. 2022 Feb 4;52(7):1491–1532. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01626-3

Table 12.

Maximum oxygen uptake and distance variables during aerobic capacity tests according to playing position and competition level in adult male basketball players

Study	Playing position	Competition level	Category	Test	VO₂max (ml/kg/min)	Distance (m)
Bolonchuk et al. [130]	All	U.S. Collegiate	Collegiate	Incremental Treadmill Test	53.8 ± 4.5
Boone and Bourgois [27]	Point guard	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.4 ± 4.8^peak
	Shooting guard	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	55.3 ± 3.6^peak
	Small forward	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	52.9 ± 5.6^peak
	Power forward	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	50.4 ± 5.2^peak
	Centre	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	50.9 ± 5.2^peak
Boone et al. [131]	Guard	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	60.3 ± 3.7^peak
	Forward	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	56.4 ± 4.1^peak
	Centre	Belgian D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	52.7 ± 3.4^peak
Chatzinikolaou et al. [132]	All	National Division Greece	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	54.5 ± 2.9
de Sousa Fortes et al. [59]	All	State Basketball Championship Brazil	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	52.6 ± 6.1
Dragonea et al. [133]	All	Greek A1 and A2 Leagues	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	51.6 ± 3.8
Fatouros et al. [125]	All	Greek D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	53.4 ± 8.5
Fatouros et al. [125]	All	Greek Recreational Competition	Amateur	Incremental Treadmill Test	47.6 ± 6.9
Hunter et al. [120]	All	U.S College	Collegiate	Incremental Treadmill Test	49.7 ± 8.5
Hunter et al. [105]	All	NCAA D1A	Collegiate	Incremental Treadmill Test	50.0 ± 7.7
Maggioni et al. [58]	All	Volunteer players	Semi-professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	54.2 ± 4.1
McInnes et al. [134]	All	NBL	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	60.7 ± 8.6^peak
Metaxas et al. [135]	All	Greek National League D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	51.3 ± 4.1
	All	Greek National League D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	50.4 ± 5.4
	All	Greek National League D3	Semi-professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	47.8 ± 5.3
	All	Greek National League D4	Amateur	Incremental Treadmill Test	49.1 ± 5.6
Narazaki et al. [57]	All	NCAA D1	Collegiate	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.5 ± 8.2
Parr et al. [121]	Guard	NBA	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	50.0 ± 5.4
	Forward	NBA	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	45.9 ± 4.3
	Centre	NBA	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	41.9 ± 4.9
Ponce-González et al. [90]	All	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.7 ± 5.5
	Guard	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	58.0 ± 5.0
	Forward	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.5 ± 4.6
	Centre	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.5 ± 8.7
	Perimeter	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.0 ± 4.3
	Inside	Spanish Pro Liga ACB	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	58.7 ± 7.5
Sallet et al. [126]	All	French League D1 and D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	54.9 ± 7.2
	Guard	French League D1 and D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	57.5 ± 9.2
	Forward	French League D1 and D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	55.2 ± 6.5
	Centre	French League D1 and D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	52.9 ± 6.2
	All	French League D1	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	53.7 ± 6.7
	All	French League D2	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	56.5 ± 7.7
Stojanovic et al. [94]	All	Serbian Professional League	Professional	Incremental Treadmill Test	51.9 ± 4.1
Aoki et al. [63]	All	Brazilian National League	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1120 ± 413
Ben Abdelkrim et al. [65]	All (U20)	Tunisian National Team	Representative	Yo-Yo IRL1	55.4 ± 4.6
Ben Abdelkrim et al. [65]	All	Tunisian National Team	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	59.9 ± 5.3
Chaouachi et al. [67]	All	Tunisian National Team	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	59.1 ± 6.2	2389 ± 616
Ferioli et al. [136]	All All	Italian Serie A and Serie A2 Italian Serie B	Professional Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1 Yo-Yo IRL1		1669 ± 357 1708 ± 444
Ferioli et al. [16]	All	Italian Serie A2	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		2135 ± 356
