NBA All-Star Game: Top 20 Players with the Most Selections and Appearances
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has the Most NBA All-Star Game Selections and Appearances
Hey, the 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend is here! Awesome. For a refresher and a little prep, check out the full East and West rosters, including reserves. The NBA’s official web coverage is here.
For something extra, though, more angles and the most and best in analysis and fan and pro writing, check out Bleacher Report through this weekend and through the week leading up to the NBA trading deadline on Feb 21 – and after for analysis.
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Anyway, on to today’s sports list, which after all that is of course All-Star Game related.
Here are the top 20 players with the most NBA All-Star Game selections and appearances. These guys were selected so often, that inevitably most missed one or a few.
On top of both lists is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who was selected almost two decades worth of times (19), appearing in all but one (18).
Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O’Neal have the second most selections at 15.
On the appearances side, three actives – Bryant, Garnett and Tim Duncan – come in second at 14.
If Kobe, 34, doesn’t retire at the end of his current contract (through 2013-14) as he has been suggesting, maybe he’ll have a shot at catching Kareem. I don’t think it’s going to happen.
LeBron James is standing at nine.
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| PLAYER | SELECTIONS | TEAM | YEARS | |
| 1. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 19 | Milwaukee Bucks | 1970-1974 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 1975-1977, 1979-1989 | |||
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 15 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1998, 2000-2013 |
| 2. | Kevin Garnett | 15 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 1997, 1998, 2000-2006 |
| Boston Celtics | 2007-2011, 2013 | |||
| 2. | Shaquille O’Neal | 15 | Orlando Magic | 1993-1996 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 1997, 1998, 2000-2004 | |||
| Miami Heat | 2005-2007 | |||
| Phoenix Suns | 2009 | |||
| 5. | Tim Duncan | 14 | San Antonio Spurs | 1998, 2000-2011, 2013 |
| 5. | Michael Jordan | 14 | Chicago Bulls | 1985–1993, 1996-1998 |
| Washington Wizards | 2002, 2003 | |||
| 5. | Karl Malone | 14 | Utah Jazz | 1988–1998, 2000-2002 |
| 5. | Jerry West | 14 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1961-1974 |
| 9. | Wilt Chamberlain | 13 | Philadelphia Warriors | 1960-1962 |
| San Francisco Warriors | 1963-1965 | |||
| Philadelphia 76ers | 1966-1968 | |||
| Los Angeles Lakers | 1969, 1971-1973 | |||
| 9. | Bob Cousy | 13 | Boston Celtics | 1951-1963 |
| 9. | John Havlicek | 13 | Boston Celtics | 1966–1978 |
| 12. | Larry Bird | 12 | Boston Celtics | 1980-1988, 1990-1992 |
| 12. | Elvin Hayes | 12 | San Diego Rockets | 1969-1971 |
| Houston Rockets | 1972 | |||
| Baltimore Bullets | 1973 | |||
| Capital Bullets | 1974 | |||
| Washington Bullets | 1975-1980 | |||
| 12. | Magic Johnson | 12 | Los Angeles Lakers | 1980, 1982–1992 |
| 12. | Moses Malone | 12 | Houston Rockets | 1978-1982 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 1983-1986 | |||
| Washington Bullets | 1987, 1988 | |||
| Atlanta Hawks | 1989 | |||
| 12. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 12 | Houston Rockets | 1985-1990, 1992-1997 |
| 12. | Oscar Robertson | 12 | Cincinnati Royals | 1961-1970 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 1971, 1972 | |||
| 12. | Bill Russell | 12 | Boston Celtics | 1958-1969 |
| 12. | Dolph Schayes | 12 | Syracuse Nationals | 1951-1962 |
| 12. | Isiah Thomas | 12 | Detroit Pistons | 1982-1993 |
MOST NBA ALL-STAR GAMES PLAYED (APPEARANCES)*
* includes 2013 for Garnett, Duncan and Bryant
| PLAYER | ALL-STAR GAMES PLAYED | |
| 1. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 18 |
| 2. | Kevin Garnett | 14 |
| 2. | Tim Duncan | 14 |
| 2. | Kobe Bryant | 14 |
| 5. | Wilt Chamberlain | 13 |
| 5. |
John Havlicek | 13 |
| 5. |
Bob Cousy | 13 |
| 5. |
Michael Jordan | 13 |
| 9. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 12 |
| 9. | Shaquille O’Neal | 12 |
| 9. | Jerry West | 12 |
| 9. | Elvin Hayes | 12 |
| 9. | Karl Malone | 12 |
| 9. | Oscar Robertson | 12 |
| 9. | Bill Russell | 12 |
| 16. | Dirk Nowitzki | 11 |
| 16. | Isiah Thomas | 11 |
| 16. | Bob Pettit | 11 |
| 16. | Dolph Schayes | 11 |
| 16. | Magic Johnson | 11 |
| 16. | Moses Malone | 11 |
| 16. | Julius Erving | 11 |
| 16. | Elgin Baylor | 11 |
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