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2025–26 LKL season

Betsson-LKL
Season2025–26
Duration20 September 2025 – 17 May 2026
(Regular season)
Games played80
Teams9
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jerrick Harding 19.4
Rebounds Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 8.3
Assists Lithuania Arnas Velička 7.4
Index Rating Lithuania Arnas Velička 23.2
Records
Biggest home winŽalgiris 108–71 Gargždai
(7 December 2025)
Biggest away winJonava Hipocredit 71–105 Rytas
(22 November 2025)
Highest scoringJonava Hipocredit 117–124 Neptūnas
(7 December 2025)
Winning streak14 games
Žalgiris
Losing streak6 games
Jonava Hipocredit
Highest attendance13,538
Žalgiris 79–75 Rytas
(2 November 2025)
Lowest attendance560
Jonava Hipocredit 79–85 Šiauliai
(26 January 2026)

The 2025–26 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga season, also called Betsson–LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). Žalgiris are defending champions.

Teams

9 teams will participate in the 2025–26 season. Two teams dropped out from the league during the summer period - M Basket-Delamode due to financial struggles decided to compete in NKL,[1] while Wolves Twinsbet due to failing to meet club's set ambitions and changes in gambling laws in Lithuania decided to suspend basketball activities altogether.[2] Because of dropouts, the league decided to invite Gargždai, a phoenix club of team which last time competed in the 2023–24 season.[3][4] Despite the changed number of teams, the format remained mostly the same as the last season, with 9 teams facing-off each other 4 times with top 8 teams advancing into Playoffs.[5]

Location of teams in 2025–26 LKL
Team Location Arena Capacity Last season
Gargždai Gargždai Gargždų Arena 1,400 —
Jonava Hipocredit Jonava Jonava Arena 2,200 4th
Juventus Utena Utena Arena 2,000 6th
Lietkabelis Panevėžys Kalnapilio Arena 5,950 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena 6,200 8th
Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena 2,200 9th
Rytas Vilnius Twinsbet Arena 10,000 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Active Vilnius Arena 2,500
Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700 7th
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,415 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Gargždai Lithuania Tomas Rinkevičius Lithuania Deividas Gailius Hustle Point 7bet
Jonava Hipocredit Lithuania Steponas Babrauskas Lithuania Modestas Babraitis AGO Dafta, Jonava, Hipocredit, Litas
Juventus Lithuania Kęstutis Kemzūra Lithuania Šarūnas Beniušis Hustle Point Umaras, Uniclub Casino, Utenos mėsa
Lietkabelis Serbia Nenad Čanak Lithuania Vytenis Lipkevičius AGO 7bet, Lietkabelis, Norfa
Neptūnas Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas Lithuania Martynas Pacevičius Puma 7bet, Klaipėdos konteinerių terminalas (KKT), Amberton Hotel Group
Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas Lithuania Laimonas Eglinskas Lithuania Ignas Vaitkus AGO Autotoja, Optibet, Paskolų klubas
Rytas Lithuania Giedrius Žibėnas Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis AGO Olybet, Utenos nealkoholinis
Šiauliai Lithuania Darius Songaila Lithuania Vaidas Kariniauskas Valorus Casino admiral
Žalgiris Lithuania Tomas Masiulis Lithuania Edgaras Ulanovas Puma Go3, payabl.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Neptūnas Lithuania Vidas Ginevičius (interim) End of caretaker spell 26 May 2025 Pre-season Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas 3 June 2025[6]
Žalgiris Italy Andrea Trinchieri Parted ways 23 June 2025[7] Lithuania Tomas Masiulis 28 June 2025[8]
Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas Lithuania Gediminas Petrauskas End of contract 3 June 2025[9] Lithuania Laimonas Eglinskas 29 June 2025[10]
Šiauliai Lithuania Darius Pakamanis (interim) End of caretaker spell 27 May 2025 Lithuania Darius Songaila 3 July 2025[11]
Gargždai Lithuania Povilas Šakinis End of contract 25 Apr 2025 Lithuania Tomas Rinkevičius 18 July 2025[12]
Jonava Hipocredit Lithuania Mantas Šernius Signed by Žalgiris 28 June 2025[13] Lithuania Paulius Juodis 29 July 2025[14]
Lithuania Paulius Juodis Mutual agreement 7 October 2025[15] 9th (0–4) Lithuania Steponas Babrauskas[note 1] 7 October 2025[15]
21 October 2025[16]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Žalgiris (A) 19 18 1 1705 1414 +291 Advance to playoffs
2 Rytas 19 12 7 1744 1590 +154
3 Neptūnas 18 11 7 1720 1650 +70
4 Šiauliai 19 11 8 1664 1683 −19
5 Juventus 18 8 10 1580 1595 −15
6 Lietkabelis 18 8 10 1510 1483 +27
7 Gargždai 19 7 12 1551 1661 −110
8 Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas 19 6 13 1544 1713 −169
9 Jonava Hipocredit 19 3 16 1618 1847 −229
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: LKL.lt
(A) Advance to a further round


