ABA All-Star Game (2000–present)

This article is about the all-star game for the semi-pro basketball league. For the game related to the former pro league founded in 1967, see ABA All-Star Game.

The ABA All-Star Game is an annual basketball event in the United States, organised by the ABA (2000). It was launched in 2002 as a revival of the original ABA All-Star Game which had started in 1968.^[1] The event is held annually and consisted of an all-star game, a three-point shoot contest and slam-dunk exhibition. The Slam Dunk Contest was first introduced worldwide in the original ABA All-Star Game.^[2] The first winner was Julius Erving of the New York Nets in 1976.^[2]

American Basketball Association All-Star Game
Status	Active
Frequency	Annually
Inaugurated	2002
Most recent	2025
Organized by	ABA

Many former NBA players like Tim Hardaway, Sam Mack, Gary Grant, and Armen Gilliam have played in the All-Star Game.

List of games

Bold: Team that won the game.

Year	Result	Host arena	Host city	Game MVP	Ref
2001	Not held.
2002	Kansas City Knights 161, ABA All-Stars 138	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, Missouri	Maurice Carter, Kansas City Knights	[3]
2003	Not held due to league shutdown.
2004	Not held.
2005	West 163, East 149	Las Vegas Sports Center	Las Vegas, Nevada	Lou Kelly, Las Vegas Rattlers	[4]
2006	East 129, West 127	BankAtlantic Center	Sunrise, Florida	Armen Gilliam, Pittsburgh Xplosion	[5]
2007	West 138, East 123	Halifax Metro Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Billy Knight, Atlanta Vision	[6]
2008	East 161, West 140	Barre Auditorium	Barre, Vermont	Anthony Anderson, Manchester Millrats	[7]
2009	West, East	Nashville Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, Tennessee	Keith Simpson, Texas Fuel	[8]
2010	ABA West All-Stars vs. Gilas Pilipinas	Hangar Athletic Xchange	Los Angeles, California		[9]
2011	East 123, West 122	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	Jacksonville, Florida	Kayode Ayeni, Jersey Express	[10]
2012	Red vs. White vs. Blue (round-robin tournament)	Eckerd College	St. Petersburg, Florida		[11][12]
2013	East 198, West 141	South Suburban College	South Holland, Illinois	Maurice Mickens, Memphis Bluff City Reign
2014	No reported result.	Grandview Christian School	Grandview, Missouri
2015	South 138, North 131	Kroc Center	South Bend, Indiana		[13]
2016	Team Dr. J 140, Team Gervin 139	St. Frances Academy	Baltimore, Maryland	Terry Hosley, DMV Warriors	[14]
2017	South, North	Big Ben's Home Court	Richmond, Virginia	Christopher Cromartie, South Florida Gold
2018	No reported result.	Giving Heart Community Center	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Antonio Reddic, Steel City Yellow Jackets	[15]
2019	No reported result.	Giving Heart Community Center	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2020	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	East 210, West 165	James J. Eagan Center	Florissant, Missouri		[16]
2022	East vs. West				[17]
2023	East 169, West 151	Jefferson College	Hillsboro, Missouri	Dominique Jones, Garden State Warriors	[18]
2024	West 129, East 122	Spring Hill College	Mobile, Alabama	David Jones, St. Louis Spirits	[19]
2025	Team Presley 210, Team Coley 183	St. Louis Community College–Forest Park	St. Louis, Missouri	Rodney Gaston, Windy City Inferno

All-Star Game events

Julius Erving's team won the All-Star Game in 2016. Erving won the first-ever Slam-dunk contest in 1976.

Three-Point Shoot Contest

Year	Player	Team
2006	Randy Gill
2008	Robin Kennedy	Orange County Gladiators
2011	J. R. VanHoose	East Kentucky Energy

Slam-Dunk champions

Year	Player	Team
2006	Ray Cunningham
2008	Chris Cayole	Vermont Frost Heaves

Topscorers

Year	Player	Points	Team
2002	Maurice Carter	46	Kansas City Knights
2005	Randy Gill	27	Maryland Nighthawks
2006	Armen Gilliam	29	Pittsburgh Xplosion

Notable participants

Main page: Category:ABA All-Star Game players

5-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway was selected for the 2006 edition.

• Tim Hardaway
• Armen Gilliam
• Sam Mack
• Dontae' Jones
• Manix Auriantal
• Lawrence Moten
• Greg Graham
• Richie Williams
• Kenny Gasana
• Issa Konare
• Josh Pace
• Kayode Ayeni
• Kareem Reid
• Antwain Barbour
• Pete Mickeal
• Gary Grant
• Sun Yue
• Eric Sandrin

Distinctions

Basketball Hall of Fame

• Tim Hardaway
• Julius Erving (coach)
• George Gervin (coach)

Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

• George Gervin (coach)
• Julius Erving (coach)

See also

• American Basketball Association (2000–present)