Top 19 Basketball manga you should read right now. [2024 List]

19. switch

switch is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: switch (NAMIKIRI Atsushi)

18. Slam Dunk

Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true--will they do it? Takehiko Inoue's legendary beloved basketball manga is finally here and the tale of a lifetime is in your hands.

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Included one-shot:
Volume 31: Slam Dunk: 10 Days After

Slam Dunk has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: SLAM DUNK, Slam Dunk

17. Real

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle—tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities have only one thing in common—their passion for basketball.



Note: Won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Real is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: リアル, Real

16. Kuroko no Basket

Teikou Middle School basketball club: an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, was a generation of five prodigies known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumour concerning the Generation of Miracles about one more player recognized by the five prodigies... a Phantom Sixth Player.

When Kagami Taiga joins Seirin High School's basketball team, he meets Kuroko Tetsuya, a horrendously bad player. Kagami is shocked to find out that Kuroko is the rumored sixth man of the Generation of Miracles. Not only is Kuroko terrible at everything from dribbling to shooting, he lacks so much presence on the court that at times people even forget he's playing. But during games Kuroko uses that lack of presence to his advantage, specializing in passing the ball to stronger players. In order to become the best player in Japan, Kagami agrees to team up with Kuroko to defeat the other members of the Generation of Miracles.



Note: Chapter count includes Chapter 62.5 "Tip Off."

Kuroko's Basketball has finished publishing and it has 276 Chapters. It is also Known as: 黒子のバスケ, Kuroko no Basuke, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays

15. Winning Pass

Haruto Ichinose's older brother, Shori Ichinose, is smart, popular, and a basketball prodigy, too. Although Haruto says he hates basketball, he secretly trains on his own to challenge his brother, only to be beaten back each time. Conversely, Shori seems to believe in Haruto's "talent" more than anyone else, but what is Haruto's true ability...?

Winning Pass is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ウイニング パス, Winning Pass

14. Ahiru no Sora

He’s short, weak, and has just transfered to a new school. Kurumatani Sora is the main character in this story who loves basketball. He has been shooting hoops ever since he was little and has been trying to grow tall just like his mother, who “used” to be a basketball player. What has happened to her and what Sora is going to do at the new school is all up to you to find out!

Ahiru no Sora is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: あひるの空, Ahiru no Sora

13. Natsume-senpai ni Semarareru Hibi

For Kaho, a man's muscles are all that matters. She's sports-agnostic, type-agnostic—all she cares about are that those abs, pecs, biceps and delts look good. She thinks she's found her perfect Muscle Prince in Natsume-sempai...that is, until he finds out what a muscle-freak she is. But instead of ridiculing her, he instead suggests she becomes manager of the basketball team—the one he just so happens to be on? For a muscle-lover like Kaho, there's nothing to lose...and everything to gain.

Getting Closer to You is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 棗センパイに迫られる日々, 君の☓☓を食べたい, 被枣学长奴役的日子, 나츠메 선배가 다가오는 나날

12. Ikemen Sugi desu Shiki Senpai!

When Hinami bumps into an older girl named Shiki, she falls head over heels. Shiki is sexy, easygoing, and has an amazing undercut. In order to get closer to Shiki, Hinami starts lurking around the basketball club. But though Hinami's crush is obvious to everyone else, it goes right over Shiki's head. When Hinami tries to confess her feelings to Shiki, Shiki thinks Hinami wants to become the club manager! Can Hinami get Shiki to understand her true feelings?



Note: The chapter count includes two extra stories.

The Girl I Want is so Handsome has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: イケメンすぎです紫葵先パイ！, Ikemensugi desu Shiki-senpai!, Shiki-senpai Is Too Handsome, Ikemen Sugidesu Shiki-senpai!

11. Summer Taste

Jiang Xue has transferred from school to school ever since she was young, out of specific reasons. This summer, she meets Xia Zhi, our male lead who turns her world upside down. She also meets Shi Haitian who is crazy about her. A story full of youth, dreams, ​and basketball is just about to unfold.

