The 2025–26 TPBL season was the second season of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL), with the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season started on October 11, 2025 and ended on May 3, 2026. The play-in series started on May 5 and ended on May 6. The semifinals series started on May 9 and ended on May 17. The finals series started on May 24 and ended on June 6. On June 6, the Formosa Dreamers defeated the New Taipei Kings, 4–3, winning the 2025–26 season championship.
Teams
Team Chinese name Location Arena Map Formosa Dreamers 福爾摩沙夢想家 Taichung City Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 新竹御嵿攻城獅 Hsinchu County Hsinchu County Stadium Kaohsiung Aquas 高雄全家海神 Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung Arena New Taipei CTBC DEA 新北中信特攻 New Taipei City Xinzhuang GymnasiumTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium New Taipei Kings 新北國王 New Taipei City Xinzhuang GymnasiumTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Taipei Taishin Mars 臺北台新戰神 Taipei City Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 桃園台啤永豐雲豹 Taoyuan City Taoyuan ArenaTaoyuan City Zhongli Civil Sports Center
Season format Each team plays against another six times, three at home and three on the road, respectively. Each team plays 36 matches total in the regular season. Play-in series: Best-of-three series. The series are contested by the teams that finished the regular season as the fourth seed and fifth seed. The fourth seed is awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify to the semifinals series. Semifinals series: Best-of-five series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the winner of play-in series, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series. Finals series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.
Import players restrictions Each team is able to register 4 import players. The teams represented the league at the East Asia Super League can register 1 Asian import player. And these teams can only register 4 import players after registration deadline. The eligibility of the Asian import player is same as foreign student player. Each team is able to register 1 naturalised player as local player when naturalised player stayed in the same team for three years after finishing naturalisation. Each team is able to select 2 to 3 import players into active roster in each match. 8-Imports-In-4-Quarters Rule: each quarter can have 2 import players on the court.
Import players Team Import playersFormer players Formosa Dreamers Brandon Gilbeck Aric Holman Trey Thompkins Ben Bentil James Ennis Julian Boyd Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Anžejs Pasečņiks TJ Holyfield Drew Pember Marin Marić Craig Sword Sim Bhullar Kaohsiung Aquas Edgaras Želionis Kristijan Krajina Rade Zagorac Hunter Maldonado Justin James Reid Travis Cady Lalanne Chris Ortiz Bogdan Bliznyuk Efe Odigie New Taipei CTBC DEA Viktor Gaddefors Marko Todorović Nemanja Radović Beau Beech Pavlin Ivanov Nick King New Taipei Kings Jason Washburn Austin Daye Jalen Harris Olufemi Olujobi Sani Sakakini (AI) Chaundee Brown Jayden Gardner Jordan Tolbert Taipei Taishin Mars Darral Willis Makur Maker Michael Frazier Youssou Ndoye Zach Lofton Jordy Tshimanga Diamond Stone Stanton Kidd Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Lasan Kromah Cheick Diallo Chris McCullough Malcolm Miller (AI): Asian import players
Transactions
Retirement On July 29, 2025, Douglas Creighton was named as the head coach of the Formosa Dreamers, ending his playing career. On August 2, 2025, Lin Li-Jen announced his retirement from professional basketball. On August 31, 2025, Jeremy Lin announced his retirement from professional basketball. On September 11, 2025, Chen Chun-Han joined the Chih Ping Senior High School basketball team as coach, ending his playing career. February 23, 2026, Julian Boyd announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Draft The 2025 TPBL draft was held on August 11, 2025, at Grand Hilai Taipei in Taipei City.
Coaching changes + Coaching changes Team 2024–25 season 2025–26 seasonOff-season Formosa Dreamers Jamie Pearlman Douglas Creighton New Taipei CTBC DEA Lee Yi-Hua Momir Ratković New Taipei Kings Ryan Marchand John Patrick Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Charles Dubé-Brais Henrik RödlIn-season New Taipei Kings John Patrick Thomas Wisman (interim) New Taipei Kings Thomas Wisman (interim) Hung Chih-Shan (interim) Kaohsiung Aquas Mathias Fischer Zhu Yong-Hong (interim) Taipei Taishin Mars Hsu Hao-Cheng Milan Stevanovic (interim)
Off-season On July 1, 2025, the Formosa Dreamers named Jamie Pearlman as their associate head coach. On July 3, 2025, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that Lee Yi-Hua left the team. On July 5, 2025, the New Taipei Kings announced that Ryan Marchand left the team for career decision. On July 9, 2025, the New Taipei Kings hired John Patrick as their new head coach. On July 22, 2025, the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards announced that Charles Dubé-Brais left the team. And the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards hired Henrik Rödl as their new head coach. On July 29, 2025, the Formosa Dreamers named Douglas Creighton, the captain of the Formosa Dreamers, as their new head coach. On August 25, 2025, the New Taipei CTBC DEA promoted Momir Ratković, the assistant coach of the New Taipei CTBC DEA, as their new head coach.
