All-NBL Team explained

The All-NBL Team is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) honour bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBL season. The team has been selected in every season since the league's second year in 1980.

The All-NBL Team has previously been chosen with three 'outside' players and two 'inside' players for each team.^{[1] [2]} For the 2023–24 season, the league introduced position-less teams, meaning any five players can be selected regardless of what position they play (i.e. guard, forward, centre).^[3]

Between 1980 and 1983, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) did not feature in the All-NBL Team.^[4]

Selections

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
Player (in bold text)	Indicates the player who won the NBL Most Valuable Player in the same year

1980 to 1986

From the 1980 season to 1986 season, the All-NBL Team was composed of one team.^[5]

Season	First team
	Players	Teams
1980	Brian Banks	Brisbane Bullets
		Launceston Casino City
	Herb McEachin	Canberra Cannons
		St Kilda Saints
		West Adelaide Bearcats
	Cal Stamp	Canberra Cannons
1981		West Adelaide Bearcats
	Danny Morseu (2)	St Kilda Saints
		Canberra Cannons
		St Kilda Saints
		Newcastle Falcons
1982		Geelong Supercats
		West Adelaide Bearcats
	George Morrow	Newcastle Falcons
		Brisbane Bullets
		St Kilda Saints
1983		Geelong Supercats
	James Crawford (2)	Geelong Supercats
	Leroy Loggins (2)	West Adelaide Bearcats
	George Morrow (2)	Newcastle Falcons
	Phil Smyth (2)	Canberra Cannons
1984	Cal Bruton (2)	Geelong Supercats
	Dan Clausen	Adelaide 36ers
	James Crawford (3)	Geelong Supercats
	Leroy Loggins (3)	Brisbane Bullets
	Phil Smyth (3)	Canberra Cannons
1985	Ray Borner	Coburg Giants
	Al Green (2)	Adelaide 36ers
	Leroy Loggins (4)	Brisbane Bullets
		Sydney Supersonics
	Phil Smyth (4)	Canberra Cannons
1986		Hobart Devils
		Adelaide 36ers
		Melbourne Tigers
	Jim Foster	Coburg Giants
	Leroy Loggins (5)	Brisbane Bullets

1987 to 1991

From the 1987 season to 1991 season, the All-NBL Team was composed of two teams.

Season	First team		Second team
	Players	Teams	Players	Teams
1987	Steve Carfino (2)			North Melbourne Giants
	James Crawford (4)		Vince Hinchen	Eastside Spectres
	Mark Davis (2)		Marc Ridlen	Sydney Supersonics
	Andrew Gaze (2)		Phil Smyth (5)	Canberra Cannons
	Leroy Loggins (6)			Hobart Devils
1988	Mark Davis (3)		Steve Carfino (3)	Sydney Kings
	Tim Dillon		Scott Fisher (2)	North Melbourne Giants
	Andrew Gaze (3)		Joe Hurst	Hobart Devils
	Leroy Loggins (7)			Newcastle Falcons
	Phil Smyth (6)		Dean Uthoff	Eastside Spectres
1989	Mark Davis (4)		Emery Atkinson	Canberra Cannons
	Andrew Gaze (4)		Steve Carfino (4)	Sydney Kings
	Scott Fisher (3)		Jerry Everett	Newcastle Falcons
			Wayne McDaniel (2)	Hobart Devils
	Phil Smyth (7)		Dean Uthoff (2)	Eastside Spectres
1990	Andrew Gaze (5)			Eastside Spectres
	Scott Fisher (4)			North Melbourne Giants
	Leroy Loggins (8)			Sydney Kings
			Kent Lockhart (2)	Eastside Spectres
	Derek Rucker			Melbourne Tigers
1991	Mark Davis (5)		Bruce Bolden (2)	Eastside Spectres
	Andrew Gaze (6)			Geelong Supercats
				Adelaide 36ers
	Scott Fisher (5)		Leroy Loggins (9)	Brisbane Bullets
				Sydney Kings

1992 to 2012–13

From the 1992 season to 2012–13 season, the All-NBL Team was composed of three teams (except in 1997 when only two teams were named).

