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BAL All-Defensive Team
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.
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.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| ^ | 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 |
Ater Majok was selected to the All-Defensive Team in 2022 and 2023
Jean Jacques Boissy made the team in 2023
| Season | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}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 |
| Season | First team | Second team | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2025 | Jean Jacques Boissy (3)^ | Al Ahli Tripoli | Childe Dundão (4)^ | Petro de Luanda | |
| Obadiah Noel^ | APR | Mohamed Sadi^ | Al Ahli Tripoli | ||
| Taefale Lenard^ | MBB | Ivan Almeida^ | Kriol Star | ||
| Caleb Agada^ | Al Ahli Tripoli | Majok Deng^ | Al Ahli Tripoli | ||
| Aliou Diarra (3)^ | APR | Youssoupha Ndoye^ | APR |
The following table lists the players with the most overall selections.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| ^ | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL |
| Rank | Player | Firstteam | Secondteam | Total | Defensive Playerof the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Childe Dundão^ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Aliou Diarra^ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Ater Majok^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jean Jacques Boissy^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | Samkelo Cele^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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