Luka Dončić, Giannis Antetokounmpo still lead the way in second returns of NBA All-Star Game fan voting
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It's been eight days, and Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokounmpo remain front and center of fan voting for the 2025-26 NBA All-Star Game.

They were the top vote-getters when the first fan returns were revealed on Dec. 29, and their place atop the Western and Eastern Conference, respectively, didn't change Tuesday when second fan returns dropped.

Dončić, in his first full season with the Los Angeles Lakers after last year's shocking trade, has pulled in 2,229,811 votes, and Antetokounmpo, in his 13th season with the Milwaukee Bucks, has 2,092,284 votes to his name.

Luka Dončić and Giannis Antetokounmpo remain the leaders in their conferences in the second fan returns in NBA All-Star Voting 2026.

Fans (50% of the vote) join NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) in selecting five players in each conference honored as starters. pic.twitter.com/u8tlbj9GA8

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 6, 2026

Fans are responsible for 50% of the vote that selects each conference's five starters. NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) account for the other slices of the vote.

Voting concludes Jan. 14 at 11:59 p.m. ET. That day, as well as Wednesday this week, will mark the final "3-for-1 Days," on which each fan vote counts three times. 

The All-Star starters will be announced on NBC and Peacock on Jan. 19. The All-Star Game will be played on Feb. 15 in the Los Angeles Clippers' Intuit Dome. The league will debut another new format, which will feature a USA vs. World round-robin tournament.

At the moment, the headliners are both international standouts.

Dončić is averaging a league-best 33.7 points per game this season. The five-time All-NBA first teamer has played in 26 games and turned in six 40-point outings so far. He started things off with a bang, becoming the fourth player in league history to begin a season with back-to-back 40-pieces.

As for Antetokounmpo, his Bucks are only 16-20, but he's still his dominant self when he's on the court. Although he missed time with a calf injury and has been surrounded by trade speculation again, he's averaged 29.3 points, 10 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in his 22 appearances this season.

It's also worth noting that Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokić and New York Knicks standout point guard Jalen Brunson are both second among vote-getters in their conferences in the second fan returns. Brunson, who has averaged 31.2 points per game since Dec. 5, has surpassed Philadelphia 76ers' point guard Tyrese Maxey since the first fan returns. Now Maxey is third, not second, in Eastern Conference fan voting.

Here are the top 10 vote-getters from the second fan returns, regardless of conference:

  1. Luka Dončić — 2,229,811

  2. Giannis Antetokounmpo — 2,092,284

  3. Nikola Jokić — 1,998,560

  4. Jalen Brunson — 1,916,497

  5. Tyrese Maxey — 1,908,978

  6. Stephen Curry — 1,844,903

  7. Cade Cunningham — 1,752,801

  8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 1,554,468

  9. Donovan Mitchell — 1,530,237

  10. Jaylen Brown — 1,514,259



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