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.^[1]

In the first two seasons only one team was announced, however, starting from 2024 there were two all-defensive teams.^[2]

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	^[1]
	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	^[3]
	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.
Season	Player	Team	Player	Team	Ref.
2024	Solo Diabate^	Al Ahly Ly	Childe Dundão (3)^	Petro de Luanda	^[4]^[2]
	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
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

^ ^a ^b "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b @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.

[a-1] "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

[:0-2] @thebal (7 June 2024). "Announcing the 2024 All-BAL Defensive Second Team!" – via Instagram.

[3] "Diarra, Omot, Gueye, Perry Highlight 2023 BAL Awards". The BAL. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.

[4] "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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