2025-26 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team announced

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NEW YORK – The NBA today announced the 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team.

A global media panel of 100 voters selected the Kia NBA All-Defensive Team.  Voters selected five players to the First Team and five players to the Second Team regardless of position.  Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.

The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team appears below.  The complete voting results are available here.  The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP.

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