The NBA announced its 2025-26 All-NBA selections on Sunday, May 24, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić earning unanimous first-team honors. Victor Wembanyama fell just short of a third perfect vote share, while the full All-NBA rosters reflect a sea
The league’s awards announcement landed on Sunday, May 24, with the kind of clarity usually reserved for the last seconds of a close game.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić were the only two players to receive 100 first-place votes when the NBA revealed its 2025-26 All-NBA selections. Both finished with the maximum total of 500 points, underscoring just how unanimous the top of the ballot became.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama was the nearest challenger. He nearly joined them with a perfect vote share, missing by one panelist’s ballot. One voter gave Wembanyama a second-place vote instead of first. leaving him with 498 points—an almost. but not quite. third straight perfect result for the season’s standout class.
The process itself was straightforward: a panel of 100 media members voted to select the All-NBA teams. Voters were asked to appoint five players to the first team, five to the second and five to the third. The ballots were then tallied and ranked in numerical order.
First-team votes were worth five points; second-team votes were worth three and third-team votes were worth one. The top three totals came directly from those scoring rules—Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokić at the summit with 500 points apiece, and Wembanyama just behind at 498.
For the rest of the first team, Luka Dončić of the Los Angeles Lakers finished with 482 points, followed by Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons with 414 points.
The second and third teams carried their own share of urgency. Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers and Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets appeared on the third-team list. along with Jalen Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks. The remaining third-team selections were Jalen Duren of the Detroit Pistons and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
There’s a specific symmetry to how the votes landed: the only perfect ballots belonged to Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokić, while the rest of the list shows a spread across teams that are drawing attention deep into the playoff race.
The 2025-26 All-NBA first team is listed as follows:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City (500)
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets (500)
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs (498)
Luka Dončić, Los Angeles Lakers (482)
Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons (414)
The 2025-26 All-NBA second team list was not fully included in the provided details.
The 2025-26 All-NBA third team is listed as follows:
Tyrese Maxey, Philadelphia 76ers (168)
Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets (149)
Jalen Johnson, Atlanta Hawks (125)
Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons (121)
Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder (87)
With the postseason heat rising—Knicks momentum toward the NBA Finals and a Western Conference Finals setup involving the Thunder and Spurs—this voting result adds one more piece to the season’s story: in the league’s eyes. two players didn’t just play at the highest level—they were the unanimous choice.
All-NBA 2025-26 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Nikola Jokić Victor Wembanyama NBA awards media panel voting Thunder Nuggets Spurs Luka Dončić Cade Cunningham Tyrese Maxey Jamal Murray Jalen Johnson Jalen Duren Chet Holmgren
So basically they picked the same guys as always. Wemby got robbed by one vote?? That’s wild.
All-NBA is kinda meaningless when half the voters are just guessing names. Like how do you only miss first by ONE person? That voter must hate the Spurs lol.
I don’t get the points thing at all. 100 media members, 5 points, 3 points, 1 point… why are they even doing math for this, just pick who played best. Also Jokić unanimous first team feels right but Shai being both unanimous and #1 too??
Wembanyama was one vote off and somehow people acting like it’s a big deal. Next year he’ll get it, I’m calling it. Also Luka at 482 like “barely” first team, but that’s still 2nd most?? idk the article lost me after the 500 points stuff, it’s like the NBA makes everything complicated on purpose.