NBA All-Defensive Teams, Players with the Most Selections

This is the complete list with all the players that have been selected for All-Defensive teams, ordered by total player selections.

Player with the most selections

Tim Duncan
15 times selected for an All-Defensive Team

NBA Honors: All-Defensive Teams

The voting panel for the NBA All-Defensive Teams consists of the NBA’s 30 head coaches, who are asked to select All-Defensive First and Second Teams by position.

Two points are awarded to each player for a First Team vote and one point is awarded for a Second Team vote. Coaches are not permitted to vote for players from their own team.

Tim Duncan leads all players with a total of 15 selections. Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are second with 12 selections each. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA all-time scoring leader was selected for these teams 11 times.

More about the All-Defensive Teams:
Year by Year / Players with the most selections / Most selections to the 1st Team

Players with the most selections to NBA All-Defensive Teams
	Player	Total Selections	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Tim Duncan	15	8	7
	Kobe Bryant	12	9	3
	Kevin Garnett	12	9	3
	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	11	5	6
	Scottie Pippen	10	8	2
	Michael Jordan	9	9	-
	Gary Payton	9	9	-
	Bobby Jones	9	8	1
	Chris Paul	9	7	2
	Dennis Johnson	9	6	3
	Hakeem Olajuwon	9	5	4
	Jason Kidd	9	4	5
	Dennis Rodman	8	7	1
	Bruce Bowen	8	5	3
	Michael Cooper	8	5	3
	John Havlicek	8	5	3
	David Robinson	8	4	4
	Norm Van Lier	8	3	5
	Walt Frazier	7	7	-
	Dave DeBusschere	6	6	-
	LeBron James	6	5	1
	Ben Wallace	6	5	1
	Jerry Sloan	6	4	2
	Tony Allen	6	3	3
	Kevin McHale	6	3	3
	Dikembe Mutombo	6	3	3
	Mookie Blaylock	6	2	4
	Alvin Robertson	6	2	4
	Maurice Cheeks	5	4	1
	Joe Dumars	5	4	1
	Dwight Howard	5	4	1
	Sidney Moncrief	5	4	1
	Jerry West	5	4	1
	Mark Eaton	5	3	2
	Draymond Green	5	3	2
	Kawhi Leonard	5	3	2
	Dan Roundfield	5	3	2
	Paul Silas	5	2	3
	Nate Thurmond	5	2	3
	Don Chaney	5	-	5
	John Stockton	5	-	5
	Don Buse	4	4	-
	Karl Malone	4	3	1
	Marcus Camby	4	2	2
	Paul George	4	2	2
	Rajon Rondo	4	2	2
	Buck Williams	4	2	2
	Metta World Peace	4	2	2
	Doug Christie	4	1	3
	Quinn Buckner	4	-	4
	Jimmy Butler	4	-	4
	Horace Grant	4	-	4
	Tayshaun Prince	4	-	4
	Rudy Gobert	3	3	-
	Serge Ibaka	3	3	-
	Joakim Noah	3	2	1
	Paul Pressey	3	2	1
	Tyson Chandler	3	1	2
	Dave Cowens	3	1	2
	Anthony Davis	3	1	2
	Andrei Kirilenko	3	1	2
	Larry Nance	3	1	2
	Larry Bird	3	-	3
	P.J. Brown	3	-	3
	T.R. Dunn	3	-	3
	Patrick Ewing	3	-	3
	Eddie Jones	3	-	3
	Bob Love	3	-	3
	Shaquille O'Neal	3	-	3
	Dwyane Wade	3	-	3
	Wilt Chamberlain	2	2	-
	Gus Johnson	2	2	-
	Caldwell Jones	2	2	-
	DeAndre Jordan	2	2	-
	Alonzo Mourning	2	2	-
	Micheal Ray Richardson	2	2	-
	Bill Walton	2	2	-
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	2	1	1
	Raja Bell	2	1	1
	Patrick Beverley	2	1	1
	Avery Bradley	2	1	1
	E.C. Coleman	2	1	1
	Jrue Holiday	2	1	1
	Lionel Hollins	2	1	1
	Andre Iguodala	2	1	1
	Maurice Lucas	2	1	1
	Moses Malone	2	1	1
	Rodney McCray	2	1	1
	Charles Oakley	2	1	1
	Tree Rollins	2	1	1
	Shane Battier	2	-	2
	Chauncey Billups	2	-	2
	Jim Brewer	2	-	2
	Bill Bridges	2	-	2
	Joel Embiid	2	-	2
	Derek Harper	2	-	2
	Elvin Hayes	2	-	2
	Eddie Johnson	2	-	2
	Dan Majerle	2	-	2
	Derrick McKey	2	-	2
	Nate McMillan	2	-	2
	Theo Ratliff	2	-	2
	Clifford Robinson	2	-	2
	Kermit Washington	2	-	2
	Jamaal Wilkes	2	-	2
	Eric Bledsoe	1	1	-
	Robert Covington	1	1	-
	Bob Dandridge	1	1	-
	Larry Hughes	1	1	-
	Victor Oladipo	1	1	-
	Willis Reed	1	1	-
	Bill Russell	1	1	-
	Marcus Smart	1	1	-
	Gerald Wallace	1	1	-
	Slick Watts	1	1	-
	Andrew Bogut	1	-	1
	Manute Bol	1	-	1
	Dudley Bradley	1	-	1
	Joe Caldwell	1	-	1
	M.L. Carr	1	-	1
	Jim Cleamons	1	-	1
	Mike Conley	1	-	1
	Luol Deng	1	-	1
	Marc Gasol	1	-	1
	Artis Gilmore	1	-	1
	A.C. Green	1	-	1
	Danny Green	1	-	1
	Bob Gross	1	-	1
	Bill Hanzlik	1	-	1
	Roy Hibbert	1	-	1
	Kirk Hinrich	1	-	1
	Al Horford	1	-	1
	George Johnson	1	-	1
	Rudy LaRusso	1	-	1
	Fat Lever	1	-	1
	Rick Mahorn	1	-	1
	Anthony Mason	1	-	1
	Paul Millsap	1	-	1
	Dejounte Murray	1	-	1
	Bobby Phills	1	-	1
	Jim Price	1	-	1
	Mike Riordan	1	-	1
	Andre Roberson	1	-	1
	Tom Sanders	1	-	1
	Thabo Sefolosha	1	-	1
	Lonnie Shelton	1	-	1
	Jack Sikma	1	-	1
	Josh Smith	1	-	1
	Phil Smith	1	-	1
	Eric Snow	1	-	1
	Latrell Sprewell	1	-	1
	John Starks	1	-	1
	Brian Taylor	1	-	1
	Klay Thompson	1	-	1
	Dick Van Arsdale	1	-	1
	Anderson Varejao	1	-	1
	Danny Vranes	1	-	1
	John Wall	1	-	1
	Scott Wedman	1	-	1
	Hassan Whiteside	1	-	1
	Micheal Williams	1	-	1

NBA All-Defensive Teams, Players with the Most Selections

This is the complete list with all the players that have been selected for All-Defensive teams, ordered by total player selections.

NBA Honors: All-Defensive Teams

Players with the most selections to NBA All-Defensive Teams