For the sixth year in a row, the NBA has disclosed the vote for All-Star starters of fans, media and players. Since we now have the data of where each player ranked in the final results, we decided to look for patterns.
For example, which players do better with fans than with their NBA peers?
Klay Thompson fared way better in the fan vote than in the player vote, which makes some sense this year considering he’s been injured and fans can easily cast votes for players they like, not necessarily based on merit.
He’s one of several in the short list we put together playing in a big market.
For more details, you can check the list below. All rankings based on position and conference.
Klay Thompson

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Fan vote: No. 4 in 2017, No. 5 in 2018, No. 5 in 2019, No. 15 in 2020, No. 9 in 2021, No. 4 in 2022
Player vote: No. 8 in 2017, No. 9 in 2018, No. 11 in 2019, No. 64 in 2020, No. 44 in 2021 and No. 13 in 2022
Jordan Clarkson

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Fan vote: No. 6 in 2017, No. 11 in 2018, No. 14 in 2019, No. 14 in 2020, No. 13 in 2021 and No. 15 in 2022
Player vote: No. 36 in 2017, No. 33 in 2018, No. 43 in 2019, No. 62 in 2020, No. 23 in 2021 and No. 57 in 2022
Dwight Howard

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Fan vote: No. 13 in 2017, No. 10 in 2018, No. 33 in 2019, No. 10 in 2020, No. 16 in 2021 and No. 13 in 2022
Player vote: No. 19 in 2017, No. 13 in 2018, No. 88 in 2019, No. 61 in 2020, No. 22 in 2021 and No. 59 in 2022
Derrick Rose

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Fan vote: No. 6 in 2017, No. 11 in 2018, No. 2 in 2019, No. 4 in 2020, No. 8 in 2021 and No. 8 in 2022
Player vote: No. 9 in 2017, No. 36 in 2018, No. 4 in 2019, No. 7 in 2020, No. 18 in 2021 and No. 14 in 2022
Andre Iguodala

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Fan vote: No. 9 in 2017, No. 12 in 2018, No. 16 in 2019, No. 63 in 2020, No. 35 in 2021 and No. 15 in 2022
Player vote: No. 22 in 2017, No. 74 in 2018, No. 60 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020, No. 58 in 2021 and No. 42 in 2022
Eric Gordon

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Fan vote: No. 7 in 2017, No. 14 in 2018, No. 20 in 2019, No. 41 in 2020, No. 28 in 2021 and No. 40 in 2022
Player vote: No. 15 in 2017, No. 27 in 2018, No. 39 in 2019, No. 64 in 2020, No. 65 in 2021 and No. 57 in 2022
Robert Williams

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Fan vote: No. 44 in 2019, No. 51 in 2020, No. 51 in 2021 and No. 33 in 2022
Player vote: No. 88 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020, No. 87 in 2021 and No. 54 in 2022
Daniel Theis

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Fan vote: No. 49 in 2018, No. 43 in 2019, No. 39 in 2020, No. 36 in 2021 and No. 76 in 2022
Player vote: No. 74 in 2018, No. 88 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020, No. 42 in 2021 and No. 93 in 2022
Trae Young

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Fan vote: No. 21 in 2019, No. 1 in 2020, No. 6 in 2021 and No. 2 in 2022
Player vote: No. 26 in 2019, No. 3 in 2020, No. 11 in 2021 and No. 3 in 2022