National Championships
Men:
- NBA
- Season:
- Division champions: Boston Celtics (Atlantic), Cleveland Cavaliers (Central), Orlando Magic (Southeast), Denver Nuggets (Northwest), Los Angeles Lakers (Pacific), Dallas Mavericks (Southwest)
- Best regular-season record: Cleveland Cavaliers (61–21)
- Eastern Conference: Boston Celtics
- Western Conference: Los Angeles Lakers
- Finals: The Lakers defeat the Celtics 4–3 in the best-of-seven series, with Kobe Bryant named Finals MVP.
- Season:
- Liga Nacional de Básquet, 2009–10 season:
- Regular season: Peñarol
- Playoffs: Peñarol defeat Atenas 4–1 in the best-of-seven final.
- National Basketball League, 2009–10 season:
- Premiers: Perth Wildcats
- Champions: Perth Wildcats defeat the Wollongong Hawks 2–1 in the best-of-three Grand Final.
- Basketball League Belgium:
- Bulgarian National League: Lukoil Academic defeat Levski Sofia 3–1 in the best-of-five final.
- Chinese Basketball Association:
- Regular season: Guangdong Southern Tigers
- Playoffs: Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat Xinjiang Flying Tigers 4–1 in the best-of-seven final.
- Croatian League: Cibona defeat Zadar 3–2 in the best-of-five final.
- Czech League: Nymburk defeat Prostějov 4–1 in the best-of-seven final.
- Dutch Eredivisie: GasTerra Flames Groningen defeat WCAA Giants Bergen op Zoom 4–1 in the best-of-seven final.
- French Pro A League: Cholet defeat Le Mans 81–65 in the one-off final.
- German Bundesliga, 2009–10 season: Brose Baskets defeat Deutsche Bank Skyliners 3-2 in the bist-of-five final.
- Greek League, 2009–10 season: Panathinaikos defeat Olympiacos 3–1 in the best-of-five final.
- Iranian Super League, 2009–10 season: Mahram defeat Zob Ahan 2–0 in the best-of-three final.
- Israeli Super League, 2009–10 season: Gilboa/Galil defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv 90–77 in the one-off final.
- Italian Lega A, 2009-10 season: Montepaschi Siena sweep AJ Milano 4–0 in the best-of-seven final.
- Latvian League: Barons defeat VEF Riga 4–3 in the best-of-seven final.
- Lithuanian LKL: Lietuvos Rytas defeat Žalgiris 4–3 in the best-of-seven final.
- Montenegro League:
- Philippine Basketball Association, 2009–10 season:
- Philippine Cup: Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants sweep the Alaska Aces 4–0 in the best-of-seven final.
- Fiesta Conference: Alaska Aces defeat the San Miguel Beermen 4-2 in the best-of-seven final.
- Polish League: Asseco Prokom Gdynia sweep Anwil Włocławek 4–0 in the best-of-seven final.
- Russian Super League: CSKA Moscow sweep Khimki Moscow Region 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
- Serbia Super League:
- Slovenian League: Krka defeat Union Olimpija 3–2 in the best-of-five final.
- Spanish ACB:
- Season: Regal FC Barcelona
- Playoffs: Caja Laboral Baskonia sweep Regal FC Barcelona 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
- Turkish Basketball League: Fenerbahçe Ülker defeat Efes Pilsen 4–2 in the best-of-seven final.
- Ukrainian SuperLeague: Azovmash Mariupol defeat Budivelnyk Kyiv 3–2 in the best-of-five final.
- British Basketball League, 2009-10:
- Season: Newcastle Eagles
- Playoffs: Everton Tigers defeat the Glasgow Rocks 80–72 in the one-off final.
- Adriatic League: Partizan Belgrade defeat Cibona 75–74 in overtime in the one-off final.
- Baltic League: Žalgiris defeat Lietuvos Rytas 73–66 in the one-off final.
- VTB United League, 2009–10 season: CSKA Moscow defeat UNICS Kazan 66–55 in the one-off final.
- Super Basketball League:Yulon Dinos defeat Dacin Tigers 4-2 in the best-of-seven final.
Women:
- WNBA
- Season:
- Eastern Conference: Atlanta Dream
- Western Conference: Seattle Storm
- Finals: The Storm sweep the Dream 3–0, with their center Lauren Jackson becoming the first non-U.S. player to be named Finals MVP.
- Season:
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