Jokic just joined some incredible players.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic added another piece of history to his resume on Sunday, earning his sixth All-NBA First Team selection after another otherworldly regular season.
The 31-year-old Serbian star was named unanimously to the First Team alongside MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, and Cade Cunningham, putting him in company that includes Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, and his contemporary LeBron James.
The selection also marks his eighth straight All-NBA appearance overall, and combined with his three MVPs and the 2023 NBA championship, the honors keep stacking up for a player who keeps changing what a center can do.
A Historic Season in Denver
Jokic's 2025-26 numbers look more like a typo than a stat line for any position, let alone a 6'11" big, as he posted 27.7 points, a league-best 12.9 rebounds, and a career-high 10.7 assists per game, becoming just the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double in multiple seasons.
Russell Westbrook is the other, and he did it as a ball-dominant guard.
Jokic gets there as a center who runs the offense from the elbow and finds open shooters before defenses can even rotate.
Denver finished the regular season 54-28 and grabbed the third seed in the Western Conference, though the playoff run ended early in a six-game first-round loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jokic finished second in MVP voting to Gilgeous-Alexander, who picked up his fourth straight First Team nod on his way to back-to-back MVPs.
Even with the early exit, Jokic spent the series dragging an undermanned roster within a possession of stealing games and forcing teams to triple-team him just to slow Denver's offense.
Joining the All-Time Greats
LeBron James sits at the top of the All-NBA First Team list with 13 selections, followed by Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone at 11.
The full group of players with six or more sounds like a Mount Rushmore tryout, with Jordan, Kareem, Bird, Magic, and Duncan all on the list.
Most names on it are already enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and the active members are tracking that way.
Jokic becomes the 22nd, joining a small group of active players that includes LeBron, Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks.
What makes the moment an even bigger deal is that Jokic is only 31 and has just wrapped up his 11th season.
James was 34 when he reached his 13th First Team nod, and Kobe earned his 11th at 34 as well, so age is firmly on Jokic's side.
If Jokic keeps producing at anything close to this pace, the only ceiling left in front of him is the one James currently occupies, and even that gap looks smaller every year.
Denver will need to retool around him to make another deep playoff run, but with Jokic still wearing Nuggets blue, that window stays wide open.
