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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.
In the first two seasons only one team was announced, however, starting from 2024 there were two all-defensive teams.
Key
| ^ | 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 |
Selections
2022–2023
| Season | Pos. | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | G | Childe Dundão^ | Petro de Luanda | |
| G | Jean Jacques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza^ | REG | ||
| F | Aboubakar Gakou^ | Petro de Luanda | ||
| F | Brice Eyaga Bidias | FAP | ||
| C | Ater Majok^ | US Monastir | ||
| 2023 | G | Childe Dundão (2)^ | Petro de Luanda | |
| G | Jean Jacques Boissy^ | AS Douanes | ||
| F | Samkelo Cele^ | Cape Town Tigers | ||
| C | Aliou Diarra^ | Stade Malien | ||
| C | Ater Majok (2)^ | Petro de Luanda |
2024–present
| Season | First team | Second team | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | ||
| 2024 | Solo Diabate^ | Al Ahly Ly | Childe Dundão (3)^ | Petro de Luanda | |
| Abdoulaye Harouna^ | AS Douanes | Jean Jacques Boissy (2)^ | AS Douanes | ||
| Samkelo Cele^ | Cape Town Tigers | Kelvin Amayo^ | Rivers Hoopers | ||
| Jo Lual-Acuil^ | Al Ahly Ly | Devine Eke^ | Rivers Hoopers | ||
| Aliou Diarra (2)^ | FUS Rabat | Ater Majok (3)^ | US Monastir | ||
Most selections
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 | Ater Majok^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Childe Dundão^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | Jean Jacques Boissy^ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aliou Diarra^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Samkelo Cele^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ @thebal (7 June 2024). "Announcing the 2024 All-BAL Defensive Second Team!" – via Instagram.
- "Diarra, Omot, Gueye, Perry Highlight 2023 BAL Awards". The BAL. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- "Diarra, Cele named to the All-BAL Defensive Team for the second season in a row". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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