Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remains in fourth place at 1,544,468 votes. He only trails Luke Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Stephen Curry. After being in 19th place in the first batch of results, Chet Holmgren has dropped off the list.

 Utah Jazz star forward Lauri Markkanen ended up making some notable noise in the first NBA All-Star fan voting returns, placing in the top 15 vote-getters of Western Conference candidates, and made for some additional optimism about what his All-Star fate may hold for later this season.

With 1,752,801 votes in the first return, Cunningham only trails the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (2,092,284), the New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson (1,916,497) and Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers (1,908,978) in the conference.

Second returns of the 2025-26 NBA All-Star game fan voting: pic.twitter.com/Z3An1c0ShH The batch of games the Knicks have played since last week’s voting reveal has been ugly, with none of the aforementioned players playing particularly well.

According to a recent announcement from the NBA, Nikola Jokic (1,998,560) currently sits second in the West for total fan votes for the All-Star Game, while his co-star, Jamal Murray, lands 15th in the conference (260,014).

The NBA on Thursday released the second batch of returns for All-Star fan voting and Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija landed among the top 10 on Western Conference ballots.

Tyrese Maxey has dropped from second to third among Eastern Conference players in votes for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, now trailing Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks, according to the NBA's second batch of results released on Tuesday afternoon.

Miami Heat guard Norman Powell believes he’s made his All-Star case this season, but the initial returns of fan balloting say otherwise.