Summer Taste has finished publishing and it has 42 Chapters. It is also Known as: Summer of the Blue Sky

10. Saye

I wish to have you by my left shoulder, with a smile by my right-- I wish to run freely in your eyes-- I wish for one look to last a lifetime. Jiang Cheng, an accomplished student, was "exiled" to the steel mill where his biological father worked. This strange, foreign environment, coupled with his rather vulgar biological father, caused Jiang Cheng to feel quite depressed... that is, until one day, he met Gu Fei, the "Delinquent of the Steel Mill", by chance. Thus begins the story of Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei, a story of salvation and hope...

Source: MU

Saye is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Act Wildly, Run Freely

9. Match the Beat!

A very different anti-war comedy romance between the ultra-short Boram and Iljin Basketball Club Choi Gyeom!

Match the Beat! has finished publishing and it has 79 Chapters. It is also Known as: 请你配合我！

8. Into The Net!

Lu Yi Fan, a dedicated basketball player, has successfully graduated from his delinquent-filled middle school and entered high school believing that he has escaped from the terrors of delinquents. But who would have known that the basketball team in his new school was composed of juvenile delinquents?

(Source:MU)

Into The Net! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: В кольцо!

7. Tsubame Tip Off!

A new highschool student with a complex about her height - Tsubame. Being unathletic and clumsy she seeks to join a cultural club, and despite her height she gives off the persona of a small and shy girl. Enter her upperclassman, Ibis, a small girl with a big presence, who suddenly invites her to the basketball club?!

Tsubame Tip Off! has finished publishing and it has 50 Chapters. It is also Known as: つばめティップオフ！, Tsubame Tippuofu!

6. Garbage Time

A new coach is appointed to the basketball team of Jisang High School, one of the weakest in the country.

Garbage Time has finished publishing and it has 200 Chapters. It is also Known as: 垃圾时间, 垃圾時間

5. Slam Dunk: 10 Days After

In 2004, Inoue produced an epilogue titled Slam Dunk: 10 Days After, which was drawn on 23 chalkboards in the former campus of the defunct Misaki High School located in the Kanagawa Prefecture, and was held for public exhibition for three days between December 3 and 5. The epilogue, along with coverage of the event, was reprinted in the February 2005 issue of Switch magazine.

Slam Dunk: 10 Days After has finished publishing and it has 1 Chapters. It is also Known as: あれから10日後, Slam Dunk: 10 Days After, Slam Dunk: 10 Days After That, あれから10日後

4. Deep3

Demian Kawai, who grew up being told by his mother that he is the son of a famous basketball player, became a member of a basketball team. Demian's abilities have earned him the respect of those around him, but after an injury and the mistake in a game, he has lost his confidence. Although he tries his best to rehabilitate himself, Demian suddenly feels as if his upper body is frozen while playing. When he consulted a doctor, he was told that it was a symptom of the "yips". This is a "rise after the fall" story.

Deep3 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ディープスリー, Deep3

3. Switch

Switch is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: switch, Switch

2. Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Hasegawa Subaru enters a basketball club of Nanashiba High School, but the activity of the club gets suspended because the club leader falls in love with an 11 year old daughter of the coaching teacher. Subaru's aunt asks him to coach a basketball club of elementary school girls. At first, he is reluctant to teach small girls, but he devotes himself to the club as he knows the complex circumstances of them.

Ro-Kyu-Bu! has finished publishing and it has 82 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロウきゅーぶ！, Rou-Kyuu-Bu!

1. Qiu Niang

The unknown interior designer, Hans Duan (22 years old), was involved in a criminal dispute as he designed the house for one of the members in that group. Unfortunately, he was persecuted as a murderer due to the case and sentenced to death. In the prison, he met a scientist from the government (Code name No.73) who asked him to take part in a human experiment. But the experiment failed and Hans died. His body was buried in a dump in the city. However, the experimental medicine left in his body leads to gene mutation. Hans is revived and changed into a female. What will happen on him (her)?

The Basketball Girl is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Баскетболистка, Ball Girl