Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo remain the leaders of their respective conferences in the second fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting 2026.
Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo In Front
Doncic (2,229,811 votes) continues to lead all NBA players in fan voting.
The rest of the top five in the Western Conference behind Doncic remains unchanged: No. 2 Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets (1,998,560), No. 3 Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (1,844,903), No. 4 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder (1,554,468), and No. 5 Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs (1,321,985).
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (1,246,423) is in sixth place.
Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokounmpo remain the leaders in their conferences in the second fan returns in NBA All-Star Voting 2026.
Fans (50% of the vote) join NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) in selecting five players in each conference honored as starters. pic.twitter.com/u8tlbj9GA8
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Meanwhile, Antetokounmpo tops the Eastern Conference with 2,092,284 votes. New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (1,916,497) has also moved into second place.
Following Brunson at No. 3 is Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers (1,908,978), No. 4 Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons (1,752,801), and No. 5 Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers (1,530,237).
Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics (1,514,259) sits just behind Mitchell at No. 6.
Fans voting via the NBA App and NBA.com with their NBA ID account for 50% of the vote to determine the five players from each conference selected as starters for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, with current NBA players and a media panel representing 25% each.
However, the seven reserve players from each conference will be chosen by NBA head coaches. This year, NBA All-Stars are being selected regardless of their position.
NBA All-Star Game Will Have Three Teams
The league confirmed in November that next month’s NBA All-Star Game will feature a round-robin tournament consisting of two teams of U.S. players and one of international players (the World team).
Each team will have a minimum of eight players, and the event features four 12-minute games.
In the round-robin tournament, Team A will play Team B in Game 1. The winning team from Game 1 will face Team C in Game 2, followed by the losing team of Game 1 meeting Team C in Game 3.
After Game 3, the top two teams by record will advance to play each other in the championship game (Game 4). If all three teams have a 1-1 record after Game 3, the tiebreaker would be point differential in each team’s two round-robin games.
NBC and Peacock will present the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. ET from Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers‘ new arena. The All-Star Game will be played two years before L.A. hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics.
