ABA League Ideal Starting Five

The ABA League Ideal Starting Five, also known as the All-ABA League Team, is an honor which is given to the best five players of a given ABA League season. The ideal five of the season are selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commission, with the coaches contributing 60%, the fans 30% and the Commission 10% of the votes for the final result. ^[1]

Teams

Boban Marjanović had a place in the team in 2014 and 2015

Maik Zirbes was the ideal center in 2016

Guard Jacob Pullen made the team in 2016

Novica Veličković made the team in 2017 and 2018

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

Season	Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
2013–14	G	DeMarcus Nelson	Crvena zvezda	[2]
	G	Bogdan Bogdanović	Partizan
	F	Dario Šarić	Cibona
	F	Joffrey Lauvergne	Partizan
	C	Boban Marjanović	Crvena zvezda
2014–15	G	Malcolm Armstead	Krka	[3]
	G	Suad Šehović	Budućnost
	F	Sasha Pavlović	Partizan
	F	Milan Mačvan	Partizan
	C	Boban Marjanović (2)	Crvena zvezda
2015–16	G	Jacob Pullen	Cedevita
	G	Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot	Mega Leks
	F	Tadija Dragićević	Budućnost
	F	Miro Bilan	Cedevita
	C	Maik Zirbes	Crvena zvezda
2016–17	G	Stefan Jović	Crvena zvezda	[4]
	G	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda
	F	Marko Simonović	Crvena zvezda
	F	Novica Veličković	Partizan
	C	Miro Bilan (2)	Cedevita
2017–18	G	Taylor Rochestie	Crvena zvezda	[5]
	G	Nemanja Gordić	Budućnost
	F	Džanan Musa	Cedevita
	F	Novica Veličković (2)	Partizan
	C	Uroš Luković	Mornar
2018–19	G	Joe Ragland	Crvena zvezda	[6]
	G	Jacob Pullen (2)	Cedevita
	F	Stratos Perperoglou	Crvena zvezda
	F	Jock Landale	Partizan
	C	Goga Bitadze	Budućnost
2020–21	G	Jordan Loyd	Crvena zvezda	[7]
	G	Nikola Ivanović	Budućnost
	F	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija
	F	Marko Simonović	Mega Soccerbet
	C	Filip Petrušev	Mega Soccerbet
2021–22	G	Kevin Punter	Partizan NIS	[8]
	G	Jaka Blažič (2)	Cedevita Olimpija
	F	Nikola Kalinić	Crvena zvezda mts
	F	Zach LeDay	Partizan NIS
	C	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby
2022–23	G	Facundo Campazzo	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	[9]
	G	Kevin Punter (2)	Partizan Mozzart Bet
	F	Dante Exum	Partizan Mozzart Bet
	F	Luka Božić	Zadar
	C	Mathias Lessort	Partizan Mozzart Bet
2023–24	G	Nikola Topić	Mega MIS / Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	[10]
	G	Miloš Teodosić	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
	F	Luka Božić (2)	Zadar
	F	Zach LeDay (2)	Partizan Mozzart Bet
	C	Kenan Kamenjaš (2)	SC Derby / Budućnost VOLI
2024–25	G	Bryce Jones	Igokea m:tel	[11]
	G	McKinley Wright	Budućnost VOLI
	F	Sterling Brown	Partizan Mozzart Bet
	F	Filip Petrušev (2)	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
	C	Kenan Kamenjaš (3)	Budućnost VOLI

See also

• ABA League MVP
• ABA League Finals MVP
• ABA League Top Scorer
• ABA League Top Prospect
• Player of the Month

References

1. "Dragićević heads the Ideal Starting Five". 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. "The ideal five of the 2013/14 season selected". abaliga.com. 21 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
3. "Marjanović heads the ideal five". abaliga.com. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
4. "Jović heads the Ideal Starting Five". 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
5. "Rochestie heads the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
6. "Bitadze heads the Ideal Starting Five". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
7. "Petrušev heads the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
8. "Kalinić heads the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
9. "Božić, Campazzo, Lessort, Exum and Punter form the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
10. "BOŽIĆ, LEDAY, KAMENJAŠ, TEODOSIĆ AND TOPIĆ FORM THE IDEAL STARTING FIVE". www.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
11. "Petrušev, Kamenjaš, Wright, Jones and Brown form the Ideal Starting Five". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.