2016–17 VTB United League

The 2016–17 VTB United League was the 8th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fourth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. CSKA Moscow was the defending champion and successfully defended its title. This season, 13 teams participated in the league after four sides from the previous year left.

Teams
VITA Tbilisi, Bisons Loimaa, ČEZ Nymburk left the league, after participating in the 2015–16 season. Parma Perm from the Russian Basketball Super League joined the league.

On August 30, 2016, the league announced that BC Krasny Oktyabr would not play in the league, because the host arena of the team was not approved to support events.

Because of these changes, the number of teams was reduced to 13.

Venues and locations

 * Notes
 * Team makes its debut in the VTB United League.
 * The defending champions, winners of the 2015–16 VTB United League.

Playoffs
All series were played in a best-of-five play-off series, which were played in a 2-2-1 format. The Playoffs started on May 1 and ended on June 13.

All-Star Game
The VTB League's inaugural All-Star Game was held this season on February 11, 2017. The game was played at the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Russia. The game was played in a Russia Stars vs. the World Stars format. The Russian Stars won the game against the World Stars, by a score of 131:121. Andrey Vorontsevich was named the MVP of the game. Jānis Timma won the All-Star Game's slam dunk contest, and Sergey Karasev won the 3-Point Contest.

Season Awards

 * Scoring Champion
 * 🇺🇸 Nick Minnerath – Avtodor Saratov
 * Young Player of the Year
 * 🇷🇺 Ivan Ukhov – Parma
 * Defensive Player of the Year
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Kurbanov – CSKA Moscow
 * Sixth Man of the Year
 * Suleiman Braimoh – Enisey
 * Coach of the Year
 * Dimitrios Itoudis – CSKA Moscow
 * Regular Season MVP
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * Playoffs MVP
 * 🇷🇺 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow

All-Tournament First Team

 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved – Khimki
 * 🇫🇷 Nando de Colo – CSKA Moscow
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Karasev – Zenit
 * 🇺🇸 Nick Minnerath – Avtodor
 * Frank Elegar – Enisey

All-Tournament Second Team

 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Teodosić – CSKA Moscow
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Jones – Lokomotiv Kuban
 * Jānis Timma – Zenit Saint Petersburg
 * 🇺🇸 Mardy Collins – Lokomotiv Kuban
 * 🇧🇾 Artsiom Parakhouski – UNICS

Statistical leaders
Source: VTB United League

Individual game highs
Keith Langford set a new all-time scoring record for the VTB United League by scoring 42 points on October 31. Source: VTB United League

Attendance data
Attendances include playoff games: