All 129 basketball courts in Paris.
Find every basketball court in Paris on the map below. Below that, our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player should run at least once.
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The 8 best basketball courts in Paris.
Our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player in Paris should run at least once. The full atlas of 129 courts sits on the map above.
- By the Editors
- Aug 14, 2025
- Photographs by Editorial
Pigalle Pigalle Duperré
Duperré is first overall because it changed what a public court could look like. Cities around the world have commissioned colourful courts since 2009, and most of them are following this one.
- Best for
- the most photographed court in Europe
- Busiest
- afternoons, weekends
13th arrondissement Glacière basketball court
Glacière is second overall as the best-known streetball court in Paris after Duperré, and the most practical: the viaduct keeps it playable when the rest of the city is wet.
- Best for
- under-the-Métro streetball
- Busiest
- evenings, weekends
Le Marais Sports field of St. Paul gardens
Saint-Paul is third overall for its setting and its location: an eight-hundred-year-old wall at the baseline, in the middle of the Marais.
- Best for
- Marais runs with a medieval backdrop
- Busiest
- afternoons, weekends
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19th arrondissement Jardin Serge Gainsbourg
Gainsbourg is fourth overall on court supply: four hoops on a garden built over a motorway, on the edge of the city.
- Best for
- northeast Paris multi-court runs
- Busiest
- evenings, weekends
12th arrondissement Square Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson is fifth overall for the sheer number of hoops nearby.
- Best for
- eastern Paris runs
- Busiest
- evenings, weekends
Batignolles Parc Clichy-Batignolles - Martin Luther King
Clichy-Batignolles is sixth overall as the most popular park in our Paris data with a confirmed court.
- Best for
- 17th arrondissement park runs
- Busiest
- weekends
10th arrondissement Gymnase de la Grange aux Belles
Grange aux Belles is seventh overall as the best-documented indoor basketball gym in central Paris. Note that access runs through clubs rather than drop-in.
- Best for
- club and league basketball
- Busiest
- weeknights
Goutte d'Or Square Léon
Square Léon closes the overall list as the Goutte d'Or's court, the kind of neighbourhood run that most visitors to Paris never see.
- Best for
- Goutte d'Or neighbourhood runs
- Busiest
- afternoons, evenings