PBA All-Star Game

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PBA All-Star Game
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated 1989 (Pasig)
Previous event 2024 (Bacolod)
Next event 2026 (TBA)
ParticipantsVarious
Organized by Philippine Basketball Association
Current event clock.svg 2025 PBA All-Star Weekend

The PBA All-Star Game is an exhibition game hosted annually by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), matching the league's star players using various formats. It is the featured event of PBA All-Star Weekend. The All-Star game was first staged at The ULTRA on June 4, 1989.

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The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a fan ballot, while the reserves are chosen by a vote among the head coaches of the league's teams. If a selected player is injured and cannot participate, the league officials select a replacement. The head coaches of the teams that entered the season's first conference, the Philippine Cup, are chosen as the coaches of the teams in the All-Star Game.

Background

The annual All-Star Game was instituted in 1989 and has already evolved into different types of competition, more commonly in the following formats: Philippine national team vs. PBA All-Stars (last played in 2018), Rookies, Sophomores & Juniors (RSJ) vs. Veterans (last played in 2012), and North vs. South match-up (last played in 2019). The manner by which players to the All-Star Game varied through the years. Currently,[ when? ] the two coaches tapped to lead the two All-Star teams were the ones who selected their players but since the mid-2000s the starting five are selected through fan voting and the reserves would now be the ones chosen by the head coaches of all the PBA teams. For the 2005-2006 season, fans from the host city or province were given the choice to select the sixth man of each team. After each game, an All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP) was chosen by writers covering the annual event.

Vergel Meneses had clearly stamped his mark on this mid-year festivities as he remains to be the only four-time All-Star MVP awardee collecting the award in 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2003. In its entire history, eight players have been named multiple winners of the All-Star MVP award namely, Meneses, Terrence Romeo (2015, 2017 and 2018), Benjie Paras (1994 and 1999), Asi Taulava (2004 and 2006), Jayjay Helterbrand (2005 and 2007), Arwind Santos (2013 and 2019), Jeff Chan (2013 and 2018), Matthew Wright (twice in 2017) and Japeth Aguilar (2019 and 2024).

James Yap currently holds the record for most number of All-Star Game appearances with 18. [1]

Types

The league has adopted various formats for the All-Star Game:

All-Star Game results

This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP. Parenthesized numbers indicate multiple times that venue, city, or player has occurred as of that instance (e.g. "Vergel Meneses (2)" in 1998 indicates that was his second All-Star MVP award).

