2016–17 KML season

The 2016–17 Korvpalli Meistriliiga season (also known as the Alexela Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of top-tier basketball in Estonia. BC Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2015–16 season.

The season began on 2 October 2016 and concluded on 22 May 2017 with BC Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals to win their 9th Estonian Championship.

Regular season
During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions:


 * Tartu Ülikool will play 1 round at home against teams other than BC Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total).
 * BC Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than Tartu Ülikool (2 rounds away in total).
 * G4S Noorteliiga will play 2 rounds (1 round at home and 1 round away in total).

Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20|Pos !! width=200|Team !! width=30|Pld !! width=30|W !! width=30| L !! width=30|Pts !! width=30|PCT !!width=200| Qualification
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 1||align=left|BC Kalev/Cramo||32||29||3||61|| .900
 * rowspan=8 align="center"|Qualification to Playoffs
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 2||align=left|Tartu Ülikool||32||29||3||61|| .900
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 3||align=left|AVIS UTILITAS Rapla||32||20||12||52|| .620
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 4||align=left|Pärnu Sadam||32||17||15||49|| .530
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 5||align=left|TTÜ KK||32||16||16||48|| .500
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 6||align=left|BC Valga-Valka/Maks & Moorits||32||12||20||44|| .370
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 7||align=left|TLÜ/Kalev||32||12||20||44|| .370
 * - bgcolor=#CCFFCC
 * 8||align=left|Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall||32||9||23||41|| .280
 * 9||align=left|G4S Noorteliiga||32||0||32||32|| .0
 * 9||align=left|G4S Noorteliiga||32||0||32||32|| .0

Playoffs
The playoffs began on 10 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with BC Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals.

Individual statistics
Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

All-Star Game
The 2017 All-Star Game was played on 16 February 2017 in Tallinn at the Saku Suurhall. Team Blue won the game 159–152 (139–136). The MVP of the game was Rain Veideman, who scored 37 points.

Most Valuable Player

 * Thomas van der Mars (AVIS UTILITAS Rapla)

Finals Most Valuable Player

 * 🇧🇬 Branko Mirković (BC Kalev/Cramo)

Best Defender

 * 🇪🇪 Mihkel Kirves (Pärnu Sadam)

Best Young Player

 * 🇪🇪 Siim-Markus Post (Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall)

Coach of the Year

 * 🇪🇪 Aivar Kuusmaa (AVIS UTILITAS Rapla)