The league has officially announced its three All-NBA teams, recognizing the top performers for the 2025/26 season (all Twitter links).
A total of 100 media members voted on the All-NBA teams, with First Team votes counting for five points, Second Team votes counting for three points, and Third Team votes counting for one point.
This year’s All-NBA teams are as follows (each player’s point total is noted in parentheses):
First Team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder (500 points)- Nikola Jokic, Nuggets (500)
- Victor Wembanyama, Spurs (498)
- Luka Doncic, Lakers (482)
- Cade Cunningham, Pistons (414)
Second Team
- Jaylen Brown, Celtics (384)
- Kawhi Leonard, Clippers (277)
- Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers (276)
- Kevin Durant, Rockets (241)
- Jalen Brunson, Knicks (197)
Third Team
- Tyrese Maxey, Sixers (168)
- Jamal Murray, Nuggets (149)
- Jalen Johnson, Hawks (125)
- Jalen Duren, Pistons (121)
- Chet Holmgren, Thunder (87)
Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic, this season’s Most Valuable Player and runner-up, respectively, were the only unanimous first-teamers, with Wembanyama coming a single vote away — he had one Second Team vote to go along with 99 First Team votes.
Doncic and Cunningham each technically fell short of meeting the 65-game minimum required to be eligible for All-NBA and other major awards, but they appealed that ruling and were deemed award-eligible by the league. Doncic would have met the criteria if he hadn’t missed time due to the birth of a child, while Cunningham fell short after suffering a collapsed lung, so both players were granted “extraordinary circumstances” exceptions.
Notably, Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, who played 61 games, also applied for an extraordinary circumstances exception. However, his request was denied, so his name didn’t show up on award ballots even though he likely would’ve been voted onto an All-NBA team if voters could’ve selected him. Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and LeBron James – who had made 21 consecutive All-NBA teams – were among the other superstars who didn’t meet the 65-game criteria.
Outside of the 15 players who made All-NBA teams, another dozen players showed up on at least one ballot, starting with Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija, who had 26 voting points (Twitter link).
Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (14 points), Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (9), Cavaliers guard James Harden (6), Rockets center Alperen Sengun (6), Hornets guard LaMelo Ball (5), Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5), Heat big man Bam Adebayo (4), and Celtics guard Derrick White (3) all earned multiple votes, while Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg, Raptors forward Brandon Ingram, and Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley earned one Third Team vote apiece.
As usual, there are also financial implications worth noting related to the All-NBA teams. First and foremost, Duren will now be eligible to sign a contract with the Pistons that starts at up to 30% of the 2026/27 salary cap as a restricted free agent this summer. That means he could earn up to a projected $287.1MM over five years.
If he hadn’t made All-NBA, Duren’s maximum five-year contract with Detroit would’ve been worth a projected $239.3MM. Either way, the most a rival team can offer him is four years and $177.4MM.
Maxey and Cunningham are on their way to meeting the super-max (ie. Designated Veteran) criteria but would need to earn All-NBA honors again in 2027 to become eligible for maximum-salary extensions worth up to 35% of the cap instead of 30%.
Wembanyama is in a similar boat — despite making the All-NBA First Team and being named Defensive Player of the Year, he would need to achieve one of those feats again in 2027 in order to increase the maximum value of his next contract from 25% to the cap to 30% via the Rose rule. Wembanyama will be eligible to sign a rookie scale extension this offseason and is a lock to do so.
Paolo Banchero and Jalen Williams had Rose rule language in their maximum-salary rookie scale extensions, which were signed last offseason and will go into effect this July. They could’ve increased their respective starting salaries beyond 25% of the cap if they’d made an All-NBA team, but neither player did.
Interestingly, the maximum-salary rookie scale extension that the Thunder negotiated with Holmgren in 2025 did not include a Rose rule escalator, so the projected value of the big man’s contract (five years, $239.3MM) remains unchanged even though he earned a spot on the Third Team. It’ll go into effect this year and will be identical to Williams’ deal.