Season	First team		Second team		Third team
	Players	Teams	Players	Teams	Players	Teams
1992	Andrew Gaze (7)		Bruce Bolden (3)			Adelaide 36ers
	Scott Fisher (6)				Mark Davis (6)	Adelaide 36ers
	Dwayne McClain (2)		Andre LaFleur			Newcastle Falcons
			Leroy Loggins (10)		Butch Hays (2)	Adelaide 36ers
			Jason Reese			South East Melbourne Magic
						Newcastle Falcons
						Illawarra Hawks
1993	Terry Dozier (2)		Bruce Bolden (4)		Dwayne McClain (3)	Sydney Kings
	Andrew Gaze (8)		Scott Fisher (7)			Canberra Cannons
	Leroy Loggins (11)		Ricky Grace (2)		Andre Moore (2)	Brisbane Bullets
	Robert Rose (2)		Butch Hays (3)			Adelaide 36ers
	Melvin Thomas (2)		Andre LaFleur (2)		Andrew Vlahov (2)	Perth Wildcats
1994	Mark Bradtke (2)		Mark Davis (7)		James Crawford (5)	Perth Wildcats
	Andrew Gaze (9)				Butch Hays (4)	Illawarra Hawks
	Leroy Loggins (12)					North Melbourne Giants
			Robert Rose (3)		Derek Rucker (2)	Newcastle Falcons
	Leon Trimmingham		Melvin Thomas (3)		Andrew Vlahov (3)	Perth Wildcats
1995	John Dorge (2)		Butch Hays (5)		Ray Borner (2)	Canberra Cannons
	Andrew Gaze (10)		Leroy Loggins (13)		Ricky Grace (3)	Perth Wildcats
	Darryl McDonald (2)		Derek Rucker (3)			North Melbourne Giants
	Robert Rose (4)		Melvin Thomas (4)			South East Melbourne Magic
			Leon Trimmingham (2)		Pat Reidy (2)	North Melbourne Giants
	Andrew Vlahov (4)					Canberra Cannons
					Clarence Tyson	Townsville Suns
1996	Mark Bradtke (3)		Isaac Burton		Lanard Copeland (2)	Melbourne Tigers
	Andrew Gaze (11)		Shane Heal (2)		Butch Hays (6)	Newcastle Falcons
	Darryl McDonald (3)		Tony Ronaldson (2)		Mike Mitchell (2)	Brisbane Bullets
			David Van Dyke		Pat Reidy (3)	North Melbourne Giants
	Robert Rose (5)		Andrew Vlahov (5)		Melvin Thomas (5)	Sydney Kings
					Clarence Tyson (2)	Townsville Suns
						Brisbane Bullets
1997	Mark Bradtke (4)		Simon Dwight
	Andrew Gaze (12)		Leroy Loggins (14)
	Robert Rose (6)
	Derek Rucker (4)		Darryl McDonald (4)
	Clarence Tyson (3)		Steve Woodberry (2)
1998	Andrew Gaze (13)				Mark Bradtke (5)	Melbourne Tigers
	Ben Melmeth					South East Melbourne Magic
	Derek Rucker (5)				Ricky Grace (4)	Perth Wildcats
	Ray Owes (2)		Brett Maher (2)			South East Melbourne Magic
	Steve Woodberry (3)		Clayton Ritter		Tony Ronaldson (3)	South East Melbourne Magic
1998–99	Mark Bradtke (6)					Sydney Kings
	Kevin Brooks (2)				Sam Mackinnon (2)	Townsville Crocodiles
	Lanard Copeland (3)				Brett Maher (3)	Adelaide 36ers
	Andrew Gaze (14)		Robert Rose (7)		Ben Melmeth (2)	Newcastle Falcons
	Steve Woodberry (4)				Melvin Thomas (6)	Canberra Cannons
1999–2000	Mark Bradtke (7)				Lanard Copeland (4)	Melbourne Tigers
	Andrew Gaze (15)		Andrew Goodwin			Melbourne Tigers
	Sam Mackinnon (3)		Darnell Mee (2)		Ricky Grace (5)	Perth Wildcats
	Brett Maher (4)				Darryl McDonald (5)	Victoria Titans
	Paul Rogers (2)		Andrew Vlahov (6)		Robert Rose (8)	Townsville Crocodiles
2000–01	Mark Bradtke (8)				Ben Knight	Cairns Taipans
	Ricky Grace (6)		Andrew Gaze (16)		Darryl McDonald (6)	Victoria Titans
	Darnell Mee (3)		Shane Heal (3)			Wollongong Hawks
	Jason Smith (2)				Melvin Thomas (7)	Wollongong Hawks
	Robert Rose (9)		Paul Rogers (3)		Jayson Wells	Canberra Cannons
2001–02	Chris Anstey (2)		Simon Dwight (2)			Canberra Cannons
	Mark Bradtke (9)				Shane Heal (4)	Sydney Kings
