LeBron James has been selected to the All-NBA team a record 21 times, including a record 13 times as a member of the All-NBA first team.
TheAll-NBA Team is an annualNational Basketball Association (NBA) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The voting is conducted by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.[a] The team has been selected in every season of the league's existence, dating back to its inaugural season in1946.[3] The All-NBA Team originally had two teams, but since1988 it is typically composed of three five-man lineups—a first, second, and third team.
From1956 through2023,[4] voters selected twoguards, twoforwards, and onecenter for each team.[1] This contrasts with the voting forstarters of theNBA All-Star Game, which has chosen twobackcourt and threefrontcourt players since2013.[5][6] The NBA's sister league, theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA), announced late in its2022 season that it was changing the composition of itsAll-WNBA Teams from the All-NBA format to a "positionless" format in which members are selected without regard to position.[7][8] Starting with the2023–24 season, coinciding with the start of a newcollective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NBA andits players' union, the NBA adopted the WNBA's "positionless" format for All-NBA team composition—which the NBA had originally used before adopting a positional model in 1955–56.[9][10] NBA players receive five points for a first team vote, three points for a second team vote, and one point for a third team vote. Starting in 2023–24, the five highest point totals regardless of position make up the first team, with the second and third teams following. During the positional era, the players with the highest point totals at each position made the first team, with the next highest making the second team and so forth.[1] On one occasion, six players were placed on a team, whenBob Davies andDolph Schayes tied for the first team in1952; the second team remained at five.[3]
As part of effort to reduceload management for top stars in the league, the 2023–24 season introduced an eligibility threshold of 65 games played (out of the normal 82-game schedule) for most major regular-season playing awards and honors, including the All-NBA Team. To receive credit for a game for purposes of award eligibility, a player must have been credited with at least 20 minutes played. However, two "near misses", in which the player appeared for 15 to 19 minutes, can be included in the 65-game count. Protections also exist for players who suffer season-ending injuries, who are eligible with 62 credited games, and those affected by what the CBA calls "bad faith circumstances".[11][12]
During the era of position-based team composition, voters were instructed to "vote for the player at the position he plays regularly",[13] and some used the flexibility to designate a player at a position which was not their primary role.[13][14][15] A player who received votes at multiple positions was classified at the position in which they received the most votes.[1] This occasionally caused a player to be slotted to a lower team or miss an All-NBA selection altogether. For example,Draymond Green received votes at forward and center in2016, but he was placed on the second team as a forward although he had more total points than the first-team center,DeAndre Jordan.[1][16] In2020,Khris Middleton garnered votes at both forward and guard, yet he was not on the third team despite having more points overall thanBen Simmons andRussell Westbrook, who were selected at guard.[17][18]
LeBron James has the most All-NBA selections with twenty-one.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Kobe Bryant, andTim Duncan previously shared the record with fifteen.[19] James also has the most All-NBA First Team honors with thirteen and is the only player to have done so as a member of three different teams,[19] while Bryant andKarl Malone are tied for second-most with eleven.[20] Malone and James each share a record eleven consecutive first-team selections.[21]Hakeem Olajuwon became the firstinternational player to be named All-NBA in 1985–86.[22] Since 2019, at least two international players have been named each season to the All-NBA First Team,[23] including four players for the first time in 2023.[24][25]
Bob Cousy was selected to the All-NBA team 12 times.Dolph Schayes made an All-NBA Team every season of the 1950s.
From the1946–47 season to1954–55 season, the All-NBA Team was composed of two teams, each with five roster spots, except when there were ties. During this period, players were selected without regard to position.
Bob Pettit made 10 straight All-NBA First Teams from1955 to1964.Jerry West made 12 All-NBA Teams - the seventh-most in NBA history.Bill Russell (left) has been selected to the All-NBA team 11 times.Wilt Chamberlain (center) has been selected to the All-NBA team 10 times.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been selected to the All-NBA team 15 times.Julius Erving (left) made 7 All-NBA teams, andLarry Bird (right) made 10 All-NBA teams.Michael Jordan has been selected to the All-NBA team 11 times.Kobe Bryant has been selected to the All-NBA team 15 times.
From the1955–56 season to1987–88 season, the All-NBA Team was composed of two teams, each with five roster spots, except when there were ties. During this time, players were selected with regard to position.
From the1988–89 season through the2022–23 season, the All-NBA Team was composed of three teams, each with five roster spots, except when there were ties. Players were selected with regard to position.
Starting with the2023–24 season, the All-NBA Team consists of three teams selected without regard to position, each with five roster spots, except when there are ties. Players will be listed in order of points received in voting; those tied on points will be listed in alphabetic order by family name.
^The Most Valuable Player award was first established in 1956.
^abBefore the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[27]
^abcdefgDominique Wilkins, who was born in Paris, settled down in America, and has played for the USA Basketball National Team.
^abcdeWhen Olajuwon arrived in the United States, the University of Houston incorrectly spelled his first name "Akeem". He used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H.[28][29]
^abcdefgSteve Nash, who was born in South Africa, was raised in Canada.[31]
^Ron Artest changed his name into Metta World Peace on September 16, 2011.[32]
^abcAmar'e Stoudemire's first name had previously been spelled incorrectly as "Amaré" or "Amare" since joining the NBA, but was changed to "Amar'e" in October 2008.[33][34]
^"Article XXIX, Section 6: Games Played Requirement for Certain League Honors"(PDF).NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. National Basketball Players Association. July 2023. pp. 432–38.Archived(PDF) from the original on September 16, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 13, 2023. The games played requirement specifically applies to the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Most Improved Player awards, as well as the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams.
^McPeek, Jeramie."The Canadian Kid".NBA.com (from Fastbreak Magazine of Sept./Oct. 1996). Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.Archived from the original on May 11, 2016. RetrievedApril 22, 2009.
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