Legends of the game: The NBA players with the most All-Star appearances in history

[p]It’s one of the greatest honours an NBA player could receive: an All-Star nomination. There have been 466 players in the league’s history who have received this honour, with 321 of them being named All-Star at least twice in their careers.[/p][p]Who gets into the NBA All-Star Game is currently decided primarily by fan voting, which accounts for 50% of the final vote. The media and all NBA players also vote, each counting for 25% of the final voting.[/p][p]The biggest names have appeared during the annual NBA All-Star Game, but not all of them have appeared in every All-Star Game they’ve been voted into. Players miss All-Star Games due to injuries or personal reasons.[/p][p]So, who’s been voted into the NBA All-Star Game the most in the competition’s history? Flashscore gives you a list of the NBA players with the most NBA All-Star Game appearances (ABA All-Star Games included) in the history of the league.[/p][h2]Who has the most NBA All-Star Game Appearances?[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/james-lebron/nuIVxFJk/"]LeBron James[/a][/b] leads the list with a staggering [b]22 appearances,[/b] with the latest coming in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. His appearance extends his record of 22 consecutive appearances, which began in 2004, James’ second year in the league.[/p][p]Perhaps rather surprisingly, Michael Jordan, who’s often named in the discussion about who’s the greatest NBA player of all time along with LeBron James, does not occupy the second spot. That honour belongs to [b]Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[/b], the NBA’s second all-time leading scorer, with [b]19 appearances[/b].[/p][p]Modern-day greats [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bryant-kobe/KdSVPu56/"]Kobe Bryant[/a][/b] and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/durant-kevin/pKXcd9rI/"]Kevin Durant[/a][/b] follow Abdul-Jabbar with [b]18 [/b]and [b]16 [/b]respective appearances, with Durant’s latest coming in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game as well.[/p][p]The sacred ’15 Club’ is capped off by NBA legends [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/duncan-tim/hE0bXnaQ/"]Tim Duncan[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garnett-kevin/0nW8E5O3/"]Kevin Garnett[/a], [/b]and [b]Shaquille O’Neal[/b].[/p][h2]The players with the most All-Star Game Appearances in NBA history[/h2][h2]22[/h2][p][b]LeBron James[/b][/p][h2]19[/h2][p]Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[/p][h2]16[/h2][p][b]Kevin Durant[/b][/p][h2]15[/h2][p]Tim Duncan[/p][p]Kevin Garnett[/p][p]Shaquille O’Neal[/p][image alt="LeBron James (L) and Shaquille O'Neal sit on the bench during the 2005 NBA All-Star Game" id="ec447bfb-4d2e-4822-91a3-01a2166924fa" credit-line="Photo by EZRA SHAW / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP" guid="9c064bcc-608b-45be-a981-f0ba28c9149f" original-width="3000" original-height="1991" /][h2]14[/h2][p]Michael Jordan[/p][p]Karl Malone[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nowitzki-dirk/UB5ryazr/"]Dirk Nowitzki[/a][/p][p]Jerry West[/p][h2]13[/h2][p]Wilt Chamberlain[/p][p]Bob Cousy[/p][p]John Havlicek[/p][p]Dwyane Wade[/p][image alt="Michael Jordan (L) guards Kevin Garnett during Jordan's last NBA All-Star Game appearance in 2003" id="561707af-46da-4441-9692-d7499d41c988" credit-line="JEFF HAYNES / AFP" guid="ae8df35c-59d8-4212-b2bb-94f283589efe" original-width="2048" original-height="1514" /][h2]12[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/curry-stephen/xx3787qL/"]Stephen Curry[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paul-chris/6TYOTsLm/"]Chris Paul[/a][/b][/p][p]Larry Bird[/p][p]Elvin Hayes[/p][p]Magic Johnson[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malone-moses/jqSHsOag/"]Moses Malone[/a][/p][p]Hakeem Olajuwon[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-oscar/IXiofrhN/"]Oscar Robertson[/a][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/russell-bill/4WedJvJr/"]Bill Russell[/a][/p][p]Dolph Schayes[/p][p]Isiah Thomas[/p][h2]11[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harden-james/zm5V3CZo/"]James Harden[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barkley-charles/46nUcLm2/"]Charles Barkley[/a][/p][p]Elgin Baylor[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bosh-chris/pCqrnJd3/"]Chris Bosh[/a][/p][p]Julius Erving[/p][p]Patrick Ewing[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/iverson-allen/rZOeHmv9/"]Allen Iverson[/a][/p][p]Bob Pettit[/p][h2]10[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davis-anthony/zTKzS6X9/"]Anthony Davis[/a][/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antetokounmpo-giannis/zw2Tm2a1/"]Giannis Antetokounmpo[/a][/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/allen-ray/l0YmOF4d/"]Ray Allen[/a][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/anthony-carmelo/6Fcb5SwM/"]Carmelo Anthony[/a][/p][p]Paul Arizin[/p][p]Clyde Drexler[/p][p]Hal Greer[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kidd-jason/UNsTAAqN/"]Jason Kidd[/a][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pierce-paul/vNnUB38M/"]Paul Pierce[/a][/p][p]David Robinson[/p][p]John Stockton[/p]