In-season On November 11, 2025, the New Taipei Kings announced to terminate contract relationship with John Patrick. And the New Taipei Kings named Hung Chih-Shan as their interim head coach after Thomas Wisman, the assistant coach of the New Taipei Kings, coached as interim head coach for one game. On December 31, 2025, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to terminate contract relationship with Mathias Fischer, and named Zhu Yong-Hong, the Kaohsiung Aquas assistant coach, as their interim head coach. On March 26, 2026, the Taipei Taishin Mars announced that Hsu Hao-Cheng resigned from head coach, and named Milan Stevanovic, the Taipei Taishin Mars assistant coach, as their interim head coach.
Preseason The Taiwan Professional Basketball League held the preseason games at the Pingtung County Stadium on October 3 to 5, 2025.
Game log
Regular season
The regular season started on October 11, 2025 and ended on May 3, 2026. On October 11, the 2025–26 season opening game, matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the New Taipei Kings, was played at Xinzhuang Gymnasium.
League table
Results
Playoffs
Play-in series: The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify the semifinals series. Semifinals Series: The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series. Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.
Bracket
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 24.2 Rebounds per game Marko Todorović New Taipei CTBC DEA 13.1 Assists per game Ting Sheng-Ju Taipei Taishin Mars 7.7 Steals per game Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 2.8 Blocks per game Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Dreamers 2.0 Turnovers per game Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 3.7 Fouls per game Marko Todorović New Taipei CTBC DEA 4.0 Minutes per game Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga New Taipei CTBC DEA 37:24 FG% Cheick Diallo Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 60.9% 3P% Hu Long-Mao Kaohsiung Aquas 46.0% FT% Lin Chun-Chi Formosa Dreamers 84.9%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Makur Maker Taipei Taishin Mars 48Rebounds Youssou Ndoye Taipei Taishin Mars 23 Kristijan Krajina Kaohsiung Aquas Assists Ting Sheng-Ju Taipei Taishin Mars 16 Steals Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 9Blocks Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Dreamers 6 Jason Washburn New Taipei Kings Turnovers Aric Holman Formosa Dreamers 10 Three pointers Huang Tsung-Han Taipei Taishin Mars 8
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Formosa Dreamers 100.4 Rebounds per game Formosa Dreamers 50.9 Assists per game New Taipei CTBC DEA 24.0 Steals per game New Taipei CTBC DEA 10.4 Blocks per game Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 4.2 Turnovers per game Formosa Dreamers 16.9 Fouls per game Kaohsiung Aquas 22.4 FG% Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 44.8% 3P% Formosa Dreamers 34.2% FT% Formosa Dreamers 73.9%
Awards Yearly awards + 2025–26 TPBL awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Most Valuable Player Gao Jin-Wei Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Most Valuable Import Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Defensive Player of the Year Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Dreamers Rookie of the Year Liu Cheng-Hsun Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Sixth Man of the Year Lin Chun-Chi Formosa Dreamers Most Improved Player Tseng Po-Yu Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Most Popular Player of the Year Gao Jin-Wei Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Coach of the Year Henrik Rödl Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards General Manager of the Year Yen Hsing-Su Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Home-Court of the Year Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Cheerleading Team of the Year Passion Sisters New Taipei CTBC DEA Most Popular Cheerleader of the Year Yua Mikami Formosa Sexy Most Popular Mascot of the Year Ready Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Plays of the Year Clutch Play of the Year Kao Kuo-Hao Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Dunk of the Year Samuel Manu Taipei Taishin Mars Assist of the Year Lu Kuan-Hsuan Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Block of the Year Gao Jin-Wei Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards
All-TPBL First Team: Gao Jin-Wei (Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (New Taipei CTBC DEA) Lasan Kromah (Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) Marko Todorović (New Taipei CTBC DEA)
All-TPBL Second Team: Ting Sheng-Ju (Taipei Taishin Mars) Chiang Yu-An (Formosa Dreamers) Su Wen-Ju (Kaohsiung Aquas) Drew Pember (Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers) Aric Holman (Formosa Dreamers)
All-Defensive First Team: Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers) Lee Kai-Yan (New Taipei Kings) Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (New Taipei CTBC DEA) Lasan Kromah (Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) Brandon Gilbeck (Formosa Dreamers)
All-Defensive Second Team: Su Wen-Ju (Kaohsiung Aquas) Hsieh Ya-Hsuan (New Taipei CTBC DEA) Samuel Manu (Taipei Taishin Mars) Malcolm Miller (Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards) Marko Todorović (New Taipei CTBC DEA)
Statistical awards + 2025–26 TPBL statistical awards Award Recipient Team Statistic Ref. Points Leader Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 24.2 Rebounds Leader Marko Todorović New Taipei CTBC DEA 13.1 Assists Leader Ting Sheng-Ju Taipei Taishin Mars 7.7 Steals Leader Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 2.8 Blocks Leader Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Dreamers 2.0
Finals awards + 2026 TPBL Finals awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Champion Formosa Dreamers Finals MVP Ben Bentil Formosa Dreamers
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