History of great success: 1950s to 1980s

Real Madrid players during a fixture in 1965

For at least half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record ten continental titles, based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 36 national domestic league and 28 national cup trophies. And almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top-tier level competition, it won a different continental trophy – four Saporta Cups, a Korać Cup, and a ULEB Cup – as a stepping-stone back to the big time.

Players like Emiliano Rodríguez, Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Walter Szczerbiak, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Dražen Petrović, Mirza Delibašić, Arvydas Sabonis, and Dejan Bodiroga have turned Real Madrid into one of the biggest basketball clubs in the world. Madrid won as many as 7 EuroLeague titles between 1964 and 1980, becoming a European basketball club legend, and even when it took the club 15 years to win it again, it found success in other European competitions, too.

Madrid downed Olimpia Milano in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup, on free throws made by Brian Jackson, then Petrović had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final, against Snaidero Caserta. Madrid added a 1988 Korać Cup title, against Cibona Zagreb.

1990–2010

Louis Bullock in 2008

Real Madrid won the 1992 Saporta Cup trophy against PAOK, on a buzzer-beating jumper by Rickey Brown. It was not until Sabonis arrived in Madrid, when Real won its eighth EuroLeague title in 1995, by beating Olympiacos in the final. Madrid next won the 1997 Saporta Cup title against Verona, but no more European-wide trophies came for the club in the next decade.

Madrid still found success at home, winning Spanish League titles in 2000 and 2005. It all changed in 2007, when Joan Plaza was promoted to the club's head coach position. With the help of players like Louis Bullock, Felipe Reyes, and Álex Mumbrú, Madrid added a new trophy to its roll of honours, the ULEB Cup, as it won 12 of its last 13 games and downed Lietuvos Rytas by a score of 75–87 in the 2007 ULEB Cup Final. Moreover, Madrid finished in 2nd place in the 2006–07 Spanish League regular season, and stayed strong in its play in Palacio Vistalegre during the Spanish league playoffs; they lifted the club's 30th national league trophy by besting their arch-rivals, Winterthur FC Barcelona, 3–1 in the Spanish League title series in 2007.

2011–2022: Pablo Laso era

Sergio Llull grew as a player under Laso to become one of the most valuable ACB guards^[1]

In Pablo Laso's era, Real Madrid Baloncesto managed to find consistent success. Spanish top-tier level players of the time, like Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández, were acquired by the club. Also, ACB Rising Star winner Nikola Mirotić was a part of the team's mix, along with Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes, to give Real Madrid a strong home grown core of players. This group of players gave Real Madrid Baloncesto 6 Copa del Reys (Spanish Cup) titles, 7 Spanish Super Cup titles, 6 Liga ACB (Spanish League) titles, 2 EuroLeague championships, and an FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship.

On 17 May 2015, after waiting 20 years to win another EuroLeague championship, Real Madrid won the 2015 EuroLeague championship against Olympiacos. Madrid's Andrés Nocioni was named the Final Four MVP. This title was called La Novena.^[2] Following the EuroLeague title, the 2014–15 ACB season's championship was also won by Real. Because Real also won the national Spanish Cup and the national Spanish Supercup that season, the club won its first "Quadruble crown".^[3]

On 27 September 2015, 34 years after their last FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, Real Madrid won their fifth FIBA Intercontinental Cup trophy, after defeating the Brazilian League club Bauru. Sergio Llull was named the MVP of the tournament. Real Madrid thus made it a record five FIBA Intercontinental Cup titles won, and with the Intercontinental Cup title.

On 20 May 2018, Real Madrid conquered again the EuroLeague, achieving their tenth title ever. The considered major leader of the team that season would be a Slovenian guard/forward named Luka Dončić, who became the designated MVP of the EuroLeague on all accounts at 19 years old.

On 5 June 2022, Pablo Laso suffered a heart attack.^[4][5] Exactly one month later, Real Madrid parted ways with him citing "medical reasons exclusively" and adding that keeping him as a coach in his health condition would have been "a risk that this institution cannot assume".^[6][7] Laso left Real Madrid as one of the greatest coaches in the club's history, having won 22 titles, which ties him with Lolo Sainz in the second place for most trophies won with Real Madrid, only behind Pedro Ferrándiz with 27. Laso is also the coach who has managed the most games for Madrid (860), having won 659 of them. He was succeeded at Real Madrid's helm by his assistant Chus Mateo.^[8]