Results

Home \ Away GAR JON JUV LIE NEP NEV RYT SIA ZAL
Gargždai — 103–73 91–74 80–89 87–104 86–79 82–78 85–93 73–89
— 2 May 21 Mar 12 Apr 14 Mar 7 Mar 16 May 22 Apr 63–69
Jonava Hipocredit 75–82 — 82–98 85–96 117–124 86–82 71–105 79–85 78–87
95–90 — 13 May 29 Apr 21 Mar 18 Apr 84–101 9 May 22 Apr
Juventus 104–78 104–95 — 82–73 90–97 84–90 85–92 86–73 75–91
18 Apr 11 Apr — 7 Mar 2 May 14 Mar 82–87 5 May 29 Mar
Lietkabelis 70–79 101–74 89–83 — 84–96 100–76 89–84 80–86 77–81
12 May 15 Mar 21 Apr — 26 Apr 6 May 3 May 75–77 4 Apr
Neptūnas 102–74 117–113 85–72 97–87 — 113–82 95–87 101–103 71–84
29 Apr 17 May 6 Apr 28 Mar — 11 Apr 10 May 19 Apr 14 May
Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas 94–87 83–85 79–96 77–69 85–92 — 64–82 107–93 68–94
26 Apr 88–85 9 May 81–80 23 Apr — 13 May 28 Mar 67–91
Rytas 99–73 104–72 96–99 73–84 97–93 104–74 — 94–79 81–90
29 Mar 6 May 25 Apr 22 Mar 100–95 6 Apr — 28 Apr 19 Apr
Šiauliai 83–94 93–78 102–108 87–80 89–85 98–95 100–105 — 71–75
83–73 4 Apr 97–90 16 May 8 Mar 3 May 12 Apr — 25 Apr
Žalgiris 108–71 104–91 98–68 85–87 112–77 88–73 79–75 93–72 —
5 May 8 Mar 28 Apr 10 May 87–76 17 May 15 Mar 22 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2026. Source: LKL.lt
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Žalgiris 39,727 13,538 783 4,414 −15.8%†
2 Rytas 25,665 9,186 1,796 2,851 −17.9%†
3 Šiauliai 24,737 5,146 1,591 2,473 +9.8%†
4 Neptūnas 19,635 4,449 1,584 2,454 +7.7%†
5 Lietkabelis 16,281 5,181 925 2,035 +2.4%†
6 Juventus 11,533 2,462 943 1,441 +3.4%†
7 Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas 13,747 2,389 1,047 1,374 +18.7%†
8 Gargždai 12,259 1,500 1,148 1,362 n/a1
9 Jonava Hipocredit 9,061 2,200 560 1,006 −21.3%†
League total 172,645 13,538 560 2,158 −6.9%†

Source: LKL.lt
Notes:
1: Team will make its debut.

