A global panel of 100 media members determines which players make All-NBA Teams. Voters choose two guards, two forwards and one center for the First, Second and Third Teams. Players earn points for each vote: five points for First Team, three points for Second Team and one point for Third Team.

The voting panel for the All-NBA Teams consists of 126 media members throughout the United States and Canada and members from each of the league’s 30 teams who regularly cover the NBA. They vote for All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams by position. Each player is awarded 5 points for a 1st. Team vote, 3 for a 2nd. Team and 1 for a 3rd. Team.

These teams are called the All-NBA First Team, All-NBA Second Team and All-NBA Third team, and the players who’re selected to these teams are usually considered the Top 15 players in the league at the time, though not in order (it’d be ludicrous to suggest that Russell Westbrook is a better player than Steph).