As of 2019, the Dutch Basketball League consists of ten teams and plays under the FIBA rules.

Starting with the 2010–11 season, the Eredivisie changed its name to the Dutch Basketball League, shortly the DBL.

The decade also saw clubs disappear due to financial problems, with Amsterdam in 2011,[3] West-Brabant Giants in 2011,[4] Magixx in 2014.

Due to the pandemic, entry requirements for the following season were lowered which led to the entrance of Basketball Community Gelderland, The Hague Royals and Almere Sailors.

This means that the league's regular season ends after all teams play 36 matches.

The DBL has had many rules in place to restrict the number of foreign players of clubs.

As of the end of the 2020–21 season: The following is the timeline of the teams in the Dutch Basketball League era (since 2011).