| Founded | 2017; 9 years ago (2017) |
|---|---|
| First season | 2017 Apertura |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Confederation | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Level onpyramid | 1 |
| Current champions | Metapan BC (4th title) (2025 Apertura) |
| Most championships | Santa Tecla BC (5 titles) |
 2025 Apertura | |
TheLiga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) is a men'sprofessionalbasketballleague inAmericas, currently composed of 9 teams. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in El Salvador.It is the top level of the El Salvador basketball league system. The league is controlled by the El Salvador Basketball Federation (in Spanish: Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto.).
The league was formed in 2017, following the end of the previous iteration of the first divisionLiga Superior de Baloncesto de El Salvador.
The Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) was founded in 2017 with nine teams. Due to club expansions, reductions and relocations, many of the teams either changed or ceased to exist. There are currently eleven teams for 2025 Apertura.[2] The teams are located inSan Salvador,Santa ANa,La Libertad,San Vicenete,Ahuachapan,Usulutan andCuscatlan. TheTBD are the oldest club in the competition, having participated in every season since 2017.
| Team | Titles | Winning Seasons | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Tecla BC | 5 | 2016 Clausura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2023 Clausura | Record holder of consecutive finals appearances in a major Salvadoran professional sports league. |
| Metapán BC | 4 | 2023 Apertura, 2024 Clausura, 2024 Apertura, 2025 Apertura | [3] |
| Brujos de Izalco | 3 | 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2018 Apertura | TBD. |
| San Salvador | 3 | 2019 Clausura[4], 2021 Clausura, 2022 Clausura | TBD. |
| C.D. Aguila | 2 | 2015 Apertura, 2022 Apertura | TBD. |
| Halcones de Sonsonate | 1 | 2017 Clausura | TBD. |
| Lobos BKB | 1 | 2025 Clausura | TBD. |
| FAS-Denver | 1 | 2015 Clausura | TBD. |
| TBD | 1 | 2001 | TBD. |
| Year | Champion | Coach | Result | Runners up | Coach | League MVP | Finals MVP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Clausura | Halcones (1) | TBD | 3–1 | Santa Tecla BC (0) | TBD |   Jared Ruiz | Jared Ruiz | [1] |
| 2017 Apertura | Brujos de Izalco (1) |  William Ávalos | 2-0 | Isidro Metapan (0) | William Avalos |  Christopher Blake | Garland Mcarthur | [2] |
| 2018 Clausura | Santa Tecla BC (1) |  Rainel Panfet | 3–1 | Quezaltepeque (0) | Ernesto "Colocho" Rodríguez | Jared Ruiz | Lisvan Valdez | [3] |
| 2018 Apertura | Brujos de Izalco (2) | William Ávalos | 3-2 | Halcones (1) | TBD | Christopher Blake |  Michaell Jackson | [4] |
| 2019 Clausura | San Salvador BC (1) |  Yull Scott | 3–1 | Quezaltepeque (0) |  José Luis Dámaso | Marvin Cairo | Michaell Jackson | [5] |
| 2019 Apertura | Santa Tecla BC (2) | Rainel Panfet | 4–1 | Isidro Metapan (0) | TBD | Lisvan Valdez | Christopher Blake | [6] |
| 2020 Clausura | (Season Cancelled) (1) | None | None | (Season Cancelled) (3) | None | None | None | [7] |
| 2020 Apertura | (Season Cancelled) (1) | None | None | (Season Cancelled) (3) | None | None | None | [8] |
| 2021 Clausura | San Salvador BC (2) | William Ávalos | 4–1 | Aguila BKB (0) | TBD |  Bernardo Polanco | Owen Perez | [9] |
| 2021 Apertura | Santa Tecla BC (3) | Adrian Paumier | 4–1 | San Salvador BC (1) | TBD | Andravious Smith | Brian Vasquez | [10] |
| 2022 Clausura | Aguila BC (1) |  Pablo Epeloa | 3-0 | Santa Tecla BC (3) | William Avalos | Christopher Blake | Marquise Mosley | [11] |
| 2022 Apertura | San Salvador BC (2) | TBD | 3-0 | Isidro Metapan(3) | Pablo Epeloa | Marc Montavious | Christopher Blake | [12] |
| 2023 Clausura | Santa Tecla BC (5) | Ernesto Rodriguez | 3–0 | Cojute BC (5) | Jose Rivas | Yoel Cubillas | Adonis Lopez | [13] |
| 2023 Apertura | Metapan BC (1) | Reinaldo Corrales | 3–1 | Brujos de Izalco (3) | Francisco Lemus | Yoel Cubillas | Yoel Cubillas | [14] |
| 2024 Clausura | Metapan BC (2) | Reinaldo Corrales | 3–1 | Santa Ana BC (3) | Melvin Marroquin | TBD | TBD | [15] |
| 2024 Apertura | Metapan BC (3) | Reinaldo Corrales | 3–2 | Lobos BKB (3) | Alexander Colocho | Yoel Cubillas | TBD | [16] |
| 2025 Apertura | Metapan BC (4) | Alessandro Rouco | 3–2 | San Salvador BC (2) | José Rivas | Yoel Cubillas | Marvin Cairo | [17] |
| 2025 Clausura | Lobos BKB (1) | Pablo Apeloa | 3–1 | Metapan BC (4) | Alessandro Rouco | TBD | TBD | [18] |
| 2026 Apertura | TBD () | TBD | – | TBD () | TBD | TBD | TBD | [19] |
| 2026 Clausura | TBD () | TBD | – | TBD () | TBD | TBD | TBD | [20] |
José Luis Dámaso Martinez (A.D. Isidro Metapan, Quezaltepeque Basketball Club) Ricardo Renderos - Halcones Roberto Carrillo - Santa Tecla BC William Avalos - Santa Tecla BC Adrián Paumier - Santa Tecla BC Sergio Rouco - (Salvadoreños)
Jose Colorado - AD Isidro Metapan BC Jose Arajuo - Brujos de Izalco Michael Hinestroza - Brujos de Izalco Cristian Arboleda - AD Isidro Metapan BC Michael Jackson - San Salvador BC Alejandro Alvarez - AD Isidro Metapan BC Osmel Oliva - Brujos de Izalco Mario Cairo - Quezaleque BC Yoel Cubillas - San Salvador BC, Metapan BC Oreste Torres - Quezaleque BC Yunistel Molina - San Salvador BC Pasval Medrano - Halcones Leadro Cabrera - Santa Tecla BC Barthel Lopez - AD Isidro Metapan BC Ron Patten Jnr - Brujos de Izalco Jose Ortiz - Chalchuapa Utd Marcus Feige - Chalchuapa Utd Dennis Miles - Chalchuapa Utd Jacarre Crockett - Quezaleque BC Mark Montavious - Santa Ana BC David Hage - Santa Ana BC Jaston Nixon - Santa Ana BC Timonthy Jackson - Halcones Joey Luis Baez - Halcones Quincy Scates - CBM Cojutepeque Shahmel Brackett - CBM Cojutepeque Marcus Faison - Santa Tecla BC Roberto Martinez - San Salvador BC William Kenneth - Aguila BC Malam Macam - Aguila BC Eddie Isthmin - Once Lobos BC Lee Vasquez - Aguila BC Jeremy Agosto - Cojute Darius Daniels - Fantasmas De San Vicente | This article related to a basketball competition is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |
