NBA All-Stars 2025: Schedule, location, rosters, format and news

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game format has been officially announced with a tournament-style event consisting of four teams of eight players each.

The All-Star weekend is scheduled for Feb. 14-16, with the main event held at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors. Other events will be held across the San Francisco Bay Area, including the Oakland Arena.

It’s another format change to the NBA’s annual showcase following last season’s return to the traditional Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format. For this season, three teams will be composed of the 24 NBA All-Star selections, while the fourth squad will be the winners of the Rising Stars event held on Feb. 14.

The main event will played on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET and televised on TNT. The four teams will play two semifinal games, with the winners moving on to the championship. Each winning side will need to score 40 or more points to advance.

The five NBA All-Star starters in each conference will be selected by fans (50% of the vote), current NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%). NBA head coaches will select seven players as reserves in each conference. Fans can vote beginning on Thursday, Dec. 19 through Monday, Jan. 20.

The rosters for three NBA All-Star teams (Team Chuck, Team Shaq and Team Kenny) are named after TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, who will serve as honorary general managers. The three NBA greats will draft their teams on Feb. 6.

The Rising Stars event showcases four squads composed of top first- and second-year NBA players and NBA G League standouts. TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker will serve as honorary GM of the champion, known as Team Candace.

The four NBA All-Star Game head coaches will come from the coaching staffs of the teams with the best regular-season record in each conference through games played on Feb. 2. The head coach of the leading Eastern Conference team and the head coach of the leading Western Conference team will each coach an NBA All-Star team. An assistant coach from one of those staff will lead the remaining All-Star team, with an assistant from the other staff in charge of the Rising Stars champion.

The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million, with each player on the championship-winning team receiving $125,000, each player on the second-place team receiving $50,000 and each player on the third- and fourth-place teams receiving $25,000.

Here’s what you need to know about the All-Star Game, and check back for updates as more details are announced.

Event schedule (all times Eastern)

Friday, Feb. 14

• NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m., Oakland Arena

• Rising Stars, 9 p.m. ET, Chase Center

Saturday, Feb. 15

• NBA All-Star practice, 2 p.m., Oakland Arena

• Morehouse College vs. Tuskegee University (NBA HBCU Classic), 5 p.m., Oakland Arena

• All-Star Saturday Night, 8 p.m., Chase Center

Sunday, Feb. 16

• NBA All-Star Game, 8 p.m., Chase Center (TNT)

All-Star news and analysis

• All-Star Game format announced: Shaq, Barkley, K. Smith to pick teams

• Early All-Star picks for proposed format: LeBron, Curry, Giannis lead 8-man teams

• Sources: All-Star Game format would have four teams

• Sources: NBA in serious talks about tourney-style All-Star Game

• Silver consults with Curry over All-Star Game tweaks

• All-Star Game at Clippers‘ Intuit Dome in ’26 | Phoenix to host in ’27

NBA All-Star Game history

• 2024: East 211, West 186 | MVP: Damian Lillard

• 2023: Team Giannis 184, Team LeBron 175 | MVP: Jayson Tatum

• 2022: Team LeBron 163, Team Durant 160 | MVP: Stephen Curry

• 2021: Team LeBron 170, Team Durant 150 | MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo

• 2020: Team LeBron 157, Team Giannis 155 | MVP: Kawhi Leonard

• 2019: Team LeBron 178, Team Giannis 164 | MVP: Kevin Durant

• 2018: Team LeBron 148, Team Stephen 145 | MVP: LeBron James

• 2017: West 192, East 182 | MVP: Anthony Davis

• 2016: West 196, East 173 | MVP: Russell Westbrook

• 2015: West 163, East 158 | MVP: Russell Westbrook

• 2014: East 163, West 155 | MVP: Kyrie Irving

• 2013: West 143, East 138 | MVP: Chris Paul

• 2012:West 152, East 149 | MVP: Kevin Durant

• 2011: West 148, East 143 | MVP: Kobe Bryant

• 2010: East 141, West 139 | MVP: Dwyane Wade

• 2009: West 146, East 119 | MVP: Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal

