Mid-American Basketball Association started their first season in 2026.

UpShot started their first season in 2026.

The league started in 2022. All teams were located in Great Miami area. But the players commuted also from other parts of Florida.

Basketball Super League (BSL) was founded in 2023 and started their first games in January 2024. Originally it was a collection of teams from NBL Canada and from The Basketball League (TBL)

NBA Summer League started their first season in 2022.

Athletes Unlimited Pro League started their first season in 2022.

Women's Premier Basketball Association started their first season in 2022.

HoopsQueens League started their first season in 2022.

The Triple Threat Basketball League (TTBL) was established in 2019, but due to government lockdown related to covid pandemic, the start of the league was postponed to 2022.

This is a professional league for 16-20 year old players who seek a spot in the NBA draft without college basketball.

The Evolution Basketball Association is not a continuation of the Eastern Basketball Alliance which played in 1996-2015, but both leagues have the same abbreviation: EBA.

Women's Maximum Basketball League started their first season in 2021.

The last year the league played was 2021 on a very limited season due to government restrictions because of covid pandemic. But then the league discontinued.

Canadian Elite Basketball League started their first season in 2019.

Women's Basketball Development Association started their first season in 2019.

TBA League started their first season in 2018.

The BIG3 was a 3-on-3 basketball league founded in 2017 by hip hop musician and actor Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz. The rules of Big3 games contain deviations from the official rules of 3-on-3 basketball as administered by FIBA.

Women's Minor League Basketball Association started their first season in 2017.

The Canadian Basketball League is not a continuation of the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues which existed ...over 100 years earlier (!!!), but both leagues have the same abbreviation: CBL.

North of the Border Basketball League started their first season in 2016.

The North American Basketball League is not a continuation of the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues, but both leagues have the same abbreviation: NABL. It is a continuation of another NABL (North American Basketball League) which played in 1964-1968

The East Coast Basketball League (ECBL) was founded in 2015. The league was centered in the Carolinas with teams also in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The Midwest Professional Basketball Association is not a continuation of the Midwest Professional Basketball League which played in 1961-64, despite both leagues have similar names.

The Elite Basketball League (EBL) was founded in 2014. There were 10 charter members competing in the first season, based around Arkansas.

TBT was founded in 2014 by Jonathan Mugar. It is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. This is a first league with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN.

The Eastern Basketball Alliance played its last season in 2015. But the league is not related to the Evolution Basketball Association which was opened in 2021, despite both leagues have the same abbreviation: EBA.

The Central Basketball Association which was created in 2013 is not a continuation of Continental Basketball Association. But both leagues have the same abbreviation: CBA

In March 2014 the IBL ceased operation as an independent entity and combined with the West Coast Basketball League (WCBL)

It is the fourth league to use the ABL name. Previously (1996-98) it was women league. But in 2013 it was re-opened as a men league.

The Bikini Basketball Association (BBA) was an American women's basketball league, created by Cedric Mitchell and A. J. McArthur in 2012. The league launched its 2013 season.

Florida Basketball Association started their first season in 2012.

Tobacco Road Basketball League started their first season in 2012.

Women's Universal Basketball Association started their first season in 2012.

The NBL Canada was founded in 2011, when three teams formerly of the Premier Basketball League joined with four new franchises to form the NBL's "Original Seven". The National Basketball League of Canada is practically not a continuation of National Basketball League (Canada) which played in 1993-94, despite both league share the same abbreviation NBL Canada.

The Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL) was founded in 2010. Teams were located up and down the Atlantic Coast from New York to Northern Virginia.

Americas Basketball International League started their first season in 2010.

The Universal Basketball Association is a semi-professional men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in 2009. The league typically play a Spring season schedule. Teams are split into geographical divisions, from Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas

The Continental Basketball Association played the last season in 2008-09. Then in 2013 another CBA was created. But that league is called the Central Basketball Association and despite has the same abbreviation, it is not a continuation of Continental Basketball Association.

United Regions Basketball League started their first season in 2008.

The PBL was formed in 2007 after a number of disagreements between several former member teams of the modern American Basketball Association (ABA) and ABA CEO Joe Newman. Eight of the initial ten PBL teams either played in or were slated to play in the ABA.

The United Basketball League (UBL) was created as a spring semi-professional basketball league based in the Southern United States.

West Coast Professional Basketball League started their first season in 2007.

United States Basketball Association started their first season in 2007.

The Kentucky Basketball Developmental League (KBDL) was founded in 2005 as a professional basketball minor league based out of the city of Newport, Kentucky, United States. The KBDL used FIBA rules and the Olympic basketball.

The International Basketball League (IBL) was founded in 2005 and featured teams from the West Coast of the United States. The International Basketball League is not a continuation of the other league with the same name which played in 1999-2001, but both leagues have identical name: International Basketball League.

Texas Professional Basketball League started their first season in 2005.

Women's Blue Chip Basketball League started their first season in 2005.

The World Basketball Association is not a continuation of the Western Basketball Association which played in 1978-79, but both leagues have the same abbreviation: WBA.

National Basketball Development League (NBDL) started in 2001 as the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization.

The International Basketball League is not related to other league with the same name which was opened in 2005, despite both leagues have identical name: International Basketball League.

The American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 2000 by Joe Newman and Richard Tinkham. The league is not a continuation of the other league with the same name which played in 1967-1976, but both leagues have identical name: American Basketball Association.

