Oklahoma City Thunder’s Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic earned every single first-team vote from the media panel, securing their spots on the All-NBA first team that was revealed Sunday evening.
Each player captured all 100 first-team votes from the media panel, earning them 500 total points apiece.
San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama (498) received one second-place vote, preventing him from achieving unanimous status. Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic (91 first-place votes, 482 points) and Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham (60, 414) rounded out the first team.
Gilgeous-Alexander, who claimed his second consecutive MVP award this month, secured his fourth consecutive All-NBA first team spot. This season, he posted averages of 31.1 points, a personal-best 6.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds while connecting on 55.3% of his field goal attempts.
Jokic, who has earned MVP honors three times, placed second in voting behind Gilgeous-Alexander. The center claimed his sixth All-NBA first-team honor after posting 27.7 points per game and topping the league in both rebounds (12.9) and assists (career-high 10.7) per contest, becoming just the second player alongside Russell Westbrook to record triple-double averages across multiple seasons in NBA history.
Wembanyama secured his first All-NBA first-team recognition. He placed third in MVP balloting and earned unanimous Defensive Player of the Year recognition. Wembanyama posted career-high averages of 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds while pacing the league with 3.1 blocks per contest.
Doncic and Cunningham each appeared in 64 contests — falling one game short of the 65-game minimum for awards consideration — but successfully appealed to remain eligible for honors. Doncic sat out two games after traveling to Slovenia for his daughter’s birth and suffered a hamstring injury in his 64th appearance, sidelining him for the remainder of the regular season, while Cunningham was absent for 11 games due to a collapsed lung.
Doncic topped the NBA in scoring (33.5) for the second time in his professional career while earning first-team All-NBA recognition for the sixth time and his first with the Lakers. His previous five selections came during his tenure with the Dallas Mavericks. He established a Lakers franchise record by connecting on 254 three-pointers while also contributing 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Cunningham has emerged as the primary catalyst behind the Pistons’ improvement, as the team posted the Eastern Conference’s top regular season record. He captured his first All-NBA first-team selection by averaging 23.9 points, a career-high 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds.
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown (384 points) earned 44 first-place votes while securing a second team position. His second team teammates included Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard (four, 277), Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell (two, 276), Houston Rockets’ Kevin Durant (241 points) and New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson (197).
The third team consists of Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey (168 points), Nuggets’ Jamal Murray (149), Atlanta Hawks’ Jalen Johnson (125), Pistons’ Jalen Duren (121) and Thunder’s Chet Holmgren (87).
Notable players who failed to make any team included Portland Trail Blazers’ Deni Avdija (26) and Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns (14).
Several players were ineligible due to failing to meet the 65-game requirement, including Lakers’ LeBron James, Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards and Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry.
