The 2025–26 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season will be the 32nd season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It will start on 12 September 2025.
Eisbären Berlin are the two-time defending champions.
Format.
The teams will play a double round-robin for 52 games each. After the regular season, places one to six are qualified for the playoffs while place seven to ten will play in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs will be played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season is relegated to DEL2.