The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the Eastern-Conference and the Western-Conference All-Stars. It is the main event of the NBA All-Star Weekend. Twelve players—five starters and seven reserve—from each conference are chosen from a pool of 120 players—60 players from each conference with 24 guard, 24 forward and 12 center—listed on the ballots by a panel of sport writers and broadcasters. The starters are chosen in two ways. The first is through electronic ballots cast daily by fans on NBA.com or mobile phones. The other is through paper ballots cast by fans at NBA arenas and some T-Mobile retail stores. The leading vote recipients at each position start the game. The reserves are chosen by voting among the head coaches of each team's particular conference. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players, and can select two guards, two forwards, one center and two players regardless of positions. If a player is unable to participate due to injury, the NBA commissioner will select a replacement. The 1999 All-Star Game was cancelled due to the league's lockout.

The following is a list of NBA All-Stars, players who have been selected for the NBA All-Star Game at least once in their career. Note that the number indicates the player's number of selections—not the number of games played. For instance, Michael Jordan was named to the All-Star Game roster 14 times, but missed the 1986 game due to injury. As of the 2009 All-Star Game, 365 players have been selected for an All-Star Game roster at least once.

Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the record for most All-Star Game selections and most All-Star Games played. He was selected 19 times and played in 18 All-Star games. Shaquille O'Neal holds the record for most All-Star Game selections among active players, with 15 selections. Jerry West has the most consecutive selections with 14. O'Neal and Karl Malone were also selected 14 consecutive times if the lockout-cancelled 1999 game is excluded, while Bob Cousy and John Havlicek are tied for the most consecutive games actually played, both appearing in 13 straight All-Star Games. The longest active All-Star streak is held by Kevin Garnett, who has been selected for 12 straight All-Star Games (excluding the cancelled 1999 game). Four players (Cedric Ceballos, Steve Johnson, Jameer Nelson and Theo Ratliff) share the distinction of being named to an All-Star Game roster, but never actually played in the game due to injury.

#	The number of times the player have been selected to play in the All-Star Game
^	Denotes player who is still active as of the 2009–10 season
*	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.

