NBA All-Rookie Team

The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team. The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of two five-man lineups: a first team and a second team. The players each receive two points for each first team vote and one point for each second team vote. The top five players with the highest point total make the first team, with the next five making the second team. In the case of a tie at the fifth position of either team, the roster is expanded. If the first team consists of six players due to a tie, the second team will still consist of five players with the potential for more expansion in the event of additional ties. Ties have occurred several times, most recently in 2012, when Kawhi Leonard, Iman Shumpert, and Brandon Knight tied in votes received. No respect is given to positions. For example, the first team had four forwards, and one guard in 2008, while the first team had four centers (two of which were forward-centers) and one guard in 2016.

The Chicago Bulls hold the record for franchise with the most All-Rookie Team selections, with 26. The Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards are tied for second, with 23 players selected from each franchise. Nine All-Rookie Team members have won both the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers. Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the only players to accomplish this feat in the same season. As of the end of the 2023–24 season, 69 members of the All-Rookie Team have been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 77 members were not from the United States, and 118 members are active in the NBA.

Selections

See also

• List of NBA regular season records
• Sports portal

Notes

• a Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
• b When Olajuwon arrived in the United States, the University of Houston incorrectly spelled his first name "Akeem". Olajuwon used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H.
• c David Robinson was originally drafted in 1987, but due to his active-duty obligation with the Navy, his rookie season did not begin until the 1989–90 season.
• d Richard Dumas was originally drafted in 1991, but due to drug violations, he was suspended for the entire 1991–92 season. His rookie season began in the 1992–93 season.
• e Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace on September 16, 2011, and later Metta Sandiford-Artest in May 2020.
• f Amar'e Stoudemire's first name had previously been spelled incorrectly as "Amaré" or "Amare" since joining the NBA, but was changed to "Amar'e" in October 2008.
• g Nenê Hilario changed his name to simply Nenê on August 6, 2003.
• h Blake Griffin was drafted in 2009, but injured his left kneecap in a pre-season game before the 2009–10 season. He underwent surgery in January 2010 and missed the entire season. His rookie season began in the 2010–11 season.
• i Jonas Valančiūnas was drafted in 2011, but due partially to the 2011 NBA lockout, he spent the entire 2011–12 season in his home nation of Lithuania. His rookie season began in the 2012–13 season.
• j Nikola Jokić was drafted in 2014, but continued playing for KK Mega Basket during the 2014–15 season. His rookie season began in the 2015–16 season.
• k Joel Embiid was drafted in 2014, but injured his right foot and missed both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. His rookie season began in the 2016–17 season.
• l Ben Simmons was drafted in 2016, but injured his right foot and was ruled out of the entire season. His rookie season began in the 2017–18 season.
• m Bogdan Bogdanović was drafted in 2014, but opted to join Fenerbahçe and played for them until 2017. His rookie season began in the 2017–18 season.
• n Chet Holmgren was drafted in 2022, but injured his right foot and missed the entire season. His rookie season began in the 2023–24 season.

General

• . NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from on July 25, 2008.
• . basketball-reference.com.

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