{"id":608838,"date":"2026-02-17T23:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/608838\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:25:19","slug":"nikola-jokic-voted-nbas-best-player-over-sga-luka-doncic-in-player-poll-full-results-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/608838\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic Voted NBA&#8217;s Best Player Over SGA, Luka Doncic in Player Poll, Full Results Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7051532\/2026\/02\/17\/nba-all-star-poll-best-player-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Joe Vardon<\/a> of The Athletic polled a number of NBA players over All-Star Weekend and asked them who they deemed the best player in the league. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The top response was Denver Nuggets center Nikola Joki\u0107, who received five overall votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No surprises there. The three-time MVP is averaging a cool 28.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 10.7 assists per game while shooting 59 percent from the field. He&#8217;s on his way to averaging a triple-double for the second straight season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;All-around, I&#8217;d have to say Joki\u0107,&#8221; Miami Heat guard Norman Powell told Vardon. &#8220;I mean, all-around game, what he&#8217;s able to do, what he means for that team, the numbers he&#8217;s able to put up and how effortless he&#8217;s able to make it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;He&#8217;s been dominant for so long and what he does on a nightly basis is pretty impressive,&#8221; Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Defending MVP Shai-Gilgeous Alexander received three votes, while Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell got two (one came from himself, and one came from teammate Jaylon Tyson) and six players received one vote each. LeBron James and Stephen Curry did not receive any votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Vardon of The Athletic polled a number of NBA players over All-Star Weekend and asked them who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":["post-608838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-nuggets","tag-basketball","tag-denver","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-denvernuggets","tag-nba","tag-nuggets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116088558516646432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}