Player	#	Selections	Notes	Reference
*	19	1970–1977, 1979–1989	Missed 1973 game
^	15	1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009	Missed 1997, 2001, and 2002 games
*	14	1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002–2003	Missed 1986 game
	14	1988–1998, 2000–2002	Missed 1990 and 2002 games
*	14	1961–1974	Missed 1969 and 1974 games
*	13	1960–1969, 1971–1973
*	13	1951–1963
*	13	1966–1978
*	12	1980–1988, 1990–1992	Missed 1991 and 1992 games
^	12	1997–1998, 2000–2009	Missed 2008 game
*	12	1969–1980
*	12	1980, 1982–1992	Missed 1989 game
*	12	1985–1990, 1992–1997
*	12	1961–1972
*	12	1958–1969
*	12	1951–1962	Missed 1952 game
*	12	1982–1993	Missed 1991 game
*	11	1987–1997	Missed 1994 and 1997 games
*	11	1959–1965, 1967–1970
^	11	1998, 2000–2009
^	11	1998, 2000–2009
*	11	1977–1987	Also a five-time ABA All-Star
*	11	1986, 1988–1997	Missed 1986 and 1997 games
*	11	1978–1983, 1985–1989	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
*	11	1955–1965
*	10	1951–1952, 1955–1962	Missed 1960 game
*	10	1986, 1988–1994, 1996–1997	Missed 1997 game
*	10	1961–1970
^	10	2000–2009	Missed 2007 game
*	10	1990–1996, 1998, 2000–2001
*	10	1989–1997, 2000
^	9	2000–2002, 2004–2009
*	9	1977–1985	Also a three-time ABA All-Star
^	9	1996, 1998, 2000–2004, 2007–2008	Missed 2007 game
*	9	1981–1987, 1990–1991
	9	1994–1998, 2000–2003
*	9	1963–1965, 1967–1971, 1973
*	9	1986–1994	Missed 1992 game
*	8	1966–1967, 1973–1978	Missed 1973 game; also a four-time ABA All-Star
^	8	2000–2007	Missed 2002 game
*	8	1966–1968, 1970–1974
*	8	1982–1989
	8	1951–1956, 1958–1959	Missed 1952 game
*	8	1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982
	8	1992, 1995–1998, 2000–2002
^	8	2002–2009
*	8	1953–1960
*	7	1968–1969, 1971, 1973–1976
*	7	1972–1978	Missed 1977 game
*	7	1970–1976
*	7	1951–1957
^	7	1995–1998, 2000–2001, 2005	Missed 2001 game
*	7	1964–1969, 1971
*	7	1951–1957
*	7	1953–1959
^	7	2001–2007
*	7	1951–1952, 1954–1956, 1958–1959
*	7	1984, 1986–1991
	7	1994–1997, 2000–2002	Missed 1994, 1997, and 2001 games
^	7	2002–2006, 2008–2009
	7	1990, 1992–1997
*	7	1965–1971
	7	1979–1985
*	7	1965–1968, 1970, 1973–1974	Missed 1968 and 1970 games
	7	1964, 1966–1967, 1970–1971, 1973–1974
	7	1971–1977
*	7	1986–1992
^	7	2003–2009	Missed 2007 game
*	6	1973, 1975–1976, 1980–1982
	6	1958–1962, 1965	Missed 1962 game
*	6	1980–1982, 1984–1986
	6	1978–1981, 1984, 1987
*	6	1990–1993, 1995, 1997
	6	1978–1983, 1986	Also a five-time ABA All-Star
	6	1958–1963
*	6	1957, 1961–1965	Missed 1965 game
*	6	1961–1964, 1966–1967
	6	1969–1974
*	6	1953–1958
	6	1993–1998
*	6	1951–1953, 1955–1957
^	6	2002–2003, 2005–2008	Missed 2007 game
^	6	2002–2007	Missed 2006 game
	6	1993–1998	Missed 1993 game
*	6	1957–1960, 1962–1963
*	6	1955–1960
	5	1953–1957	Missed 1956 game
	5	1988–1989, 1991–1993
	5	1961–1965	Missed 1963 game
*	5	1960–1964	Missed 1962 game
*	5	1969, 1972–1975
*	5	1958–1962	Missed 1958 game; also a one-time ABA All-Star
	5	1991–1993, 1997–1998
^	5	2005–2009
	5	1979–1982, 1985
	5	1965, 1968–1971
	5	1979–1981, 1983, 1986
*	5	1962, 1964–1966, 1968
	5	1962–1963, 1966, 1968–1969	Missed 1962 game
*	5	1973–1974, 1977–1979	Missed 1978 game
*	5	1974–1978
	5	1990, 1995–1996, 1998, 2000
	5	1982–1986
	5	1989–1993	Missed 1993 game
	5	1963–1967
*	5	1951–1955
	5	1958–1962
	5	1974–1977, 1979
*	5	1969, 1971–1973, 1975
^	5	2005–2009
*	5	1952–1956
	5	1997, 2000–2003	Missed 2003 game
	5	1977–1981
	4	1995–1998
*	4	1962–1965
^	4	2006–2009
	4	1979–1981, 1984
	4	1985–1987, 1990
^	4	2006–2009	Missed 2009 game
	4	1987, 1989–1991
	4	1983, 1986–1988
	4	1976–1979	Missed 1979 game
*	4	1969–1972	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	4	1973, 1975–1976, 1979
*	4	1951–1954
	4	1957–1960
	4	1962–1963, 1965, 1971
	4	1995–1998
*	4	1970–1973	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	4	1972–1975	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	4	1953–1954, 1956–1957
	4	1977–1978, 1981–1982	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	4	1982, 1984–1985, 1991
