An artifieial joint includes a condyle and a jointzsocket having a socket eleinent and an inlay whose associated functional surfaces functionally interlinked. The functional surface facing the joint socket has circular, concave section contours. the orbital radii of the joint deviating fromn each other in a main fltnetional plane relative to a secondary fuinctional plane. The functional surface can be locked in various positions 5relative to the joint socket and, the joint inctides snap-in stages, produced by gear cutting, between the joint element and the inlav with the flinctional surface, which allonw for locking the position in steps of I