NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1985 – INDIANAPOLIS

  • Micheal Ray Richardson (NJ), Terry Cummings (Mil), Rolando Blackman (Dal), Jack Sikma (Sea) and Calvin Natt (Den) played as reserves despite not being listed in the Top 5 voting results for their positions.
  • Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters.
  • Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters.
  • Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.

Ballot 1985 Votes

S=Starter R=Reserve
WEST
GUARDS TM VOTES
Magic Johnson  LAL S 957,447
George Gervin SA S 452,132
Norm Nixon  LAC R 386,421
Darrell Griffith UTA 362,911
Jim Paxson POR 334,150
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Ralph Sampson  HOU S 620,824
Adrian Dantley  UTA S 363,327
Alex English  DEN R 351,433
Marques Johnson LAC 316,883
Larry Nance  PHO R 287,665
CENTERS TM VOTES
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  LAL S 554,402
Akeem Olajuwon  HOU R 449,048
Dan Issel DEN 259,727
Artis Gilmore SA 252,717
Sam Perkins DAL 239,254
EAST
GUARDS TM VOTES
Isiah Thomas  DET S 660,017
Michael Jordan  CHI S 606,193
Sidney Moncrief  MIL R 403,033
Dennis Johnson  BOS R 282,948
Paul Pressey MIL 240,244
FORWARDS TM VOTES
Julius Erving  PHI S 590,003
Larry Bird  BOS S 564,521
Kelly Tripucka DET 468,455
Bernard King NY R 381,660
Dan Roundfield DET 252,627
CENTERS TM VOTES
Moses Malone  PHI S 662,445
Robert Parish  BOS R 269,810
Bill Laimbeer  DET R 268,820
Tree Rollins ATL 217,950
Alton Lister MIL 172,711