The 2016–17 Basketligaen was the 42nd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark.

Bakken Bears won its 15th title after defeating Horsens IC 4–1 in the Finals.

The participating teams first played a round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice home and twice away for a total of 28 games.

Playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format.

The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home.