Finally, Edwards would have become eligible to sign a super-max extension with the Timberwolves during the 2027 offseason if he had been named to an All-NBA team this season. Because he didn’t qualify, he’ll need to make All-NBA next season in order to meet the performance criteria for a Designated Veteran extension.
Perfect list out of the guys who met the 65 game requirements in my opinion
Plus the 2 who didn’t, right?
If Anthony Edwards and Giannis Antetokounmpo both met the game requirements, they would get at least on 2nd team.
And Steph Curry
Chet Holmgren should send Anthony Edwards a thank you card.
Go ahead and add the Bucks organization to the thank you card list 💀
Or if Ant was eligible then the voters would be different. Chet was 2nd in dpoy voting and 1st team all Def. They may have just left Duren off he didn’t make any other teams.
Maybe they should get rid of the 3rd team
Also, Towns was more deserving than Chet and Duren imo
If only the 76ers could manage Embiids injury prone self….
OneWay Wonder first team crybaby ——
2Way sport —- laughable
Jalen Brown should of got his spot. A real 2way player.
Chet all D what. No way he is more important than Duren on D.
Chet’s defense is overrated, imo. You can see in these playoffs that OKC literally hides him on defense sometimes.
They don’t hide Chet on defense. He’s not that hard to find. If you’re an opposing wing or guard just get past the guy defending you, then you’ll find him.
He’s literally been hiding in the corner on a lot of possessions in this series and they are absolutely hiding him away from Wemby. You can’t say they’re not hiding him when they’re playing Caruso and Williams on Wemby and not 7’1″ Chet.
For a thin guy he is tough. But he can’t physical anyone. Guys like him need a physical guy next to him. Center or PF. Why I always liked IHart there. Sorber a rookie. Is another physical center. Who is back next year. I don’t see a good defender in Chet.
What happened to the 65 game rule?
It only applies to SOME players, obviously.
SOME players play on teams trying not to win
No Jebron Lames and his stupid kid?
Jonny Brames
What amazing insults! Did you think of those on your own?
KD makes history ——-
“With his selection this season, which is his first season with the Rockets, Durant has now made the All-NBA team with five different franchises, making him the first player in the history of the league to ever accomplish that feat.”
link to yardbarker.com
Bad news for Detroit. Good luck with the contract negotiations.
Isn’t it a strange arrangement, wanting your guys to *not* make All-NBA? There’s some logic behind the Rose rule, just makes these announcements a little weirder for fans (and front offices).
It’s mainly that the Rose rule is intended to reward 1st-team caliber superstars (i.e. Wemby) rather than the contract year guys who sneak in.
That’s some poor choices right there…
1/ Jokic, Luka, SGA, Wemby and Jalen Johnson
2/ Kawhi, Maxey, Cunningham, Duren and KAT
3/ Jamal Murray, Mitchell, JB, KD and Sengun
I just don’t think the current version of Durant is all NBA. He’s selected based on historical track record.
The one that is a complete joke is Chet. We’ve seen in the WCF that he is a very tall role player incapable of playing at a high level as competition grows.
Durant played 78 games and was the best player on a 52-win team. There is nobody on the 3rd team with a better case.
Chet was the #2 DPOY by a wide margin, the best defensive player on the best team, and the clear 2nd best player on the league’s best team. This is like calling prime Rudy Gobert, Ben Wallace, or Dikembe Mutombo a role player (and Chet is a vastly better offensive player than all of them).
High level competition doesn’t matter because All-NBA is a regular season award. He hasn’t wilted more than Duren did in the playoffs.
Avdija and Castle
Deni’s first half was definitely All-NBA, his back injury did him in down the stretch.
Perfect list, no notes.
Duren’s stock has cratered since the regular season so this adds a wrinkle to his free agency. He played himself out of getting Mobley treatment. No chance of him getting escalators when Chet didn’t get them.