CAM

| align=center | 2

| 1934–35, 1936–37

| SCPO

| align=center | 2

| 1935–36, 1937–38

| Métro

| align=center | 2

| 1938–39, 1941–42

| Grenoble

| align=center | 2

| 1942–43, 1943–44

| Étoile Charleville-Mézières

| align=center | 2

| 1957–58, 1959–60

| PUC

| align=center | 2

| 1946–47, 1962–63

| Berck

| align=center | 2

| 1972–73, 1973–74

| ASPO Tours

| align=center | 2

| 1975–76, 1979–80

| Chorale Roanne

| align=center | 2

| 1958–59, 2006–07

| SLUC Nancy

| align=center | 2

| 2007–08, 2010–11

| Élan Chalon

| align=center | 2

| 2011–12, 2016–17

| AS Monaco

| align=center | 2

| 2022–23, 2023-24

| ICAM Lille

| align=center | 1

| 1921–22

| École Normale Arras

| align=center | 1

| 1922–23

| Olympique Lillois

| align=center | 1

| 1933–34

| Championnet Sports

| align=center | 1

| 1944–45

| ESSMG Lyon

| align=center | 1

| 1945–46

| Marseille

| align=center | 1

| 1947–48

| Denain Voltaire

| align=center | 1

| 1964–65

| SIG

| align=center | 1

| 2004–05

| Cholet

| align=center | 1

| 2009–10

| Nanterre 92

| align=center | 1

| 2012–13

|Paris Basketball

| align="center" |1

|2024–25

Finals

{| class="wikitable"

! Season

! Home court advantage

! Result

! Home court disadvantage

! 1st of Regular Season

! Record

| align=center | 1987–88

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| align=center | 2–0

| Cholet

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 26–4

| align=center | 1988–89

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| align=center | 2–0

| Orthez

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 28–2

| align=center | 1989–90

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| align=center | 2–1

| Olympique Antibes

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 33–1

| align=center | 1990–91

| style="background:#ff9;"|Olympique Antibes

| align=center | 2–1

| Limoges CSP

| Olympique Antibes

| align=center | 22–8

| align=center | 1991–92

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 0–2

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 27–3

| align=center | 1992–93

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| align=center | 3–1

| Pau-Orthez

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 25–1

| align=center | 1993–94

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| align=center | 2–0

| Olympique Antibes

| Limoges CSP

| align=center | 23–3

| align=center | 1994–95

| style="background:#ff9;"|Olympique Antibes

| align=center | 3–1

| Pau-Orthez

| Olympique Antibes

| align=center | 21–5

| align=center | 1995–96

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 3–2

| ASVEL

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 27–3

| align=center | 1996–97

| ASVEL

| align=center | 0–2

| style="background:#ff9;"|PSG Racing

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 24–6

| align=center | 1997–98

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 2–0

| Limoges CSP

| ASVEL

| align=center | 24–6

| align=center | 1998–99

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 2–0

| ASVEL

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 27–3

| align=center | 1999–00

| ASVEL

| align=center | 1–2

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| ASVEL

| align=center | 24–6

| align=center | 2000–01

| ASVEL

| align=center | 0–2

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| ASVEL

| align=center | 24–6

| align=center | 2001–02

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 0–2

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 24–6

| align=center | 2002–03

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 2–1

| ASVEL

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 27–3

| align=center | 2003–04

| style="background:#ff9;"|Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 2–0

| BCM Gravelines

| Le Mans Sarthe

| align=center | 27–7

| align=center | 2004–05

| style="background:#ff9;"|SIG

| align=center | 1–0 (72–68)

| SLUC Nancy

| Le Mans Sarthe

| align=center | 25–9

| align=center | 2005–06

| SLUC Nancy

| align=center | 0–1 (88–93)

| style="background:#ff9;"|Le Mans Sarthe

| Pau-Orthez

| align=center | 26–8

| align=center | 2006–07

| SLUC Nancy

| align=center | 0–1 (74–81)

| style="background:#ff9;"|Chorale Roanne

| SLUC Nancy

| align=center | 25–9

| align=center | 2007–08

| style="background:#ff9;"|SLUC Nancy

| align=center | 1–0 (84–53)

| Chorale Roanne

| Le Mans Sarthe

| align=center | 23–7

| align=center | 2008–09

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| align=center | 1–0 (55–41)

| Entente Orléanaise Loiret

| ASVEL

| align=center | 22–8

| align=center | 2009–10

| style="background:#ff9;"|Cholet

| align=center | 1–0 (81–65)

| Le Mans Sarthe

| Cholet

| align=center | 23–7

| align=center | 2010–11

| Cholet

| align=center | 0–1 (74–76)

| style="background:#ff9;"|SLUC Nancy

| Cholet

| align=center | 22–8

| align=center | 2011–12

| style="background:#ff9;"|Élan Chalon

| align=center | 1–0 (95–76)

