NBA All-Defensive Teams 2024: Final voting results, list of players on First & Second Team

Gilbert McGregor

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Each year, the best defensive players in the NBA earn formal recognition with selections to the league's All-Defensive Team.

Rudy Gobert has cemented himself as one of the greatest defenders in NBA history with a record-tying fourth Defensive Player of the Year award. Gobert is joined by nine of the game's best defenders on this year's team.

The All-Defensive Team was introduced following the 1968-69 season and has always consisted of two teams of five players. The 2023-24 season is a landmark year in All-Defensive Team voting as it is the first season in which teams are positionless. In previous years, teams were comprised of two guards, two forwards and a center, but in 2024, each team can consist of any combination of five players.

In addition to the positionless format, this season is the first in which players must meet a minimum games-played threshold to be eligible for an All-Defensive selection. Players who did not see at least 20 minutes of playing time in 65 or more games are not eligible for an All-Defensive selection, with an exception for those who suffered an injury deemed season-ending.

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All-Defensive First Team

PlayerPositionTeam
Bam AdebayoForwardHeat
Anthony DavisForwardLakers
Rudy GobertCenterTimberwolves
Herb JonesForwardPelicans
Victor WembanyamaForwardSpurs

All-Defensive Second Team

PlayerPositionTeam
Alex CarusoGuardBulls
Jrue HolidayGuardCeltics
Jaden McDanielsForwardTimberwolves
Jalen SuggsGuardMagic
Derrick WhiteGuardCeltics

How All-Defensive Teams are selected

NBA end-of-season awards are voted on by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters, though it appears only 99 responses have been counted in 2023-24.

For the All-Defensive Team, each voter chooses the five players they deem most worthy for First and Second Teams. Beginning in 2024, these selections are made regardless of position. Players receive two points for First Team votes and one point for Second Team votes.

Full All-Defensive Team voting results

Who has the most All-Defensive Team selections?

Hall of Famer Tim Duncan is the all-time leader with 15 All-Defensive Team selections. Duncan is one of just six players to receive 10 or more selections to an All-Defensive Team.

Warriors guard Chris Paul is the active leader with nine selections. His teammate Draymond Green has earned eight All-Defensive team selections but is ineligible for a ninth in 2023-24 after playing in just 55 games.

RankPlayerTotal
1.Tim Duncan15
2.Kobe Bryant12
 Kevin Garnett12
4.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar11
 Bobby Jones11
6.Scottie Pippen10
7.Dennis Johnson9
 Michael Jordan9
 Jason Kidd9
 Hakeem Olajuwon9
 Chris Paul9
 Gary Payton9

Gilbert McGregor

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Gilbert McGregor first joined The Sporting News in 2018 as a content producer for Global editions of NBA.com. Before covering the game, McGregor played basketball collegiately at Wake Forest, graduating with a Communication degree in 2016. McGregor began covering the NBA during the 2017-18 season and has been on hand for a number of league events.