NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1996 – SAN ANTONIO
- Terrell Brandon (Cle), Sean Elliott (SA), Gary Payton (Sea) and Juwan Howard (Was) played as reserves despite not being listed in the Top 10 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 1996 Votes
| S=Starter R=Reserve | |||
| WEST | |||
| GUARDS | TM | VOTES | |
| Clyde Drexler | HOU | S | 1,070,040 |
| Jason Kidd | DAL | S | 1,049,946 |
| John Stockton | UTA | R | 823,826 |
| Tim Hardaway | GS | 440,291 | |
| Nick Van Exel | LAL | 382,373 | |
| Sam Cassell | HOU | 373,326 | |
| Jim Jackson | DAL | 368,047 | |
| Mitch Richmond | SAC | R | 323,619 |
| Latrell Sprewell | GS | 320,657 | |
| Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | DEN | 293,088 | |
| FORWARDS | TM | VOTES | |
| Charles Barkley | PHO | S | 1,268,195 |
| Shawn Kemp | SEA | S | 1,021,384 |
| Karl Malone | UTA | R | 986,028 |
| Jamal Mashburn | DAL | 551,204 | |
| Robert Horry | HOU | 492,748 | |
| Cliff Robinson | POR | 330,277 | |
| Cedric Ceballos | LAL | 322,746 | |
| A.C. Green | PHO | 269,175 | |
| Christian Laettner | MIN | 230,036 | |
| Brian Grant | SAC | 214,427 | |
| CENTERS | TM | VOTES | |
| Hakeem Olajuwon | HOU | S | 1,240,329 |
| David Robinson | SA | R | 1,037,245 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | DEN | R | 369,053 |
| Sam Perkins | SEA | 207,636 | |
| Vlade Divac | LAL | 201,140 | |
| Olden Polynice | SAC | 192,188 | |
| Rony Seikaly | GS | 154,976 | |
| Bryant Reeves | VAN | 149,928 | |
| John Williams | PHO | 121,965 | |
| Brian Williams | LAC | 108,869 | |
| EAST | |||
| GUARDS | TM | VOTES | |
| Michael Jordan | CHI | S | 1,341,422 |
| Anfernee Hardaway | ORL | S | 1,050,461 |
| Joe Dumars | DET | 501,159 | |
| Reggie Miller | IND | R | 471,162 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | PHI | 441,048 | |
| Muggsy Bogues | CHA | 307,288 | |
| Damon Stoudamire | TOR | 305,656 | |
| Derek Harper | NY | 202,900 | |
| Mark Price | WAS | 184,826 | |
| Kendall Gill | NJ | 176,855 | |
| FORWARDS | TM | VOTES | |
| Grant Hill | DET | S | 1,358,004 |
| Scottie Pippen | CHI | S | 1,289,649 |
| Dennis Rodman | CHI | 496,293 | |
| Larry Johnson | CHA | 494,013 | |
| Chris Webber | WAS | 417,095 | |
| Horace Grant | ORL | 342,641 | |
| Glen Rice | CHA | R | 296,143 |
| Glenn Robinson | MIL | 280,548 | |
| Vin Baker | MIL | R | 259,279 |
| Anthony Mason | NY | 198,273 | |
| CENTERS | TM | VOTES | |
| Shaquille O’Neal | ORL | S | 1,290,591 |
| Alonzo Mourning | MIA | R | 647,899 |
| Patrick Ewing | NY | R | 437,003 |
| Rik Smits | IND | 239,736 | |
| Gheeorghe Muresan | WAS | 175,226 | |
| Carlos Rogers | TOR | 163,357 | |
| Andrew Lang | ATL | 141,556 | |
| Shawn Bradley | NJ | 129,601 | |
| Kevin Willis | MIA | 122,506 | |
| Eric Montross | BOS | 114,759 |