| Le Mans Sarthe

| BCM Gravelines

| align=center | 27–3

| align=center | 2012–13

| SIG

| align=center | 1–3

| style="background:#ff9;"|JSF Nanterre

| BCM Gravelines

| align=center | 21–9

| align=center | 2013–14

| SIG

| align=center | 0–3

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| SIG

| align=center | 20–10

| align=center | 2014–15

| SIG

| align=center | 1–3

| style="background:#ff9;"|Limoges CSP

| SIG

| align=center | 30–4

| align=center | 2015–16

| SIG

| align=center | 2–3

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| Monaco

| align=center | 27–7

| align=center | 2016–17

| style="background:#ff9;"|Élan Chalon

| align=center | 3–2

| SIG

| Monaco

| align=center | 30–4

| align=center | 2017–18

| Monaco

| align=center | 2–3

| style="background:#ff9;"|Le Mans

| Monaco

| align=center | 25–9

| align=center | 2018–19

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| align=center | 3–2

| Monaco

| LDLC ASVEL

| align=center | 27–7

| align=center | 2019–20

| colspan=3 align=center | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

| Monaco

| align=center | 21–3

| align=center | 2020–21

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| align=center | 87–74

| JDA Dijon

| align=center | 27–7

| align=center | 2021–22

| style="background:#ff9;"|ASVEL

| align=center | 3–2

| Monaco

| LDLC ASVEL

| align=center | 26–8

| align=center | 2022–23

| style="background:#ff9;"|Monaco

| align=center | 3–0

| Metropolitans 92

| Monaco

| align=center | 26–8

| align=center | 2023–24

| style="background:#ff9;"|Monaco

| align=center | 3–1

| Paris Basketball

| Monaco

| align=center | 29–5

| align="center" |2024–25

| style="background:#ff9;"|Paris Basketball

| align="center" | 3–2

| Monaco

| Paris Basketball

| align="center" |23–7

Historical players

Alexis Ajinça
David Andersen
Ron Anderson
Roger Antoine
Eddie Basden
Nicolas Batum
Rodrigue Beaubois
Louis Bertorelle
Éric Beugnot
Jean-Paul Beugnot
Jim Bilba
Yann Bonato
Bruce Bowen
Michael Brooks
Marcus Brown
André Buffière
Robert Busnel
Jacques Cachemire
Fabien Causeur
René Chocat
Don Collins
Richard Dacoury
Nando de Colo
Jean Degros
Boris Diaw
Yakhouba Diawara
Alain Digbeu
Bobby Dixon
Maxime Dorigo
Hervé Dubuisson
Zaza Enden
Morris Finley
Laurent Foirest
Evan Fournier
Lawrence Funderburke
Pierre Galle
Ken Gardner
Mickaël Gelabale
Alain Gilles
Rudy Gobert
Henri Grange
Ricardo Greer
Udonis Haslem
Thomas Heurtel
Edwin Jackson
Keith Jennings
Cyril Julian
İlkan Karaman
Frank Kendrick
Tarence Kinsey
Joffrey Lauvergne
John Linehan
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot
Ian Mahinmi
Marko Milič
Bo McCalebb
Conrad McRae †
Sammy Mejia
Jérôme Moïso
Robert Monclar
Gheorghe Mureșan
François Németh
Carl Nicks
Frank Ntilikina
Hugues Occansey
Stéphane Ostrowski
Tony Parker
Žarko Paspalj
Johan Petro
Jean Perniceni
Jacques Perrier
Mickaël Piétrus
Florent Piétrus
Micheal Ray Richardson
J.R. Reid
Antoine Rigaudeau
Stéphane Risacher
David Rivers
Delaney Rudd
Marc Salyers
Thabo Sefolosha
Will Solomon
Blake Schilb
Laurent Sciarra
Kevin Séraphin
Moustapha Sonko
Philip Szanyiel
Axel Toupane
Ronny Turiaf
Mirsad Türkcan
Roko Ukić
Frédéric Weis
Victor Wembanyama
Léo Westermann
Rickie Winslow
Michael Young

Players with the most French League championships won

{| class=wikitable

! scope="col"|Player

! scope="col"|Club(s)

! scope="col"|Number of Titles Won

| Richard Dacoury

|align=center| Limoges CSP (8), Racing Paris (1)

|align=center| 9

|-style="background:#EEE"

| Alain Gilles

|align=center| ASVEL

|align=center| 8

| Frédéric Fauthoux

|align=center| Pau-Lacq-Orthez

|align=center| 7

|-style="background:#EEE"

| Didier Gadou

|align=center| Pau-Lacq-Orthez

|align=center| 7

| Henri Grange

|align=center| ASVEL

|align=center| 7

|-style="background:#EEE"

| Jean-Michel Sénégal

|align=center| ASVEL (2), ASPO Tours (2), Limoges CSP (3)

|align=center| 7

|-style="background:#EEE"

| André Buffière

|align=center| Éveil Lyon (1), Marseille (1), ASVEL (4)

|align=center| 6

|-style="background:#EEE"

| Laurent Foirest

|align=center| Olympique Antibes (2), Pau-Lacq-Orthez (3), ASVEL (1)

|align=center| 6

| Raymond Sahy

|align=center| ASVEL

|align=center| 6

French basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Individual awards

200px|thumb|right|[[D. J. Cooper receiving the Most Valuable Player award in 2017]]

In each Pro A season, individual honors are given to players and head coaches in the Pro A Awards ceremony who performed well during a given season. The awards that are handed out include:

Most Valuable Player
Finals MVP
Best Young Player
Best Scorer
Best Sixth Man
Best Defender
Most Improved Player
Best Coach

LNB All-Star Game

Broadcasting

In July 2024, the LNB announced it had signed an agreement until 2029 with DAZN which becomes the exclusive broadcaster for the Pro A. DAZN will broadcast all games, as well as the Leaders Cup and All-Star Game.