YearWinning teamScoreLosing teamHost venueHost cityMVP (PBA team)
1989 Veterans132–130Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors The ULTRA Pasig Elmer Cabahug* (Alaska)
1990 Veterans146–118Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors The ULTRA (2) Pasig Samboy Lim (San Miguel)
1991 Light Team All-Stars127–120Dark Team All-Stars The ULTRA (3) Pasig Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
1992 South All-Stars108–105North All-Stars PSC-NASA (4) Pasig Alvin Teng (San Miguel)
1993 North All-Stars149–129South All-Stars Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Allan Caidic (San Miguel)
1994 North All-Stars133–124South All-Stars Cuneta Astrodome (2) Pasay Benjie Paras (Shell)
1995 Veterans112–107Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors Cuneta Astrodome (3) Pasay Vergel Meneses (Sunkist)
1996 Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors131–115Veterans Cuneta Astrodome (4) Pasay Kenneth Duremdes (Sunkist)
1997 Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors126–123Veterans Cuneta Astrodome (5) Pasay Bal David (Gordon's Gin)
1998 Philippine Centennial Team 114–109PBA All-Stars Cebu Coliseum Cebu City
Philippine Centennial Team 107–92PBA All-Stars Cuneta Astrodome Pasay Vergel Meneses (2) (Pop Cola)
1999 Veterans91–85Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors PhilSports Arena (5) Pasig Benjie Paras (2) (Shell)
2000 Veterans93–78Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors University of San Agustin Gym Iloilo Vergel Meneses (3) (Barangay Ginebra)
2001 Veterans112–105Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors Araneta Coliseum Quezon City Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
2002Not held [2]
2003 Governors' All-Stars124–122Commissioner's All-Stars Araneta Coliseum (2) Quezon City Vergel Meneses (4) (FedEx)
2004 South All-Stars130–128North All-Stars Cebu Coliseum (2) Cebu City Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text)
Jimmy Alapag (Talk 'N Text) (co-winners)
2005 North All-Stars131–128South All-StarsIlocos Norte Centennial Arena Laoag Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
2006 South All-Stars122–120North All-Stars Xavier University Gym Cagayan de Oro Asi Taulava (2) (Talk 'N Text)
2007 North All-Stars145–142South All-Stars University of Baguio Gym Baguio Jayjay Helterbrand (2) (Barangay Ginebra)
Willie Miller (Alaska) (co-winners)
2008 South All-Stars163–158
(OT)***
North All-Stars West Negros University Gym Bacolod Peter June Simon (Purefoods)
2009 PBA All-Stars97–89 Powerade-Team Pilipinas Araneta Coliseum (3) Quezon City David Noel** (Barangay Ginebra)
2010 North All-Stars133–130South All-StarsPuerto Princesa City Coliseum Puerto Princesa Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)
2011 North All-Stars133–129South All-Stars Boracay Convention Center Boracay Marc Pingris (B-Meg Derby Ace)
2012 Veterans176–144Rookies-Sophomores-JuniorsIlocos Norte Centennial Arena (2) Laoag James Yap (B-Meg)
2013 PBA All-Stars124–124 (Draw) Gilas Pilipinas Davao del Sur Coliseum Digos Arwind Santos (Petron Blaze) and Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine)
2014 Gilas Pilipinas101–93PBA All-Stars Mall of Asia Arena Pasay Gary David (Meralco)
2015 North All-Stars166–161South All-StarsPuerto Princesa City Coliseum (2) Puerto Princesa Terrence Romeo (GlobalPort)
2016 North All-Stars154–151South All-Stars Smart Araneta Coliseum (4) Quezon City Alex Cabagnot (San Miguel)
2017 PBA Mindanao All-Stars114–114 (Draw) Gilas Pilipinas Xavier University Gym (2) Cagayan de Oro Troy Rosario (TNT) and Matthew Wright (Phoenix)
Gilas Pilipinas 122–111PBA Luzon All-Stars Quezon Convention Center Lucena Matthew Wright (2) (Phoenix)
Gilas Pilipinas 125–112PBA Visayas All-Stars Hoops Dome Lapu-Lapu City Terrence Romeo (2) (GlobalPort)
2018 PBA Mindanao All-Stars144–130Smart All-StarsDavao del Sur Coliseum (2) Digos Baser Amer (Meralco)
Smart All-Stars152–149PBA Luzon All-StarsBatangas City Sports Coliseum Batangas City Terrence Romeo (3) (TNT)
PBA Visayas All-Stars157–141Smart All-Stars University of San Agustin Gym (2) Iloilo City Jeff Chan (2) (Phoenix)
2019 North All-Stars185–170South All-StarsCalasiao Sports Complex Calasiao Arwind Santos (2) (San Miguel)
Japeth Aguilar (Barangay Ginebra) (co-winners)
2020–22Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2023 Team Japeth140–136Team ScottieCity of Passi Arena Passi Paul Lee (Magnolia)
2024 Team Japeth140–140 (Draw)Team Mark La Salle Coliseum Bacolod Japeth Aguilar (2) (Barangay Ginebra) and Robert Bolick (NLEX) (co-winners)
2025 Cancelled due to "security concerns" [2]
(Veterans v. Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors)
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Head-to-head results

FormatResults
Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors vs. VeteransVeterans lead, 7–2 in all-time series
North All-Stars vs. South All-StarsNorth All-Stars lead, 9–4 in all-time series
PBA All-Stars vs. Philippine National TeamPhilippine NT lead, 6–3–2 in all-time series

Events

Slam-dunk contest

Three-Point Shootout

See also

References

  1. "2024 PBA All Star: Homecoming for James Yap". pba.ph. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Terrado, Jonas (April 16, 2025). "PBA All-Star Weekend in Davao postponed due to 'security concerns'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 24, 2025.