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On January 3rd, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the results of the first stage of fan voting for the 2025 All-Star Game. Giannis Antetokounmpo surpassed Jokic, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and other stars to become the first-round ticket king. At the same time, the latest top ten popular stars in the league were released. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jokic, and Tatum ranked in the top three, with Durant ranking fourth in the league and James fifth. Curry did not make it into the top ten.
In the first round of fan voting for the 2025 All-Star Game, the top ten players by votes are as follows:
- Giannis Antetokounmpo - 1,710,630 votes
- Jokic - 1,422,121 votes
- Tatum - 1,385,851 votes
- Durant - 1,268,799 votes
- James - 1,167,661 votes
- Towns - 1,099,966 votes
- Alexander - 1,053,683 votes
- Davis - 999,540 votes
- LaMelo Ball - 947,444 votes
- Wenyambo - 928,501 votes
In last year's first round of All-Star voting, the top ten players by votes were Giannis Antetokounmpo (2,171,812 - ticket king), James (2,008,645), Embiid (1,844,025), Durant (1,807,394), Tatum (1,765,919), Jokic (1,636,041), Doncic (1,452,733), Curry (1,394,980), Haliburton (1,380,795), and Davis (988,225).
Last year's top ten included Doncic (870,071), Curry (810,357), Embiid (170,420), and Haliburton, all of whom failed to make this year's top ten. Among them, Haliburton led the Eastern Conference backcourt in the first round last year but did not even make the top ten in the Eastern Conference backcourt this year due to poor performance.
Last year, James received over 2 million votes in the first round, leading the Western Conference and ranking second in the league. This year, James ranks third in the Western Conference frontcourt and fifth in the league; currently, James has 250,000 fewer votes than Jokic, who is first in the West, and 540,000 fewer votes than Giannis Antetokounmpo, the first-round ticket king.
Last year, Giannis Antetokounmpo ultimately received 5,427,874 votes, surpassing James (5,098,872 votes) to win the All-Star ticket king, becoming the ticket king for the first time in his career and ending James' streak of seven consecutive years as the ticket king; can the 40-year-old James make a comeback and reclaim the ticket king this year? It will be quite challenging, as Giannis Antetokounmpo is once again delivering MVP-level performances and is expected to become the All-Star ticket king again.
Doncic is out for at least a month due to a left calf strain, and Curry's inconsistent form this season has affected fan voting, placing him third in the Western Conference backcourt in the first round, currently only trailing Doncic by more than 59,000 votes; as the host, Curry is expected to return to the All-Star starting lineup this year, and his final vote count may even surpass Doncic.
It is worth noting that Harden received 314,452 votes in the first round, ranking sixth in the Western Conference backcourt, with little hope of returning to the All-Star starting lineup, but there is hope that Harden can return to the All-Star stage as a substitute this year.