For the fifth 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 injured and fans can easily cast votes for players they like, not necessarily based on merit.
Other players who did way better with fans than peers are Jordan Clarkson and Kyle Kuzma, one current and one former L.A. Laker who used their time with the league’s biggest brand to build brands of their own.
For more details, you can check the list below. All rankings based on position and conference.
1
Klay Thompson
Fan vote: No. 4 in 2017, No. 5 in 2018, No. 5 in 2019, No. 15 in 2020 and No. 9 in 2021
Player vote: No. 8 in 2017, No. 9 in 2018, No. 11 in 2019, No. 64 in 2020 and No. 44 in 2021
2
Jordan Clarkson
Fan vote: No. 6 in 2017, No. 11 in 2018, No. 14 in 2019, No. 14 in 2020 and No. 13 in 2021
Player vote: No. 36 in 2017, No. 33 in 2018, No. 43 in 2019, No. 62 in 2020 and No. 23 in 2021
3
Kyle Kuzma
Fan vote: No. 10 in 2018, No. 8 in 2019, No. 12 in 2020 and No. 17 in 2021
Player vote: No. 12 in 2018, No. 19 in 2019, No. 44 in 2020 and No. 66 in 2021
4
JaVale McGee
Fan vote: No. 12 in 2017, No. 27 in 2018, No. 16 in 2019, No. 17 in 2020 and No. 33 in 2021
Player vote: No. 31 in 2017, No. 74 in 2018, No. 52 in 2019, No. 61 in 2020 and No. 87 in 2021
5
Dwight Howard
Fan vote: No. 13 in 2017, No. 10 in 2018, No. 33 in 2019, No. 10 in 2020 and No. 16 in 2021
Player vote: No. 19 in 2017, No. 13 in 2018, No. 88 in 2019, No. 61 in 2020 and No. 22 in 2021
6
Derrick Rose
Fan vote: No. 6 in 2017, No. 11 in 2018, No. 2 in 2019, No. 4 in 2020 and No. 8 in 2021
Player vote: No. 9 in 2017, No. 36 in 2018, No. 4 in 2019, No. 7 in 2020 and No. 18 in 2021
7
Andre Iguodala
Fan vote: No. 9 in 2017, No. 12 in 2018, No. 16 in 2019, No. 63 in 2020 and No. 35 in 2021
Player vote: No. 22 in 2017, No. 74 in 2018, No. 60 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020 and No. 58 in 2021
8
Eric Gordon
Fan vote: No. 7 in 2017, No. 14 in 2018, No. 20 in 2019, No. 41 in 2020 and No. 28 in 2021
Player vote: No. 15 in 2017, No. 27 in 2018, No. 39 in 2019, No. 64 in 2020 and No. 65 in 2021
9
Robert Williams
Fan vote: No. 44 in 2019, No. 51 in 2020 and No. 51 in 2021
Player vote: No. 88 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020 and No. 87 in 2021
10
Daniel Theis
Fan vote: No. 49 in 2018, No. 43 in 2019, No. 39 in 2020 and No. 36 in 2021
Player vote: No. 74 in 2018, No. 88 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020 and No. 42 in 2021
11
Furkan Korkmaz
Fan vote: No. 43 in 2018, No. 26 in 2019, No. 32 in 2020 and No. 39 in 2021
Player vote: No. 53 in 2018, No. 61 in 2019, No. 41 in 2020 and No. 66 in 2021
12
Draymond Green
Fan vote: No. 5 in 2017, No. 2 in 2018, No. 9 in 2019, No. 14 in 2020 and No. 11 in 2021
Player vote: No. 9 in 2017, No. 7 in 2018, No. 10 in 2019, No. 18 in 2020 and No. 20 in 2021
13
Julius Randle
Fan vote: No. 26 in 2017, No. 29 in 2018, No. 45 in 2019, No. 26 in 2020 and No. 7 in 2021
Player vote: No. 35 in 2017, No. 47 in 2018, No. 52 in 2019, No. 57 in 2020 and No. 8 in 2021
14
Trae Young
Fan vote: No. 21 in 2019, No. 1 in 2020 and No. 6 in 2021
Player vote: No. 26 in 2019, No. 3 in 2020 and No. 11 in 2021
15
Kevin Knox
Fan vote: No. 40 in 2019, No. 84 in 2020 and No. 59 in 2021
Player vote: No. 41 in 2019, No. 85 in 2020 and No. 87 in 2021
