List of NBA All-Stars

Traditionally, the All-Star Game featured a conference-based format, featuring a team composed of all of the top ranked basketball players in the Eastern Conference and another team of all-stars from the Western Conference.

From 2018 to 2023, the NBA employed a different format featuring two teams captained by the top leading vote-getter from each conference.

[2] If a player is unable to participate due to injury, the NBA commissioner will select a replacement.

Three players have been named NBA All-Stars after turning 40 years old: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and LeBron James.

Nathaniel Clifton in 1957 was the oldest player to be selected to his first All-Star Game, at 34 years and 3 months old.

Sam Cassell (2004) and Anthony Mason (2001) were the only other players aged 34 or older to be selected to their first All-Star Game.