2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga
| Teams | 18 |
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| Dates | 23 September 2016–18 June 2017 |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
1 Sponsored name referring to easyCredit.
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The 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga is the 51st season of the Basketball Bundesliga, the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The regular season started on 23 September 2016 and will end before 18 June 2017. The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit.
Brose Bamberg are the defending champions.
Mitteldeutscher BC and Crailsheim Merlins were relegated from the BBL after the 2015–16 season, as they finished in the last two places. Science City Jena and Rasta Vechta were promoted from the 2015–16 ProA. Science City were the champions of the second division, Vechta the runners-up.
Scores in yellow were tied after regular playing time and were decided after overtime.
The 2017 All-Star Game was played in Bonn on January 14, 2017. Team International beat Team National 102–99 in the Telekom Dome, Philipp Schwethelm was named MVP.
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