	4	1983–1985, 1987
	4	1977–1979, 1983	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
^	4	2003, 2005–2007
*	4	1951–1954
*	4	1969, 1971, 1975, 1977
	4	1958, 1960–1962
*	4	1951–1952, 1954–1955
	4	1989, 1992–1994
	4	1980–1982, 1985
*	4	1952–1955	Missed 1955 game
	4	1986–1988, 1991
	4	1963–1964, 1966–1967
	4	1984–1987	Missed 1987 game
	4	1994–1995, 1997, 2001
^	4	2005, 2007–2009
*	4	1977–1979, 1983	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
^	4	2003–2006
^	4	2000–2001, 2006, 2008
	4	1972–1975
	3	1984, 1987–1988
^	3	2005–2007
	3	1967–1968, 1970
	3	1974–1975, 1977
	3	1963–1965
^	3	2002–2004
^	3	2006–2008
^	3	2007–2009
^	3	2007–2009
	3	1990–1991, 1994
	3	1997–1998, 2000
	3	1971–1973
	3	1956, 1959, 1963
	3	1971–1973
*	3	1956, 1960–1961
	3	1992–1993, 1995
	3	1976–1977, 1979	Also a three-time ABA All-Star
	3	1969–1971
	3	1985, 1989, 1993
^	3	2006–2007, 2009
	3	1996–1998
	3	1980–1982	Missed 1981 and 1982 games
	3	1993, 1995, 1997
	3	1973–1975	Also a two-time ABA All-Star
	3	1953–1955
^	3	2002–2004
*	3	1956–1958
	3	1969–1971
	3	1970–1972
	3	1974, 1976–1977
^	3	1998, 2002–2003
	3	1976, 1981, 1983
	3	1982–1983, 1986
^	2	2007–2008
	2	1952–1953
	2	1966, 1968	Also a three-time ABA All-Star
^	2	2007–2008	Missed 2007 game
^	2	2002, 2006
	2	1996–1997
	2	1951–1952
^	2	2007–2008	Missed 2008 game
	2	1969–1970	Also a two-time ABA All-Star
	2	1968, 1972
	2	1985, 1989
^	2	2002, 2004
	2	1976, 1980
	2	1989, 1991
	2	1960–1961
	2	1951–1952
	2	1993, 1996
^	2	2000–2001
*	2	1951–1952
^	2	2006, 2009
	2	1956–1957
	2	2000–2001
	2	1960–1961
^	2	2003, 2005
^	2	2005, 2008
	2	1980–1981
	2	1971–1972
	2	1993, 1995
	2	1978–1979	Also a three-time ABA All-Star
	2	1968–1969
	2	1988, 1990
^	2	2005, 2009
	2	1986–1987
	2	1993–1994
^	2	2001, 2003
	2	1972–1973
^	2	2003–2004
	2	1982, 1985
^	2	2008–2009
	2	1983–1984
	2	1971, 1974
	2	1991, 1993
	2	2000–2001
	2	1978, 1981
	2	1951–1952
	2	1990, 1992
^	2	2008–2009
	2	1952–1953	Missed 1953 game
	2	1958–1959
	2	1955, 1962
	2	1972, 1975
	2	1967, 1969
	2	1976–1977
	2	1976, 1978
^	2	2000–2001
	2	1981, 1983
	2	1983–1984
	2	1982, 1984
	2	1983–1984
	2	1970, 1972
*	2	1977–1978	Missed 1977 game
^	2	2008–2009
	2	1982–1983
	2	1976, 1978
	1	2002
	1	1976
	1	1992
	1	1988
	1	1994
	1	1994
^	1	2004
	1	1953
	1	1968
	1	1995
	1	1972
	1	1951
	1	1994
	1	1973
	1	1968
	1	1951
*	1	1973
	1	1976
	1	1977	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	1	1974
	1	1987
	1	1980
	1	2004
	1	1995	Missed 1995 game
	1	1964
	1	1957
	1	1994
	1	1955
	1	2001
	1	2000
	1	2001
	1	1988
	1	1989
	1	1989
	1	1954
	1	1987
	1	1980
	1	1953
	1	1997
^	1	2005
^	1	2009
	1	1994
	1	1990
	1	1984
	1	1951
	1	1997
^	1	2009
	1	1956
	1	1991
	1	1968
	1	1995
	1	1978
	1	1992
^	1	2007
^	1	1996
	1	1967
*	1	1977	Also a six-time ABA All-Star
	1	1965
	1	1989
	1	1988	Missed 1988 game
	1	1968
^	1	2004
	1	1977	Also a one-time ABA All-Star
	1	1975
	1	1997
	1	1968
	1	1992
^	1	2004
^	1	2004
	1	2003
	1	2001
	1	1988
^	1	2001
	1	1969
	1	1963
	1	1966
	1	1981
	1	1975
*	1	1979
	1	1985
^	1	2009	Missed 2009 game
	1	1960
	1	1994
^	1	2007
	1	1991
	1	1975
^	1	2001	Missed 2001 game
^	1	2004
	1	1957
	1	1988
	1	1994
	1	1970
	1	1976
	1	1984
	1	1970
	1	1979
	1	1972
	1	1959
	1	1951
	1	1963
	1	1982
	1	1966
	1	1998
	1	1998
	1	1994
	1	1954
^	1	2002
	1	1992
	1	1998
	1	1952
	1	1980
	1	1976
	1	1998
^	1	2009
	1	1992
	1	1952

Notes and references

Notes

• Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor converted to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He missed the 1973 All-Star Game due to personal reasons.
• When Hakeem Olajuwon arrived in the United States, the University of Houston incorrectly spelled his first name "Akeem". Olajuwon used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H.
• This column does not include American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game selections.

General

Specific

External links

• NBA.com: All-Star Game history
• Basketball-Reference: All-Star Game Index