NBA All-Star Game Winners (Year Wise)

The NBA All-Star Game is a showpiece event within the NBA world where the league's brightest stars participate. Held annually in February as the centerpiece of NBA All-Star Weekend, NBA All-Star Game tradition traces back to March 2, 1951, when the inaugural All-Star Game took place at the historic Boston Garden.

The concept of the “NBA All-Star Game” emerged during a crucial juncture for the NBA. In the 1950/51 season, a gambling scandal in the college basketball scene tarnished basketball’s reputation. This scandal cast doubt on the integrity of basketball as a sport, and some started putting doubts about the NBA's legitimacy.

NBA league officials recognized the need to rekindle public interest in basketball and the NBA, and therefore, in response, the idea of the All-Star Game was conceived as a means to rejuvenate the sport and restore faith in professional basketball.

Inspired by the success of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, NBA President Maurice Podoloff, publicity director Haskell Cohen, and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown collaborated to bring the idea to fruition. Despite initial skepticism, Brown's confidence and commitment led to the first All-Star Game being held in Boston, drawing an impressive attendance and establishing the event as an annual tradition of the NBA.

Traditionally, the starting lineup for each team is determined through a combination of fan, player, and media voting, while the reserves are selected by head coaches. These coaches, however, are prohibited from voting for their players. The selection of the head coach for each conference is based on the team with the best record coming into the All-Star break. There is also one rule known as the "Riley Rule" which prevents consecutive coaching appearances. This rule was established to prevent a scenario where one coach dominates the All-Star coaching role which was seen in the 1980s with the coach of “Showtime Lakers” Pat Riley.

If a selected All-Star player is unable to participate in the All-Star game due to injury, then the NBA commissioner steps in to name a replacement. Until 2017, the All-Star Game followed a format where the All-Stars from Eastern and Western Conferences battled against each other. However, from 2018 to 2023, a new system was introduced where the team captains selected their rosters via a draft regardless of the conference affiliation of the players. This change injected fresh excitement into the All-Star game for a while but soon, fans started demanding the old format.

Over the years, the All-Star Game has shattered attendance records, with notable milestones including the 2010 game at Cowboys Stadium, where over 108,000 fans witnessed the action live. Such moments underscore the enduring popularity and significance of the NBA All-Star Game, cementing its status as a highlight of the basketball season.

NBA All-Star Game Winners (Year Wise)

