The All-Star Game is coming, and it's a competition between the best players in the world, and for some players, their names will be on the All-Star every year. And there are 10 players in league history who have been named all-stars at least 14 times in their careers, and these players happen to be in the top 10 in league history.
LeBron James, who is still playing for the Lakers, has made his 18th career All-Star, and if James can play two more seasons, he could become the first player in league history to play 20 career All-Stars. So who are the players who have been named the most All-Stars in the history of the league?
10. Jerry West, 14-time All-Star
9. Dirk Nowitzki, 14-time All-Star
8. Carl Malone, 14-time All-Star
7. Michael Jordan, 14-time All-Star
6. Shaquille O'Neal, 15-time All-Star
5. Kevin Garnett, 15-time All-Star
4. Tim Duncan, 15-time All-Star
3. Kobe Bryant, 18-time All-Star
2. LeBron James, 18-time All-Star
1. Karim Abdul-Jabbar, 19-time All-Star selection
Among the above players, at least 18 times in his career, the players who have been selected as All-Stars are Kobe, James and Abdul-Jabbar, of which Abdul-Jabbar has been selected as An-Stars 19 times. But as we mentioned above, if James had played two more seasons, he could have become the first player in league history to be selected for at least 20 all-Stars in his career.
In addition, Duncan, Garnett and O'Neal can all be selected as All-Stars 15 times, followed by 14 All-Star selections such as Jordan, Malone, Nowitzki and West in the top 10.