All-NBA Teams, Players with the Most First Team Selections
This is the complete list with all the players that have been selected for the All-NBA first team. Ordered by total 1st team total selections.
Player with the most selectionsLeBron James
13 Times selected for the All-NBA First Team NBA Honors: All-NBA TeamsThe voting panel for the All-NBA Teams consists of 126 media members throughout the United States and Canada and members from each of the league’s 30 teams who regularly cover the NBA. They vote for All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams by position. Each player is awarded 5 points for a 1st. Team vote, 3 for a 2nd. Team and 1 for a 3rd. Team. In 2017-18, LeBron James was selected for the First Team for the 12th time and become the player with the most selections for that team in NBA history (he has 13 selections now). Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant were selected 11 times for the first team, one more than big names like Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West. |
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Players with the most selections for the All-NBA First Team
| Player | All-NBA First Team |
All-NBA Second Team |
All-NBA Third Team |
Total Selections | |
| LeBron James | 13 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |
| Kobe Bryant | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| Karl Malone | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 10 | 5 | - | 15 | |
| Tim Duncan | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Bob Cousy | 10 | 2 | - | 12 | |
| Jerry West | 10 | 2 | - | 12 | |
| Michael Jordan | 10 | 1 | - | 11 | |
| Bob Pettit | 10 | 1 | - | 11 | |
| Elgin Baylor | 10 | - | - | 10 | |
| Oscar Robertson | 9 | 2 | - | 11 | |
| Larry Bird | 9 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Magic Johnson | 9 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 7 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 7 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Player | All-NBA First Team |
All-NBA Second Team |
All-NBA Third Team |
Total Selections | |
| Dolph Schayes | 6 | 6 | - | 12 | |
| Kevin Durant | 6 | 5 | - | 11 | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| James Harden | 6 | - | 2 | 8 | |
| George Mikan | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Charles Barkley | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Julius Erving | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| George Gervin | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Nikola Jokic | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Dwight Howard | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Rick Barry | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Jason Kidd | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Luka Doncic | 5 | - | - | 5 | |
| John Havlicek | 4 | 7 | - | 11 | |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Stephen Curry | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Chris Paul | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Moses Malone | 4 | 4 | - | 8 | |
| Kevin Garnett | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bill Sharman | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | |
| David Robinson | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Walt Frazier | 4 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Bob Davies | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Anthony Davis | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Neil Johnston | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Jayson Tatum | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | |
| Max Zaslofsky | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Player | All-NBA First Team |
All-NBA Second Team |
All-NBA Third Team |
Total Selections | |
| Bill Russell | 3 | 8 | - | 11 | |
| Allen Iverson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Elvin Hayes | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| Kawhi Leonard | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| Steve Nash | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Scottie Pippen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tiny Archibald | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Jerry Lucas | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Isiah Thomas | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Paul Arizin | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Billy Cunningham | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Joe Fulks | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Ed Macauley | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Paul Westphal | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 3 | - | - | 3 |