The Independent Basketball Association is not a continuation of the International Basketball Association which played in 1995-2001, but both leagues have the same abbreviation: IBA.

The league was founded in 200 as the prime pro-am summer league in Los Angeles. It was located at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, CA

The International Basketball League (IBL) was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league sought to have college players or high school players join their league instead of playing in the NCAA, where they could not receive compensation for their play.

The IBA merged with the International Basketball League and the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to "restart" the CBA for the 2001–2002 season. The International Basketball Association is not related to the Independent Basketball Association which was opened in 2000, despite both leagues have the same abbreviation: IBA.

The league held its season during the off-season of the WNBA. During the WNBA off-season, some WNBA players would play in the NWBL.

The league declared a bankruptcy (chapter 11) in 1998 after just 3 seasons. Then it was re-opened in 2013 as a men league.

The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997.

At the same time the ABL was being formed, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was creating the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The ABL began league competition in the Fall of 1996, while the WNBA launched its first game in June 1997. Both organizations came into existence during a surge in popularity for women's basketball in the United States that followed the perfect 35–0 national championship season for the Connecticut Huskies in 1995[3] and the undefeated, gold medal-winning performance of the United States Women's basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

It is the third league to use the ABL name. Previously (1925-55 and 1961-62) it was men league. But in 1996 it was re-opened as a women league.

The EBA was formed in 1996 from the fledgling Atlantic Basketball Association.

The International Basketball Association (IBA) was founded in 1995 by a group of businessmen led by Tom Anderson.

The National Basketball League (Canada) played only one and a half seasons in 1993 and 1994. Another National Basketball League of Canada was created in 2011, but it was a completely different organization, which shared only the same abbreviation: NBL Canada.

The National Basketball League (Canada) was a continuation of Canadian teams of the World Basketball League which folded after the 1992 season.

The league lasted one and a half seasons before folding in December 1992.

The majority of the league's franchises were based in the Southern United States, with the remaining teams located in the Midwest. The league announced plans for franchises in European cities that never materialized.

After the league folded in 1992, the surviving Canadian-based teams formed the National Basketball League.

The height restriction was raised from 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) to 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) in 1991.

One of the major differences between it and other leagues was that it had a height restriction. Players over 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) were not allowed to play

The USBL started in 1985 as one of the first basketball leagues to play a late-spring to early-summer schedule. The league quickly became known as a development league for players, with many players moving up to the NBA and many more playing in Europe after stints here.

In 1981 the league had disbanded, having generated $14 million in losses in its three years on the court.

The Western Basketball Association was formed in 1978 and played for one season during 1978-79. Organized by Larry Cregar, a former assistant coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA), and real estate developer Neil Christianson. The team rosters were limited to 11 players with a nine-man travel squad and a $10,000 standard player salary and $82,000 roster maximum. The league is not related to the World Basketball Association which was opened in 2004, despite both leagues have the same abbreviation: WBA.

The league was the first professional women's basketball league in the United States. The WPBL was founded by sports entrepreneur Bill Byrne.

The ABA ceased to exist in 1976 with the American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, leading to four ABA teams joining the National Basketball Association and to the introduction of the 3-point shot in the NBA in 1979. The American Basketball Association is not related to other league with the same name which was opened in 2000, despite both leagues have identical name: American Basketball Association.

The league folded after the 1967-1968 season

In 1966, the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues (NABL) organized the National Amateur Athletic Union Basketball League, with the league's champions playing at FIBA's Intercontinental Cup, as the North American Champions.

The North American Basketball League began play in 1964–1965 with five charter franchises, some of whom had been members of the Midwest Professional Basketball League from 1961 to 1964. The Chicago Bombers, Grand Rapids Tackers, Muskegon Panthers, Pontiac Nationals and Twin City Sailors began play in 1964 as charter members.

EPBL added a three-point line for 1964-65 season

The Midwest Professional Basketball League has no relation to the Midwest Professional Basketball Association which played in 2016, despite both leagues have similar names.

The league folded after the 1964 season. Some of the teams joined newly created North American Basketball League.

The league was closed in 1962 after just two seasons. Then it was re-opened in 1996 as a women league.

It is the second league to use the ABL name. The ABL was the first basketball league to have a three-point field goal for shots scored far away from the goal. Other rules that set the league apart were a 30-second shooting clock and a wider free throw lane of 18 feet instead of the standard 12. The league was formed when Harlem Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein was not awarded the Los Angeles National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise he felt he had been promised in return for his years of supporting the NBA with doubleheader games featuring his highly popular Trotters. When Minneapolis Lakers owner Bob Short was permitted to move the Lakers to Los Angeles, Saperstein reacted by convincing National Alliance of Basketball Leagues (NABL) team owner Paul Cohen (Tuck Tapers) and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Champion Cleveland Pipers owner George Steinbrenner to take the top NABL and AAU teams and players and form a rival league. Saperstein was secretly planning the new league since 1959 but it is unclear whether he would have abandoned these plans were he granted the NBA franchise.[1] In reality, Saperstein and Cohen each secretly made arrangements with local promoters in the other cities to finance those teams so there would be an eight-team league.

The league recognized the changing sponsorship of the teams away from the large industrial companies and renamed it the National AAU Basketball League (NABL)