	Lanard Copeland (5)				Brett Maher (5)	Adelaide 36ers
	Ricky Grace (7)		Robert Rose (10)		Darryl McDonald (7)	Victoria Titans
	Paul Rogers (4)				Tony Ronaldson (4)	Victoria Titans
2002–03	Mark Bradtke (10)				Martin Cattalini (2)	Adelaide 36ers
	Ricky Grace (8)		Matthew Nielsen (2)			Wollongong Hawks
	Shane Heal (5)		Pat Reidy (4)			Sydney Kings
	Brett Maher (6)		John Rillie (2)		Robert Rose (11)	Townsville Crocodiles
	Chris Williams		Glen Saville (2)			Townsville Crocodiles
2003–04			Bobby Brannen		C. J. Bruton (2)	Sydney Kings
	Mark Bradtke (11)		Martin Cattalini (3)			New Zealand Breakers
	Sam Mackinnon (4)		Simon Dwight (3)			Brisbane Bullets
	Matthew Nielsen (3)				Darnell Mee (4)	Wollongong Hawks
	John Rillie (3)		Glen Saville (3)		Rashad Tucker	Perth Wildcats
2004–05	Mark Bradtke (12)		Bobby Brannen (2)		Stephen Black (2)	Brisbane Bullets
			Brett Maher (7)			Townsville Crocodiles
	Darnell Mee (5)		John Rillie (4)			Perth Wildcats
	Jason Smith (3)				Willie Farley (2)	Adelaide 36ers
	Brian Wethers		Glen Saville (4)		Kavossy Franklin (2)	Hunter Pirates
2005–06			Sam Mackinnon (5)		Chris Burgess (2)	Cairns Taipans
	Chris Anstey (3)		Darryl McDonald (8)		Martin Cattalini (4)	Cairns Taipans
	C. J. Bruton (3)				Darnell Mee (6)	Cairns Taipans
	Cortez Groves (2)		Jason Smith (4)		Dusty Rychart (2)
	Brett Maher (8)				Glen Saville (5)	Wollongong Hawks
2006–07	Chris Anstey (4)		Larry Abney (2)			Wollongong Hawks
	Martin Cattalini (5)		Cortez Groves (3)		C. J. Bruton (4)	Brisbane Bullets
	Sam Mackinnon (6)				Kavossy Franklin (3)	South Dragons
			Shawn Redhage (2)			Singapore Slingers
	Dave Thomas (2)		Paul Rogers (5)		Darryl McDonald (9)	Melbourne Tigers
2007–08	Chris Anstey (5)		Adam Ballinger (2)			Sydney Kings
	Ebi Ere (2)		C. J. Bruton (5)		Kavossy Franklin (4)	Wollongong Hawks
						West Sydney Razorbacks
	Shawn Redhage (3)					Adelaide 36ers
					Paul Rogers (6)	Perth Wildcats
2008–09	Chris Anstey (6)		Adam Ballinger (3)			South Dragons
	C. J. Bruton (6)		Shawn Redhage (4)			Melbourne Tigers
	Ebi Ere (3)		Glen Saville (6)		James Harvey (2)	Gold Coast Blaze
	Kirk Penney (2)					South Dragons
	Mark Worthington (2)		Corey Williams (2)			Sydney Spirit
2009–10			Adam Ballinger (4)			Wollongong Hawks
	Kirk Penney (3)		C. J. Bruton (7)			Adelaide 36ers
	Shawn Redhage (5)		Adam Gibson (2)		Julius Hodge (2)	Melbourne Tigers
	Mark Worthington (3)				Glen Saville (7)	Wollongong Hawks
	Corey Williams (3)					Wollongong Hawks
2010–11	Gary Ervin				Adam Ballinger (5)	Adelaide 36ers
			Adam Gibson (3)			Townsville Crocodiles
			Glen Saville (8)			Cairns Taipans
	Kirk Penney (4)		Luke Schenscher (2)		Shawn Redhage (6)	Perth Wildcats
			Corey Williams (4)		Ayinde Ubaka (2)	Cairns Taipans
2011–12			Peter Crawford (2)			Gold Coast Blaze
			Adam Gibson (4)			Townsville Crocodiles
	Julian Khazzouh (2)		Cameron Tragardh (2)			Adelaide 36ers
	Kevin Lisch		Gary Wilkinson (2)		Damian Martin (2)	Perth Wildcats
	Mark Worthington (4)					Perth Wildcats
2012–13	Cedric Jackson (2)		Gary Ervin (2)		Thomas Abercrombie (2)	New Zealand Breakers
	Matthew Knight (2)					Sydney Kings
	Kevin Lisch (2)		Daniel Johnson (2)		Adam Gibson (5)	Adelaide 36ers
			Damian Martin (3)		Shawn Redhage (7)	Perth Wildcats
			Mika Vukona (2)		Jamar Wilson (2)	Cairns Taipans