Following are all the NBA All-Star Game Winners —

Year	NBA All-Star Game Result	Host Arena	Host City	NBA All-Star Game MVP
1951	East 111, West 94	Boston Garden	Boston, Massachusetts	Ed Macauley, Boston Celtics
1952	East 108, West 91	Boston Garden (2)	Boston, Massachusetts (2)	Paul Arizin, Philadelphia Warriors
1953	West 79, East 75	Allen County Coliseum	Fort Wayne, Indiana	George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers
1954	East 98, West 93 (OT)	Madison Square Garden III	New York City, New York	Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics
1955	East 100, West 91	Madison Square Garden III (2)	New York City, New York (2)	Bill Sharman, Boston Celtics
1956	West 108, East 94	Rochester Coliseum	Rochester, New York	Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks
1957	East 109, West 97	Boston Garden (3)	Boston, Massachusetts (3)	Bob Cousy (2), Boston Celtics
1958	East 130, West 118	St. Louis Arena	St. Louis, Missouri	Bob Pettit (2), St. Louis Hawks
1959	West 124, East 108	Olympia Stadium	Detroit, Michigan	Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers, Bob Pettit (3), St. Louis Hawks
1960	East 125, West 115	Convention Hall	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
1961	West 153, East 131	Onondaga County Coliseum	Syracuse, New York	Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
1962	West 150, East 130	St. Louis Arena (2)	St. Louis, Missouri (2)	Bob Pettit (4), St. Louis Hawks
1963	East 115, West 108	LA Sports Arena	Los Angeles, California	Bill Russell, Boston Celtics
1964	East 111, West 107	Boston Garden (4)	Boston, Massachusetts (4)	Oscar Robertson (2), Cincinnati Royals
1965	East 124, West 123	St. Louis Arena (3)	St. Louis, Missouri (3)	Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Royals
1966	East 137, West 94	Cincinnati Gardens	Cincinnati, Ohio	Adrian Smith, Cincinnati Royals
1967	West 135, East 120	Cow Palace	Daly City, California	Rick Barry, San Francisco Warriors
1968	East 144, West 124	Madison Square Garden III (3)	New York City, New York (3)	Hal Greer, Philadelphia 76ers
1969	East 123, West 112	Baltimore Civic Center	Baltimore, Maryland	Oscar Robertson (3), Cincinnati Royals
1970	East 142, West 135	The Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2)	Willis Reed, New York Knicks
1971	West 108, East 107	San Diego Sports Arena	San Diego, California	Lenny Wilkens, Seattle SuperSonics
1972	West 112, East 110	The Forum	Inglewood, California	Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers
1973	East 104, West 84	Chicago Stadium	Chicago, Illinois	Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics
1974	West 134, East 123	Seattle Center Coliseum	Seattle, Washington	Bob Lanier, Detroit Pistons
1975	East 108, West 102	Arizona Veterans Coliseum	Phoenix, Arizona	Walt Frazier, New York Knicks
1976	East 123, West 109	The Spectrum (2)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3)	Dave Bing, Washington Bullets
1977	West 125, East 124	Milwaukee Arena	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers
1978	East 133, West 125	Omni Coliseum	Atlanta, Georgia	Randy Smith, Buffalo Braves
1979	West 134, East 129	Pontiac Silverdome	Pontiac, Michigan	David Thompson, Denver Nuggets
1980	East 144, West 136 (OT)	Capital Centre	Landover, Maryland	George Gervin, San Antonio Spurs
1981	East 123, West 120	Coliseum at Richfield	Richfield, Ohio	Nate Archibald, Boston Celtics
1982	East 120, West 118	Brendan Byrne Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Larry Bird, Boston Celtics
1983	East 132, West 123	The Forum (2)	Inglewood, California (2)	Julius Erving (2), Philadelphia 76ers
1984	East 154, West 145 (OT)	McNichols Sports Arena	Denver, Colorado	Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons
1985	West 140, East 129	Hoosier Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana	Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets
1986	East 139, West 132	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Texas	Isiah Thomas (2), Detroit Pistons
1987	West 154, East 149 (OT)	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington (2)	Tom Chambers, Seattle SuperSonics
1988	East 138, West 133	Chicago Stadium (2)	Chicago, Illinois (2)	Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
1989	West 143, East 134	Astrodome	Houston, Texas	Karl Malone, Utah Jazz
1990	East 130, West 113	Miami Arena	Miami, Florida	Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers
1991	East 116, West 114	Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers
1992	West 153, East 113	Orlando Arena	Orlando, Florida	Magic Johnson (2), Los Angeles Lakers
1993	West 135, East 132 (OT)	Delta Center	Salt Lake City, Utah	Karl Malone (2) and John Stockton, Utah Jazz
1994	East 127, West 118	Target Center	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Scottie Pippen, Chicago Bulls
1995	West 139, East 112	America West Arena	Phoenix, Arizona (2)	Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings
1996	East 129, West 118	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	Michael Jordan (2), Chicago Bulls
1997	East 132, West 120	Gund Arena	Cleveland, Ohio	Glen Rice, Charlotte Hornets
1998	East 135, West 114	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York (4)	Michael Jordan (3), Chicago Bulls
1999	All-Star Game Canceled
2000	West 137, East 126	The Arena in Oakland	Oakland, California	Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs, Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers
2001	East 111, West 110	MCI Center	Washington, D.C.	Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers
2002	West 135, East 120	First Union Center	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4)	Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
2003	West 155, East 145 (2OT)	Philips Arena	Atlanta, Georgia (2)	Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
2004	West 136, East 132	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California (2)	Shaquille O'Neal (2), Los Angeles Lakers
2005	East 125, West 115	Pepsi Center	Denver, Colorado (2)	Allen Iverson (2), Philadelphia 76ers
2006	East 122, West 120	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas (2)	LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
2007	West 153, East 132	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise, Nevada	Kobe Bryant (2), Los Angeles Lakers
2008	East 134, West 128	New Orleans Arena	New Orleans, Louisiana	LeBron James (2), Cleveland Cavaliers
2009	West 146, East 119	US Airways Center (2)	Phoenix, Arizona (3)	Kobe Bryant (3), Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal (3), Phoenix Suns
2010	East 141, West 139	Cowboys Stadium	Arlington, Texas	Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
2011	West 148, East 143	Staples Center (2)	Los Angeles, California (3)	Kobe Bryant (4), Los Angeles Lakers
2012	West 152, East 149	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida (2)	Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
2013	West 143, East 138	Toyota Center (2)	Houston, Texas (3)	Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers
2014	East 163, West 155	Smoothie King Center (2)	New Orleans, Louisiana (2)	Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers
2015	West 163, East 158	Madison Square Garden (2)	New York City, New York (5)	Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
2016	West 196, East 173	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario	Russell Westbrook (2), OKC Thunder
2017	West 192, East 182	Smoothie King Center (3)	New Orleans, Louisiana (3)	Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans
2018	Team LeBron 148, Team Stephen 145	Staples Center (3)	Los Angeles, California (4)	LeBron James (3), Cleveland Cavaliers
2019	Team LeBron 178, Team Giannis 164	Spectrum Center	Charlotte, North Carolina (2)	Kevin Durant (2), Golden State Warriors
2020	Team LeBron 157, Team Giannis 155	United Center	Chicago, Illinois (3)	Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers
2021	Team LeBron 170, Team Durant 150	State Farm Arena (2)	Atlanta, Georgia (3)	Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
2022	Team LeBron 163, Team Durant 160	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (2)	Cleveland, Ohio (2)	Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
2023	Team Giannis 184, Team LeBron 175	Vivint Arena (2)	Salt Lake City, Utah (2)	Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
2024	West 186, East 211	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, Indiana (2)	Damian Lillard, Milwaukee Bucks
2025	West vs. East	Chase Center	San Francisco, California	TBD
2026	West vs. East	Intuit Dome	Inglewood, California (3)	TBD