Statistics

As of 15 February 2026

Source: LKL.lt

Performance Index Rating

Rank Player Club Games Rating PIR
1. Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas 18 418 23.2
2. United States Augustine Rubit Lietkabelis 10 219 21.9
3. Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 16 339 21.2
4. United States Jerrick Harding Rytas 15 290 19.3
5. Lithuania Donatas Tarolis Neptūnas 16 300 18.8

Points

Rank Player Club Games Points PPG
1. United States Jerrick Harding Rytas 15 291 19.4
2. United States Cedric Henderson Šiauliai 15 263 17.5
3. United States Tony Perkins Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas 10 170 17
4. United States Devon Daniels Juventus 8 132 16.5
5. United States Jamel Morris Lietkabelis 15 243 16.2

Rebounds

Rank Player Club Games Rebounds RPG
1. Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 16 132 8.3
2. Lithuania Benas Griciūnas Gargždai 9 72 8
3. CanadaRepublic of the Congo J.D. Muila Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas 18 136 7.6
4. Lithuania Lukas Uleckas Juventus 16 109 6.8
Lithuania Paulius Danusevičius Lietkabelis 16 108

Assists

Rank Player Club Games Assists APG
1. Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas 18 133 7.4
2. United States Josh Hagins Gargždai 9 57 6.3
3. United States Nigel Williams-Goss Žalgiris 10 59 5.9
4. FranceUnited States Sylvain Francisco Žalgiris 13 65 5
5. United States Makai Ashton-Langford Jonava Hipocredit 14 67 4.8

Individual game highs

Category Player Club Opponent Statistic
PIR Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas Rytas (Jan 31, 2026) 47
Points United States Tony Perkins Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas Šiauliai (Oct 19, 2025) 36
Rebounds CanadaRepublic of the Congo J.D. Muila Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas Jonava Hipocredit (Feb 14, 2026) 14
Assists Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas Rytas (Jan 31, 2026) 15
Steals Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas Lietkabelis (Jan 24, 2026) 5
United States Lesley Varner Jonava Hipocredit Žalgiris (Feb 1, 2026)
United States Trenton McLaughlin Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas Rytas (Dec 6, 2025)
Blocks United StatesCyprus Moses Wright Žalgiris Gargždai (Dec 7, 2025) 4
United StatesNorth Macedonia Jacob Wiley Rytas Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas (Sep 21, 2025)

Other statistics

Category Player Club Games Average
Steals United States Cam Reddish Šiauliai 9 2
Blocks United StatesCyprus Moses Wright Žalgiris 16 1.3
Turnovers Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas 18 3.2
Fouls drawn Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas 18 6.2
Minutes Lithuania Lukas Kreišmontas Jonava Hipocredit 12 29:40
FT % United States Harrison Cleary Neptūnas 18 100%
United States Jordan Tucker Neptūnas 5
United States Daivien Williamson Jonava Hipocredit 5
2-Point % Lithuania Ernestas Sederevičius Juventus 10 83.3%
Lithuania Mintautas Mockus
3-Point % United States Ryan Schwieger Juventus 5 55.6%

Club statistics

Category Club Average
PIR Žalgiris 112.2
Points Neptūnas 95.6
Rebounds Rytas 38
Assists Žalgiris 23.6
Steals Šiauliai 7.7
Blocks Rytas 4.7
Turnovers Nevėžis–Paskolų klubas 13.4
FT % Rytas 78.8%
2-Point % Žalgiris 63.7%
3-Point % Neptūnas 38.3%

Awards

All official awards of the 2025–26 LKL season.

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team PIR Source
2025
September–October Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis Rytas 22 [17]
November United States Augustine Rubit Lietkabelis 25.3 [18]
December Lithuania Arnas Velička Neptūnas 26.7 [19]
2026
January United States Jerrick Harding Rytas 28.3 [20]
February
March
April

LKL clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Žalgiris EuroLeague Regular season 15–12
Lietkabelis EuroCup Regular season Group B 9th place out of 10 teams 5–13
Neptūnas Regular season Group A 8th place out of 10 teams 7–11
FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Rytas Champions League Regular season Group A 1st place out of 4 teams (4–2) 6–4
Round of 16 Group I
Juventus Qualifying tournament 3 Quarter–finals Win vs. Finland Karhu Kauhajoki 1–1
Qualifying tournament 3 Semi–finals Loss vs. Spain UCAM Murcia

Notes

  1. ^ Babrauskas was initially named as interim head coach, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 21 October 2025.

References

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