{"id":518161,"date":"2026-01-05T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/518161\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:51:19","slug":"who-leads-the-league-in-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/518161\/","title":{"rendered":"Who leads the league in votes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/87899321007-usatsi-10857847.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NBA New Year&#8217;s resolutions<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re handing out New Year&#8217;s resolutions for teams and players across the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Luka Doncic of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" data-autotag=\"4d34a300-3059-4ec4-a4d3-4d636ac95816\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/milwaukee-bucks\/15\/\" data-autotag=\"095a6c49-6910-41a9-b78d-8bbd1d214447\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> lead their respective conferences after the first fan voting returns for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game were announced.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will carry significant weight throughout the voting process, counting for 50% of the overall voting results.\u00a0 NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) will make up the other half of the voting.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 led all players with 1,249,518 votes as of Dec. 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 is followed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/denver-nuggets\/7\/\" data-autotag=\"81d09f83-fd88-4a89-842b-d31778fd3b3c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> star Nikola Joki\u0107 (1,128,962), Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (1,031,455), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" data-autotag=\"cd165858-eeda-4db8-a84a-db7a782e61e3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (878,621) and Victor Wembanyama of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/san-antonio-spurs\/24\/\" data-autotag=\"13196729-d867-4914-8227-582a16eadb0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (769,362) in the Western Conference, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107&#8217;s teammates LeBron James (536,555) and Austin Reaves (405,379) are ninth and 10th, respectively, among Western Conference players. James Harden of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" data-autotag=\"05d62218-2c53-4928-8e69-9f1ad296f0b0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> is 12th with 215,301 votes. Clippers star Kawhi Leonard rounds out the top 20 with 85,325 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo leads the Eastern Conference with 1,192,296.\u00a0 Tyrese Maxey of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" data-autotag=\"b3f2a355-8d98-44c0-a603-3f9a2d8bc375\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> (1,072,449), Jalen Brunson of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-york-knicks\/18\/\" data-autotag=\"8b753024-9401-4cc8-9e23-5a6cdca0282d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Knicks<\/a> (1,040,601), No. 4 Cade Cunningham of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/detroit-pistons\/8\/\" data-autotag=\"3cf4207f-5b2d-4335-b9df-baab70e08bac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> (1,000,171) and No. 5 Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers (851,155).<\/p>\n<p>The next round of fan voting results will be released on Tuesday, Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and Giannis Antetokounmpo lead their conferences in the first fan returns in NBA All-Star Voting 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Fans (50% of the vote) join NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) in selecting five players in each conference honored as starters.<\/p>\n<p>Next fan update: 1\/6. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pHykl9yhTE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pHykl9yhTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2005700609731879182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 29, 2025<\/a>What will NBA All-Star Game voting format be?<\/p>\n<p>The league will introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/11\/11\/nba-new-all-star-game-format\/87224362007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a new All-Star Game format this year<\/a> with two teams consisting of American players and a third team made up of international players known as &#8220;the World Team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The teams play in a round-robin tournament that will feature four 12-minute games.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch 2026 NBA All-Star Game?<\/p>\n<p>When: Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p>Where: Inuit Dome (Inglewood, California)<\/p>\n<p>TV: NBC<\/p>\n<p>Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i305175.net\/anPaeY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) from the Inuit Dome in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA New Year&#8217;s resolutions We&#8217;re handing out New Year&#8217;s resolutions for teams and players across the NBA. 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