2013–14 to present

Since the 2013–14 season, the All-NBL Team has been composed of two teams.

Season	First team		Second team
	Players	Teams	Players	Teams
2013–14	Rotnei Clarke			Perth Wildcats
				Townsville Crocodiles
			Damian Martin (4)	Perth Wildcats
	Daniel Johnson (3)			New Zealand Breakers
				Sydney Kings
2014–15				Townsville Crocodiles
	Brian Conklin (2)			New Zealand Breakers
	Cedric Jackson (3)		Matthew Knight (3)	Perth Wildcats
				Melbourne United
			Jamar Wilson (3)	Adelaide 36ers
2015–16	Chris Goulding (2)			Melbourne United
			Daniel Johnson (4)	Adelaide 36ers
	Kevin Lisch (3)		Matthew Knight (4)	Perth Wildcats
	Andrew Ogilvy (2)		Kirk Penney (5)	Illawarra Hawks
				New Zealand Breakers
2016–17	Daniel Johnson (5)			Brisbane Bullets
	Andrew Ogilvy (3)		Daniel Kickert (2)	Brisbane Bullets
			Kevin Lisch (4)	Sydney Kings
	Jerome Randle (2)		Brad Newley (2)	Sydney Kings
				Adelaide 36ers
2017–18				Adelaide 36ers
	Bryce Cotton		Jerome Randle (3)	Sydney Kings
				New Zealand Breakers
	Daniel Johnson (6)			Perth Wildcats
	Casper Ware (2)			Melbourne United
2018–19	Andrew Bogut		Daniel Johnson (7)	Adelaide 36ers
	Bryce Cotton (2)			New Zealand Breakers
			Jerome Randle (4)	Sydney Kings
			Nathan Sobey (2)	Adelaide 36ers
	Casper Ware (3)			Cairns Taipans
2019–20	Bryce Cotton (3)		Andrew Bogut (2)	Sydney Kings
	Nick Kay (2)			New Zealand Breakers
				Cairns Taipans
	Lamar Patterson (2)			Cairns Taipans
			Casper Ware (4)	Sydney Kings
2020–21	Bryce Cotton (4)		Mitch Creek (2)	South East Melbourne Phoenix
				New Zealand Breakers
			Chris Goulding (3)	Melbourne United
				Melbourne United
	Nathan Sobey (3)		Casper Ware (5)	Sydney Kings
2021–22	Jaylen Adams			Tasmania JackJumpers
				Sydney Kings
	Bryce Cotton (5)		Mitch Creek (3)	South East Melbourne Phoenix
				Melbourne United
			Chris Goulding (4)	Melbourne United
2022–23	Xavier Cooks (2)			New Zealand Breakers
	Bryce Cotton (6)		Chris Goulding (5)	Melbourne United
	Mitch Creek (4)			Cairns Taipans
				New Zealand Breakers
				Cairns Taipans
2023–24			Mitch Creek (5)	South East Melbourne Phoenix
	Bryce Cotton (7)		Milton Doyle (2)	Tasmania JackJumpers
	Chris Goulding (6)		Jo Lual-Acuil (2)	Melbourne United
				Tasmania JackJumpers
			Nathan Sobey (4)	Brisbane Bullets

External links

• All-NBL Teams 1980–2001
• All-NBL Team 2002
• All-NBL Team 2003
• All-NBL Team 2004
• All-NBL Team 2005
• All-NBL Team 2006
• All-NBL Team 2007
• All-NBL Team 2008
• All-NBL Team 2009
• All-NBL Team 2010
• All-NBL Team 2011
• All-NBL Team 2012
• All-NBL Team 2013
• All-NBL Team 2014
• All-NBL Team 2015
• All-NBL Team 2016
• All-NBL Team 2017
• All-NBL Team 2018
• All-NBL Team 2019
• All-NBL Team 2020
• All-NBL Team 2021
• All-NBL Team 2022
• All-NBL Team 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: RANDLE, LISCH HEADLINE ALL-NBL TEAMS . NBL.com.au . 17 February 2016 . 17 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160220020651/http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/randle-lisch-headline-all-nbl-teams/ . 20 February 2016.
2. Web site: ALL NBL FIRST & SECOND TEAMS 2016/17 . NBL.com.au . 13 February 2017 . 13 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170214003418/http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/nbl-first-second-teams-201617/ . 14 February 2017.
3. Web site: All-NBL Team change . NBL.com.au . 28 November 2023 . 28 November 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128110051/https://nbl.com.au/news/all-nbl-team-change . 28 November 2023.
4. Web site: All NBL First Team . andthefoul.net . 17 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045651/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team . 18 September 2012.
5. Web site: All NBL TEAMS. NBL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020206233741/http://nbl.com.au/www/genericpages.asp?gp=110. 6 February 2002. 21 February 2023.