	All	Italian Serie B	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		2265 ± 578
	All	Italian Serie D	Amateur	Yo-Yo IRL1		1671 ± 370
	Guard	Italian Serie A-D	Amateur – Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		2447 ± 427
	Forward	Italian Serie A-D	Amateur – Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		2078 ± 350
	Centre	Italian Serie A-D	Amateur – Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1853 ± 524
Ferioli et al. [55]	All	Italian Serie A2	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1765 ± 324
Ferioli et al. [55]	All	Italian Serie B	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1610 ± 330
Gomes et al. [72]	All	PSBC	Professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	46.7 ± 2.8
Maggioni et al. [58]	All	Volunteer Players	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1445 ± 420
Montgomery et al. [28]	All	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1592 ± 629
	Guard	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1807 ± 701
	Forward	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1372 ± 537
	Centre	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1500 ± 528
Scanlan et al. [137]	All	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		1283 ± 362
Scanlan et al. [137]	All	Australian Recreational Competition	Amateur	Yo-Yo IRL1		636 ± 297
Scanlan et al. [4]	Backcourt	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	51.9 ± 4.8
Scanlan et al. [4]	Frontcourt	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	47.1 ± 5.0
Scanlan et al. [21]	All	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	49.5 ± 5.3
Scanlan et al. [60]	Starters	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	48.4 ± 6.6
Scanlan et al. [60]	Non-starters	Australian State Level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1	50.6 ± 3.9
Scanlan et al. [138]	All	Australian Regional and State level	Semi-professional	Yo-Yo IRL1		996 ± 464
Alemdaroğlu [61]	All	Turkish D1	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	50.6 ± 6.7
Dawes and Spiteri [51]	All	NCAA D2	Collegiate	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	41.8 ± 3.5	66 ± 10^SHUT
Köklü et al. [79]	All	Turkish D1	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	42.5 ± 8.6
	All	Turkish D2	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	44.5 ± 7.0
	Guard	Turkish D1 and D2	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	45.4 ± 8.3
	Forward	Turkish D1 and D2	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	43.3 ± 7.2
	Centre	Turkish D1 and D2	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	42.1 ± 8.1
Korkmaz and Karahan [107]	All	Turkish D1	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	55.6 ± 2.6
	All	Turkish D2	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	57.2 ± 2.8
	All	Turkish D3	Semi-professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	50.5 ± 4.9
Ostojic et al. [84]	All	First National League Serbia	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	49.8 ± 4.9
	Guard	First National League Serbia	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	52.5 ± 4.8
	Forward	First National League Serbia	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	50.7 ± 2.3
	Centre	First National League Serbia	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	46.3 ± 4.9
Pojskić et al. [88]	Guard	Bosnian Premier League	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	64.4 ± 7.1	106 ± 14^SHUT
	Forward	Bosnian Premier League	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	62.4 ± 6.1	102 ± 12^SHUT
	Centre	Bosnian Premier League	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	57.9 ± 7.2	93 ± 15^SHUT
Pojskić et al. [89]	Perimeter	Bosnia and Herzegovina D1	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	63.7 ± 6.8
Pojskić et al. [87]	Perimeter	Bosnian Premier League	Professional	Multi-Stage Fitness Test	63.7 ± 6.8

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

Backcourt players guards, D1 Division one competition, D2 Division two competition, D3 Division three competition, D4 Division four competition, Frontcourt players forwards and centres, Inside power forward and centre positions, Liga ACB Liga Endesa Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, NBA National Basketball Association, NBL Australian National Basketball League, NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association, Perimeter point guard, shooting guard and small forward positions, PSBC Paulista State Basketball Championships, U20 players competing in an under 20 years of age competition, Yo-Yo IRL1 Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1, ^peak indicates VO_2peak, ^SHUT indicates number of shuttles completed