Current roster

Real Madrid roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Causeur, Fabien 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 36 – (1987-06-16)16 June 1987 G/F 5 Fernández, Rudy 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 38 – (1985-04-04)4 April 1985 SF 6 Abalde, Alberto 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 PG 7 Campazzo, Facundo 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991 SF 9 González, Hugo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 17 – (2006-02-05)5 February 2006 F 11 Hezonja, Mario 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 28 – (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 PG 12 Alocén, Carlos 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (2000-12-30)30 December 2000 PG 13 Rodríguez, Sergio 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 37 – (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 F 14 Deck, Gabriel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 28 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 C 17 Poirier, Vincent 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1993-10-17)17 October 1993 C 22 Tavares, Edy  2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 31 – (1992-03-22)22 March 1992 G 23 Llull, Sergio  (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 36 – (1987-11-15)15 November 1987 PF 28 Yabusele, Guerschon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 123 kg (271 lb) 28 – (1995-12-17)17 December 1995 F/C 30 Ndiaye, Eli 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 19 – (2004-06-26)26 June 2004 G/F 31 Musa, Džanan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 24 – (1999-05-08)8 May 1999	Head coach Chus Mateo Assistant coach(es) Paco Redondo Isidoro Calin Guillermo Frutos Athletic trainer(s) Juan Trapero Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2 January 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Inactive
C	Vincent Poirier	Eli Ndiaye *			Edy Tavares *
PF	Gabriel Deck †	Guerschon Yabusele
SF	Mario Hezonja *	Rudy Fernández *	Alberto Abalde *	Hugo González *
SG	Džanan Musa	Fabien Causeur			Sergio Llull *
PG	Facundo Campazzo	Sergio Rodríguez *	Carlos Alocén *

Retired numbers

Real Madrid retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
10		Fernando Martín	C	1981–1986, 1987–1989

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers

The following former Real Madrid players are inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame:

• Dražen Dalipagić, G, 1982–1983, Inducted 2004
• Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1958–1961, Inducted 1997
• Pedro Ferrándiz, coach, 1959–1962, 1964–1965, 1966–1975, Inducted 2007
• Dražen Petrović, G, 1988–1989, Inducted 2002
• Arvydas Sabonis, C, 1992–1995, Inducted 2011

Record holders

Top scorers			Most official matches
1.	Wayne Brabender	11 215 points	1.	Felipe Reyes	1046 matches
2.	Sergio Llull	10 025 points	2.	Sergio Llull	1012 matches
3.	Felipe Reyes	9 613 points	3.	Jaycee Carroll	709 matches
4.	Jaycee Carroll	7 332 points	4.	Rudy Fernández	702 matches
5.	Rafael Rullán	7 135 points	5.	Rafael Rullán	576 matches
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Domestic competitions

• Spanish League

Winners (36): 1957, 1958, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22

Runners-up (13):

• Spanish Cup

Winners (28): 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020

Runners-up (23):

• Spanish Super Cup

Winners (10): 1984–85, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Runners-up (4):

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (11): 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1994–95, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23

Runners-up (9): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2021–22

Semifinalists (7): 1958, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1986–87

Third place (2): 1982–83, 2018–19

Fourth place (7): 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2010–11, 2016–17

Final Four (12): 1967, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Winners (4): 1983–84, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97

Runners-up (2): 1981–82, 1989–90

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (1): 1987–88

Runners-up (1): 1990–91

• EuroCup

Winners (1): 2006–07

Runners-up (1): 2003–04

• Latin Cup

Winners (1): 1953

Runners-up (1): 1966

• European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, ACB International Tournament "Memorial Héctor Quiroga", defunct)

Winners (3): 1984, 1988, 1989

Runners-up (1): 1986

Third place (2): 1983, 1985

Unofficial awards

• Triple Crown

Winners (3): 1964–65, 1973–74, 2014–15

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Winners (5): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2015

Runners-up (3): 1965^*, 1968, 1970

Third place (2): 1966, 1975

Fourth place (3): 1969, 1974, 1980

• McDonald's Championship

Runners-up (1): 1988

Third place (1): 1993

Fourth place (1): 1995

^* Unofficial edition

Regional competitions

• Torneo Comunidad de Madrid

Winners (20): 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Runners-up (8):

• Campeonato de Castilla

Winners (11): 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957

Runners-up (8):

• Trofeo Marca

Winners (8): 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967

Runners-up (1):

Friendly competitions

Individual awards

Players in the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
PF/C	Fernando Martín	1985	2nd round	38th	New Jersey Nets
C	Stanley Roberts	1991	1st round	23rd	Orlando Magic
PG	Demetrius A Jackson	1987	2nd round	49th	Chicago Bulls
PG	Raül López	2001	1st round	24th	Utah Jazz
PF/C	Maciej Lampe	2003	2nd round	30th	New York Knicks
SF/PF	Mickaël Gelabale	2005	2nd round	48th	Seattle SuperSonics
PF	Axel Hervelle#	2005	2nd round	52nd	Denver Nuggets
PG/SG	Sergio Llull#	2009	2nd round	34th	Denver Nuggets
PF	Nikola Mirotić	2011	1st round	23rd	Houston Rockets
SG/SF	Luka Dončić*~	2018	1st round	3rd	Atlanta Hawks
PF	Usman Garuba	2021	1st round	23rd	Houston Rockets