• 2008: East 134, West 128 | MVP: LeBron James

• 2007: West 153, East 132 | MVP: Kobe Bryant

• 2006: East 122, West 120 | MVP: LeBron James

• 2005: East 125, West 115 | MVP: Allen Iverson

• 2004: West 136, East 132 | MVP: Shaquille O’Neal

• 2003: West 155, East 145 (2OT) | MVP: Kevin Garnett

• 2002: West 135, East 120 | MVP: Kobe Bryant

• 2001: East 111, West 110 | MVP: Allen Iverson

• 2000: West 137, East 126 | MVP: Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal

• 1999: Game canceled due to lockout

• 1998: East 135, West 114 | MVP: Michael Jordan

• 1997: East 132, West 120 | MVP: Glen Rice

• 1996: East 129, West 118 | MVP: Michael Jordan

• 1995: West 139, East 112 | MVP: Mitch Richmond

• 1994: East 127, West 118 | MVP: Scottie Pippen

• 1993: West 135, East 132 (OT) | MVP: Karl Malone and John Stockton

• 1992: West 153, East 113 | MVP: Magic Johnson

• 1991: East 116, West 114 | MVP: Charles Barkley

• 1990: East 130, West 113 | MVP: Magic Johnson

• 1989: West 143, East 134 | MVP: Karl Malone

• 1988: East 138, West 133 | MVP: Michael Jordan

• 1987: West 154, East 149 (OT) | MVP: Tom Chambers

• 1986: East 139, West 132 | MVP: Isiah Thomas

• 1985: West 140, East 129 | MVP: Ralph Sampson

• 1984: East 154, West 145 (OT) | MVP: Isiah Thomas

• 1983: East 132, West 123 | MVP: Julius Erving

• 1982: East 120, West 118 | MVP: Larry Bird

• 1981: East 123, West 120 | MVP: Nate Archibald

• 1980: East 144, West 136 (OT) | MVP: George Gervin

• 1979: West 134, East 129 | MVP: David Thompson

• 1978: East 133, West 125 | MVP: Randy Smith

• 1977: West 125, East 124 | MVP: Julius Erving

• 1976: East 123, West 109 | MVP: Dave Bing

• 1975: East 108, West 102 | MVP: Walt Frazier

• 1974: West 134, East 123 | MVP: Bob Lanier

• 1973: East 104, West 84 | MVP: Dave Cowens

• 1972: West 112, East 110 | MVP: Jerry West

• 1971: West 108, East 107 | MVP: Lenny Wilkens

• 1970: East 142, West 135 | MVP: Willis Reed

• 1969: East 123, West 112 | MVP: Oscar Robertson

• 1968: East 144, West 124 | MVP: Hal Greer

• 1967: West 135, East 120 | MVP: Rick Barry

• 1966: East 137, West 94 | MVP: Adrian Smith

• 1965: East 124, West 123 | MVP: Jerry Lucas

• 1964: East 111, West 107 | MVP: Oscar Robertson

• 1963: East 115, West 108 | MVP: Bill Russell

• 1962: West 150, East 130 | MVP: Bob Pettit

• 1961: West 153, East 131 | MVP: Oscar Robertson

• 1960: East 125, West 115 | MVP: Wilt Chamberlain

• 1959: West 124, East 108 | MVP: Elgin Baylor and Bob Pettit

• 1958: East 130, West 118 | MVP: Bob Pettit

• 1957: East 109, West 97 | MVP: Bob Cousy

• 1956: West 108, East 94 | MVP: Bob Pettit

• 1955: East 100, West 91 | MVP: Bill Sharman

• 1954: East 98, West 93 (OT) | MVP: Bob Cousy

• 1953: West 79, East 75 | MVP: George Mikan

• 1952: East 108, West 91 | MVP: Paul Arizin

• 1951: East 111, West 94 | MVP: Ed Macauley

Source: espn.com